We at Cloonlyon are delighted to announce that Mr McGuire has been selected to participate in an exciting project!

The European Schoolnet (EUN) have recruited eleven teachers from all over Europe to join the “Aerospace in Class” project. Mr McGuire is one of two teachers in Ireland to have been selected and will be travelling to Brussels Friday week for an intensive workshop.

The “Aerospace in Class” Project is about integrating STEM1 resources from the Airbus Foundation Discovery Space in classes for 8- to 12-year-old students. The project is committed to bringing together the products and people of the global aerospace company Airbus to help address the challenges of today's society. It focuses on empowering young people for the challenges of tomorrow.

The Airbus Foundation Discovery Space is a digital portal for aerospace exploration, connecting students, parents, and educators across the globe with professionals in the field, bringing today’s research and technology to life.

European Schoolnet (www.eun.org) is coordinating this project. EUN is the network of 34 European Ministries of Education, based in Brussels, which aims to bring innovation in STEM which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics subjects.

Mr McGuire will have a lot of work ahead of him as he coordinates this European initiative within his classroom and school setting. There will be lots of online meetings, reports, consultations and much more. We are very fortunate as a school to be benefiting from Mr McGuire’s involvement in this project and cannot wait to begin! We will keep you updated throughout so keep an eye on our schools web pages.

We used a cooler full of ice and a plastic bag that was filled with cooking fat (to represent the blubber) to test if this really does help with the cold. 

We used cooking fat to represent the blubber and by placing this into a plastic bag we were able to make a pocket to place out hands in. When we placed this into the ice the children noted how it took much longer to feel the cold if at all.

This showed them how the animals in polar regions cope with the cold icy conditions all year round. 

Christmas fun and joy is being felt by all in Cloonlyon. Today some of our students helped to erect the Christmas Tree and decorate it. Students worked together to create our Christmas Around The World display as part of our thematic whole school oral language approach. 
Each classroom are beavering away preparing for our Christmas Show this year.
Watch this space for more Christmas activities and fun.....

Today the pupils of Cloonlyon wore blue to raise awareness for Diabetes. This was a fantastic show of support and encouragement for our little hero who bravely explained what this means for someone living with type 1 diabetes.

Angelic explained what Type 1 Diabetes was to all the children and we had some questions and answers helping the children get an insight into what is involved on a daily basis in the management of diabetes.  

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