5th and 6th Year Construction Classes attended NZEB FET centre of excellence in Roxboro LCETB for a one day course on Fundamentals of NZEB practices.
NZEB Construction
Category: Construction Studies & Woodwork Projects
Photos and general information of Junior Certificate Materials Technology Woodwork Projects, Leaving Certificate Construction Studies Projects and Leaving Certificate Applied Projects.
Latest Expansion
Plenty to watch around the school today as our new modular extension started to arrive and take shape. The extension will be the base for our new ASD Hub as well as some extra classrooms. Exciting times!
Construction Projects 2024
Below are the projects submitted by this years Leaving Certificate class for the State Examinations 2024.
The Leaving Certificate course is broken into three sections with 50% awarded for the terminal exam, 25% for a practical examination and 25% for the projects shown below.
Junior Certificate Woodwork 2024
Below are the projects submitted by this years woodwork classes for the State Examinations.
Students had to pick one of the following design briefs and submit a project they felt answered the brief.
Select one design brief from below
- Handcrafted items of elegant design can enhance our living spaces.
Design and make a decorative artefact to display household notices and reminders. It should include a facility to hold keys and to store other small items. The artefact should evoke a theme of your choice and be designed for wall-mounting or for placement on a surface. The use of carefully chosen solid woods, complemented by a range of handcraft skills, should enhance your design. - Young people enjoy music as a form of relaxation.
Design and make a unique and elegant artefact which celebrates the joys of music. Your design should reflect a musical theme, genre, artist, or group of importance to you. Your artefact should be enhanced by the use of contrasting solid woods and should showcase a range of handcraft skills and techniques. - An elegant footstool is a useful item in a home.
Design and make a compact footstool suitable for use, in an area of your choice, in a home. Your artefact must be designed to be sturdy, safe in use, and should incorporate a useful secondary function. The use of suitable solid woods enhanced by handcrafted joints should be a distinctive feature of your footstool.
Architect Visit
Mr Hennessy’s TY Design and Architecture class who were visited by local architect Caroilin Liston, who gave an amazing presentation
mmm… Breakfast
TY Horticulture and Design+Architecture classes cooked breakfast for themselves to mark the end of the term. While working through their design module with Architect ..
Junior Technologist Award
Kyle O’Sullivan who was presented with the Junior Technologist Award for his work in practical subjects over the past three years.This perpetual award was sponsored by Mr Quinlan to mark his retirement at the end of this year.
Irish Architecture Foundation
Well done to the TYs who completed their creative Learning Space Workshop run in conjunction with the Irish Architecture Foundation under the guidance of architect Claire Chawke
Construction Studies Projects 2021
In yet another covid disrupted year, the Leaving Certificate class worked extremely hard to produce projects in the limited time available. Here are the projects submitted by this years students.
LCA Woodwork Tasks 2021
In yet another covid affect year, the Leaving Certificate Applied class worked extremely hard to produce their woodwork tasks in very limited time. Well done all!
