These 6th class pupils were busy recently instructing their Photon Robots. Using an app on their Ipads, the pupils were able to pre programme the robots to carry out a specific set of instructions.

Computer Programming
Ms. McCann recently organised to borrow a set of Bee Bots’ from Sligo Education Centre. A Bee-Bot is a programmable small robot. Pupils programme the robots and then they can complete a designated circuit. They are particularly appealing to younger […]

New Interactive Screens Arrive
We are delighted to take delivery of two 75″ Novo Touch Interactive Screens today. These will be installed in Ms.Rock’s and Ms.McDermott’s/Ms.Byrne’s classrooms. We will then have achieved all our targets set out in our initial school digital learning plan.

Interactive Screen Installed
Third class are the happy recipients of a new interactive screen which was installed over the weekend. This 65″ screen is the fourth to be installed in the school. Eventually these screens will replace the Interactive Whiteboards and projectors in […]
Seesaw Notifications
Many teachers will be in contact inviting parents to sign up to the Seesaw on line learning app, which they will be using in the coming weeks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzlrtDR84KY Below are instructions on how to turn off notifications from Seesaw on […]

Get Informed
As today is Safer Internet Day, we thought it would be a good idea to let parents know the pros and cons of some of the apps that our children may be using. The Webwise website has a host of […]
Safer Internet Day
Tuesday February 11th is Safer Internet Day. To mark this occasion, we in SMGS have reviewed and updated and reviewed our Internet Acceptable Use Policy which is available to view in the school policies section of our website. As part […]

The Bee Bots have landed!
Junior infants have been having great fun coding on the iPads over the last couple of weeks. Today we began coding with the Bee-Bot robots and can’t wait to do some more programming and problem solving next week.
Internet Acceptable Use
As part of our ongoing school self evaluation process, we are focusing on embedding digital technologies within our school. Accordingly, we have updated our Internet Acceptable Use Policy which is now available in draft form in the ‘school policies’ section […]