Tomorrow at noon (October 16th), Minister Damien English T.D. will award the John Hooper Medal for Statistics 2014 and the Alice Perry Medal apps4gaps 2014. The prize giving will take place at the Clock Tower, Dept. of Education & Skills, Marlborough Street, Dublin 1 beginning at 12 noon.
As part of the proceedings, Minister Damien English will formally launch the John Hooper Medal for Statistics Poster Competition, 2015. Details are available on the CSO website at:
http://www.cso.ie/en/newsandevents/johnhoopermedalforstatistics2015competition/
and launch
The Alice Perry Medal apps4gaps Competition, 2015. Details are available on the CSO website.
This is Maths Week and the Central Statistics Office is playing its part.
Padraig Dalton, Director General of the Central Statistics Office will formally launch the CensusAtSchool 2014/2015 questionnaire which has some really interesting questions about households and families. Besides these topics there are diverse questions on the cost of the last pair of jeans you bought, allergies, fame and your level of interest in politics. Visit the CensusAtSchool website (www.censusatschool.ie). Follow the link to view the latest CensusAtSchool questionnaire:
http://www.censusatschool.ie/images/phases/2014-15-questionnaire.pdf
Felix Coleman, a statistician in the Central Statistics Office (CSO) will launch, a special statistical release, with the findings from the latest CensusAtSchool 2013/2014 questionnaire. The CensusAtSchool 2013/2014 questionnaire posed some interesting questions. Felix will present the results including numbers and types of footwear students own, favourite takeaway food and the books students read. Follow the link to view the 2013/2014 CensusAtSchool results:
http://www.censusatschool.ie/en/get-data/results/283-phase-13-1314
Minister Damien English T.D. will award the John Hooper Medal for Statistics 2014. Prizes will be presented to the students with the top three winning posters and their schools. Also present at the event will be the students whose posters were given an order of merit by the judges of the poster competition.
Following the awarding of the John Hooper Medal, Minister Damien English T.D. will present the prizes for the Alice Perry Medal apps4gaps competition.
After the prize giving by Minister Damien English prize winners will give a short presentation on their winning poster or winning app.
Dr. Anne Brosnan, National Coordinator of Project Maths will act as master of ceremonies.
Attached are the lists of the respective prize winners in each competition.
For further information contact:
Eoin McCuirc 086 4535741 or Felix Coleman (021) 453 5129
Central Statistics Office
Phone: LoCall 1890 313 414
(021) 453 5000 / (01) 498 4000, ext 5504 or 5129
Fax 021 453 5555
Internet www.cso.ie
E-mail islp@cso.ie
List of Awards to be announced by Anne Brosnan
and presented by the Minister Damien English
Prize giving to students - medals and framed certificates for First place, framed certificates for Second and Third Place
Prize: Engraved John Hooper medals, framed certificates and prizes of €300 each
Winning Students: Liam O' Driscoll, David O' Callaghan
School: Hamilton High School
Bandon
Co Cork
Poster entitled: SHOULD THE VOTING AGE BE LOWERED TO 16?
Prize: Framed Certificates and prizes of €175 each
Winning Students: Rachael Ni Dhonnachadha, Shannon Ni Dhonnachadha
School: St. Vincent's Secondary School
Seatown Place
Dundalk
Co Louth
Poster entitled: Karate - The Science of Punching
Prize: Framed Certificates and prizes of €100 each
Winning Students: Meaghan Dinsmore, Eimear McCausland
School: Loreto Secondary School
Balbriggan
Co Dublin
Poster entitled: Does music and sport play a role in the development of hand eye coordination?
Prize giving to teachers - framed certificates for First, Second and Third Place
Prize: A framed certificate for the school and a prize of €1,000
Teacher: John O’ Sullivan
School: Hamilton High School
Bandon
Co Cork
Poster entitled: SHOULD THE VOTING AGE BE LOWERED TO 16?
SECOND PRIZE
Prize: A framed certificate for the school and a prize of €650
Teacher: John White
School: St. Vincent's Secondary School
Seatown Place
Dundalk
Co Louth
Poster entitled: Karate - The Science of Punching
Prize: A framed certificate for the school and a prize of €400
Teachers: Niamh McNally
School: Loreto Secondary School
Balbriggan
Co Dublin
Poster entitled: Does music and sport play a role in the development of hand eye coordination?
List of Awards to be announced by Anne Brosnan
and presented by the Minister Damien English
Prize giving to winners:
- framed certificates for best concept app (open), best working app (open) and best concept app (student)
- medals and framed certificate for overall winner –best working app (student)
Prize: Engraved Alice Perry medals, framed certificates and prize of €1,500
Winners: Jack O’Sullivan, Peter Roe
Teacher: Ms. Erica McNiece
School: Kilkenny College,
Castlecomer road
Kilkenny
App entitled: Some1LikeMe
Best Concept app (Student)
Prize: Framed Certificates and prize of €1,000
Winners: Conor Mulcahy, Eoin Hayes, Robert Fitzgerald
Teacher: Mr. Power
School: Coláiste Chiarain
High Street
Croom
County Limerick
App entitled: The Relocator
Prize: Framed Certificates and prize of €1,500
Winners: Gavin McArdle, Thomas Holz, Jennifer Treanor
From: Maynooth University and UCD
App entitled: Census Explorer
Prize: Framed Certificates and prize of €1000
Winners: Barry Kennedy, Katie Kennedy (absent)
From: CoderDojo
Limerick
App entitled: Attack of the Nearly Dead
The following posters were given an order of merit by the judges:
Students: Aoise Kennedy, Emma Chawke, Shona Fahy
Teacher: Deborah Ní Cheallaigh
School: Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh,
Meal Sior Anraí,
Cathair Luimnigh
Poster entitled: Tired of Sleeping?
Students: Lauren Buicke, Jodi Barrett, Maria Lane
Teacher: Shane Guerin
School: Millstreet Community School
Millstreet
Co Cork
Poster entitled: Snaptistics
Students: Emer Hickey, Sophie Healy Thow, Ciara Judge
Teacher: Shaun Holly
School: Kinsale Community School
Kinsale
Co Cork
Poster entitled: A Food Security Solution: Natural bacteria as a crop growth promoter
Students: Robert Sheedy, Joseph O' Donnell
Teacher: Padraig Costello
School: Blackrock College
Blackrock
Co Dublin
Poster entitled: Teenagers vs Social Media
Students: Laura McPhillips, Aislinn McPhillips
Teachers: Joanne Myers
School: St. Louis Secondary School
Glen Road
Monaghan
Poster entitled: When I Grow Up ...
Students: Ciana Martin, Rachel Grene, Michelle Donovan
Teacher: Ita O' Donovan
School: John the Baptist Community School
Hospital
Co Limerick
Poster entitled: Irish Inniu
Students: Ele Quinn, Eimear Matthews, Sarah Branigan
Teachers: Ruth Savage
School: Our Lady's College
Greenhills
Drogheda
Co Louth
Poster entitled: Teenage Stress Levels in School
Students: Roisin Lacey, Megan Freeman
Teacher: Niamh McNally
School: Loreto Secondary School
Balbriggan
Co Dublin
Poster entitled: Investigating the Protective Effects of Chitosan on the Tomato Fruit
Students: Clodagh Byrne, Norma O' Connor, Edel Slattery
Teacher: Shane Kissane
School: Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk
Mounthawk
Tralee
Co Kerry
Poster entitled: Mental Health
Students: Ciara Holmes, Aoife Grimes, Christine O' Sullivan
Teachers: Shane Kissane
School: Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk
Mounthawk
Tralee
Co Kerry
Poster entitled: "What We're Really Up To" - How Teenagers Spend Their Time
Students: Alannah McElligott, Leandra Lalune Nana,
Jamie Bourke
Teacher: Shane Kissane
School: Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School
Mounthawk
Tralee
Co Kerry
Poster entitled: Do You Wanna Be My Friend?
The following poster was Highly Commended by the judges:
Students: Aisling Sargent, Ellen Henkenborg,
Sinead Ní Luing
Teacher: Deborah Ní Cheallaigh
School: Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh
Meal Sior Anraí
Cathair Luimnigh
Poster entitled: Tuiscint Déagóirí ar Deonadh Orgán agus Fuil
The following app was highly commended by the judges:
Prize: Framed Certificates
Winners: Justin Gleeson, Eoghan McCarthy, Aoife Dowling
Company: AIRO,
Maynooth University
App entitled: All-Island Census App
Central Statistics Office 15th October 2014
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