The day had finally arrived! At 8.15am on a dark December morning we met in school to collect our displays and set off. We chatted excitedly to Clinton our bus driver. We practised and made changes to our speeches. As the bus approached Intel, the nerves started to kick in! Once inside, we were warmly welcomed. The atmosphere was electric and schools from all around the country were setting up. On finding our stand we laughed as we realised that (a) we were called “Green Bee” instead of “Bee Green” and (b) “Oily Oceans” was called “Oil Spills”! With butterflies in our tummies, we saw the judges approach. Each group was examined by two judges and they were really thorough. They were very interested and spent lots of time discussing our projects with us. We answered all of their questions which covered every aspect of our work. We were happy that we knew our stuff!
Lunch was provided for us as we watched a fun show from “Scientific Sue” which involved Norbert the dragon, fake snow and lots of flames!
Mr. Ruairi Quinn, the Minister for Education and Skills arrived and visited the stands. He chatted for a long time with us and we got some great photos with him.
The moment we had been waiting for finally arrived - “The Awards Ceremony”. We had seen lots of the other projects and knew that many of them were potential winners. However, when “St. Pius X Girls” was called out twice in a row as overall runners up, we were in shock! Mr. Ruairi Quinn presented each of us with a beautiful glass plaque. We hope to get a stand at the Primary Science Fair BT Young Scientists Exhibition in January 2012.
“Oily Oceans” was on the news on TV3 and in the Irish Independent on Saturday 3rd December 2011. We had a smashing day at Intel and Clinton kindly gave us jellies for our hard work and winnings!




