Entries by emerb

Pantomime

The pantomime was on the 7th of April. We spent a long time preparing for the big night. Everyone’s adrenaline was pumping. You could feel the excitement. First 5th and 6th class did their Irish dancing followed by 2nd-4th class` play called “Jack and the beanstalk”. Without delay they did their Irish dancing.  Shortly afterwards […]

Swimming

Swimming in Kilcornan We started swimming in April. We all went in a bus to Kilcornan- 2nd up to 6th class went swimming. The swimming teacher explained what to do in different situations. We did swimming from 12 to 1o’clock every Friday for 6 weeks. There were different groups. The first group’s teacher was called […]

Dangan Athletic

Dangan Athletics On the 23rd of May, runners all schools flocked into Dangan athletics track for the annual school athletics. Children were invited to drive into Dangan to run in their respective age groups- most after doing heats in school. Kids from Under 9’s to Under 12 participated in multiple events. There was a sprint […]

Green school blog June 2017

Green schools blog 2017 In early May we picked the green school slogan on Biodiversity to represent our school. Our winner was Erin (3rd class) with the slogan ‘Big and small we need them all’. The runners up were Clodagh and Aiden Not so long ago we had a visit from Mary Dillon who came […]

Mairead McGuinness

On the 9th of May Mairead McGuinness visited our school as part of our celebrations for Europe day. We have been working on the blue star programme for a couple of months now, completing PowerPoints on EU countries and artists, learning about the history and countries of the EU and even making a dish from […]

Mairead McGuinness

On the 9th of May our school were very lucky to get a visit from Mairead McGuinness MEP. Ross sent her a letter of invitation and she accepted. We showed her all of our Blue Star projects we worked on all year. Outside some of my classmates were playing ‘Ode to Joy’ as she came […]

Cathedral Visit

On the lead up to our confirmation, the sixth class pupils of Kiltiernan NS went to visit the cathedral in Galway with our friends from Labane NS and Ballyglass NS, courtesy of our parish priest, Father Roche. We got on the bus and arrived at the cathedral a while later. When we got there, Father […]

Seashore Safari

Seashore Safari On the 24th of May the pupils from second to sixth of Kiltiernan national school were lucky enough to be visited by Brendan Allard from the Marine Institute. Brendan is a marine biologist and works in the marine institute in Renvile. He studies creatures in the ocean. He came to visit us around […]

Seashore Safari

13/06/17 Seashore Safari On the 24th of May 2017, classes 2nd to 6th embarked on an adventure to tracht beach to go on a Seashore Safari. Before we left are school,  our guide, Brendan Allard gave us a Q and A session. We asked about his job of as  a marine biologist. We also talked […]

Confirmation 2017

Confirmation We’d been practicing for months before the big day. We’d attended ‘You shall be my Witness’ meetings. We’d been allocated special jobs and practiced hymns. We even visited the Cathedral back in March. So we were very prepared when the day came. We made the sacrament with the 6th class pupils from Labane and […]