Pupils in Sen Infants, and 6th class all learned about the importance of conserving energy. Paula Harte visiting on behalf of SEAI had two different workshops for each age level. With the aid of her puppet friend Oscar she spoke to the senior infant classes about how we use energy and how we might save energy. 

Pupils in Ms Regans 2nd and 3rd class learned about the impact of throwing away rubbish. Which materials would decompose and which would not. 

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Pupils from Ms Regans class learned about how moving air can be a very powerful force. We explored ways moving air can be used to move objects, We then learned about how compressed air can be particularly strong force. After a further discussion and exploration of the topic, the boys and girls designed their own rocket powered by compressed air. Click here for more

Pupils from senior infants learned about how materials can have different properties. They tested a range of materials for these properties. They learned that materials can be transparent or opaque. They also explored how some materials can be soft and squidgy, other materials firm and some materials very hard. They also done a serach of the environment around the school to explore how some of these materials might be used. e.g. the walls of the school are hard, our rubbers are a little flexible, the playdough is very soft and squidgy so we can mould it into whatever shape we like.