It was wonderful to welcome back the famous ecologist, Dale Treadwell, to St. Fiach’s recently. Dale brings great enthusiasm to his workshops and they are most enjoyable. On this occasion Dale explored the world of dinosaurs with the children. He had some fabulous videos to show how the dinosaurs lived and behaved. He also showed the children that all the continents on earth can fit together as one gigantic continent, just as it was millions of years ago. He also showed the infant classes some of his creepy crawlies! Thank you very much Dale for your visit and for bringing Benjo!

Internet Safety is very important to us at St. Fiach’s NS. In this Digital Age, more and more children are gaining unrestricted access to digital devices. Children of the Digital Age provide presentations to school children and their parents to educate them on internet usage. We would like to thank James Neary who facilitated the presentation to our children and parents. It was a very worthwhile and engaging day and we hope that everyone is more aware of the potential dangers of internet usage.

Another important week on the St. Fiach’s calendar is Science Week (Nov 13th-20th 2016). We had an action packed week that included a visit to Oldcastle Library for a science workshop, many in-class experiments and a visit from an environmental scientist, Robin Barry.

In-class science experiments

Please enjoy the photo evidence of our class experiments during Science Week:

To round of Science Week 2016, we had the pleasure of welcoming Robin Barry to our school. Robin is a leading environmental scientist with a key interest in biodiversity. He brought his BeeWise campaign to the school which highlights the importance of pollinators (especially bees) in our environment. He also had a wonderful display of butterflies, moths and insects for the children to observe. The children had a wonderful insight into the importance of biodiversity. Thank you Robin for sharing your knowledge!

4th – 6th classes Science Workshop with Michael Moynihan in Oldcastle Library                                                                                                                              Science week started off with a visit to Oldcastle Library where Michael Moynihan carried out lots of wonderful and engaging science  experiments with the children. He covered a range of topics including electricity, sound, materials and gases, heat and light. The children had a great time taking part. Thank you Michael.