Trocaire visit

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What they do

Trócaire supports individuals and communities in over 20 developing countries to live with independence and dignity. In Ireland, the charity raises awareness about the root causes of poverty and inequality.

Where to find Trocaire

Trócaire works with local and church partner organisations in over 20 countries to deliver humanitarian assistance and long-term support to communities.

You can watch videos about Trocaire

How trocaire help

Trocaire help poor people with no food or water, to help them raise money to get the important things.

 

By Luke 5th class

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.

Engineers Week

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This year Engineer’s week is running from March 4th to March 10th. The aim of engineer week is for everyone to learn all about what engineers do and for some people it might inspire them to become an engineer.

In Kiltiernan we have already had a visit from Rory, an electronic engineer. He showed us what is inside an Xbox, tablets, ipads and so on. I found it very interesting for us to learn all about his job as an electronic engineer.

We also had another visit from Jerry, a software engineer who works for HPE. He showed us a PowerPoint presentation where he showed us pictures of his work and his daily routine in his job also as today was also international women’s day he had a slide all about a very talented engineer from Galway. He answered all of our questions. It was a very interesting and informative visit.

Ms. Leech has also organised another visit from Mat, Sean’s dad and we are all very excited to meet him and to see what it is like to work as an engineer.                                                                      

Engineers week is always an exciting week in Kiltiernan N.S. and we always have some very interesting engineers who come in to talk to us and who knows maybe one day I might decide to be an engineer.

By Hannah

6th 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

Helen Butler Visit by Ross

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Helen Butler Visit
On Thursday the 19th of January, a youth worker called Helen Butler came in. She was doing a workshop about transitioning to secondary school.
She came in first thing in the morning and we got to work straight away.
The first thing we did, we were handed out two sticky notes. We were instructed to write some things we were looking forward to on one and we wrote something we weren’t sure about or not looking forward to on another. She then read some of them out and gave us some advice.
She then split us up into groups and she asked us to come up with some rules. They were listen attentively, respect each other, hands up and have fun!
Next we were given a self reflection sheet and we had to answer questions. Throughout the day we also played some games to keep us on our toes.
After that we had a a bullying segment where we were given a scenario and on each wall of the hall there was a solution. You had to walk to what you thought was the best option. There was also the ‘Open Corner’ were you could come up with your own. We then wrapped up the day with a game that helped you learn how to read a timetable quickly and effectively.
Overall I really enjoyed the day and found it very informative.
By Ross,
6th Class

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