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Primary schools in Westmeath are gearing up for this year’s Awards of Science Excellence (AoSE). Last year 15 Westmeath schools received the awards, and it is hoped many more schools will get involved this year.

Westmeath secondary school students are expected to be amongst the many students entering SciFest this year. This one day festival of science is held in Institutes of Technology around the country and it is here that local secondary school students ranging from first to sixth years demonstrate their projects and participate in a competition.

Discover Primary Science has put out the last call for Westmeath schools to signal their intention to apply for an Award of Science Excellence ahead of the deadline of March 31. All primary schools registered for the DPS programme who intend to make a submission for the Awards of Science Excellence can apply online at www.primaryscience.ie or call Discover Primary Science on (01) 607 3184.

Discover Science and Engineering has announced that 22 Mayo primary schools will receive an Award of Science Excellence this year as part of the Discover Primary Science programme. The awards programme, which is organised by Discover Science & Engineering, the Government’s national science promotion programme, acknowledges the efforts of primary school children and teachers who have demonstrated an increased knowledge of science and its many applications.

Burnchurch National School in Cuffesgrange, Co Kilkenny will receive an Award of Science Excellence today, Friday June 19.

Thirteen primnary schools in Westmeath are to receive an Award of Science Excellence this year as part of the Discover Primary Science programme.

Five Kilkenny primary schools took part in the Greenwave 2009 project – a mass science experiment for Irish national schools which involves tracking the movement of spring across Ireland.

A Kilkenny student, Kevin Bluett, from CBS secondary school received an INTEL Excellence in science for this project entitled ‘Ogvies for the Classroom.’