6th Class 2018-2019
STEM Challenge
Our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) challenge this week was to build the tallest free standing tower using masking tape and straws. We realised fairly fast that a secure base was required for height and a safe structure. Would our towers have stood the test of Storm Ali this week?
Student Council Elections
Our class coordinated the Student Council elections yesterday, the 19th of September. The elections were to appoint students as class representatives to the council for classes 3rd to 6th.
First, students had to mark their name off the voting register, before receiving their ballot paper to vote and finally they placed their vote in the ballot box.
That was only the beginning of the process, as 6th Class then had to tally the results using the quota system, as they do in elections in Ireland. We used the 'election day turn out' and the number of seats available to each class to help us calculate each quota. We redistributed the votes from the lowest candidates, in order for the highest candidates to reach their quotas.
It was a very successful day all round and we were praised numerous times for our thorough work in the polling station.
First, students had to mark their name off the voting register, before receiving their ballot paper to vote and finally they placed their vote in the ballot box.
That was only the beginning of the process, as 6th Class then had to tally the results using the quota system, as they do in elections in Ireland. We used the 'election day turn out' and the number of seats available to each class to help us calculate each quota. We redistributed the votes from the lowest candidates, in order for the highest candidates to reach their quotas.
It was a very successful day all round and we were praised numerous times for our thorough work in the polling station.
Our first day in 6th Class, September 2018.
