On Tuesday 10th of December Ms. Flynn's 3rd class took part in an electricity workshop organised by ESB. The girls had a great time making Scribblebots and they even got to take home their creations at the end of the day! The girls learnt about the work of the ESB and where we get our electricity from. The workshop was very hands on and engaging. Children made electric circuits using batteries, wires and a motor. These were attached to a paper cup with markers. The motor caused the Scribblebots to vibrate which created interesting drawings on a page. At the end the children decorated their Scribblebots. The following week the children wrote an explanation text about how the Scribblebots work. It certainly was a fun way to learn about electric circuits. Many thanks to the ESB team who organised the workshop.

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2nd Class were very busy learning all about Space. The children made fantastic displays and presented their projects to the class. 

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We had a special treat on Friday the 13th of December when the Sam Maguire Cup came to visit us in St. Brigid's! This is our sixth visit from Sam but the excitement among the pupils and staff had no way diminished this time round. The girls got lots of pictures taken with the cup. Hopefully it will be back again next year...Up the Dubs! 

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A big thank you to all the families who donated gift-filled shoe-boxes to the Christmas Shoe box Appeal. A massive 295 shoeboxes were collected.

The shoeboxes will be sent to children living in very difficult situations in different parts of Africa and Eastern Europe. A big thank you to Noel, our caretaker, for co-ordinating this worthy cause again this year.

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All of our classes joined in some festive fitness fun as part of our Active Schools Programme in the school. Some activities included a santa sack race, icicle hockey, jingle bell jumping, tinsel tubes and a bauble and spoon race! The girls really enjoyed the day! 

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Science week took place this week, from Nov 10th-17th. The classes engaged in lots of Science activities during the week. Two Scientists from ‘Anyone4Science’ will visited the school on Mon 11th to deliver workshops which focused on Forces to our S.I, 2nd, 4th & 6th classes.

On Tues 12th, our two 3rd classes visited Le Chéile in Donnycarney for a Science Roadshow about 'Dippy the Dino's Digestive Dilemma'. 

The two 5th classes participated in a series of Ozobots workshops. Ozobots are pocket-sized robots that are programmable through hand-drawn colour-coded lines. Ozobots connect children to the world of robotics and teach them how to code, design and solve problems. 

Our Junior & Senior Infants were busy using Bee Bots in their classroom— BeeBot is an exciting robot designed specifically for use by young children. This colourful, easy-to-operate, and friendly little robot is a perfect tool for teaching sequencing, estimation, problem-solving, coding and just having fun! 

Our 3rd—6th classes enjoyed a 5 week module of Scratch coding with Ms.Scott and class teachers before mid-term break. Each of the classes visited the computer room once a week and engaged in interactive stories, games, and animations using Scratch. 

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