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Letter to M.E.P

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. […]

Trócaire

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 […]

Trocaire Visit

Trócaire Visit Trócaire is the overseas development agency for the Catholic church of Ireland. It was set up in 1973 as a charity to express the concerns of the ICC for the suffering of people living in the poorest regions/country. Today Trócaire works with the churches and local organisations in over 20 countries across Africa, […]

Letter to Mairead McGuinness

 Kiltiernan N.S, Kilcolgan, Co Galway Dear Mairead McGuinness, My name is Ross and I’m a 6th class pupil at Kiltiernan NS. In our school we are in the process of completing the ‘Blue Star’ Programme. It is a project set up so kids would learn more about the EU and how it affects us. So […]

Trócaire

  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 […]

Helen Butler Visit

Helen Butler Visit On the 19th of January our school was very lucky to have a visit from Helen Butler who is a youth worker affiliated to the N.P.C. She came to talk to us about the transition to secondary school. The day started off when we had to write down the positives and negatives […]

Trocaire visit

What they do Trócaire supports individuals and communities in over 20 developing countries to live with independence and dignity. In Ireland, the charity raises awareness about the root causes of poverty and inequality. Where to find Trocaire Trócaire works with local and church partner organisations in over 20 countries to deliver humanitarian assistance and long-term […]

Letter to Mairead McGuinness

Kiltiernan National School                                                                                                                                   Kilcolgan                                                                                                                                  Co. Galway                                                                                                                                  2nd March 2017 Dear Ms Mairead McGuinness My name is Emma. I’m a fifth Class pupil in Kiltiernan National School. Since September we have been working on the Blue Star Programme. As part of the programme, we have completed PowerPoints on EU countries, fact files on […]

Order of Malta

Order of Malta talk On the 20-1-17 Maura Lyons did a talk on the Order of Malta. Maura is a cadet officer for the Order of Malta Craughwell. Maura is a medical scientist during non officer days. In  the Order of Malta Craughwell,we meet every Monday from 7:15-8:15. Maura explained where you would see the […]

Engineers Week

  This year Engineer’s week is running from March 4th to March 10th. The aim of engineer week is for everyone to learn all about what engineers do and for some people it might inspire them to become an engineer. In Kiltiernan we have already had a visit from Rory, an electronic engineer. He showed […]