St. Finnachta's N.S. Sixmilebridge

Congratulations to Mini Scientist Hannah in 6th Class

24/1/2020

Congratulations to Hannah who represented our school in the Regional final of the INTEL MINI SCIENTIST in Shannon in December. Hannah was awarded one of the top prizes and will go on to represent Munster & Connacht in the ALL IRELAND FINAL in Maynooth University on Wednesday 29th January 2020
Well done Hannah and we wish you the very best of luck with THE DISPOSABLE TRUTH project.
Watch this spot!!

Climate Change

17/12/2019

Ms Burkes 3rd Class learned about Climate Change. They watched videos about Climate Change, learned about Greta Thunberg and her boat journey to New York . They loved visiting the Science Fair in the hall and were fascinated by all the projects.

They collected 85 euro to donate to teamtrees.org and they will plant 85 trees on behalf of the class in rainforests around the world.

In 3rd class they studied where our fruit comes from and checked fruit packaging at home and collated the data!
Interesting findings! Have a look at your own fruit!

The Big Bang Theory

13/12/2019

THE BIG BANG THEORY

Mr Lynch's 2nd Class have been studying FORCE in SCIENCE. They decided to make a Balloon Stand to stand on. Now who would stand on a balloon? What do you think would happen? Yes !!! A BIG BANG!
Lets see what happened in Mr Lynch's Class

And the Question everyone asked,.........Did Mr Lynch stand on the Balloon Stand . Ask him when you see him!!

SCIENCE WEEK 2019

22/11/2019

Science Fair

There was great excitement in school on Tuesday 14th November when 10 INTEL Scientists and Engineers came to our school to adjudicate the Science Fair. 111 children too part in what is a record 41 projects.
Hannah 6th Class was the overall winner of the Science Fair competition with her project entitled
THE DISPOSABLE TRUTH which was about the real truth behind your disposable coffee cup.
This is Hannah's third time winning the school Science fair. The very best of luck to her in the Munster Final and in her Scientific future .
Congratulations and Well Done to everyone who took part ...take a bow!

In 2nd Place came THE KINETIC KOASTER which was presented by Roísín, Nicole and Lauren 5th Class. Their ideas came from Physics and dealt with Force.

Special Mention Awards went to a variety of Projects.

1. Hydro Dipping by Logan & Ali

2. Knees by Caoimhe , Edie & Rebecca

3. Which fertilizer is best for growing peas? by Lochlann , Eoin & Evan

We were delighted to welcome back a past pupil Gabriel Denys as an Intel judge for the projects. Gabriel is on the left here.

Now for a look at other projects at the Science Fair

Finally The Award Ceremony

Congratulations and Well Done to everyone who took part and we hope you all enjoyed visiting the Science Fair 2019

Past Pupil plays Rugby 7’s for Ireland

27/9/2019

We would like to extend our congratulations to past pupil Jack Ward Murphy who played for Ireland recently in the Rugby 7’s European Championships U18 in Gdansk Poland. Ireland beat last year’s winners France in the quarter finals. They topped their group early in the tournament going on to be outright winners. Well done Jack and all the team.

School Furniture for Sale

6/2/2019

A Talk for Parents by John Lonergan

11/5/2018

John Lonergan will visit the school on Tuesday 15th May @ 7pm to present a talk to parents.
John will be accompanied by members of An Garda Síochána and the Community Substance Misuse Team. There is no cost to attend and all are welcome.

Minister Bruton Visits Our School

27/4/2018

On Friday 27th April 2018, Minister for Education & Skills Richard Bruton visited the site of the new school to view the progress being made.
Minister Bruton acknowledged the great work ad complimented the efforts of the Board of Management, Design Team led by Reddy Architecture, and Coolsivna Construction.
Phase one of the project is due for completion at the end of the year and pupils and staff will move to the new building then.

The Band Spectacular

17/2/2018

There was music in the air at Shannon Airport on Tuesday, February 13th, when our school band travelled to perform there, accompanied by Ms. Ní Ghormáin, Ms. Cullinan and Ms. Tuohy. The band participated in the annual School Band Spectacular, along with pupils from Ennis National School, Gaelscoil Mhichíl Cíosóg from Ennis, and Milford National School in Castletroy. The event gave students an opportunity to play for, and with, other students from different schools, as well as for parents, grandparents, and passengers that were passing through the airport. There are 40 children in our band in total, from second class to sixth class. They meet once a week, at lunchtime, to rehearse, and are a very dedicated group. it was a very enjoyable event for the children, their families, and the teachers and principal.

Intel Mini Scientist Grand Final in DCU

12/2/2018

Well done to Hannah Fitzpatrick and Katie Moloney on their wonderful achievement of reaching the Grand Final in Dublin this month.
Their project 'Do You Know What Cross-Contamination Is? examined the effects of food coming in contact with other substances.
Hannah and Katie were presented with a Certificate of Achievement by Dr. Brian Mac Craith, President of DCU, and Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton.

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