Green school blog June 2017

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Green schools blog 2017

In early May we picked the green school slogan on Biodiversity to represent our school. Our winner was Erin (3rd class) with the slogan ‘Big and small we need them all’. The runners up were Clodagh and Aiden

Not so long ago we had a visit from Mary Dillon who came to do a biodiversity workshop with us and 5th & 6th

We made a bug hotel to increase the amount of wild life/insect activity in our school grounds.  Mary told us about all the different animals that are becoming extinct in our locality-the curlew and bees and various wild flowers. Next we listened to the different noises of the birds we really did enjoy the experience.

Our school got a composter bin so the committee had to go around to all the rooms and explain to them what goes in the brown bin. Also we got pictures and demonstrated to the other pupils and stated what the pictures represented. We reminded them of the different ways of saving energy both at home and at school.

 

by Melanie

 

Mairead McGuinness

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On the 9th of May Mairead McGuinness visited our school as part of our celebrations for Europe day. We have been working on the blue star programme for a couple of months now, completing PowerPoints on EU countries and artists, learning about the history and countries of the EU and even making a dish from an EU country. We showed her our work from the blue star programme
It started when we all wrote a letter of invitation to Mairead McGuinness. The teachers told us that they were going to pick the best one to send to her, Ross’s letter won. She accepted our invitation a few days later and told us that she was going to visit on the 9th of May.
When she visited our school, we welcomed her with some music and the junior room waved flags of the 28 countries of the EU. We then brought her to our classrooms to show some of the foods we made.
The Middle and Senior room gathered into the hall to play ‘Ode to joy’, which is the national anthem of the European Union. Mairead McGuinness said a few words. We then did the ‘Spread a handshake for Europe’ which is a national handshake to symbolise the unity of the 28 countries in the European Union.
After a long day of preparing, Mairead McGuinness said that the president of the EU Antonio Tajani said to tell us that we have no homework! We were delighted-needless to say!
By Emma 5th Class

Mairead McGuinness

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On the 9th of May our school were very lucky to get a visit from Mairead McGuinness MEP. Ross sent her a letter of invitation and she accepted. We showed her all of our Blue Star projects we worked on all year.
Outside some of my classmates were playing ‘Ode to Joy’ as she came in the door.’ Ode to Joy’ is the national anthem of Europe. It was chosen because there is so many languages in Europe they could not just chose one so they chose an instrumental piece by Beethoven.
She went around to every room and the students showed off all of their EU knowledge. In the senior room the French table recreated their food from the food day we had a few weeks before. I made crepes and they were gone in a flash!
After she went around to the rooms all the classes gathered in the halla to play some music and ask guest and ask questions. The junior room waved all the national flags of the EU. After that we did the ‘Spread a Handshake for Europe.’ The ‘Spread a Handshake for Europe’ is a handshake. You simply keep shaking hand in a circle to show that we are all united.
At the end Mairead McGuinness told us that Antonio Tajani said that we had no homework. We all had a great but exhausting day and were delighted to have no homework to do!
By Grace
5th Class

Seashore Safari

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Seashore Safari

On the 24th of May the pupils from second to sixth of Kiltiernan national school were lucky enough to be visited by Brendan Allard from the Marine Institute. Brendan is a marine biologist and works in the marine institute in Renvile. He studies creatures in the ocean.

He came to visit us around 9:30am in the morning. We all gathered into the hall and he explained to us what he does at his work. He also told us how important it was to protect the oceans from pollution.

We left for Traught beach shortly afterwards seeing as low tide was at 10:30 which was when we wanted to arrive. When we got off the bus we split into groups and he gave us all nets. We spent the next hour and a half scouring the rock pools for any signs of life!

By the time we were finished we had found hermit, porcelain, edible, shore and box crabs, though our star find of the day was a butterfish. We also found anemones and periwinkles.

After that we had a quick lunch break and then we finished off the day with a sandcastle building competition.

We all had a great day and at the same time we learned about the ocean and found lots of cool creatures. We can’t wait for another visit from the marine institute!

Alastair 6th class

Seashore Safari

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13/06/17 Seashore Safari

On the 24th of May 2017, classes 2nd to 6th embarked on an adventure to tracht beach to go on a Seashore Safari.

Before we left are school,  our guide, Brendan Allard gave us a Q and A session. We asked about his job of as  a marine biologist. We also talked about the species that inhabit tracht beach.

Soon after our  discussion with Brendan, we arrived at tracht beach. We met at the top of the beach and started to move out towards the rocks. We found all types of creatures  like crabs, hermit crabs, anemones and some groups even found species of fish! Afterwards we met together and showed each other our catchces. We then set them all free.

After are expedition we all had lunch on the benches at the top of the beach . Shortly afterwards we started a very competitive sand castle competition. When it started, we all sprinted down towards the water and started on our creations. The goal was to make the tallest sand castle. When we finished our castles, the teachers judged to see whos was the tallest. Unfortunately, my group did not win, but it was still great fun!

After our  splended trip we all gathered into the bus, wet, sandy and exhausted.When we all arrived back at the school, we were hoping that we could something like this again.

By Colman 6th class

Credit Union Quiz

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Credit Union Quiz

Every year we put our knowledge to the test and participate in the Credit Union quiz. First we have a preliminary quiz to decide the teams. On my team were Ava, Aly and Stephen. To prepare for the quizzes we practised with two superb Mums; Michelle and Bridget. The first quiz we attended was the Kilchreest NS table quiz which took place in the Meadow Court Hotel. We did well and finished third.

We kept on practising and we prepared for the Credit Union quiz held in Sullivan’s Hotel. We concentrated and by half way two Kiltiernan teams were joint first. In the second half the questions got harder. In the end we won by four points! We were all very excited for the next round which was held on March 3rd in the Galway Bay Hotel.

In the space of time between the 2 quizzes we practised and practised and we nearly knew every question in the book! Finally the day came. I had butterflies in my tummy. This time round the questions were a lot more difficult and tricky. At the end of the round the quizmaster said there would be a tiebreaker for second and the teams were: “Kiltiernan NS and Gaelscoil Tuam”. We started getting slightly nervous and tense. If the other questions were hard, the tiebreaker questions were really hard.

In the tiebreaker we got two questions right out of four. The other school got one. We were delighted when we finished second because first and second progresses to the national quiz finals held in the RDS in Dublin on April 2nd. We still are revising questions and finding more to challenge us. All of us are very proud of our achievement. We would also like to thank Michelle and Bridget for all their help in finding questions and giving us sheets to learn. Thank You!

By David

5th Class

Letter to my local M.E.P. Mairead McGuinness

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Letter to my local M.E.P. Mairead McGuinness

Kiltiernan N.S.

Kilcolgan

Co. Galway

2/3/17

Dear Mairead,

My name is Toby MacAdam. I’m in 5th class in Kiltiernan N.S.

Our school is taking part in the blue star programme, which involves lots of different activities and projects. The Blue Star programme is an initiative to teach us about the European Parliament and how it affects our lives.

One of the projects was we had to complete was fact files on different countries. I researched Holland. We also did projects on historical events in Europe such as The Cold War and The Fall of the Berlin Wall. We learned lots of information from this project.

Another thing we researched was a famous European artist. There were lots of painters to choose from.

For our blue star project, we would like you to come to our school. We would like to ask you questions about the European parliament and your job. Just to remind you, you came to our school in the times of the flooding in February 2014. I hope you can come.

 

Yours sincerely

Toby MacAdam

F.A.I. 5 a-side schools Soccer

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F.A.I. 5 a-side schools Soccer

 

 

Our school is participating in the SPAR F.A.I 5 a-side schools competition. We are going to be training very hard. The blitz will take place on the 21st of March 2017. The coaches are my dad (Rory) and Jerry. We can only send 8 people to the blitz. I have confidence we will win!!!

 

By Toby

5th Class

Engineers Week

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Engineers Week

Engineer’s week takes place from the 4th of March to the 10th.
You can visit the engineersweek.ie website for lots of fun games.
The week has two sponsors- OSTEPS Ireland & SFI Ireland.
Today; Monday
Rory, Sarah & Mary’s Father came in today. He is an Electronic Engineer. Rory showed us the inside of your tablets and your PC’s. He showed us the motherboard of a desktop laptop. He explained how the charging ports go into the small areas in the bottom of the circuit board. Rory also showed us a Defibrillator for beginners. Once turned on, a speaker will transmit instructions on how to preform CPR.
Wednesday
Edel’s dad will come into our school. He works for H.P and will tell us all about his daily life as an engineer.
Thursday
Mathew, Sean’s Father will come on Thursday. He has a selection of roughly 30 experiments to show us. He will be showing us the vital things you need to be an Electrical Engineer. Mathew works in the ESB as an Area Manager for Athlone & Galway

Pantomine 2017

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Pantomime 2017 6/3/17

This years pantomime is alace in blunderland.We started the pantomime in January and we casted the play in February. The play has four different seens containing  Goldielocks and the three bears, Cinderella,Snow white and the seven dwarfs and last but not least all the characters come together. We have been very busy with preparation for the pantomime. Ouir play will take place on the 7th of April at 06:30 in Labane hall and we would realy appreciate if you attened. We prommise it to be a night to remember.

 

By Melanie

5th class