ENGINEERS WEEK

This week, we are celebrating Engineers Week. The school is buzzing with classes taking part in everything to do with engineering. The boys are learning about the various types of engineers and all that they do in the world around us.

We are very lucky in Hollypark to have wonderful parents and this week, the boys are thoroughly enjoying visits from some engineers. We will have full details in next week's letter.  Thank you to Ms. Hynes for once again leading a magnificent Engineers Week in our school. 

Pictured below are Mr. Murphy's 2nd class boys trying The Egg Drop Challenge!

STEM VISIT

We were delighted to welcome 3 teachers from Our Lady's Girls', Ballinteer to our school last week. They heard many good things about our wonderful STEM equipment and resources and wanted to check it out for their school. They were treated to a Sphero demonstration by Mr. Mc Evoy's 5th class and an IndyBot demonstration by Mr. Molyneux's 5th class. They were very impressed with our equipment, use of technology and the 5th class boys who demonstrated so well. 
On Friday, Ms. Hynes will visit a local school, Queen of Angels for a demonstration on Lego Spike. If the equipment gets a thumbs up, we will look to purchase some Lego Spike sets for Hollypark. Watch this space... 

For the past 6 weeks, Ms. Larkin's 4th class have been having STEM workshops with Arati from e2 Young Engineers Ireland. The workshops were Lego based and proved to be a huge hit with the class. Arati is hosting 3 special Lego Bricks Challenge STEM workshops on Sunday 3rd March. Please see the details below if you would like to sign up. 

We are extremely excited to be a part of the Launch for Engineers Week 2024 by Engineers Ireland and STEPS Ireland. We will be running 3 special Lego Bricks Challenge STEM workshops on Sunday 3rd March @ Engineers Ireland, Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Please see the booking links (limited places only)

Pirate Ship Workshop

9:30am to 10.30am --> https://LegoBricksPirateShipSTEMWorkshop.eventbrite.ie

Racing Car Workshop

12:00pm to 13:00pm --> https://LegoBricksRaceCarSTEMWorkshop.eventbrite.i

Ferris Wheel Workshop 

14:00pm to 15:00pm -->  https://LegoBricksFerrisWheelSTEMWorkshop.eventbrite.ie

Kind Regards,
Arati Naiksatam | Director and Regional Manager for e2 Young Engineers Ireland

Office: +353-87-719-8128

Skype: knowitedu@gmail.com | Website www.youngengineers.ie 

CREDIT UNION SCHOOLS QUIZ

Well done to Rian, David, Matthew, Nathan and Alex who represented our school at the Core Credit Union Schools quiz in Cherrywood Educate Together school last Friday night. The boys answered questions on a wide variety of topics ranging from literature and music to maths and sport. It was a competitive and exciting event. We are very proud of our quiz team’s performance and are looking forward to our next outing in May when the boys will get to participate in the Dun Laoghaire Libraries school quiz competition. 

Thank youto Ms. Smyth and Ms. Brennan for preparing the teams and accompanying the boys on Friday night. 

PAST PUPIL WATCH

Best of luck to all our past pupils who are playing Senior and Junior cup rugby with their schools this month. Pictured below is Ronan Mahon who is catching the eye of Andy Farrell for his brilliant performances for CBC Monkstown. Ronan has already represented Dublin in Gaelic football and is a great role model for our boys in Hollypark. (Photo credit: Ronan Ryan)

Best of luck to the Hollypark rugby team who take to the field in the coming weeks in the annual Willow Park Blitz. Coaches Paul O'Grady, Maurice Tunney, David Martin and Peter Carney have been putting a huge amount of work in with the boys every Friday afternoon. Thank you coaches. You will do us proud, boys!