Engineer’s Week
Mr. Murray’s Fifth class enjoying Enginneers Week 2019
STEAM Projects in Rang III
Pupils in my class completed very interesting projects involving Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. Each group planned, constructed and decorated a marble run at least 1.5m long and the marble had to enter the top of a bottle positioned at the bottom of the run. It was a very creative, enjoyable and fun project [...]
Maths Week 2018
4th class pupils have been enjoying some extra Maths challenges this week during Maths Week 2018. On Wednesday the children enjoyed participating in 'Multiverse' in the computer room, accessed through their Mathletics accounts. The game, based on multiplication fact fluency and recall, sees the students progress through space, collecting and trading resources, and unlocking new [...]
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Maths)
Take a look at our most recent STEAM project! The children's task involved working in groups to construct a ramp from which a toy car could be launched. The toy car had to jump a gap of at least 10 cm after leaving the ramp. Initial plans were drawn up before the children set to [...]
Bizworld
Children from 5th class took part in Bizworld on Thursday and Friday. This is a programme aimed at promoting entrepreneurship skills in children. Aoife McDonagh from Bank of Ireland facilitated the workshops. The children came up with many creative business ideas. They discussed their ideas, applied for positions in their companies and marketed their businesses. [...]
Aspiring engineer’s….Rang Mr Murray
5th class, Mr Murrays, have been busy constructing and engineering (and tasting!!)....
Engineers Week at Barefield National School
Fun was had during Engineering Week, when the children worked together constructing different models using lego. Here are some of our creations ....
Engineering Week
Ms. Moore announced at February Assembly that Engineering Week in our school will be from Monday March 5th to Friday March 8th. Teachers and pupils will undertake lots of interesting challenges from dissecting computers to robotics to learning about the composition of roads.