Letter to Mairead McGuinness MEP

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Dear Ms McGuinness,
How are you keeping? My name is David from 5th class in Kiltiernan NS. This name might ring a bell because, yes, you have been here before on a tour of South Galway.
At the moment we are currently working on the Blue Star programme that engages young people to learn more about the EU and MEPs.
Currently we have done a geography project on EU countries. We have also done projects on Historical European events such as World War I and World War II. We have also researched European artists/inventors and how the EU parliament works.
Finally, we have hosted an EU food tasting day. We chose food from the EU and cooked it. Then on one Wednesday we served in small portions to the school. Everybody really enjoyed the day.
Mairead, we would love if you could come to our school and tell us about your job. We would love to know about a ‘day in the life of an MEP.
Thank you for taking the time to read the letter.
Yours Sincerely,
David

Pantomime 2017

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Pantomime preparation

We are all working very hard on our school pantomimes. The middle room are performing ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ and the senior room are presenting ‘Alas in Blunderland. The senior room first got underway by reading the script of course. Then we read and read until we got very familiar with the script and the lines. Shortly afterwards we were on to auditions which was very exciting. On Thursday morning we got our roles. I am Brutal the ugly sister and Ross is the other ugly sister Obnoxious. Emma got Cinders. She is excellent. Also Melanie got to be Cinderella, which she is very good at. David got Buttons and Toby became the fairy godmother. He has to put on an American accent. He is very funny. We are now in rehearsals and working very hard. The panto night is on the 7th of April. I am very excited for the big night. We also have our dress rehearsals on the 5th of April. Our costumes are gorgeous. The ugly sister’s costumes are so amusing and horrid. I can’t wait for the big night!

By Adam 5th class

Mairead McGUINNESS Letter

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Kiltiernan N.S
Kilcolgan,  Co.Galway

Dear Mairead McGuinness
Hello my name is Melanie I am a fifth class student in Kilternan national school. We started the Blue Star project before Christmas and it would be a pleasure to have you come to our school if you have the time. You came to our school before when you were touring around Galway and promised us that you would return in later times and I am almost sure that it is later times now! In the blue star programme we did power points on famous artisst in Europe. We also did a European food day where every pupil from second class the whole way up to sixth class picked a Eureopean dish- either savoury or sweet and displayed it and all the pupils tasted everyone’s dish. The last step is to get a member of the European parliament to come to our school and talk to us about what he/she does. As a result of that I would like to invite you to come to visit our school.

Your sincerely

Melanie
5th class Kilternan N.S

Letter to Mairead McGuinness

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                        Kiltiernan N.S

Kilcolgan

Co. Galway

Dear Mairead McGuiness

 

On behalf of our school and principal we would love to invite you to our school. Our school have been working very hard on the Blue Star programme.

We have worked very hard on various projects in our classes. We have worked on geography projects, Historical European events and much more. We also hosted an E.U food tasting day and also researched how the E.U parliament worked.

You came to our school in 2014 while touring south Galway. You signed our visitor book and said “I’ll be back”.

If you do come back it will be a great pleasure for our school.

Your sincerely

Adam

5th Class

 

Order of Malta visit

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Order of Malta

 

On the 18th of January 2017, a lady named Maire from the Order of Malta visited our school. She is an officer in charge.

She is a medical scientist. The order of Malta is a volunteer ambulance service. They are mainly seen at GAA and Rugby matches, road races and local events. They contribute immediate first aid. Each member of the order of Malta carries around a medical bag.

The order of Malta originated when tourists travelled to Jerusalem to see where Jesus was born. They were called ‘crusaders’. It was setup by St Gerard to help sick children and adults.

They first settled in Malta which is now the headquarters. The order of Malta meets once every two weeks to learn first aid.

Maire showed the class many procedures including how to bandage and do CPR. There are many cadet units around Ireland. The ones in Galway are in Craughwell and Mervue.

I really enjoyed Maire’s visit. I hope I could join the order of Malta in the future.

By Toby

5th Class

 

F.A.I Soccer

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F.A.I soccer

The boys from fifth and sixth class are training for F.A.I 5 a side soccer tournament. They are training in Ardrahan astroturf and managed by Jerry and Rory . They are training hard and are determined to get a win. The tournament is in Salthill Devon on the 21st of March .The boys are in it to win it but also for a bit of fun along the way.

Invitation

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Letter of invitation to MEP

Kiltiernan N.S
Kilcolgan
Co. Galway
2/3/17
Dear Ms Mc Guinness

My name is Sean. I’m in fifth class. Kiltiernan have been working and researching all about Europe and the European Parliment.For example we have done
• Powerpoint on a European contrie in the E.U
• A historical event in Europe
• Cook a European dish
This was all in preparation for a blue flag award and I am writing to you to ask if you could come and tell us about your work.

Yours Sincerely
Sean
5th Class

Blue Star Proggrame

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Since the start of 2017 we have been taking part in the blue star programme. We have created PowerPoints about European countries, European inventors, European history and European dishes. We had an European food day. We were in groups of different countries.I was part of the German group.We decorated our table in the german colours and displayed our various dishes.I made stroopwafles-DELICIOUS!I really enjoyed being part of the blue star programme.

By Paul Glynn

Letter to M.E.P

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Letter to M.E.P.
Kiltiernan N.S.
Kilcolgan
Co. Galway
Ireland
Dear Mairead McGuinness
My name is Stephen. I am in fifth class in Kiltiernan N.S, Galway. Our school is taking part in the Blue Star Project. This is an initiative to engage ore with European Union. We have done many cool projects to get this project.
First of all we did a project on an EU country. We covered many different countries from Spain to Sweden. Then we researched a famous piece of history from Europe. We also studied the workings of the EU and a famous artist.
Finally we had an EU food day. We had lots of very interesting dishes. Some tasted really delicious. As part we of project would like invite you to our school. We would have a few easy questions for you to answer! It would be great if you could come. When you visited us here before, you said you would come back again! Thank you for reading this letter. I really appreciate it.

Yours Sincerely
Stephen
Kiltiernan N.S.

Trócaire

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Trócaire visit

On the 31st of January we had a visit from Aisling who worked with Trócaire. She was telling us how they help people where they have crisis like climate change refugees and women empowerment. We played a few games. My personal favourite was where we were divided into groups of 5 and you had to debate to keep your species alive. My group got rice but unfortunately we didn’t win but we didn’t lose either. Later she talked about fossil fuels affect different countries and how the Dáil signed a contract to raise the price of some fossil fuels. At the end she took some questions and she answered most of them. I really enjoyed the experience.

 

By Diarmuid 5th Class