SciFestatBridgetownCollege

BridgetownCollege

Transition Year students took part in the inaugural SciFest competition in December 2020 Projects spanned a diverse range of research topics including testing the hypothesis that cows lie down in the rain Cllr Jim Moore, Michael O'Brien (WWETB) and Sinead O'Hara (WWETB) had the unenviable task of picking a winner on the day Cillian Duggan and Nathan Fitzpatrick were deemed the worthy winners, after lengthy deliberations by the judges Theirprojectstestedtheeffectivenessofvariousmethods of food storage for preservation The judges commented on the high standard and the enthusiasm the students had for their projects A great understanding of the scientificprocesswasdemonstrated

YoungScientist2021

BunclodyVocationalCollege

For the second year in a row Bunclody Vocational CollegequalifiedtocompeteattheBTYoungScientist &TechnologyExhibition,theonlyschooltoqualifyfrom Wexford this year. The competition was held virtually from the 6th - 8th of January 2021 Huge congratulations are extended to the Science Department and to participating student Leah Coleman

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ColáisteAbbáin

40% of Coláiste AbbáinJunior Cycle students are now studying a Short Course in Agriculture Thank you to everyone in the local community for embracing, developing and enabling this course to go from strength to strength We do believe the students' smilessayitall!!

Leah was also part of the team that won a Merit Award atlastyear’sevent ThisyearshecompetedintheSocial and Behavioural Science category and her contemporary project was entitled "Real-Time Analysis of The Effect of Lockdown on Post Primary Students in A DEIS School" While Leah did not receive any awards on this occasion, her research will contribute to the huge volume of data that has come out of students experiencesoflockdownduring2020.

YoungReportersfortheEnvironment:ContactlessCoffee SelskarCollege

Congratulations to Selskar College 6th year students, Elizebeth Shanto and Anna Zweirchowska who finished 2nd place in the Senior Category of the Annual Young Reports of the Environment National Competition with their article‘ContactlessCoffee’

YoungReportersfortheEnvironmentengagesstudentsinenvironment-focusedcitizenjournalism, lookingatissuesandsolutionsandreportingonthemthrougharticles,photos,orvideos ContactlessCoffeeaddressestheissuesarounddisposableandtake-awaycoffeecupsandoffers solutionstothisgrowingproblem CongratulationstoElizebethandAnnaonthisamazingachievement!