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Discover Primary Science Award
We finished off a busy and successful year with a Discover Primary Science STEM award. We received a plaque and watched the virtual...
Our STEM Blog
Recording Great Work /2021- 2022
On this page we want to share our ongoing great work with everyone, providing the steps to repeat our experiments when we can and acknowledging the investigative work being carried out on a daily basis by our pupils!
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- May 3
- 1 min
Water
In geography and science we are learning about water. We are exploring the uses of water, the importance of water and conservation of...
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rathleenationalsch
- May 3
- 1 min
Making Pizza.
We are learning about the writing genre procedures in literacy. In our book there was a procedure on how to make pizza. We decided to...
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rathleenationalsch
- Apr 7
- 1 min
Forces
We were investigating and experimenting with forces. We learned how ramps can help move an object and then we used our ramps to record...
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rathleenationalsch
- Apr 6
- 1 min
Wildflowers
We had a wildflower hunt around our school. We found daisies, buttercups and dandelions. We then used daisies as our inspiration for our...
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rathleenationalsch
- Apr 3
- 1 min
Science/ Living Things
In these pictures you can see the pots with all the seeds we planted on 1st April. You can also see the strawberry plants and the King...
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rathleenationalsch
- Apr 3
- 1 min
Science/Living Things
We planted carrow, spinach, turnip, chives, lettuce and pumpkin seeds on Friday, April 1st. The weather is too cold to plant them outside...
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rathleenationalsch
- Mar 31
- 1 min
Lumper Potato Project
The Committee for the Commemoration for Irish Famine Victims (CCIFV) have teamed up with Glens Of Antrim Potatoes and Dunnes Stores to...
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rathleenationalsch
- Mar 15
- 1 min
More Magnetism
We worked on another experiment involving Magnetism. First we had to predict how many paper clips each of our 3 magnets could hold. Then...
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rathleenationalsch
- Mar 14
- 1 min
Sunflowers
We learned about the life cycle of the sunflower today. We planted sunflower seeds and placed them on the window sill so that they will...
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rathleenationalsch
- Mar 11
- 1 min
The Life Cycle of the Butterfly
We were learning about the life cycle of the butterfly this week. We made colourful butterflies for our classroom display.
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rathleenationalsch
- Mar 10
- 1 min
Asymmetrical Portraits
We learned about symmetry in maths. A perfectly symmetrical face is quite rare . We integrated maths and art by drawing asymmetrical...
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rathleenationalsch
- Mar 8
- 1 min
Magnets
We predicted what materials would attract or repel. We investigated the materials and sorted these into 2 groups - will attract and will...
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rathleenationalsch
- Mar 8
- 1 min
Magnetism
We investigated the magnetic field of a bar magnet. We placed the bar magnet under a sheet of paper and sprinkled iron filings on top of...
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rathleenationalsch
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Máirt na h-Inide/ Shrove Tuesday
Rinneamar pancóga inniu. Bhí siad an bhlasta.
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rathleenationalsch
- Feb 18
- 1 min
Frogspawn to Frogs
https://vimeo.com/679326035 Watch the video and see this amazing sign of spring.
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rathleenationalsch
- Feb 8
- 1 min
Stormy Seas
We used different shades of blue paint to create a stormy sea painting in art.
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rathleenationalsch
- Feb 8
- 1 min
Weather
We learned all about the weather in the infant classroom. We explored various weather condition. we recorded the temperature and wind...
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rathleenationalsch
- Feb 8
- 1 min
Bláthanna an earraigh.
Signs of spring can be seen in our classroom and in the tubs outside.
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rathleenationalsch
- Jan 21
- 1 min
Anemometers
We are learning about Weather & Climate in Geography. We used our chrome books and did some research on meteireann.ie . We learned about...
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rathleenationalsch
- Dec 21, 2021
- 1 min
Information Technology
Using our chrome books is a regular part of our school week. We use typing.com, Studyladder, Google Docs & Slides for all areas of the...
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rathleenationalsch
- Nov 12, 2021
- 1 min
STEM
We designed frames for our wet weaving pictures. We wanted the frames to be free standing. We used just 2 types of support to keep the...
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rathleenationalsch
- Nov 11, 2021
- 1 min
Science Week - Flying Teabag Experiment
Materials: Teabags Matches Plate Scissors Health & Safety: Adult supervision is necessary and only teacher handles matches. Method: Cut...
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rathleenationalsch
- Nov 11, 2021
- 1 min
Science Week/Astronomy.
We learned about the Hubble Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope is 13.2metres long (length of a school bus). It weighs 11,110...
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rathleenationalsch
- Nov 5, 2021
- 1 min
Our Latest Award!
We are so proud to receive our latest award - Discover Science and Maths Award 2021 from the Science Foundation of Ireland. It shows just...
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rathleenationalsch
- Nov 4, 2021
- 1 min
Ice-cream Bread
We made ice-cream bread with just 3 ingredients, flour, baking soda and ice-cream. It was delicious.
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rathleenationalsch
- Nov 4, 2021
- 1 min
Parts of a Bulb
We learned the parts of a bulb. We bisected a hyacinth bulb to investigate the inside of the bulb. We planted 2 hyacinth bulbs in water...
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rathleenationalsch
- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
Wet Felting
Wet Felting is a method of using soap, warm water and agitation to tangle fibres together to create felt. Method: Gather wool fibres,...
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rathleenationalsch
- Oct 26, 2021
- 1 min
Planting Bulbs
We planted daffodil and crocus bulbs and in spring we will have colourful displays.
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rathleenationalsch
- Oct 19, 2021
- 1 min
STEM/Tangrams
Tangrams are an ancient Chinese puzzle. We were given the opportunity to play with the 7 shapes and make a square. Some of us found this...
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rathleenationalsch
- Oct 19, 2021
- 1 min
STEM
Science Materials & Change How heat causes materials to change. We put a raw egg, sugar and salt into the oven to see the changes caused...
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rathleenationalsch
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
STEM with marshmallows
A maths lesson with a twist. We constructed 2D and 3D shapes with marshmallows and spaghetti during our maths lesson. It was great fun.
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rathleenationalsch
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
Land Yachts
2nd, 3rd and 4th classes had great fun designing and making land yachts. We used a hairdryer to provide the wind power and used a metre...
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rathleenationalsch
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
How soil sinks to the bottom of a bottle.
You will need: water, plastic bottle with lid, some soil Method: We put the soil at the bottom of the bottle. We filled the bottle with...
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