St Macartans Tech Dep

3rd Yr Graphics Students finishing a revision of perspective projection for the exams in June. Some fine examples of sporting grounds from the locality . #perspectiveprojection #gaa

Some Ty projects completed last week. The chess boards and bench was a massive hit.

5th yr DCG: End of year project work completed on "Power Banks". Lots of great sketching and research on show. Good exercise to get students thinking about product design. #dcgsampleproject @stmacartans

1st Yr Graphics: Students finished learning all about the world of Polygons. They were tasked with putting this new knowledge into practice by designing logos based upon Hexagons #ourboys @stmacartans

3rd Yr GRAPHICS Revision time just before the pre exam. Students revising the construction of the ELLIPSE and PARABOLA in a practical way.⛷️#Graphics @stmacartanscollege

Well done to Eoin Prunty on winning the door stop competition 👏 Thanks to @Combilift for the prizes #ourboys #Engineering #FUTURE

Our TY's completed An OEM Engineering Workshop in @MonaghanInst Special word of Thanks Matthew Ward for facilitating the Workshops. Our boys got to try out a range of machines from robotic arms, lathes, arc welding and much more. 1/2

2nd Yr Graphics Finishing off learning about the ELLIPSE & PARABOLA. Learning put into practice. designing solutions to real life problems.🚀👩‍🚀⚽️🏆#graphics @stmacartans

Special word of Thanks to Michael Mc Grath for facilitating the Workshops. Our students left today having gained a great experience of all that AutoCAD has to offer. See below for some Fantastic work.

Today see's our Ty Students completed An Architectural Design Workshop in @MonaghanInst. Thanks very much for this opportunity our boys are really enjoying it and loved the chance to see all that your fantastic campus has to offer. @ThisisFet #engineering #architecture #education

TY DCG-Subject Sampling. Students investigating the world of design through the lens of a famous Architect/Engineer/Designer. @stmacartans

2nd Yr GRAPHICS Learning all about the PARABOLA this week. what is it? and how to construct it. Students enjoyed modifying the Excavator bucket detail to bring the topic to life. Great work on show. #ourboysourcommunity @stmacartans

Was great to meet all the parents and 6th class students last night's at our open night. The pen turning and Class of 2030 sign in board generated some great interest amongst students and parents. #classof2030 #woodworking

2nd Yr GRAPHICS. Learning all about the ELLIPSE today,and the constructions associated with it. Some perspective drawing was added to complement the learning. Some great examples on show here! @stmacartans . #discovergraphics 🦇✍️✏️📐📏

Great learning in 1st Yr Wood Technology today. As we checked in on our Acorns which we gather about a Month ago. Great to see so many have started to germinate. 12 out of the 15. #jct #activelearning

5th yr DCG,Technology & LCA classes on tour @Combilift. The boys gained great insight into the practical world of work and the difference paths that lead to it. Many thanks to the team at Combilift for facilitating the tour and making us feel so welcome.@stmacartans

@AndrewKirrane Great idea 🙌

Planted a few of our baby Oak trees today on school grounds. I collected these two years ago with my daughter and now they are ready to be transplanted out into open ground. My students help to plant and maintain all trees planted here on our lovely school grounds.

St Macartan’s Technology & Woodwork departments are very busy preparing for our sixth class taster day!! Sem Saturday takes place this coming Saturday! You can sign your son up with this link: forms.gle/CHqnsEHNXzsK72…. Don’t miss out! #OurSchoolOurCommunity @techStMacs

Preparation for Sem Saturday in full flow this evening 🙌 make sure to get booking to avoid disappointment. #sem @stmacartans #woodworking

🪘What is ‘SEM Saturday’?🪘 A special opportunity for all 6th Class boys to take part in lots of fun activities and see the best bits of St. Macartan’s from 9.30am until 2pm on Oct 15th! Watch Below ⬇️ Register your son via forms.gle/CHqnsEHNXzsK72…!! #OurSchoolOurCommunity