Quiz Winners

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Congratulations to our U13 and U11 quiz teams who both placed 2nd at the Meadowcourt Quiz recently. 72 teams participated so we are very proud of our teams on their superb achievements. All the hard work paid off!

Then it was off to Gort where our U13s proved victorious in a hard fought battle for first place in the Credit Union Quiz, which ended in a tie-break! We held our nerve and were very excited, and relieved, to be announced winners. Our U11 team came a very respectable 3rd place. Now it’s back to work for the next round of the quiz, in Galway, in March.

 

Thursday Raffle

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We have lots of exciting prizes for our next 2 raffles and all envelopes for the last 3 draws will be included in our draw on Thursday 21st December. Prizes include vouchers from Q Beauty, Rafterys Rest, Busy Bees, Afternoon Tea at Dillisk on the Docks, Paul Hewett bracelet from Hartmanns. Lucky dip for the children, chocolates and treats galore! Please Support.

 

Special Olympics

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Special Olympics

My name is Timmy. I am with Team South Galway. I train in Kilcornan, on Wednesdays. I won a gold medal last year.

I have been picked for Team Connacht, for the Special Olympics, in Dublin 2018. These are the All-Ireland Olympics. I have to go to extra training sessions for this.

I hope to win another gold! The race will take place I Dublin in June 2018.

My Dad will stay in the Competition Centre with me. My Mum and my brother will come along to watch me and cheer me on.

by Timmy

6th Class

 

Irish Dancing

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Irish dancing

Every Wednesday all of students who would like to do Irish dancing go to the halla at the allocated time for Irish dancing. The person who teaches us Irish dancing is called Louise. Louise is very generous to give a time out of her busy day to teach us how to Irish dance and we are very grateful. My group is the oldest group which is the 5th and 6th class boys and girls. This year we do not have a show but every second year we do. This year the 5th and 6th class group are  doing the 8 hand reel followed by the 3 hand. We also worked on the brush dance. I always enjoy going to Irish dancing and hopefully you would too!

Sadhbh O’Rourke

5th class

 

Coffee Morning

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Coffee morning

On the 21st of September Kiltiernan N.S held their coffee morning for the Galway hospice. We had loads of sweet treats such as buns, cakes, cookies and many more. Pupils were asked to bake and bring in as many cakes and buns as possible. My nana and I baked treacle cake. It was delicious. Lagan Construction supported us all the with the coffee morning. Outside the gates of the school we had ‘a coffee to go’ table so if you didn’t want to come in you could stop get a coffee and hit the road fast! At the end of the busy day all our pupils got little goody bags full of jellies and crisps. We raised about 900 Euro for the Hospice which is a great cause. By Adam 6th Class

Grease Lighting

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Grease Lightning

On the 16th of November 2017 kiltiernan N.s went to see Seamount’s production of grease lightning. We got on a bus at 10 o’clock in the morning. We took the five minute journey to Kilcornan hall. The play started off with two groups singing – a group of boys and a group of girls. The main character was a girl named sandy. She was new and didn’t have many friends. The play was very good at moving from scene to scene. They even had an old car that was stripped down as Grease Lightning. It had no wheels and they painted it themselves. There was a lot of singing with songs including ‘Summer Loving’. They could do the American accent very well. It was very cool with all the LED lights and flashing lights .. My favourite part was at the start when the light shone on the group of boys- the girls would stop talking and moving and if it shone on the girls the boys would stop moving and talking. I thought it was very good. They were all good at what they did including the adults and teachers because it must have taken ages to rehearse and get it perfect. I was sitting beside a huge sound system with loads of buttons and dials. There was also a setup behind that; this one was used to control the lights. At the end of the performance all the performers stood at the front of the stage and took a bow to a standing ovation. We had a great morning.

By Adam

Origami Workshop

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Origami workshop

 

 

On the 17th of November 2017 an origami expert, Tom Cuffe came to the classrooms of Kiltiernan N.S. to teach us the ways of Origami. Tom is also a birdwatcher and uses that to help with his origami. Origami is the art of folding paper. First he taught us how to craft an ancient Chinese envelope. He told us that paper was very expensive back then and that people would write on a piece of paper and they would use Origami to fold it into an envelope. Secondly he taught us how to make a tetrahedron. This took a lot of precision and time. Finally he showed us how to make a cube out of six small pieces of card. During break I stayed in and made what is called a level two cube which uses hundred and twenty pieces of small card or twenty cubes. I really enjoyed the workshop and I would love to do it again.

 

 

 

 

By Toby

6th Class

Tommy Baker’s Puppet Show

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Tommy Baker’s Puppet show

On Friday the 20th of October Kiltiernan National School got a visit from Tommy Baker. Tommy Baker is a local puppeteer who is going to be performing in Borneo this month, in a puppet festival. He was chosen to open the festival. He came to our school to perform for us. The show he would put on in Borneo. He had chosen the salmon of knowledge. When he arrived we were all so excited.

The show was very exciting. It started when Fionn, the main character looking for someone to train him to be a warrior. He found two old ladies called Grainne and Aoife. They were to train him to be a warrior and a fighter. They asked him to do tasks. The first task was to put Fionn in a sack and throw him in the lake. There were two more tasks to find the hare of Ardrahan and not to get burnt by the salmon. Tommy also put on a second show for the middle and senior room.  They were handmade puppets, made out of sticks and wool. It was about finding his courage and helping his friends to find something they needed.

I really enjoyed the puppet show. It was a lot of fun and we were greatly entertained.

 

By Emma, 6th Class

 

Singing

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Singing

This Term at kiltiernan N.S we are singing 60’s music. We are singing the music for our own enjoyment. We have sang songs such as…….

Happy together-The Turtles

California dreaming-The Mamas & the Papas

With a little help from my friends – The Beatles

Golden Slumbers-The Beatles

For California dreaming as some of you know the mamas and the papas featured two boys and two girls so Ms O Doherty came up with the idea of sending up two boys and two girls and the rest of the class sang the seconds.

We came up with the idea of Golden Slumbers from the new John Lewis ad on YouTube as our next project for Christmas. It is second on the trending list. We practice these songs on Tuesday every week.

I really enjoy doing these songs every week and look forward to it!

By Patrick Nestor

 

Tom Cuffe’s Origami Workshop

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Origami Workshop

On the 17th of November for science week Tom Cuffe, an origami expert came to teach us the art of origami. Origami is the art of folding paper. Firstly, Tom showed us his bird origami. Tom is also a birdwatcher and ties in origami and birds together. He made beautiful swans, eagles and cranes. Next he showed us his large origami collection such a massive cube and a batman mask. The batman was life-size meaning you could put it on your face! Next, Tom taught us how to make an ancient Chinese envelope. He said paper was expensive so they made the letter and the envelope in the one piece of paper. Secondly we made a tetrahedron. You use two small pieces of paper and combine them together. Finally, we finished by using six business cards to create an origami cube. Over break Toby made a level two cube, a bigger cube. He used twenty small cubes. I would like to thank Tom for an amazing workshop and I really enjoyed it.

By David

6th Class