Camogie Championship
On Thursday the 23rd of May we went to Ardrahan pitch for the schools camogie championship. It was a seven a side competition. We had to be at the pitch for 9:00am so it was an early start.. The first thing we did was went into the dressing rooms to get are jerseys. I was number 9.
On the team was Ellie, Erin, Grainne, Orlaith, Katie, Grace, Edel, Meadbh, Béibhinn, Lauren, Erin, Clodagh and Eimear. In our group were Ballyglass, Kiltartan and Gort.
First we played Gort and we won that match. After that match we went back into the dressing rooms to have a team talk and eat a little snack. Next we played Kiltartan and that meant we were through to the semi-fina.l We were against Ballyglass. This match was to get into the finals in Loughgeorge. Ballyglass were the toughest and strongest team we played. Everyone tried their best but we lost our match. Overall I had a great day. Ballyglass went to Loughgeorge on the 11th of June for their final. Sadly they lost.
By Beibhinn
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Camogie Championship
/in 4th Class, 5th Class, 6th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nCamogie Championship
On Thursday the 23rd of May we went to Ardrahan pitch for the schools camogie championship. It was a seven a side competition. We had to be at the pitch for 9:00am so it was an early start.. The first thing we did was went into the dressing rooms to get are jerseys. I was number 9.
On the team was Ellie, Erin, Grainne, Orlaith, Katie, Grace, Edel, Meadbh, Béibhinn, Lauren, Erin, Clodagh and Eimear. In our group were Ballyglass, Kiltartan and Gort.
First we played Gort and we won that match. After that match we went back into the dressing rooms to have a team talk and eat a little snack. Next we played Kiltartan and that meant we were through to the semi-fina.l We were against Ballyglass. This match was to get into the finals in Loughgeorge. Ballyglass were the toughest and strongest team we played. Everyone tried their best but we lost our match. Overall I had a great day. Ballyglass went to Loughgeorge on the 11th of June for their final. Sadly they lost.
By Beibhinn
Book Week
/in 4th Class, 5th Class, 6th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nBook Week
A couple months ago our school held our annual Book week. It is a week in our school that we do activities about books and everything to do about books. Some of the activities include designing book marks, buddie reading and designing a cover for a book you’ve read. An author comes in every year and this year it was Rab Fulton. He told us a story and then we talked about the key points about the story.
Scholastic also bring lots of books for the students and teachers to buy them. And at the end of book week during assembly some groups of buddies get prizes for how well they worked together. We held a super book quiz to finish off the weeks’ activities.
By Iarla 5th Class
Junior Room Blog
/in Junior Infants, Senior Infants, What's Happening /by 5ch00lAdm1nSeptember This month as we settled back to school we welcomed the new infants to Kiltiernan N.S. We had to get used of our new surroundings and as part of this Ms. Forde brought us on an autumn nature trail outside. We spotted different signs of autumn in our environment like leaves changing colour and […]
Middle Room Blog Term 2 & 3
/in 1st Class, 2nd Class, 3rd Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nMiddle Room Blog Term 2 January Term 2 opened with a bang with our yearly Write a Book project. Every child in school developed their ideas, wrote and published a book and we are very proud of the end results. It’s great too swap with other schools and see the interests and learn facts from […]
Halloween Dress Up 2018
/in 1st Class, 2nd Class, 3rd Class, 4th Class, 5th Class, 6th Class, Junior Infants, Senior Infants, What's Happening /by 5ch00lAdm1nHalloween Dress Up 2018
The pupils of Kiltiernan gathered in the halla for an assembly in October and the principal told everyone that there would be a Halloween dress up competition on the last day of school before the holidays!
Sadhbh, Katie, Gabriel and Róise were some of the winners. My favourite costumes were the bookworm, the Rubik’s cube (Eimear), the fairy pirate (Róise) and last but definitely not least, ‘it’s raining cats and dogs’ (Erin, 5th Class). Every year the children dress up in their costume feeling proud on stage with their class and as a pupil, I can safely say this is the highlight of our Halloween.
Write A Book 2019
/in 5th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nWrite A Book 2019
Lots of schools in Ireland participate in Write A Book and Kiltiernan N.S has taken part from Junior Infants to 6th class for a few years now. Write A Book is where you write your own book, it can be of any genre and about whatever you want (e.g. fiction, realistic fiction, horror, thriller). It is an enjoyable experience as most of the pupils of Kiltiernan say. It gives them the experience of being an author and may even inspire some of them to be authors themselves. They have had about one or two months to do it this year.
Every year there is lots of remarkable Write A Books. The children choose a theme, the teachers and parents help them when they are writing their books by correcting spelling mistakes, grammar issues and more. They can go to the school libraries in each classroom to look for a book that they like and learn from that book (e.g. what it’s based on, the theme of the book and then write a book on their favourite genre). The books are submitted to Galway Education Centre and are shared with other schools and we get to see other schools books and see what they wrote about.
By Peader, 5th Class
Write a Book Project 2019
/in 5th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nWrite a Book Project 2019
For the month of January of 2019, all of the pupils here in Kiltiernan National School have been working hard on the Write a Book project. It is a project for primary school children, run by the Galway Education Centre, in which they get to write and publish a book of a chosen genre; e.g. fiction, non-fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, procedural and lots more. Some of the titles of books in the senior classroom consisted of “Female Inventors That Changed the World”, “My Silent World”, “Leo the Starving Artist”, “Living the London Life”, “Factopedia”, “Game On” and “Mission in Progress 50% Complete”. This project helps us to understand what it’s like to be an author and it gives us the skills to be able to draft, re-draft, edit and publish a book. We are all very excited as the winners, who are yet to be announced, will get to travel to the Education Centre in Galway to receive their prizes. We are all very proud of our books and hope to be able to do this project again next year.
By Orlaith
5th Class
Hospice Day
/in 5th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nHospice Day
On the 20th September 2018, Kiltiernan N.S held a Hospice Day to raise money and awareness for hospice. The 5th class girls made hot chocolate and buns for the children to enjoy. Many teachers and parents went to the Halla where they were served with coffee or tea and treats. We raised an amazing €715.60 from the donations we got from everyone. We would like to say thank you for everyone’s support and help on the day.
By Meádbh, 5th class
Panto Rehearsal 2019
/in 5th Class, 6th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nPanto Rehearsal 2019
This year, the Middle and Senior Rooms are having a panto in Labane Hall on the 19th of February. The Middle Room are performing ‘Bills New Frock’ which is based on a novel they read recently. The Senior Room are performing ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’.
The students in both rooms have been practising very hard each day. We have learnt all our lines and have gotten our props ready. We are all looking forward to our performance and we hope everyone enjoys our show!
Local History Trip
/in 6th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nLocal History Trip
One Friday the classes from 2nd to 6th went on a local history trip to the Mausoleum, Kilmacduagh and Coole Park. Ms O’ Doherty’s father Tom O’ Doherty gave us lots of information about our destinations. Our first stop was the Mausoleum in Ardrahan and we went inside it. We learned that the man who owned most of the land including the Mausoleum was called John Charles Robert Bingham.
After the Mausoleum we went to Kilmacduagh. At Kilmacduagh the students were allowed to walk around. We saw the round tower which reaches a height of over 34m. We also saw St. Colman’s grave. After Kilmacduagh we travelled to Coole Park.
At Coole Park we walked to the autograph tree is and to where Lady Gregory’s house was. After our time in Coole Park we returned to school. It was a great day and we learnt many interesting facts about our local history.
By Liam, 6th Class