2nd Class had a wonderful tour of some TU Dublin buildings on the Grangegorman campus. We were guided around the student services building, which was previously a hospital. We also got to visit another building from the 1800s which was once used as a jail! These have been fully renovated and we discussed the materials and processes used in this, as well as their current purposes.

We finished our tour with an informative talk on the physics of building and a practical activity where we used arches and a cornerstone to construct a wall in groups. A big thank you to Ian Roller who was our fabulous facilitator throughout!

We had a busy week in 2nd Class last week.

In science, we were experimenting with balloons and straws and observing how sound waves vibrate and travel through different mediums. It was noisy, but fun!

We also designed, constructed, tested and decorated our own string phones. We even had a working landline between the two 2nd classes!

And we continued looking at Games in the Past in History, exploring some real-life games from the past.