On Monday, November 5th, Fiona Squibb visited the Senior One Link Modules class. Fiona Squibb is the inspector of The Louth Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Fiona spoke to the students about her work in the LSPCA and how she helps home rescued animals. She talked about cases of animal cruelty and explained to the students the importance of volunteering. The visit in was organised by Sofia Challoner and Ysobel Kelly.
The Transition Year students participated in a CSI Experience workshop on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd October. The workshop was delivered by two retired detectives with over 40 years’ experience. The students took part in many activities such as taking fingerprints to DNA and trace evidence collection. They also learned about various cases and hazards the CSI investigators had come across over the years. In the second part of the day the students were tasked with solving a mock crime scene and were each given a role to perform. Overall, a really interesting experience.
During the October mid-term the students and staff from Bush Post Primary School went on a four day trip to Paris.
During their stay they visited the Louvre, Versailles, the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower. They also went shopping on the Champs Elysees and went on a tour of Paris by night down the Seine on the Bateau Mouche.
They spent a day in Park Asterix where they enjoyed Rollercoasters and a Dolphin show amongst other attractions.
Everyone had a great time and enjoyed themselves thoroughly.
25 Transition Year students enjoyed an evening as members of the 'Claire Byrne Live' audience, broadcast on Monday November 5th. The students had the wonderful opportunity to listen and learn about current social issues that affect our country and citizens. The show is available on catch up TV @ https://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/claire-byrne-live-30003252/10960692/
On Friday 19th October, Roisín Faherty from IT Tallaght came to Bush Post Primary School to do 2 workshops with our 5th year Computer Science students.
During the 1st workshop, students put their coding and problem solving skills to the test using Micro:bits to create their own pedometers, temperature monitors which displayed a warning when the temperature dropped below a certain level and they also used the Micro:bits to transmit information about the temperature between each other.
In the 2nd workshop, the students learned about databases and some of the programming behind them. To finish off the workshops, Roisín did some Computational Thinking / Problem Solving tasks with the students.
All students enjoyed the workshop which was was very relevant for their new Leaving Certificate Computer Science course.
