The whole school took part in the Annual Regional Schools Cross Country Competition in Carrickfinn at the beginning of October and after some powerful from performances from everyone who took part we came away as WINNERS of the Small Schools Section of the competition.
As a result of this success several of our students qualified for the county final of the event and our winning streak continued with our U9 boys team winning the Gold Medal and our U11 boys winning Bronze. Well done to everyone and congratulations also to Leah who was the only girl to qualify. The students were presented with their county medals at our Halloween party.
Science Week – Examining, Exploring & Experimenting
Science Week takes place in November and this year the Senior Class enjoyed conducted a series of 6 different experiments:
Invisible Ink
Bending Water with Static
Colour changing milk
Designing and testing parachutes
Floating Eggs
Design and make a car.
The students were split into groups and each group carried the six experiments and compared their results. It gave them the opportunity to develop their skills of observation, prediction, investigation, experimentation, communication and design.