Congratulations to Suzanne Colreavy in 5th year who has won a prize for her entry in the IWish 2022 The World is Ours STEM competition.
STEM is an abbreviation for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.
Suzanne’s prize has been sponsored by Johnson & Johnson.
Our whole school community is very proud of Suzanne’s achievement and her excellent idea to make the world a more inclusive place. You can read Suzanne’s full entry below:

Hi, my name is Suzanne Colreavy and I have broken down the following question of “how I would take a real world problem and solve it using STEM” into two parts.

First I thought of what is most important to me. Personally, my hopes for the future of the world is that it is an inclusive place for all.

I then began to think about how we can make the world a more inclusive place.

In my research I formed the opinion that as the world develops and technology and science becomes more and more advanced, an important issue that I feel can really benefit from work in STEM is; giving disabled people, who would have previously felt they were lacking a lot of independence the greatest quality of life possible.

As far back as the 1930s scientists looked towards using eye tracking technology to help people learn to read, but with the huge advances In technology in the last 20 years this eye tracking technology has been used to assist the disabled and paralysed in everyday tasks that have been impossible to them before now.

In 2005 Tobii technology released the first eye controlled computer that people without the use of their hands can use to greatly improve their independence and communication. Software on these computers can be used to help them with a range of every day tasks such as speaking, playing games and creating artwork.

I think Science, technology, engineering and maths could take these advancements and ideas and take them even further in the future. I think if these eye tracking technologies can be used to operate a computer, they could potentially be used to allow a paralysed or disabled person to be able to drive independently. The independence that being able to go out and drive on their own would give someone who previously couldn’t would be life changing and empowering.

Congratulations to all the other entries from 1st to 6th year. Excellent and inspiring work everyone!

Kind regards,

Ms. Reilly