Chemistry Department
- Rebble Design
- May 1, 2024
- 1 min read
Certificates finally arrived for the 2024 Irish Olympiad. Pictured are the 8 participants who completed Round 1 of this competition in March. Then top 15% of all entrants were then invited to take part in Round 2 of this competition. Erin Fallows and Erin O'Connor travelled to Dublin to take part in the second round of the Irish Chemistry Olympiad competition during the Easter holidays. At this stage of the competition their efforts in Round 1 were recognised - Erin O'Connor was Highly Commended and Erin Fallows received a Bronze medal.
Following the gruelling second stage, Erin Fallows has been selected, as one of only four pupils from the thousands of competitors, to represent Ireland at the International Finals of the 56th Chemistry Olympiad competition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in July. The Chemistry Department are extremely proud of Erin who has been an exceptional student throughout her studies of Chemistry, winning the subject prize at GCSE and the Dr. Stephen A. Barr Award for STEM for overall performance in GCSE three Sciences and Maths. Erin was also the recipient of the subject prize for AS and Dr. John M. Pollock Cup and Prize for Outstanding Performance in Science. Erin is pictured with her A-Level Chemistry teachers, Mrs Janice Emerson and Mrs Heather Millar.
Really impressed how Chemistry Department manages to nurture either academic excellence or personal growth via high-level competitions like the Irish Olympiad and RSC Analyst Challenge. A lot of credit goes to the dedication of teachers like Mrs Emerson and Mrs Millar, whose involvement created stunning student achievement and really enthusiastic interest in scientific inquiry. That said, it can only be better if such a situation were to provide students with targeted assistance with their coursework writing help for lab reports, essays, or project write-ups. Such an organized support structure could help instill confidence and polish clarity in communicating chemical concepts.