Middle Room Blog First Term 2018
We are back to school with a bang and ready for action in 2018-2019. In September, along with all our usual hard work at school, we had time to go on tours away from school.
First Class went with Infants and Ms. Forde to see the beautiful play put on during the Babaro Children’s Festival. The play was titled ‘How to Catch a Star’ and we all really enjoyed the day out.
On the 26th of September, 2nd to 6th classes had a fantastic time on a local history tour with Tom O Doherty. We got the bus to the Mausoleum in Cregclare and learned about the history of the people buried there. From there, we drove to the Round Tower in Kilmacduagh and learned many interesting facts about why the tower was built and the tactics the monks used to stay safe in dangerous times. We took some cool photos and they are on the website so you can join in on the fun! Later, we popped into Coole Park where we heard about the Autograph Tree and saw the headstones for Lady Gregory’s little dogs. It was a very educational and fun day.
In September, the school hosted a coffee morning as a fundraiser for the Galway Hospice. The girls in the senior room had a stall for hot chocolate and treats, yum! It’s great that we can eat treats and raise money for a great cause.
In October, Ms. Fenlon and Ms. Leech are teaching us a programme to develop our wellbeing. Fun Friends and Friends for Life help us all express our feelings and learn ways to cope with worries.
We had the opportunity to play and experiment with Beebots for Maths Week thanks to Ms. Forde who got them for us to trial.
We continued our football, hurling and camogie training and we had great success with the Mini 7s Competition in Camogie. The girls won the initial group stages and we made it to the final in a wet and windy Annaghdown pitch. We were beaten by a great team but had nice treats on the way to celebrate our efforts.
Of course, the usual dress up for Halloween was on the day of the holidays and everyone got a bualadh bos for great effort in their outfits.
We had a very enjoyable Friendship Week where we buddied up with students from another class, did Art and reading together and had great chats about what it means to be a good friend.
We joined in with the Senior Room to do lots of work for Science Week. We worked in groups to do experiments on Heat and Light and also in October, we were able to watch presentations by the Senior Room on new business ideas that they wanted to put to ‘Dragons’ to see if they would invest.
In December, we held the Christmas Fair where we sold slime, sweets and everything in between! The Parents’ Council did a wonderful job in organising and preparing for the Fair and raised lots of money for our great school.
After that excitement was done, we spent a lot of time preparing Christmas Carols and songs with Ms. Fenlon for our annual visit to the local nursing homes. We love going to the nursing homes and singing for the elderly people who live there.
We’ve had a great first term and are looking forward to term 2. Happy Christmas everyone, see you all in 2019!!!
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Science Week 2018 at Kiltiernan N.S.
/in 5th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nScience Week 2018 at Kiltiernan N.S.
Science Week at Kiltiernan is always a blast, but Science Week 2018 was very exciting indeed! For Science Week, we not only got to see experiments up close, we also got to do some ourselves! Fourth to sixth class got into groups to show off some exceptional experiments to the rest of the children.
Here is a taste of some of the experiments!
Volcano: My group and one other were lucky enough to get the volcano experiment. With just a few ingredients, a bottle and some rocks to make it look like a real volcano, we got to see the two volcanoes erupting with “lava”.
Uublee: The group that got the Uublee Experiment had a massive task at hand. Uublee is a type of slime that is hard when you punch it and slimy when you hold it. They had to have a precise balance between the ingredients to get the correct outcome.
Fizzy Rockets: This was the only experiment that had to be held outside. (I wonder why?) We experimented with different temperatures of water and the conclusion was that the hottest temperatures of water made the rocket go higher.
Overall I think that Science Week was a big success, and I look forward to Science Week next year!
By Diarmuid, 5th Class
Panto
/in 4th Class, 5th Class, 6th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nPanto
Every second year we do a Panto, and this year we are doing a Panto. The Middle Room are doing ‘Bills New Frock’ and the Senior Room are doing ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’. I am the flower seller. We have been practising very hard since January. Some Mondays and Fridays we stay after school until 4 and practise and practise our scenes. The play will be on the 19th February. I am in the market scene. I am on stage with Peader and Eoan the footmen, Killian the fruit seller, Iarla the pie man, Mark the shoeshine boy, Meadbh the milk maid, Caoimhe the ribbon seller and Ellie the blind beggar.
We are also doing Irish dancing with Louise. I am in an 8 hand with Grainne, Grace, Orlaith, Lauren, Sadhbh, Ellie and Meadbh. I am so excited for the night!
By Béibhinn, 5th Class
GLASNEVIN CEMETERY
/in 6th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nGLASNEVIN CEMETERY
On The 11th of December 2018, 6th Class from 4 local schools including Kiltiernan, travelled to Dublin to visit Glasnevin Cemetery, where some of the most famous people from Irish history are buried. We arrived in Dublin and headed to Glasnevin Cemetery. When we got there, we were given tour guides and there were one tour guide between two schools. We visited some iconic graves and also saw where people’s cremated remains are kept. Our tour guide Grainne told us a story about how she had a family member buried there and had only found out recently. We went inside the tomb of Daniel O’Connell and saw his coffin. I touched his coffin for good luck. After that we saw many more graves including Charles Stuart Parnell who fought for Irish Home Rule, Countess Markievicz, who as our tour guide said, wasn’t really a countess at all – her husband just decided to put ‘Count’ in his name! We saw Michael Collins’s grave and I got a picture at his grave. I really enjoyed the experience of Glasnevin I would recommend it to anyone who is would like to learn about history.
Many thanks to Fr. Roche for bringing my class on a tour of Glasnevin and the Dáil.
By Andrew, 6th class
Christmas Fair
/in 4th Class, 5th Class, 6th Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nChristmas Fair
Our schools Christmas Fair was in Labane Hall on the 9th of December 2018. There was food, toys and art for sale and lots more fun activities to do. Then our choir went to sing in the church for a while for all the parents and children. When they came back, Santa followed them and rang a bell around the hall. We raised money for our school to help buy books and toys for the students of Kiltiernan N.S.
By Alex, 4th Class
Active School
/in 3rd Class, 4th Class, 5th Class, 6th Class, What's Happening /by 5ch00lAdm1nKiltiernan NS recognises the importance of keeping fit and being fit for both physical and mental wellbeing. In conjunction with the 3 local schools, we are engaged in a programme during school hours that has been designed by Aoife Lynskey, a PE Teacher from Gort Community School. Last year Gort CS were presented with the prestigious award of Ireland’s Fittest School, and we are excited to be working with Aoife to promote an active and fun programme for our students. Aoife recently conducted beep tests for students from 3rd-6th classes, and each child is aiming to beat their original results over the next 4 weeks – so keep moving everyone!
Middle Room Blog First Term 2018
/in 1st Class, 2nd Class, 3rd Class /by 5ch00lAdm1nMiddle Room Blog First Term 2018
We are back to school with a bang and ready for action in 2018-2019. In September, along with all our usual hard work at school, we had time to go on tours away from school.
First Class went with Infants and Ms. Forde to see the beautiful play put on during the Babaro Children’s Festival. The play was titled ‘How to Catch a Star’ and we all really enjoyed the day out.
On the 26th of September, 2nd to 6th classes had a fantastic time on a local history tour with Tom O Doherty. We got the bus to the Mausoleum in Cregclare and learned about the history of the people buried there. From there, we drove to the Round Tower in Kilmacduagh and learned many interesting facts about why the tower was built and the tactics the monks used to stay safe in dangerous times. We took some cool photos and they are on the website so you can join in on the fun! Later, we popped into Coole Park where we heard about the Autograph Tree and saw the headstones for Lady Gregory’s little dogs. It was a very educational and fun day.
In September, the school hosted a coffee morning as a fundraiser for the Galway Hospice. The girls in the senior room had a stall for hot chocolate and treats, yum! It’s great that we can eat treats and raise money for a great cause.
In October, Ms. Fenlon and Ms. Leech are teaching us a programme to develop our wellbeing. Fun Friends and Friends for Life help us all express our feelings and learn ways to cope with worries.
We had the opportunity to play and experiment with Beebots for Maths Week thanks to Ms. Forde who got them for us to trial.
We continued our football, hurling and camogie training and we had great success with the Mini 7s Competition in Camogie. The girls won the initial group stages and we made it to the final in a wet and windy Annaghdown pitch. We were beaten by a great team but had nice treats on the way to celebrate our efforts.
Of course, the usual dress up for Halloween was on the day of the holidays and everyone got a bualadh bos for great effort in their outfits.
We had a very enjoyable Friendship Week where we buddied up with students from another class, did Art and reading together and had great chats about what it means to be a good friend.
We joined in with the Senior Room to do lots of work for Science Week. We worked in groups to do experiments on Heat and Light and also in October, we were able to watch presentations by the Senior Room on new business ideas that they wanted to put to ‘Dragons’ to see if they would invest.
In December, we held the Christmas Fair where we sold slime, sweets and everything in between! The Parents’ Council did a wonderful job in organising and preparing for the Fair and raised lots of money for our great school.
After that excitement was done, we spent a lot of time preparing Christmas Carols and songs with Ms. Fenlon for our annual visit to the local nursing homes. We love going to the nursing homes and singing for the elderly people who live there.
We’ve had a great first term and are looking forward to term 2. Happy Christmas everyone, see you all in 2019!!!
Hospice Coffee Morning 2018
/in What's Happening /by 5ch00lAdm1nWe would like to say a big thank you to everyone who supported our 5th Annual Coffee Morning in aid of Galway Hospice, on September 20th. As always our wonderful bakers provided lots of goodies for this special morning. We raised an amazing €715.60 for the Hospice which will be used to provide services in the Galway area. Go raibh maith agat.
1916 Gardening
/in 2nd Class, 3rd Class, 4th Class, 5th Class, 6th Class /by emerbThis year the pupils from 2nd to 6th were weeding and watering the garden. We all split up into groups and covered a patch in the garden. We all had different tools to use for the weeding such as: trowels, hedge clippers and mini pitchforks. Some groups would take the weeds out of the groves on the path. We also found some wildlife like worms and frogs. We were not just working in the centenary garden but all over the school grounds. We were also sweeping leaves of the tarmac and were happy to be doing it for the school. It looked good afterwards and Miss Leech was very happy with our work for the Graduation.
Confirmation 2018
/in 5th Class, 6th Class /by emerbOn the 3rd of May sixth class woke up very excited because it was their Confirmation day. Our ceremony was at 3 o’clock. We had previously completed “You shall be my witness programme”. We also had a ceremony of light mass marking our pledge to abstain alcohol drink till a certain age. The church was packed and we were rehearsed and ready to go. We were with Ballyglass for our ceremony. Our celebrant was Cannon Rabbitte.
Firstly at the start of the mass there was an offertory procession. Then we had the liturgy of the word. Grace and Emma sang the psalm and Melanie sang the alleluia. Then came the renewal of baptismal promises. That is one of the three parts of confirmation. We had to respond with “I do”.
Next we had the laying on of the hand which consists of the cannon laying his hands on us. After that we had the anointing with chrism when your sponsor stands behind you and puts their hand on your shoulder which symbolises your sponsor being there for you.
Next we came to the prayers of the faithful. Sean S, Patrick, Toby, Sean C and David all said a prayer. Finally at the end of the ceremony Adam did a reflection on “What confirmation means to me”. At the end of the ceremony everyone was congratulating us and taking pictures. Later some people went to their houses and some people went out for dinner. Everyone really enjoyed their confirmation 2018
The Bush
/in 5th Class, 6th Class /by emerbThe bush is a bush that some 6th class boys started using to relax and talk in.
The bush started one day when 5 boys (Diarmuid, Patrick, David, Stephen and Toby) went into the bush for a game of 40, 40. Diarmuid started hollowing out the bush and emptying out the briars. We then started to put down the bedding.
After that we had a storm and lots of branches fell down so we picked them up and put them on top so we had cover. We then started spending all our time in the bush and the teachers and all the class came into the bush and amazingly there was still enough room to move around. The ‘Bush gang’ had now extended to 7 people Diarmuid, Patrick, Stephen, David, Toby, Sean Slevin and Adam Cahill.
By Diarmuid and Patrick