Entries Tagged 'Curriculum' ↓

An interactive, computer-based French language course will be introduced to the Preparatory School in the next school year.  Classes from First to Sixth will have access to the course on a weekly basis.  It is hoped that the boys will have a good grasp of French before moving on to the Secondary School where French [...]

Fifth and Sixth Class boys go up to the Chemistry, Physics or Biology Lab for an hour of Science every week.  But even the Junior Infants enjoy simple scientific experiments in class, as pictured below

The weather has been very much in the news lately and Sixth Class pupil James Keaveney has taken a special interest in how information on climate is gathered.  He built a weather station consisting of a thermometer to measure maximum and minimum daily temperature, a precipitation gauge to measure rainfall and a barometer to measure atomopheric [...]

Hopefully the pottery will be dried out soon and ready to be given as Christmas presents