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 small toy car to test our bridges out. All of the designs were different, but each one worked very well. The competition was so fierce, we had to ask Mrs. Kelly to visit from next door and pick the winning group! This group got a special goodie bag and the whole class were given a certificate and toy from Intel. We reckon there are many budding engineers amongst us!!