Science
Science is one of our favourite subjects in St. Margaret’s National School. Throughout the year classes are busy exploring, hypothesising and experimenting. We cover a variety of hands-on experiments based on the four strands of the curriculum.
- Living Things
- Energy and Forces
- Materials
- Environmental Awareness and Care
Each class hosts a science assembly during the year and this provides an opportunity for children to showcase what they have been learning as well as teach others new and exciting science facts. Ms. Keegan is our school’s science coordinator. This page showcases all the wonderful scientific work done in our school. Read on to learn about what we have been up to since the beginning of the year.
Science Week 2023 took place on the 12th-19th November. Junior and Senior infants collaborated with Ms Keegans 1st and 2nd class to investigate the fascinating world of fingerprints. This investigation will greatly support our application towards the Curious Minds Platinum Awards 2023/24.
Science Week 2021
We celebrated Science Week from the 7-14th November 2021 and explored the theme of ‘Creating our Future’. The children were intrigued and excited about potential future developments in the areas of transport, school life, home life and farming.
Maths Week 2021
We celebrated Maths Week this year from Monday 18th- Friday 22nd October. We enjoyed watching the daily episodes on Maths Week TV, participating in ‘Escape the room challenges’ and working with Maths stations which helped revise various concepts and topics from the...
Space Week 2021
We celebrated Space Week this year from Monday 4th - Friday 8th October 2021. The children in 1st/2nd Class and 5th/6th Class learned all about the famous astronaut Neil Armstrong, made papier maiche planets and speculated on the essential and non essential items that...
JAGGO Blocks
We would sincerely like to thank the DAA for the funding that the Parents' Association received from the Dublin Airport Community Fund. The Parents' Association used this funding to purchase JAGGO Blocks for our school. These construction blocks offer many learning...
Engineer’s Week 2021
For Engineer's Week 2021 the children in 3rd to 6th class took on a project while working remotely. As part of their STEM education they exercised the 'design and make' skills. In addition to this, the children engaged with all aspects of planning, constructing and...
Science Week 2020
The core theme for Science Week 2020 was ‘Science Week - Choosing our Future’ focusing on how science can improve our lives in the future, and in the present. In St. Margaret's N.S. we explored how science can help us to make positive choices that will impact the...
Discover Primary Science & Maths Award 2020
We are absolutely thrilled once again in St. Margaret's N.S. to have been awarded yet another SFI Discover Primary Science and Maths Award 2020. All of our hard work paid off and the children thoroughly enjoyed their work in achieving this STEM award.
Maths Week 2020
We had great fun during Maths week (10th - 18th October). The children took part in lots of different fun activities that all included some aspect of Maths. This year some classes tuned into Maths Week TV, which was broadcast live each morning for primary school...
Space Week 2020
World Space Week is an annual event that celebrates science and technology and their impact on the development of the human condition. This years event began on the 4th October to commemorate the launch of the first human-made satellite (Sputnik 1) on October 4th...
Engineers Week 2020
Last week we celebrated Engineers Week in our school which ran from the 29th February to the 6th March. Have a look at some of the fun engineering challenges we got stuck into. Many thanks to Ms Keegan for organising the resources for this exciting event. Junior and...