Book Week
On book week my buddy reader was Jake. We read some very interesting books like Volcanos, Animals at War and Timmy and the Dragon. At the book fair I bought Dennis the Menace , Extreme Survival and Tom Gates. My favourite is Tom Gates. The best bit about book week is that we went to the library. Me and Iarla found a WWE book. The library was my favourite bit about book week.
By Eoan, 2nd Class
Peace Proms
On the 31st of January we went to the peace proms. I was sitting beside Hugo on the bus. Firstly we got our seats and ate our lunch. Then we sang some songs. First we sang the ‘Matilda Medley’. Then we sang Imagine’ and the ‘Friends Medley’. Then we had another lunchbreak. Then all the audience came. First the orchestra played the Mission Impossible soundtrack.
My favourite song was the Star Wars theme song. All the characters from Star Wars came into our section. I high-fived a storm trooper and a character called Darth Vader. I had fun!
Afterwards, we went to Scotty’s with our friends Clodagh, Ava and Grace. I had a hot dog and for dessert Ava and Clodagh shared a chocolate fudge cake. I had one all for myself! After I was over full for an hour and I wanted to be hungry again because I thought I would burst!
by Mark Bruen 2nd Class
Peace Proms 2016
I woke up jumping out of bed with exhilaration. “I can’t believe it is here! The day of Peace Proms 2016!!!,” I said nearly bursting out of my pyjamas. I ran down stairs and got dressed straight away into my white top and black jeans. I scoffed up my breakfast and hopped into the car. We were meeting a bus at school, that was going to bring us to the Kingfisher Hall in Galway. On the bus, I sat beside Erin. When we got there we lined up. I was jumping up and down because I had never been involved in a concert this big before. I charged into the hall exclaiming “Wow!” The practice started at around half eleven. We began with the ‘Friends Medley’ followed by ‘Imagine’ written by John Lennon. Thirdly we practiced the ‘Matilda Medley’ and then we sang ‘You’re the Voice’. We ended the practice with an hours long lunch break and a stretch of our legs. The concert began at two o clock. The orchestra played a piece from the movie ‘Mission Impossible’. The flashing lights beamed at us as we sang our songs. We brought sunglasses for the song ‘Uptown Funk in the ‘Pop Medley’. We sang a song that conductor Greg Beardsell said was the symbol of bravery. It was called ‘Touch the Sky’ from the movie ‘Brave’. I think I might have over exaggerated a little bit when Star Wars came into our section of our bleacher stand. I added a few more moves to the ‘Matilda Medley’ when there were only moves to ‘Revolting Children’. I smiled with pride as the audience clapped for us doing our outstanding singing. My favourite song I performed was ‘Power of the Dream’ which we sang with a soprano soloist. There was also a Scottish Pipe Band and some Scottish dancers from Belfast. A little bit more into the show there was Irish dancers from the Hessian School of Dance. The final song of the day was Irelands Call and everyone joined in with the singing. After the concert I had a chat with my friends. It was a brilliant day and concert. I had the best time ever!!!
By Orlaith Mannion
Learning About 1916 in the Middle Room
In the Middle Room we have been learning about the events of Easter week in 1916. We have learned what life in Dublin was like for men, women and children. We have learned about the hopes and dreams of some determined people who decided to rebelas against the British forces in Ireland…beginning in that fateful week. We learned of how many Dubliners were taken by surprise by the actions of the rebels. We read about their bravery against the well organised and armed British army and of the locations where they fought, the GPO, Boland’s Mills, Jacob’s factory, Dublin Castle. We also learned about the Proclamation and our school has received a copy with our National flag like every primary school in Ireland. We learned about the seven signatories of the Proclamation and their surrender and execution.
One of the exercises Ms. Fenlon asked us to do was to design a biscuit to celebrate 1916, using all we had learned about the Rising, the seige in Jacob’s and using some of the ideas and famous names to create them…Katie baked a batch of cookies using ginger, pistacchio and oats…the GPO biscuit which everyone agreed was delicious. Her version for class didn’t contain pistacchios as our school is a Nut Free Zone. Diarmuid baked a cookie based on biscuits baked at the time but included a chocolate chip in each… a small act of rebellion so he named his cookies ‘Rebels’!
First Term in the Middle Room
We have had a very busy first term in Second, Third and Fourth Class. We were all busy getting used to keeping our Reading Logs, getting quiet and focused during DEAR, working happily in pairs and groups. Now we go on journeys of the imagination at the turn of a page…at no expense! Second Class has a big event to look forward to this year. Fr. Roche visited to tell them about the Do This in Memory of Me programme and to invite us to some special masses for everyone preparing for First Communion. In September, we invited our grandparents to visit our school on October 9that 1pm. Then we had a couple of weeks to get ready. We interviewed our grandparents…We collected photographs of them…We made portraits of them in oil and chalk pastels…We gathered mementoes to display which reminded us of their love for us… from toys, jewellery, rosary beads, cards, a loaf of Granny’s brown bread and a a bowl of strawberries! We wrote poems about them…composed prayers for them and decorated the corridors and the school hall with all our lovely work. We finally celebrated Grandparents’ Day on October 9th. Our school was so busy and full with grandparents who travelled from Dublin, Meath, Mayo, Kerry and other counties on the day, sharing memories, hugging us, seeing our classroom and meeting our teachers and friends. Our Parents’ Council made lovely tea and cakes for them and they all had a chat. We sang, played music and danced for them. Billy, one of the granddads played accordion with John, a Dad who played tin whistle. They played three songs and everyone clapped and tapped their feet! By four o’clock our visitors were gone and we all went home…
We had our Parent Teacher Meetings then Halloween which is always fun! Our fancy dress parade competition was better than ever this year with lots of homemade costumes and props.
Kiltiernan Welcomes Galway Minors
On Tuesday the 8th of December, there was a surprise visit of two Galway Minor hurlers. Pupils of Kiltiernan N.S. were very excited. They brought the All-Ireland trophy along with them. Cianan Fahy and Liam Forde showed us their medals. We asked Cianan and Liam some questions about hurling and how they have to prepare. We sang a Christmas carol called “Snow Business” which they were very happy with. They even joined in on some of it! Sadly they had to leave at some stage to visit other schools, so it was time for us to say good bye. It was a very nice surprise on what was otherwise a normal school day. I hope they come again soon!!!
By Orlaith, 2nd Class
Kiltiernan Welcomes Galway Minors
On the 8th of December , two members came to our school . If you didn’t watch the match , the Galway Minors won the All Ireland against were called Cianan Fahy and Liam Forde.They are both from Ardrahan. We met them in the hálla . When they were going down the hall we were cheering “Lets go Galway lets go”! I felt really excited as they walked in. So they firstly sat down on the seats. After, Mrs Fenlon gave a speech about how honoured we were for them to come here. She also spoke about the win against Tipperary. She Tipperary . The players that came to our school asked what it was like. They replied saying “a great win and everyone had done very well”. The teachers let us to ask questions. Some of the most popular questions were based on the topic training. Here is an example. “How many times do you train a week?” Or, “What sort of things do you do to train?” The answer to the first question was that they trained three times a week. The answer to the second question was they did most of the stuff we do to training but maybe a bit harder. That was some of the main questions. Also, we took a photo. Then we sang ‘ Snow Business ‘. The uestion highlight for me was seeing the cup for real! I had the best time ever!!!
BY Erin Fahy
2nd class
Christmas Comes Early in Kiltiernan NS!
On Thursday, 3rd December, the children, parents and staff of Kiltiernan NS
extended their deep appreciation to John Costelloe, local farmer and past
pupil of Kiltiernan School. He was invited to receive a handmade card,
signed by every pupil and member of staff and the gift of a crib for his
generosity in donating a portion of land to facilitate upgrading the water
treatment system of the school.
The principal thanked him for his gesture, on behalf of the staff, Board of
Management, parents and pupils explaining that it would deepen the bond he
already had with the school as a past pupil, parent of four past pupils and
as a great neighbour of the school. Many families relationship with the
school end with the graduation of their youngest child but she added “Once
you’ve been a pupil of this school, you are always welcome back as many
Transition Year and Student Teachers have attested over the years”. However,
John strengthened and made permanent his link with the school through this
gift of land. She explained that for the children the most significant
outcome for them was that their playground could remain intact and they
could still “keep our lovely trees” because of his kindness. The words “You
are so kind!” and “You are awesome!” were repeated by many children who
signed the card.
John expressed his delight at the gratitude shown to him describing himself
as being “bowled over” by the kind words, by the sentiments expressed in the
card made by the pupils and by the gifts. He explained that he was simply
following his father’s example, because 46 years ago he had donated the site
on which the school now stands. He quoted his father saying “Land is only
land.you can’t take it with you” so make some good of it and it will be put
to good use by the school. He advised the children to work hard, to
appreciate their time in school because the memories and friendships made
here will last a lifetime. He also spoke of the importance of volunteerism
and civic spirit in a community and how important it was to thank those who
gave of their energy and time to coaching and on committees and voluntary
work. He expressed his delight at the response of the school and said his
father would have approved of his gift to the school.
Fr. Roche, as Chairperson of the B.O.M. also spoke outlining the needs of
the school and how John had so generously answered them. He gave John a gift
from the parish to express his gratitude.
The children sang some Christmas carols and John, who is also a member of
the Ballinderreen choir joined in.
The true spirit of Christmas was clearly evident to all those who attended
the event.
On December 13th we will have our Christmas Fair and Auction in Labane Hall. We hope to raise lots of funds for our school. We are working very hard preparing for the big day. This is a list of items we will be auctioning at the fair! Our star buy on Sunday will be a Panasonic 32” HD Ready LED TV (value 300 Euro), very kindly donated by Lagan Construction.
The children of Kiltiernan were very proud to present a cheque for €960 to John Meehan from Galway Hospice. We raised this money at our recent Coffee morning and we are very grateful to our teachers, parents, neighbours and Lagan Construction for their support. We were delighted to hear how the money raised will help the Hospice. Sincere thank you to John Meehan for travelling to our school to accept the cheque and talk to us about the great work of Galway Hospice.
Christmas Raffle
Christmas Fun Day 19th December
STEM AWARD FOR KILTIERNAN N.S.
