Five secondary students represented Ireland at the International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) in Prague from 26-30 July. Leo Doherty (Lumen Christi, Derry), Eimear Kyle (St Finian’s, Mullingar), Philip Krause (Ashton School, Cork), Lucy Dornan (St Andrews, Blackrock, Dublin) and Daniel Quigley
On Wednesday, 20th June, the ADAPT Centre hosted the first of the pilot workshops for Primary Schools. Fourth class students at St. Brigid’s GNS used their problem-solving skills to code Ozobot robots.
The students coded the small robot’s movements using
The preparations for the All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad 2017 (AILO) picked up the pace in January this year with 17 problem-solving workshops held in schools and universities across the country reaching almost 480 students from across the island of Ireland.
Meet us at the TY Expo next Monday and Tuesday 12-13th Sept in Punchestown, Co. Kildare. You can try out puzzles and register for the All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad. See you there!
22 July 2016, Dublin, Ireland – Four of Ireland’s top young problem solvers are travelling this week to the International Linguistics Olympiad 2016 (IOL 2016) in a bid to win the title of the world’s best language decoder. The contest,