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During the week there were a lot of things organised by • Technology students in fifth year researched and
the committee: prepared posters on renewable energy.
• On Wednesday, we held our very popular ‘Energy • Fifth year students of DCG designed a Green Schools
Action Day’, an important step in getting the flag. logo for the Energy theme.
Students generated their own power by cycling a • There was a poster competition for first years in Art
‘Green’ bike which powered a smoothie maker!
class.
• Green Day’ – a non-uniform day where we raised • The whole school could enter one of the competitions
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funds for our Action Day and also to give a donation for a new logo and a green code.
to the Children’s ward of Cavan General Hospital at
Christmas. • In Irish class and French class pupils studied poems,
read articles, watched videos, and took part in
• A table quiz for first years organised by the Transition other activities relating to energy, COP 21 and the
Years.
environment in general.
• We had a pledge board where students undertook
their own individual ‘green’ tasks.

Maths Eyes

In Transition Year our maths teacher, Ms Gray, encouraged us to enter a competition called ‘Maths
Eyes’ during Maths Week 2014. For this competition we had to take a picture of an everyday
object and try to think of a maths related caption to put on the picture. We all took pictures
and captioned them. They were entered into the competition. The picture which I entered was a
picture of a visitor car park space. I captioned it ‘how many ways can you rearrange the letters of
this word?’ A few months later, to my surprise, Ms Gray came to tell me that my entry had been
shortlisted.

On 23rd April 2015 a presentation of prizes was held in Dublin at the Department of Education. I
attended the presentation along with Ms Gray, my mum and three friends, Laura Graham, Sophie
Bell and Minami Hizume. At the presentation we got a chance to look at the other entries that
had been shortlisted and listened to an inspiring speech from the Minister for Education, Jan
O’Sullivan. We were also told the history of the competition and how it started up. Minister Jan
O’Sullivan also presented each person with their prize. I received a large print of my picture and
a plaque. The day was very enjoyable.
Helen Wilson

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