Other Areas of Learning
Science & Technology
VEX IQ is an educational robotics platform designed for post-primary junior cycle students. It provides a hands-on, engaging way for students to learn about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) concepts through building and programming robots. Mr Masterson is currently doing this at lunchtime with the Coding club.
For the past few years, Transition Year Girls participate in a 3 day Coding workshop facilitated by University of Galway. Our students have also attended the IWish event in RDS which encourages girls to study STEM subjects. For the past number of years, some of our TY students have been selected to participate in Ericsson’s INFUSE one day or 3 day workshops.
We participated in the national SciFest competition last year and had some very innovative entries from our First years. This year’s SciFest takes place on March 31st.
The school has entered the Maths Eyes competition for the past number of years with many entries winning Awards.