Blog: Halloween Dress-Up

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Halloween Dress-Up

On Friday the 28th of October Kiltiernan NS staged our annual Halloween dress up. We all came in, in the morning with costumes in hand, hope in our hearts and in some cases painted faces. The festivities kicked off at 1 o’clock, after big break. We couldn’t wait any longer! The hall was packed to the brim with parents, teachers and students. This year we had so many great costumes the judges couldn’t just pick a boy and a girl for best costume. In some cases the whole class won! There were  lots of original costumes. In my class alone there was a zombie couple, An unpleasant couple (the twits), a fast food chain, a dinosaur an aul’ farmer, and a president elect (then candidate) , and yes I was the president to be. Sigh…

There were also ghost busters, ‘cereal’ killers, witches, wizards, singers, doctors, draculas, clowns, book and movie characters, football players and many more.

Kiltiernan pulled it out of the bag again. Everyone had a really great day.

By Ross, 6th Class

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Coffee Morning/ Galway Hospice

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Galway Hospice/Coffee Morning

 

 

On Tuesday the 20th of September, we raised funds for the Galway Hospice by hosting a Coffee Morning in Kiltiernan National School. Family’s brought in baked goods for the occasion and the parents council brewed the coffee and tea. During the day, the Parents Council came into the classrooms with treats for the children of the school. We raised a total of 1045 euro because of the money and all funds were donated to the hospice. We even managed to bring coffee and tea over to the Lagan workers to help raise a little bit more money.

Galway Hospice foundation is a voluntarily organisation. It was established on November 23 1986 when some local doctors and nurses came together to help with hospice services around Galway. Thanks to them they made Galway city a better place. For more information about the Galway hospice follow this link GalwayHospice.ie to their home website.

By Colman

6th Class

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Mark’s Birthday

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MARK’S BIRTHDAY

On the 7th of October, we were all happy to wake up to a warm, sunny day to celebrate our good friend Mark’s Birthday. It was a special day and we wanted to let Mark know that we were thinking about him. We got a big yellow obstacle course bouncy castle, which had a huge slide at the end, and loads of places to climb. Our classrooms were let out one by one on to the bouncy castle until 1 o’clock, when the party started. Hannah, Meadbh, Tara and I were on face painting duty. We made a poster and put it on a tree near our workshop at the back of the yard. We weren’t getting too many customers, so we moved to the basketball court. Then our business took off and we painted the faces of almost all the people in the whole school, even Ms Fenlon! Meanwhile, the adults were stuffing their faces in the Halla before the kids found out about the tea, coffee and goodies that were in there. We found out after a while, and although the adults tried to keep us out, most of us managed to sneak in and take some brownies, cupcakes and biscuits. We also got goodie bags with crisps and sweets that were kindly given to us by the parents’ council. I think it was a really nice, happy way to celebrate Mark, and I think he would have loved to be there.

By Ava

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Science

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Science  Experiments 

This year Science Week 2016 ran from 14th to the 25th of November    .We have been celebrating science week by putting some experiments to the test. Everyone in fifth and sixth class were allocated into groups of three and then given an experiment.

In my group was Diarmuid, Grace and I .We got the experiment ‘Oily water bottle’ or ‘lava lamp’. We got to test our experiments the day before we showed them to the class. We were given the instructions and told to read them carefully .Next we got out all of are ingredients out that we needed to make the lava lamp. We got a 1-litre bottle and we also had a litre of vegetable oil .We then poured all of the oil into the bottle (forgetting we needed some for the following day!) next, we added a few drops of food colouring into the water and then we shook the bottle. As we, all thought we were very experienced scientists we forgot all about the instructions and ended up making something completely different to what it was meant to be.

The next day it was our last chance to do our experiment right. Therefore, we decided to read the instructions carefully and made a few changes. We used a smaller bottle and only used red food colouring and unfortunately, we had used all the vegetable oil so we decided to use olive oil, which according to Diarmuid’s mom is the same apart from a minor taste difference. The first thing we did using a funnel was poor some olive oil ¾ of the way. Then in a small plastic cup we mixed a bit of water with 5 drops of food colouring and then stirred until we got a vivid red colour. We then added it into the bottle. Do you know what happened? The oil and water wouldn’t mix because they are immiscible .Then to create a lava lamp we added a couple of rubex tablets and the water and oil started to fizz up making a lava lamp which lasted for about 5 or 6 minutes. We then presented our experiments to the class. I had lots of fun doing the experiments and I think that science week 2016 will go down as one of my favourites.

By Hannah

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Dogs Trust visit

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In late October our school, Kiltiernan NS was visited by a Dogs Trust representative named Aoife. She taught us about safety around dogs and how to behave if we felt scared or threatened around them. For example the best way to approach a strange dog is to make a fist of your hand and approach the dog slowly.

She also explained what kind of work they do at Dogs Trust, which included training dogs, finding homes for them, matching them to potential owners and caring for them in general.

She gave us a worksheet where we had to match several dogs’ different personalities and needs to their potential owners. For example a young, energetic puppy might be matched to a family who could exercise him, or a bigger dog might go to a farm with lots of space. We all thought we had done a great job in our sample matches on just a few dogs. Aoife told us at Dogs Trust they have to do this with dozens of dogs.

Visit the dogs trust website at www.dogstrust.ie/

At the end of the day we proudly received certificates showing that we knew our stuff around dogs and we all said goodbye with a smile on our faces.

Alastair 6th class

 

Booklist for 6th class 2016-2017

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Booklist for 6th class 2016-2017

 

The following books will be provided through our book rental scheme in September.

Sin é  6/Bun Go Barr 5/Am don leamh 6

Planet Maths 6

Literacy Leap 6

My Read at Home Book 6

Unlocking SESE 6

Alive- O Reader 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

            

 

 

 

 

The following books/supplies will need to be bought for September

 Gaeilge :  Focloir scoile-An Gum

 Maths:    New Wave Mental Maths-Sixth Class

English:   Just Handwriting 5th Class (Cursive)

            My Spelling Workbook G-Prim Ed

            Dictionary-Oxford/Chambers/Collins School Dictionary

            Collins School Thesaurus  

SESE:        Philips New Irish Primary Atlas

Religion:  Alive O 8 Confirmation Workbook

Music:      Display Folder-60/100 sheets (keep from last year)

D Tin Whistle

A USB Key (large memory not necessary)

 

Stationery List 2015-2016

  • 8X 120 Page ruled copies with margins
  • 5 x C3 page copies
  • Hardback copy for spellings/dictation
  • 1x Ring binder folder with dividers and polypockets for organising photocopied sheets
  • Well stocked pencil case including ruler, colouring pencils/twistables-not markers
  • 2 small paper folders

Monies payable in September

  1. Book Rental Scheme-€40
  2. Visual Arts materials-€10
  3. Miscellaneous Expenses €15 (Diagnostic and standardised tests, homework journal, photocopying worksheets)
  4. €7 24 Hour Personal Accident Insurance

Total Monies payable in September €72

 

If you are unsure of any books please do not cover or write on them as they may need to be exchanged in September.

Uniforms can be purchased in Pat Smyths, Gort and the National School Wear Centre Tuam Road. Trousers and polo shirts without logos can be bought on the high street.

Books from the booklist may be obtained from Gort Educational World, Bridge Street, Gort, First Chapter, Market Hall, Gort, Books N More Bookshop in the Oran town centre or ABC Bookshop, Tuam Road, Galway.

The Parents’ Council will hold a raffle every Thursday as a fundraiser. Cost of tickets will be €2, which can be paid weekly or at the start of each term in full. Each family will be given a raffle number in September which will be their number for the year.

 

SCULL Choir Competition

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Our Electricity Projects

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