Letter to Mairead McGuinness

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Kiltiernan National School

                                                                                                                                  Kilcolgan

                                                                                                                                 Co. Galway

                                                                                                                                 2nd March 2017

Dear Ms Mairead McGuinness

My name is Emma. I’m a fifth Class pupil in Kiltiernan National School. Since September we have been working on the Blue Star Programme.

As part of the programme, we have completed PowerPoints on EU countries, fact files on EU countries, artists and inventors, historical EU events and we researched how the parliament works. Recently, we all cooked foods from EU countries and brought them into school for everyone to try. I made Cypriot kebabs called souvlaki. As part of the programme we are asked to invite an MEP to our school to talk about your job and the daily life of an MEP.

So as part of the Blue Star Programme, Kiltiernan National School would like to cordially invite Ms Mairead McGuinness, to come and visit our school to talk about your job and the daily life of an MEP.

We would also like to remind you that you have been at our school before in 2014, when you were touring south Galway for the flood relief. I remember that you wore your green wellies!

We hope you are able to make it and we look forward to seeing you.

 

Yours Sincerely,

Emma

Kiltiernan National School.

Order of Malta

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Order of Malta talk

On the 20-1-17 Maura Lyons did a talk on the Order of Malta. Maura is a cadet officer for the Order of Malta Craughwell. Maura is a medical scientist during non officer days. In  the Order of Malta Craughwell,we meet every Monday from 7:15-8:15. Maura explained where you would see the order of malta ambulance. We also learned how to do C.P.R ,tie bandages and also put people in recovery position. The Order of Malta started when tourist travelled to Jerusalem by boat and became ill. St Gerard came up with the idea of the orderof St John to care for ill people on the boat. The Order of Malta trainers compete in competitions in order to gain badges for your uniform. At competitions you have to scan the scene you come across and say if it is safe or unsafe. If the scene is safe then you go over to your patient. The first thing Maura told us to do was call 999/112 then you have to see what’s  wrong with your patient followed by trying to help your patient and so on. After all that she told us what the meaning of F.A.S.T was.It means face arms speech and time. We learned how to use a panic button.

The Blue Star Programme

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Blue Star Programme

Since September our school have been working on the Blue Star Programme. We have had lots of fun completing PowerPoints on EU countries, EU artists and inventors, to learn about the culture of EU. We all made a European dish to bring in for everyone to taste. We also researched the foundation of the parliament and how it works. The goal of the programme is to teach everyone to understand and know how the EU affects our lives through projects and activities.

We have completed a series of tasks and projects in order to complete the programme. We are also asked to invite a local Irish MEP to come and visit our school to talk about what it’s like to be a member of the European Parliament.

At the end of the year we are also asked to have a European day to showcase our projects that we have completed during the year.

I really enjoyed completing the projects to go with the Blue Star Programme and I think everyone enjoyed making EU cuisine from EU countries and I enjoyed tasting everyone else’s dishes.

 

 

 

By Emma, 5th Class

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Write a book

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Blog

I wrote a book about scouts. I go to scouts in Oranmore. I typed the book and Bridget put in the pictures. I love my book. I am very proud.

By Timmy 5th class

Order Of Malta

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Order of Malta

On the 18th of January Maura from the group called the Order of Malta came to our school. The Order of Malta is an association that knows and teaches first aid. The order of Malta was generated in Jerusalem.

Maura’s  job is a medical scientist. She has a part time job working for the Order of Malta. She showed us her badges and her symbol and her uniform. She also told us that they have to wear gloves when treating a patient. She told us that you have to ask the patient “Can I treat you “

Maura told us that the order of Malta goes to rugby matches and other events. They contact through radios and walkie talkies. She told us the history of the Order of Malta. The reason the order of Malta was formed was because a tourists were going to Jerusalem and picking up diseases. It was set up by St. Gerard because he felt bad for the tourists that had passed by. The Order of Malta meets every 2 weeks. Maura loves her job.

Visit from Trocaire

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Trocaire visit

Today a woman called Alisha came to visit us at our school. She is a member of Trocaire. She came to talk to us about the global warming and how it affects us and other countries.

She said that global warming is caused by fossil fuel such as coal, oil, petrol, diesel etc. We played games on global warming.

She told us how to prevent global warming. It was a great visit.

ADAM 5TH CLASS

Engineers Week

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Engineers Week   07/03/2017

Engineers week runs from the 4th – 10th of March. We are celebrating Engineer’s week in Kiltiernan N.S with lots of visits and science experiments. Today the 7th we had a special visitor from a computer company in Galway. His name is Rory and he loves to take apart computers. He brought in the inside of an Xbox. Rory explained the different types of engineers. We will also have a visit from Gerry, Matt. Engineers Week will be a very enjoyable week.

By Patrick

Order of Malta visit

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On the 18th of January Maire from the order of Malta came to our school. She is the head officer at the Craughwell Branch. She said that you would mostly see them at the races or at matches providing 1st aid. They contact through radios among members.

They have to use gloves so if the person is cut the infection will not spread. The order of Malta began with tourists travelling to Jerusalem. The journeys they took were called the crusades. The order was set up by Saint Gerard who was helping the pilgrim on their journey. The original name was the order of Saint John.

They meet every two weeks. The stars  on their shoulders reflect  the level of qualification.  The cadet units are in Craughwell and in Mervue. The training includes games and 1st aid training.  If an incident accured near to you, the first thing you would do is stay calm.

The next thing is to see is the scene clear. Next you ring for help, 911 or 122. But you should only ring if you really need to. The order of Malta has a volunteer ambulance. You should take 1st aid training in transition year. I really enjoyed it.

By Adam

5th Class

Letter to Mairead McGuinness

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Invitation to Mairead Mc Guinness

Kiltiernan NS

Kilcolgan

Co Galway

02/03/17

Dear Mairead Mc Guinness

I would like to invite you to our school so we can complete the blue star programme.it would be a great pleasure to complete it seeing we have made a massive effort  to complete the programme. We have done many projects like research a European country, research how the European parliament works. And we hosted an EU food tasting day. You have previously been to our school when you were touring south Galway. My name is Patrick and it would be an honour to meet you.

 

Yours Sincerely

Patrick

Trócaire visit

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Trócaire visit

Today a lady called Alisha came into our school to talk about the work that Trócaire does. They help people in some of the poorer countries that are facing climate change.

She talked about all the animals and plant life that are dyeing and are unable to survive the really hot or cold weather.

Some of the things that Trócaire does is, helping people in poor countries by raising money and donating food and supplies that are needed to survive in these poor living conditions. They also try to spread the word and their knowledge to all the other parts of the world that are more fortunate and not affected by climate change. They also raise awareness to all the people that may not know about some of these natural disasters that are striking other parts of the world. These are leaving them with nothing but land and themselves.

 

 

By Emma