STEM
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) are critically important disciplines for modern society. They empower our citizens in so many important ways. Science and Mathematics provide answers to the fundamental questions of nature and enable us to understand the world around us.
STEM News
October Table Toppers
This term we held our annual table toppers before the October break. All our pupils who participated did a fantastic job, well done. The overall winner was Ross Kennedy in 5th class. Well done Ross. 5th class are the class to beat in the Easter table toppers....
Science Blast
Our 5th & 6th class pupils attended Science Blast this week at the University of Limerick. It was a great, educational, fun day out with lots of science based activities for the children to participate in. Both classes got to show case their projects and everyone...
Learn it Lego 6th Class
On Tuesday 16th January Fergal and Francesca visited 6th class in Killoughteen National School. We were split into ten teams of three. They gave us a Lego set per group and tablets with instructions that we had to follow in order to complete our task. When we had...
STEAM Engineering – 6th Class
Steam Engineering We started the STEAM engineering programme in 6th class at the start of October. Oisín was teaching us about all the various types of engineering and started by describing his own job as an Aeronautical engineer and later showed us the various other...
Table Topper Competition Halloween
Each Halloween & Easter we hold a Table Toppers competition. Three pupils are chosen from each class in 1st – 6th class, after many rounds of tables questions from their teachers prior to the competition. The participants are put through to represent their class...
Lessons in 4th Class
Fourth class have been having great fun with Miss Mann, our student teacher, over the past week. We have enjoyed many active lessons, including making and testing parachutes and a really fun PE lesson in our beautiful new hall. We are so lucky to have such amazing,...
Analog Robotics 2023
'Written by Ella McAuliffe, 6th class 2023' Analog devices came to our school to build robots out of Lego with us. We were divided into groups with three or four people in each group. I was with Kieran Keogh and Charlie Quinn. We were set a task to build and...
Multi Cultural Day in Killoughteen NS
On Friday, 24th of February, Killoughteen NS celebrated MultiCultural Day. This day was to celebrate and learn about all the different cultures within our school community. We hoped to deepen our knowledge and therefore further foster respect and open-mindedness for...
Science Week 2022
Science week in Killoughteen N.S saw all classes conducting some very interesting experiments. Both the Junior Infant classes joined together for science stations and completed 4 great activities. They made raisins ‘dance’ by adding them to sparkling water with baking...