Well done to the Science Department and the lab techs for organising a fantastic Science Week in Scoil Mhuire, jam packed with activities, competitions and new learnings for both staff and students. During Science Week, the Science Department also ran a Biodiversity Photography Competition So many fantastic entries were submitted, but only 4 could be…
Read MoreCongratulations to C. Durkan, E. Birmingham, L. Fitzpatrick and A. Moyles who picked up 3 major awards last night at SciFest, including Business Excellence Institute Award and Boston Scientific Medical Devices Award. Well done girls & to their teacher Ms B O’Gorman on all your hard work!
Read MoreHuge Congratulations to É. McCarthy, J. Varley and A. Swan who won the Alexion Award at this year’s BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. Well done girls, fantastic achievement! Their presentation video can be viewed here (Entry no. 2500): https://portal.btyoungscientist.com/social-and…/page/9/…
Read MoreBest of Luck to students É. McCarthy, A. Swan and J. Varley who have submitted their entry to the BT Young Scientist Competition 2021 : HighFive – Developing software to measure hand function improvement for those with Osteoarthritis, using the Leap Motion Controller Well Done to the 3 students on all their work and effort…
Read MoreMany Congratulations to Roisin Fahey from the Leaving Certificate class of 2020 who has been awarded a Naughton Scholarship. The Naughton Scholarship Programme was set up in 2008 to promote and reward the study of Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics at third level in Ireland. This year Roisin is one of 36 exceptional students to…
Read MoreCongratulations to 5th year student M Collins who, during lockdown, presented her SciFest project online in association with Dundalk Institute of Technology & won a “Certificate of Outstanding Achievement”. Well done!
Read MoreCongratulations to our TY Science students and their teacher Ms B. O’Gorman who attended the Irish Manufacturing Research/I-Form/Science Foundation Ireland. The students participated in the final in Mullingar and were awarded joint 2nd. Well done girls!
Read MoreCongratulations to two of our TY girls, R. Moran and K. Kelly, who came 4th place overall in the SOPHia Competition. The competition, which encourages choosing Physics as a subject, was held in University Limerick. Pictured here with their teacher Ms E. Murphy. Well done girls!
Read More3rd year Scientists have been busy working on their mystery boxes. Their project focuses on inquiry-based learning in the science lab. The students were given a box of materials and a problem to solve with no help from their teacher! Thank you to Ms B. O’Gorman for facilitating this.
Read MoreCongratulations to Ms B. O’Gorman and her group of TYs who visited IMR in Mullingar on Tuesday 8th October. Scoil Mhuire is one of four schools chosen this year to participate in the “Shaping Your Future” programme – a joint project facilitated by Irish Manufacturing Research and I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre. This outreach programme…
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