Plenty to celebrate at Luttrellstown school

IT’S been a good month so far for students and staff from Luttrellstown Community College who received top marks in an anti-litter programme as well as scooping an award at the Tech Week 2015 F1 in Schools competition.

Competing against 23 other schools the college’s Karrotica F1 team won the award for Best Use of ICT and CAD in the Tech Week competition, which involved racing on a 20-metre track, with model cars reaching scale speeds of up to 350km/h.

The F1 in Schools challenge was hotly contested with some truly innovative designs but the event is not all about speed.

Competing teams are also judged on the quality of their engineering, graphic design, resource management, portfolio, media skills, handling of sponsorship and verbal presentation of their work.

Organised by the Irish Computer Society, Tech Week 2015 involved over 90,000 primary and post-primary pupils all over Ireland in a huge range of fun activities.

“We are delighted that so many students took part in Tech Week,

? said Jim Friars, CEO, of the Irish Computer Society.

“We hope that they learned a lot during the week, and gained confidence in their ability to make technology a part of their future.

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Luttrellstown Community College was also commended at the recent annual An Taisce Neat Streets Awards Ceremony at Croke Park.

Students from 22 Secondary Schools across Ireland were recognised at the ceremony for achievements in making their schools and communities more environmentally friendly places.

An Taisce presented the Neat Streets Awards to schools that reduced littering and waste and increased recycling levels.

Special guest at the event, climate change expert Professor John Sweeney of Maynooth University, complimented the students on their achievements and highlighted the importance of their collective actions in addressing the effects of climate change and improving their local environments.

Speaking at the event, Anthony Purcell of An Taisce said:

“We were delighted with the response of schools to the Neat Streets programme this year.

“It’s very encouraging to see so many schools complete the programme successfully.

“The students have put a lot of effort in to make their schools and communities better places and the Neat Streets awards are a great way to acknowledge their achievements.

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Neat Streets is now in its fourth year and is operated by An Taisce’s Environmental Education Unit.

It’s sponsored by the Wrigley Company Foundation.