Scoil Chaitríona Junior, Renmore

Curious Minds; DPSM Awards 2023-2024

Science Foundation Ireland

Curious Minds Awards

Log Book 2024

Scoil Chaitríona Junior

Renmore, Galway 2023/2024

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See the video of our Gold Award celebrations here

To log into SESAME, Science Foundation Ireland's system for Awards Management

please click the link below.

https://grants.sfi.ie

Click on the link here find the planning guide with lots of links to activities from

Curious Minds Discover Primary Science and Maths

Gold Award 2024

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Classes Involved:

Featured on our log book:

Ms. McLoughlin (2nd), Ms. Kyne (2nd), Ms. Bohan (2nd), Ms. Needham/Ms.Crotty (2nd)

Ms. Flannery (1st), Ms. Coade (1st), Ms. Tierney (1st), Mr. Elwood (1st), Ms. Halliday (1st)

Ms. Kavanagh (SI), Ms. McCaul/Ms. Fitzgerald (SI), Ms. Hynes (SI), Ms. Gillen (SI)

Ms. Dunne (JI), Ms. Ferguson (JI)

Ms. Gaffney (Hearing Unit), Ms. Herbert (Special Class), Ms. Lane (Language Class), Ms. Fitzgerald (Language Class)

Also involved:

All 2nd classes and the Hearing Impaired class took part in the EU Beach Clean-Up 2023

All classes in the school took part in Space Week 2023, in Maths Week 2023 and in Science Week 2023

All 1st and 2nd classes took part in EU Code Week 2023

All 1st and 2nd classes took part in Scientific Sue's Virtual Science/Magic show for Science Week 2023

All 1st classes visited the Exploration Dome/Planetarium during Science Week 2023

All 2nd classes took part in Scratch Coding Workshops in Atlantic Technological University in February 2024

All 1st classes took part in Heritage programme (March 2024)

STEP 1: Science

(4 hands-on science investigations, with at least one from each of the four strands)

Living Things:

Energy and Forces:

Materials:

Environmental Awareness and Care:

(and also 2 or more examples below)

Science Speakers:

Space Week Events: here

Science Week Events:

External Science Events/Programmes:

STEP 2: Technology

(2 or more examples of the children using ICT)

STEP 3: Engineering

(2 or more examples of the children investigating engineering in class or in the local area)

STEP 4 : Maths

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(2 or more examples of the children using their maths skills as part of their science work)

STEM Show and Tell

(at least one example)

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Our two year project on Looking After Our Oceans

Our all-Ireland Ocean Champions Award November 2023

Aug 29
2024
School Calendar 2024-2025
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