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Carndonagh Community School's Annual Calendar for the academic year 2020/21 is subject to change. Amendments may be at short notice. Edit date (most recent) will be included when changes are made.
December photo challenge theme: Sugar And Spice And Everything Nice!
Welcome back to the Camera Club! This month’s theme gives you a lot of room for creativity. You can follow the literal meaning of this phrase and photograph delicious wintertime treats...or interpret “everything nice” in a way that captures your personal favourite parts of this time of year. Remember to include your name, class and title alongside the photo entry. Contact Mrs. O’Brien 306A.
A Google Classroom hs been set up for anyone interested in the monthly themes. Call to room 306A for the code. The current theme (December) will run until school is back in January.
Maths puzzles are back, just in time for Christmas...There's a €25 voucher to be won. Sum prize! Get your entries in by Friday, 18th December using the Google Form below. Best of luck!
Lava Lamp, Rubber Egg and Fun with Density were the messy experiments the first year students attempted at home. The winners of the canteen vouchers were Alex Butler, Soleil Crumlish, Casey-Lee Diver, Niamh Donaghy, Bethany Donagan, Isobella Marsh, Rio McDaid and Sophia McDermott.
The second year experiments were mostly edible as they made Sherbet and Honeycomb. When bicarbonate of soda is added to the honeycomb mixture, it breaks down with heat to release carbon dioxide gas. The gas causes the sugar and syrup mixture to froth and bubble. The bubbles become trapped in the mixture where they set as the mixture cools. Winners were Naoise Clifton, Clara Doherty, Sarah McDaid, Luke McLaughlin and Lauren Porter.
Third years boiled red cabbage and used the juice to test the acidity and alkalinity of household substances they could find at home, as well as using fizzy tablets to demonstrate rates of at which a reaction takes place when the temperature is changed. Winners of the canteen vouchers were Ailish Doherty, Lily McElvaney and Eimear Spratt.
Well done to everyone who took part in these experiments. - Mrs Gilmore
Carndonagh Community School has been designated a Fair Trade School. Ms. Nabla McGeehin would like to thank all the pupils and staff for their efforts. Together we made it happen!
School can make a substantial contribution to the health and well-being of the whole school community. Schools for health in Ireland provides a framework for a school to assess health needs and begin a process of working towards better health for all who learn and work within the school setting.