March in the Middle Room
Write A Book: We worked on finishing our Write-A-Book projects right up to the last day, when our last three authors published and bound their books. Then we sent away our books to the Galway Education Centre to be read in another school. Every time a book ‘crossed the line’ we sang ‘Hallelujah!’…so in all, over 3 weeks that was 29 renditions of the song… Apologies to the other classrooms! We look forward to seeing the books from the other school…Special thanks to Bridget our SNA who is a star!
Book Week: During Book Week, 4th-7th of March, we indulge ourselves in everything to do with the pleasure of reading and books. On Monday we began our reading buddy programme by introducing our senior buddies to their junior buddy. Everyone enjoyed the experience and looked forward to their daily reading session. First Class really enjoyed ‘The Man’ by Raymond Briggs, author of ‘The Snowman’. A broad selection of picture books, fact books and novels were read in all classes. On Tuesday, Jonathon Gunning, a storyteller, entertained the children with three great stories, humorously told with great energy. On Wednesday we visited the lovely librarians in Oranmore Library to borrow some books and learn about how a library works. On Thursday, we met Patricia Forde, who is not only a children’s author but has also worked as a primary teacher and a scriptwriter for Ros na Rún and Fair City. Her wise insights included “To become a writer you have to first be a reader” and “Writers simply tell lies in print!” We really enjoyed her visit and seeing the work that went into her Lola series of books and we got a preview of a new picture book she is currently working on. During the week, we listened to some of our parents share their favourite books…books by Enid Blyton, Miriam Moss and Roddy Doyle were recommended by Colette, Michelle and Anne…Thank you so much for your enthusiasm…it was infectious! We also Skyped a published author, Greg Baxter who is Diarmuid’s uncle. He generously shared his experience of being a full time author, the joys and the hard work it involved. Our young authors were very inspired.
Website Launch: The end of Book Week coincided with our website launch. We are very proud of the work that Ava and Mark’s mums did to bring this to fruition, along with Stefano, our staff and of course our pupils. Ciarán Cannon came to help launch it and we were very impressed with his IT knowledge and rapport with the children. He even joined in on the keyboard with our musicians from 4th to 6th when they played his favourite song, Fields of Gold. After a quick cup of tea (thank you Parents’ Council!) he left in his Ministerial car to an event in Kildare…the children in our room were very impressed by his Garda chauffeur!
Seachtain na Gaeilge: Rinneamar ár ndícheall chun Gaeilge a labhairt sa seomra ranga agus nuair a bhíomar ag súgradh sa chlós. Fuaireamar ticéad speisialta nuair a labhraíomar Gaeilge. Bhi tráth na gceist againn agus bhí an spórt againn i rith na seachtaine. Bhuaigh Patrick agus Seán an duais sa tráth na gceist agus bhuaigh Tara agus Hannah duaiseanna freisin.
St. Patrick We learned about how St. Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland and we made lots of lovely cards and did a wordsearch about the great man.
Drama: In Drama we had a mock court room to decide if Alexander T. Wolf was guilty of blowing down the houses of the Three Little Pigs…The verdict was that he was guilty as charged! It was great fun…
Preparations for First Holy Communion We have learned our Confiteor and Act of Sorrow in preparation for our confession in April. Stephen and David read at mass in Labane. We are learning hymns and our current favourite is ‘Connected’…this may change!
Class Novel: We are reading an American novel by Louis Saarch (author of ‘Holes’) called ‘Marvin Redpost: Class President’. It’s very funny as it describes the day the President of America unexpectedly visits a Primary School when it is celebrating ‘Hole Day’…a day when everyone, including the staff, have to wear their raggiest clothes! Thankfully we have lovely uniforms and we had advance notice of Ciarán Cannon’s visit…
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Junior Infants March 2014
/in Junior Infants /by 5ch00lAdm1nJunior Infants
March 2014
What a busy month we’ve had. We can proudly call ourselves authors, and are delighted to have published our very first Write a Book. Thanks again for all the help!
Book Week was a great success, and we learned a lot from it, as well as having loads of fun. We had a visit from a storyteller, Jonathan Gunning and a visit to Oranmore library where Kay the librarian read to us.
One of the best parts of the week was reading with our Senior Buddies. We got to know some of the big boys and girls who we don’t often get to chat to, and it was brilliant.
Patricia Forde was the visiting author, and she was great fun. We loved Book Week, and are looking forward to next year already!
Bhí seachtain na gaeilge againn freisin agus rinneamar iarracht mhór an teanga a labhairt ar an gclós.
St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated by all in style!
We only have one spin on the chair to give this month- Katie will be seven soon. Below are pictures of our library visit.
First Class March 2014
/in 1st Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nFirst Class
March 2014
Hello everyone, what a busy month we had. Write-a- Book has made us published authors again, and it was very hard work but we’re delighted with the finished product. Thanks again for all the help!We will announce Write- a -Book winners next month but everyone did a fabulous job with their own books.
Book Week was a great success, and we learned a lot from it, as well as having loads of fun. We had a visit from a storyteller, Jonathan Gunning, who was very funny! We paid a visit to Oranmore library where we took books out with our library cards.
Getting to know our Senior Buddies was great, and we loved shared and paired reading with them.
Patricia Forde was the visiting author, and she was great fun. It was so interesting to hear how books get published- you never know, it could be one of us coming back as the visiting author in few years!
Bhí seachtain na gaeilge againn freisin agus rinneamar iarracht mhór an teanga a labhairt ar an gclós.
We only have one spin on the chair to give this month- Katie in this class will be seven soon. Happy birthday Katie, we hope you have a great day.
Below are pictures of our library visit.
Senior Infants March 2014
/in Senior Infants /by 5ch00lAdm1nSenior Infants
March 2014
Well, we’re delighted to tell you that once again, we are published authors! We will announce Write- a -Book winners next month but everyone did a fabulous job with their own books, it was very hard work but we’re delighted with the finished product. Thanks again for all the help!
Book Week was a great success, and we learned a lot from it, as well as having loads of fun. We had a visit from a storyteller, Jonathan Gunning, who was very funny! We paid a visit to Oranmore library where we took books out with our library cards.
One of the best parts of the week was reading with our Senior Buddies. We got to know some of the big boys and girls who we don’t often get to chat to, and it was brilliant.
Patricia Forde was the visiting author, and she was great fun. We loved Book Week, and are looking forward to next year already!
Bhí seachtain na gaeilge againn freisin agus rinneamar iarracht mhór an teanga a labhairt ar an gclós.
St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated by all in style!
We only have one spin on the chair to give this month- Katie will be seven soon. Below are pictures of our library visit.
We completed our MIST and it wasn’t stressful at all! Phew, busy month!
Junior Infants March 2014
/in Junior Infants /by 5ch00lAdm1nJunior Infants
March 2014
What a busy month we’ve had. We can proudly call ourselves authors, and are delighted to have published our very first Write a Book. Thanks again for all the help!
Book Week was a great success, and we learned a lot from it, as well as having loads of fun. We had a visit from a storyteller, Jonathan Gunning and a visit to Oranmore library where Kay the librarian read to us.
One of the best parts of the week was reading with our Senior Buddies. We got to know some of the big boys and girls who we don’t often get to chat to, and it was brilliant.
Patricia Forde was the visiting author, and she was great fun. We loved Book Week, and are looking forward to next year already!
Bhí seachtain na gaeilge againn freisin agus rinneamar iarracht mhór an teanga a labhairt ar an gclós.
St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated by all in style!
We only have one spin on the chair to give this month- Katie will be seven soon. Below are pictures of our library visit.
March in the Middle Room
/in 1st Class, 2nd Class, 3rd Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nMarch in the Middle Room
Write A Book: We worked on finishing our Write-A-Book projects right up to the last day, when our last three authors published and bound their books. Then we sent away our books to the Galway Education Centre to be read in another school. Every time a book ‘crossed the line’ we sang ‘Hallelujah!’…so in all, over 3 weeks that was 29 renditions of the song… Apologies to the other classrooms! We look forward to seeing the books from the other school…Special thanks to Bridget our SNA who is a star!
Book Week: During Book Week, 4th-7th of March, we indulge ourselves in everything to do with the pleasure of reading and books. On Monday we began our reading buddy programme by introducing our senior buddies to their junior buddy. Everyone enjoyed the experience and looked forward to their daily reading session. First Class really enjoyed ‘The Man’ by Raymond Briggs, author of ‘The Snowman’. A broad selection of picture books, fact books and novels were read in all classes. On Tuesday, Jonathon Gunning, a storyteller, entertained the children with three great stories, humorously told with great energy. On Wednesday we visited the lovely librarians in Oranmore Library to borrow some books and learn about how a library works. On Thursday, we met Patricia Forde, who is not only a children’s author but has also worked as a primary teacher and a scriptwriter for Ros na Rún and Fair City. Her wise insights included “To become a writer you have to first be a reader” and “Writers simply tell lies in print!” We really enjoyed her visit and seeing the work that went into her Lola series of books and we got a preview of a new picture book she is currently working on. During the week, we listened to some of our parents share their favourite books…books by Enid Blyton, Miriam Moss and Roddy Doyle were recommended by Colette, Michelle and Anne…Thank you so much for your enthusiasm…it was infectious! We also Skyped a published author, Greg Baxter who is Diarmuid’s uncle. He generously shared his experience of being a full time author, the joys and the hard work it involved. Our young authors were very inspired.
Website Launch: The end of Book Week coincided with our website launch. We are very proud of the work that Ava and Mark’s mums did to bring this to fruition, along with Stefano, our staff and of course our pupils. Ciarán Cannon came to help launch it and we were very impressed with his IT knowledge and rapport with the children. He even joined in on the keyboard with our musicians from 4th to 6th when they played his favourite song, Fields of Gold. After a quick cup of tea (thank you Parents’ Council!) he left in his Ministerial car to an event in Kildare…the children in our room were very impressed by his Garda chauffeur!
Seachtain na Gaeilge: Rinneamar ár ndícheall chun Gaeilge a labhairt sa seomra ranga agus nuair a bhíomar ag súgradh sa chlós. Fuaireamar ticéad speisialta nuair a labhraíomar Gaeilge. Bhi tráth na gceist againn agus bhí an spórt againn i rith na seachtaine. Bhuaigh Patrick agus Seán an duais sa tráth na gceist agus bhuaigh Tara agus Hannah duaiseanna freisin.
St. Patrick We learned about how St. Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland and we made lots of lovely cards and did a wordsearch about the great man.
Drama: In Drama we had a mock court room to decide if Alexander T. Wolf was guilty of blowing down the houses of the Three Little Pigs…The verdict was that he was guilty as charged! It was great fun…
Preparations for First Holy Communion We have learned our Confiteor and Act of Sorrow in preparation for our confession in April. Stephen and David read at mass in Labane. We are learning hymns and our current favourite is ‘Connected’…this may change!
Class Novel: We are reading an American novel by Louis Saarch (author of ‘Holes’) called ‘Marvin Redpost: Class President’. It’s very funny as it describes the day the President of America unexpectedly visits a Primary School when it is celebrating ‘Hole Day’…a day when everyone, including the staff, have to wear their raggiest clothes! Thankfully we have lovely uniforms and we had advance notice of Ciarán Cannon’s visit…
Ciaran Cannon,TD, launches our new website!
/in What's Happening /by 5ch00lAdm1nCiaran Cannon,TD, launches our new website!
We were delighted to welcome Ciaran Cannon, Minister of State for Training and Skills, to our school on Friday morning, March 7th to officially launch the Kiltiernan NS new website. We had a fabulous morning and Ciaran even joined our students in playing a few tunes!
Studying Rocks in the Senior Room
/in 4th Class, 5th Class, 6th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nStudying Rocks in the Senior Room
We were studying rocks this week. We were asked to collect some rocks over our long weekend. We found some interesting types of rocks including basalt, marble, slate, limestone, sandstone and granite. Erica’s granny collects rocks from all over the world. Erica brought in some samples of her granny’s collection for us to study. She had fool’s gold (pyrite), rocks with one side polished so that you could see minerals in them, pink limestone, chalk and an egg shaped rock that was emerald green in colour! We learned about igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. The area we live in is a mainly limestone area. Limestone is a sedimentary rock.
Special Olympics Kiltiernan NS
/in What's Happening /by 5ch00lAdm1nSpecial Olympics 2014
We are honoured here in Kiltiernan NS to have two past pupils representing Connacht in this year’s Special Olympics. Siobhán Conneely, (Liam’s aunty) will represent her province in Equestrian (dressage) while David McLoughlin will compete in kayaking. If successful in Limerick, they will represent Ireland in Los Angeles in summer 2015.
The Special Olympics Ireland Games 2014 take place in Limerick from the 12th – 15th June. We hope to hold a small fundraising event soon to help send them on their way.
Pictured here are Siobhán and David, with gold medals for swimming, which they won while attending Kiltiernan some time ago.
We wish them all the very best in their future endeavours.
Seachtain na Gaeilge
/in 6th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nSeachtain na Gaeilge
Bhí Seachtain na Gaeilge againn ón 10ú lá go dtí an 14ú déag de mhí Márta. Bhí cluichí gaeilge mar “fiche ceist” agus “Cá bhfuil Seán” sa seomra ranga. Bhí Tráth na gceist againn freisin sa halla ar an Aoine. Bhí an bua ag foireann Alannah agus foireann Laura.
Ar an gCéadaoin bhí seisúin ceoil againn le Róisín. Sheinn sí an cláirseach agus an bosca ceoil. Bhi na páistí ag seinm ar an bhfeadóg stáin, fliúit, veidhlin agus bosca ceoil. Is aoibhinn linn Seachtain na Gaeilge.
Simon agus Ben
Sacraments
/in 5th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nSacraments
Spring has arrived and 2nd class are busy preparing for their First Penance on April 3rd at 7.00 pm in Labane church. Following that they will prepare for their first Holy Communion on May 10that 10:30 am in Labane church.
Sixth class are preparing for the Confirmation service of light on March 29th at6.00 pm in Labane church. They will then prepare for their Confirmation which will be held on the 20th of May. Good luck to everyone attending the sacraments
By Oisin and Ian