January posts
In the Middle Room, we have been very busy. We had a student teacher called Meave Quinn working with us from January 7th-20th of January. She taught two subjects each day, after observing our teacher for 2 days. We learned all about Time, body percussion, an Aimsir and making weather forecasts in Geography. Her supervisor loved her Geography lesson so much that she came back and filmed us! It was great fun and we wish Ms. Quinn good luck in the rest of her course.
We also had a special visit from Sarah and Nicole, who have moved from our school to Australia two years ago. It was wonderful to hear about their new life, their school and all the fun sports they can do in the sun over there. They enjoyed meeting their friends and spent a day in our classrooms catching up. We will stay in contact with them by e-mail and Skype.
We have started our Write-A-Book project. We have thought of ideas, presented a plan and signed contracts with our editor (Ms. Fenlon). We are working to a deadline…first draft finished by February break! We are writing books about everything from Dinosaurs, to buildings in Galway, to Time travel and our trips to London. We can’t wait to be published authors!
We read a novel called ‘A Calf Called Valentine’ by Berlie Doherty. It was about a little girl called Anna who comes to live on her grandparents’ farm when her Mum is injured in a train crash. She is very lonely until she makes friends with a new-born Charolais calf called Valentine. We had fun with Reader’s Theatre, making pastel pictures, a review, diaries and letters from the characters.
Our Second Class are continuing preparation for their Holy Communion with a special Mass which was celebrated on Sunday 26th January…E mma, Grace, Diarmuid and Patrick played special roles in this Mass. We look forward to our next mass in February…
We are working very hard in First Class this month. We are learning about Money and change in Maths, Clothes from the Olden Times and different countries in History and Geography, and all this while planning, writing and editing our Write-a-Book projects. Sadhbh and Tara are writing about dogs, Eimear about different animals, Katie is writing about cartoon characters, Clodagh is telling a story of her day at the beach and Erin, about her life in America. We will have them ready next month for your entertainment. Thanks for all your help with them, we’re very proud to be published authors.
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Senior Infants January 2014
/in Senior Infants /by 5ch00lAdm1nSenior Infants January 2014
We are very excited in Senior Infants to call ourselves authors this month. We are currently working on our Write-a- Book projects, which we will publish and soon have home for you all to read and enjoy.
Iarla, Diarmuid, Peader, Ellie, Erin,Mark, Killian, Meadbh and Eoan are doing a book on Science Experiments which can be done at home. Did you know that by rubbing a balloon on your hair, you can create static electricity?
Béibhinn is doing a book about herself and the things she likes, Mark F is writing about Space, and Orlaith and Lauren are writing about animals.
Thanks to all the Mums and Dads who are helping with this.
Treat and Toy Friday will be on Friday the 31st of January.
Junior Infants January 2014
/in Junior Infants /by 5ch00lAdm1nJunior Infants January 2014
Welcome back after Christmas Holidays- Santa came to us all and we had a really fantastic Christmas.We wish everyone a very peaceful, safe and happy 2014.
It was Alex and Corey’s birthday in December- Happy birthday Alex and Corey!We hope you both had a great time.
Junior Infants are working hard at learning our letters and sounds these days.We know numbers 1-5 really well too.
Toy and Treat Friday will be on Friday the 31st of January.
Junior Infants Kiltiernan NS
Archaeology Visit
/in 6th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nOn Friday the 24th of January Jerry came to visit and gave us a presentation on his work as an archaeologist. He told us about the discoveries on the 57km Gort to Tuam road. Their biggest find was Owenbristy cemetery where they found 80 shallow graves. He also talked about some the artefacts they found. Among the more interesting ones were a slug knife, wrist guard and some arrowheads which were 4000 years old. He talked about some other sites too which included the Souterrain, a lime kiln and a clachan dwelling in Moyvilla. The lime kiln was used to burn lime to make lime mortar to build a castle. It was very interesting. The clachan was very old. It was from pre-famine times. Jerry talked to us about some history. We found out that in the early medieval times (around 600-1000 ad) there were no towns in most of Ireland and quite violent cattle raids in the countryside. It was a very interesting morning and we would like to thank Jerry for coming into our classroom.
By: Ben and Simon
Write A Book
/in 5th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nWrite a book Fifth class
The Write-A-Book project is something our school participates in every year. It is a competition for Galway children who would like to become real authors. Each pupil in the school writes their very own book. You can write about anything you like and it can be as long as you desire. The deadline for having our 1st draft finished is the 14th of February 2014. One child in each class wins in every school. You can also receive a ‘Highly Commended’ prize. The Awards Ceremony will be held in June at a hotel in Galway.
Let’s get writing!!
By Chloe, 5th class
Teacher for a day
/in 6th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nTeacher for a day
In December we had a ‘Teacher for a day’. It was a great success! Everybody did a marvellous job! Some of the presentations that really stood out include Ben’s on amazing Dubai, Oísin’s on the architect Frank Gehry, Hannah’s on the wonderful Renzo Piano who was also an architect. We also had John’s PowerPoint on the great spotted woodpecker and last but not least we had Aoibhe’s PowerPoint on the colourful coral reefs. There were lots more really amazing presentations! Well Done to Ms. Leech’s Senior Classes!
By Laura and Alannah 6th class
Quiz Time
/in 4th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nQUIZ TIME
This month we have entered three quizzes. The first quiz is on Friday the 24th January and takes place in the Meadow Court Loughrea. The second and third quizzes, run by the local Credit Unions are both taking place on Friday the 31st of January- one in Kinvara and the other in Gort.
We have a senior and junior team going to each quiz. We have been practicing very hard at school. We would like to thank Bridget and Rosaleen for helping us with our general knowledge. We wish all the participants the best of luck. We will let you know how we got on in next month’s update.
By Abbie and Jake 4th class
January Posts
/in 1st Class, 2nd Class, 3rd Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nJanuary posts
In the Middle Room, we have been very busy. We had a student teacher called Meave Quinn working with us from January 7th-20th of January. She taught two subjects each day, after observing our teacher for 2 days. We learned all about Time, body percussion, an Aimsir and making weather forecasts in Geography. Her supervisor loved her Geography lesson so much that she came back and filmed us! It was great fun and we wish Ms. Quinn good luck in the rest of her course.
We also had a special visit from Sarah and Nicole, who have moved from our school to Australia two years ago. It was wonderful to hear about their new life, their school and all the fun sports they can do in the sun over there. They enjoyed meeting their friends and spent a day in our classrooms catching up. We will stay in contact with them by e-mail and Skype.
We have started our Write-A-Book project. We have thought of ideas, presented a plan and signed contracts with our editor (Ms. Fenlon). We are working to a deadline…first draft finished by February break! We are writing books about everything from Dinosaurs, to buildings in Galway, to Time travel and our trips to London. We can’t wait to be published authors!
We read a novel called ‘A Calf Called Valentine’ by Berlie Doherty. It was about a little girl called Anna who comes to live on her grandparents’ farm when her Mum is injured in a train crash. She is very lonely until she makes friends with a new-born Charolais calf called Valentine. We had fun with Reader’s Theatre, making pastel pictures, a review, diaries and letters from the characters.
Our Second Class are continuing preparation for their Holy Communion with a special Mass which was celebrated on Sunday 26th January…E mma, Grace, Diarmuid and Patrick played special roles in this Mass. We look forward to our next mass in February…
We are working very hard in First Class this month. We are learning about Money and change in Maths, Clothes from the Olden Times and different countries in History and Geography, and all this while planning, writing and editing our Write-a-Book projects. Sadhbh and Tara are writing about dogs, Eimear about different animals, Katie is writing about cartoon characters, Clodagh is telling a story of her day at the beach and Erin, about her life in America. We will have them ready next month for your entertainment. Thanks for all your help with them, we’re very proud to be published authors.
County hurling Final
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