Sixth class boys and girls in Mr Herity's room were learning all about bridges recently. They found out that there are lots of different types of bridges, including Cantilever, Beam and Truss bridges. They decided to design and make a selection of their own bridges using newspaper. We love their ingenuity and creativity.
As part of the Environmental Awareness and Care strand of the Science curriculum, sixth class students were delighted to welcome Emily Robyn Archer to their classroom. She conducted a workshop on the dangers of plastic to our oceans. The display below, was made using plastic coffee lids. It is a reminder to us all that we need to preserve and protect our beautiful oceans. Reusable coffee cups are a great idea.
Owing to the hard work of our parents, guardians and family members, we have managed to collect enough tokens to fill 12 Aldi Posters. That is an impressive total of 3,600 tokens. We cannot believe it. Thank you to everyone for being so generous and thoughtful. We really hope that we are successful in our efforts.
On Thursday last (28 March), we hosted a wonderful Intercultural concert in the school hall to showcase the rich tapestry of cultures and traditions that make Huntstown so special. We were delighted to welcome parents, guardians and family members to join in our celebrations. We enjoyed acrobatics, music, fashion and dancing. What a joy to behold.
Across the school this year there were opportunities to celebrate 'Engineering Week'. The sixth class students hosted a number of workshops for other classes. They built catapults, pasta towers and egg protection devices. We were amazed by the creativity of our students.
Congratulations to Cara, Casie and Robyn who were winners in the Sligo Feis Art Competition recently. We are so impressed with the quality of their submissions and are not at all surprised that they were selected by the judges for an award. Well done girls and thank you to Ms O'Dea for coordinating the submission. https://sacredhearthuntsto.wixsite.com/stemlearning2019
There are so many opportunities to enjoy STEM learning in our school - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. We are entering the Primary Science Awards for the third time and we hope that by June, we will be awarded the Plaque of Excellence for our efforts. All classes in the school have contributed evidence for our 'Log of Evidence'. We are so impressed when we witness the lengths to which classes go in order to explore, discover, question and wonder. It is no surprise that we are a centre for curious discoveries. Whenever a question is posed, we use STEM learning to plan, implement, review and hypothesise. Clicking on the link above, brings the user to our digital log of evidence. We regularly add material to the blog and we hope to submit the blog to Science Foundation Ireland in the coming months. Well done to all the boys and girls for continuing to ask questions. 'Illegal' is a work of fiction by the Irish author Eoin Colfer. We are lucky that so many of our boys and girls love to read and whenever we are given a recommendation to read and enjoy a new text, we are always willing to take a look. Ms O'Connor facilitated this display in the atrium recently which highlighted the wonders of this very engaging text. Last year, the book club members in the school even got to meet Eoin Colfer when they visited Smock Alley in May. Well done to all involved.
Ms McEntee has been a power of strength in the school in supporting our students with visual impairment. A number of our boys and girls use Braille for reading and writing. This display of work was presented in the atrium recently and showcased the wonderful work that our students produced using Braille. Well done to all involved.
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