Visit to Cavan Institute

On Monday last, the 9th of November, we visited Cavan Institute for their Science Week event ran in conjunction with Coderdojo Cavan.
   The girls learned about forensics and how they are applied. In this instance the girls used what they learned to solve a crime: The murder of famed songsmith Margerita from The Pizzas.
   Working in pairs the girls used their recently acquired skills to eliminate suspects, compiling incriminating forensic evidence on the newly identified chief suspect and (presumably) sending a file to the DPP.
   The girls would like to thank Catherine Fox and the team at Cavan Institute for organizing the event and for an enjoyable and interesting morning.
     Coderdojo Cavan, who helped organize the event, are running an event of their own on Saturday coming, details of which can be found below.

Just to let you know that we are running a special 3D Design Dojo this coming Saturday. It is the first time Coderdojo Cavan has plannned a Design Dojo and we hope to introduce participants to design focused technology with the aim of creating 3D objects. The Dojo introduces kids to 3D modeling and 3D printing, bringing them through the process of creating their own models. This is a 2 hour workshop, open to children over the age of 9 years. Places are very limited due to the nature of the workshop..

Tickets are available on our eventbrite.ie page

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/3d-design-dojo-tickets-19456877043

If the tickets are booked out then please register on the waiting list.

DANCE!

We started dance this morning with Mary.

Papier-mache Halloween Pumpkins

We started our papier-mache pumpkins on Friday last. We stuffed black plastic bags with old newspapers and used masking tape to close them and tape them into pumpkinesque segments.
We made our glue from flour, water and salt. We used it to stick strips of newspaper to the bag. It was messy work.They have spent a number of days drying.
As of yesterday, they looked like slightly soggy oversized garlic but today we started priming and painting them orange. Tomorrow we will put the finishing touches to them

Flags for Schools

Sgt Stephen and Private Michael from Aiken Barracks in Dundalk arrived just before eleven, on Wednesday past, to deliver our new flag and copy of the proclamation. Shantel Camora read an excerpt from the proclamation whilst Saoirse Caffrey and Letezia Sheridan accepted the flag and proclamation, respectively, on the school's behalf.
Sgt. Stephen explained the significance of both the flag and the proclamation to the whole school, which had gathered together in the hall. They also told us about the centenary of the 1916 Rising and how we could mark it by writing a proclamation of our own which would outline our aspirations for the next 100 years.
They answered some of our questions about life in the army, mainly about how they got their medals: tours of Lebanon, Kosovo, Chad and Cyprus.
We finished off the ceremony with a rousing rendition of Amhrán na Bhfiann.

Preparing for the Flags for Schools Presentation

In preparation for the arrival of the Defence Forces and their presentation of the tricolour and proclamation to the school, our class held a brief assembly to inform the school about the significance of these events.
The Flags for Schools initiative is a government drive to mark the centenary of the 1916 Rising. The Defence Forces are spending the lead up presenting a copy of the proclamation and a tricolour to every primary school in the country
As part of our assembly we discussed the proclamation, the signatories and the symbolism of our national flag

  

The Troubles in 10 minutes

https://youtu.be/fcH6sDWR-wA

History of Ireland in 6 Minutes

https://youtu.be/WIo3vHmWjI8