Kilkenny students win top award at PExpo 2023

A Kilkenny school has taken one of the top awards at PExpo 2023 held in DCU, Dublin recently.

A study of how sleep affects mental and physical health undertaken by Ada Bambrick and Emily Donohue from the Presentation Secondary School in Loughboy, Kilkenny won the junior prize in the Well-Being category.

PExpo, developed in association with the Physical Education Association of Ireland, was first held in 2015 and is now in its ninth year. Its aim is to promote a better understanding of PE, sport, fitness and health among second level school students.

For the exhibition, based loosely on the Young Scientists format, students are invited to submit projects under one of nine headings, including the power of sport, technology in sport, well-being, components of fitness, nutrition, games development, psychology, and two categories linked to the physical education curriculum for the Leaving Certificate.

Prizes are divided into two age groups - junior for up to third year and senior for fourth year and higher.

As well as the Physical Education Association of Ireland, and ‘Dare to Believe’ other supporters of PExpo ’23 include Sport Ireland, Dublin City Sport and Wellbeing, South Dublin County Sport Partnership and DCU Sport.