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Wind Resistant Tower Experiment

Wind Resistant Tower Experiment Equipment Needed: A4 paper (max. 4 sheets)                                     Tape (Max. 1 ½ metres)                                      50g weight                                      Hairdryer Aim: Create a wind resistant tower that is at least 30cm tall, fit for a weight to be placed on top and to stay standing while lateral force is applied. Method: In your […]

Trip to the Library

Trip to the Library On March 5th, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th went to the library 4th, 5th and 6th went first. We brought our library cards so we could take out books. We had a look around and we chose  a book then if we wanted to we could read it there or rent […]

Swimming

Swimming Pupils of Kiltiernan N.S. go to swimming every Friday. The swimming teachers are Bernie, Bridie and Cieran.  They teach us different strokes and swimminng techniques.  At the end of every lesson we have to bellyflop or cannonball dive into the pool and tread water and lie on our backs like we would do in […]

STEM AWARD FOR KILTIERNAN N.S.

STEM AWARD FOR KILTIERNAN N.S. In the beginning of February Ms Forde introduced us to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). STEM is a programme to interest children in technology, engineering etc. We were working towards the SFI Discover Science Maths Award. One of the days in school we had a showcase for the parents […]

Seed Savers

Seed Savers Today, 4th, 5th and 6th class got a visit from Áine. She works for seed savers. She walked us through a basic explanation of what pollination was, how pollen was spread and how and who it’s spread by. We were also taught how important bees are and how they spread pollen. She showed […]

Seachtain na Gaeilge

Seachtain na Gaeilge In March, 2019 our school celebrated Seachtain na Gaeilge (or Irish Week) and we had lots of fun activities to do throughout the week! Like we do every year, the teachers organised an Irish competition. Whenever a student had a conversation with a teacher in Irish won a ticket and whoever had […]

Science Week 2019 at Kiltiernan N.S.

Science Week 2019 at Kiltiernan N.S.   Science Week at Kiltiernan is always a blast, but 2019 held a very exciting Science Week indeed!  For Science Week we not only got to see experiments up close, we also got to do some ourselves!  Fourth to sixth class got into groups to show off some exceptional […]

Saturn

Saturn Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. The average distance between Saturn and the Sun is over 1.4 billion kilometres. With an average orbit speed of 9.68km/s. It takes Saturn 10,759 Earth days (about 29 and a half years) to finish one […]

S.T.E.M:-Our visit to Atlantaquaria

S.T.E.M:-Our visit to Atlantaquaria On the 29th of April 2019 the students from 1st to 6th class took a trip to Atlantaquaria in Salthill. Everyone came to school at 9:10 and travelled by bus into Salthill. When we arrived there we were split into two groups; 1st to 4th classes in one group and 5th […]