Her impressive physics knowledge combined with her excellent teaching strategies bring out the best in all of her pupils. She is willing to go the extra mile, giving up many hours of her own time to run after school classes and encourage and support students to take part in extra-curricular activities. Her dedication helped a team of her students to win the ESERO CanSat national competition and go on to represent Ireland in the European competition, where they were placed second – truly an outstanding achievement.