At the beginning of March, we marked Engineering Week with a very special workshop in 2nd Class. Odhran's mum came to visit the class from Intel, where she works as an engineer. She told us all about an engineer's job and daily life in Intel. The best part of the workshop was that we became engineers ourselves! We took part in a bridge-building competition. Each group were given some materials such as straws, string, blu-tack and string to construct a bridge between two chairs. We used a smal...

Meeting the Sam Maguire! The children in 2nd Class were recently lucky enough to meet the Sam Maguire All Ireland Gaelic Football Cup. They were all very excited to hold the cup and imagine themselves lifting it in front of thousands of fans in Croke Park!