Citizen Scientists
3rd and 4th class are learning to become citizen scientists and investigating the fauna of the school playground! Using all our minibeast...
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ardaghnationalscho
Apr 30, 20191 min read
Growing Our Own Food
Junior and Senior Infants had great fun learning about where their food comes from. They learned that Peas can grow form a seed and they...
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ardaghnationalscho
Apr 7, 20191 min read
What makes bridges so strong? 5th & 6th Class investigated during Engineers Week
First we looked at and discussed the bridges in our local area and then we looked at pictures and videos of famous bridges in Ireland and...
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ardaghnationalscho
Mar 29, 20191 min read
National Tree Week 2019
Our school and 21 other local national schools were chosen by Coillte and Beleek Woods Development Committee to plant a tree in Beleek...
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ardaghnationalscho
Mar 8, 20191 min read
Q&A with a real life engineer
We were joined this morning my Mr O Boyle a civil engineer (and dad). He talked to us about what its like to be an engineer and about...
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ardaghnationalscho
Mar 6, 20191 min read
Update from RDS
Everything is going well here in the RDS. The judges have been at our stall and we got a good report on our project and everyone who’s...
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ardaghnationalscho
Mar 6, 20191 min read
Judges have visited our stand
The judges have just visited our stand and the gave us a great report for our science project on traffic lights. They said our project...
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ardaghnationalscho
Mar 6, 20191 min read
RDS Here We Come
Good morning. We are on our way to RDS Science Blast Dublin.We are very excited.# RDS🚦
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ardaghnationalscho
Mar 4, 20191 min read
Engineers Week Sets Off Full S.T.E.A.M ahead!
We kicked off Engineers week 2018 with a bang today as we held our Science Exhibition in the GP room. Lots of parents were treated to ...
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ardaghnationalscho
Feb 10, 20191 min read
First signs of spring appear #science
We planted our crocus bulbs last October when we took part in the Crocus Project. This is an Irish initiative, whereby Holocaust...
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ardaghnationalscho
Nov 21, 20181 min read
5th & 6th class investigated the strength of different magnets during Science Week.
During Science Week 5th and 6th class focussed on magnets and magetic force. Here they are exploring both the magnetic strength of the...
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ardaghnationalscho
Nov 20, 20181 min read
Science week upstairs... What fun we had on Friday. From exploding gas balloons to hover craft C.Ds
On Friday we had a Fab science day. We brought in old bottles, discs, rotten eggs(ugh) and even balloons. Such fun we had. Using these...
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ardaghnationalscho
Nov 16, 20181 min read
Parachute design in 3rd and 4th
For this years Science Week had great fun in 3rd and 4th designing and building a parachute. The design brief was the same for every...
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ardaghnationalscho
Oct 19, 20181 min read
Junior and Senor Infants take on 2d shape and Mathematicians of the week get their awards.
During Friday's assembly three people were deemed to be worthy of the accolade 'Mathematician the Week'. They were recognised for their...
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ardaghnationalscho
Oct 19, 20181 min read
Maths Week draws to a close
As Maths Week came to a close the school was a hive of buzzing mathematicians as all the girls and boys took part in Maths Trails around...
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ardaghnationalscho
Oct 15, 20181 min read
It's Math's Week!!
Math's Week kicked started rolling in Ardagh NS today. Throughout the week our boys and girls are going to take part in lots of fun...
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ardaghnationalscho
Oct 3, 20181 min read
Build a Bridge and get over it: if it stays standing
We were investigating the strength of paper bridges today in science. Did you know you can make the paper stronger if you fold it, make...
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