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St. George's National School, Balbriggan Co. Dublin

Engineering

8th Apr 2024
We have been very busy learning about famous towers from around the world. We spent a long time chatting about the type of...
 
 
 
 
20th Mar 2024
Here in Room 4 we took on a design and make challenge to celebrate Engineering Week. We worked in groups to construct flat...
 
 
 
 
20th Mar 2024
The boys and girls in Room 3 are busy preparing to celebrate Easter. We are enjoying making Easter art as part of our morning...
 
 
 
 
5th Mar 2024
We decided to make bridges to celebrate engineering week. First we had to plan out what our bridges would be from and...
 
 
 
 
1st Mar 2024
We have been learning about how we canplay our part to take care of our planet. After watching the cartoon Take Care with...
 
 
 
 
28th Feb 2024
4th class is busy making bridges for engineering week. The number of sticks we use is determined by the weight of the bridge!
 
 
 
 
27th Feb 2024
As part of Engineering week, 5th class were really lucky to get a visit from a real life Engineer! Clinton came to meet...
 
 
 
 
27th Feb 2024
For engineering week, the children examined and explored triangles, focusing on how they are the strongest shape and examining...
 
 
 
 
27th Feb 2024
Today Ms Storey and Ms Anderson's class had the pleasure of welcoming a real engineer from the company Pfizer.  He...
 
 
 
 
26th Feb 2024
Using our engineering skills, we made these fantastic windmills!!
 
 
 
 
23rd Feb 2024
As part of engineers week, we were each given the task of researching some of the most interesting or important inventions...
 
 
 
 
21st Feb 2024
The children designed bridges in class, testing their designs to see if they could hold weight.  The lesson was...
 
 
 
 
31st Jan 2024
In the interest of fairness- everyone in the class had a weight that was the same size and shape. We then all stood in the...
 
 
 
 
26th Jan 2024
This week teacher gave every table the same resources and equipment and we were challenged to design and make our own parachute!
 
 
 
 
13th Jan 2024
In SESE, we learnt about how bridges are designed and built and what factors to consider when building a bridge.  ...
 
 
 
 
15th Nov 2023
This week we did some Science Engineering projects. We had to plan, design and create a container that would carry a pingpong...
 
 
 
 
6th Nov 2023
We learned that seeds need water, soil and warmth to germinate. 🌱 🌱  We designed an experiment to find out...
 
 
 
 
21st Oct 2023
We worked with spaghetti and marshmallows to explore the strand of construction for art.