5th Class

F.A.I soccer

The boys from fifth and sixth class are training for F.A.I 5 a side soccer tournament. They are training in Ardrahan astroturf and managed by Jerry and Rory . They are training hard and are determined to get a win. The tournament is in Salthill Devon on the 21st of March .The boys are in it to win it but also for a bit of fun along the way.

Since the start of 2017 we have been taking part in the blue star programme. We have created PowerPoints about European countries, European inventors, European history and European dishes. We had an European food day. We were in groups of different countries.I was part of the German group.We decorated our table in the german colours and displayed our various dishes.I made stroopwafles-DELICIOUS!I really enjoyed being part of the blue star programme.

By Paul Glynn

Trócaire visit

On the 31^st of January we had a visit from Aisling who worked with Trócaire. She was telling us how they help people where they have crisis like climate change refugees and women empowerment. We played a few games. My personal favourite was where we were divided into groups of 5 and you had to debate to keep your species alive. My group got rice but unfortunately we didn’t win but we didn’t lose either. Later she talked about fossil fuels affect different countries and how the Dáil signed a contract to raise the price of some fossil fuels. At the end she took some questions and she answered most of them. I really enjoyed the experience.

 

By Diarmuid 5^th Class

 

 Kiltiernan N.S,

Kilcolgan,

Co Galway

Dear Mairead McGuinness,

My name is Ross and I’m a 6th class pupil at Kiltiernan NS.

In our school we are in the process of completing the ‘Blue Star’ Programme. It is a project set up so kids would learn more about the EU and how it affects us.

So far we have done many different things across all subjects, in our quest for EU knowledge. We have learned about everything from the geography of the EU and how the parliament works to the cuisine and delicacies enjoyed by EU citizens. We even hosted a special day to celebrate the food where we sampled the dishes. The food day in particular was my favourite. I made Patatas Bravas a potato dish from Spain. We were paired up with the people who chose a dish from the same country. We were assigned a table and we were told to decorate it the best we could because the best table would get a prize and we love our prizes down in Kiltiernan. The following day the tables were plastered with pictures, balloons, banners and even moustaches over in France!

Another one of my favourites was when we were assigned to write a biography of a famous European Inventors, I chose Leonardo da Vinci. I was fascinated by his inventions and sketches. He sketched helicopter and tank prototypes, years before anyone else! He really was a man ahead of his time.

I don’t know if you’d remember but you’ve actually visited our school before back in early 2014.You were touring South Galway at the time and came to our school which was greatly affected by the floods of that year. In the visitors book you wrote that you’d come back to Kiltiernan one day and we’d like you to follow through with that promise!

I, on behalf of Kiltiernan N.S. would like to invite you to our school to talk about the goings-on in the EU. It would be the final piece of our project so we’d love to see you.

Kind Regards

Ross O’ Donnell

On behalf of the pupils of Kiltiernan N.S.

 

Helen Butler Visit

On the 19^th of January our school was very lucky to have a visit from Helen Butler who is a youth worker affiliated to the N.P.C. She came to talk to us about the transition to secondary school. The day started off when we had to write down the positives and negatives about secondary school.

After that we got into groups of four and thought of rules for the day including to be respectful and to listen. Soon after we played a warm-up game called bomb. Suddenly we got into groups again and we did a section on rules like safety, behaviour and learning.

Then we did a section on bullying. She read out a piece about a scenario and put up solutions on the wall. But there was also an open corner. You would go there if you had another solution.

Finally at the end of the day we got a sheet and we wrote down what we thought of the day. We also got a certificate of completion at the end of the day.

Now I am way more confident about going to secondary school. That was the best school day EVER!!

Grace

5^th class