6th Class

Our trip to the Cathedral

On the 13^th of May, a week before our Confirmation the 6^th class of Kiltiernan, Labane and Ballyglass went for a tour of the Cathedral in Galway. When we arrived we walked up a flight of stairs to the organ. The organ was huge. It had lots of different pipes which made lots of different sounds. There were 3 different keyboards which have different pitches. The man who played the organ showed us how if he pulled knobs and pushed buttons the organ would make the sounds and tones of different instruments. Later we went outside to see the huge entrance doors. There were pictures on these doors which told stories from the bible of some of the sacraments. We examined the stain glass windows which also had stories from the bible on them. The group then walked up the aisle looking at the Stations of the Cross which were made of stone by a woman from Dublin over 20 years. We went down underground to the Crypt where the Bishops are buried. We saw portraits of the old Bishops and the map of the diocese. Overall it was a brilliant day! Thank you to Fr Roche from all of us for a great trip.

By Alannah

 

 

 

Our Write – a-  Books  are finished!

By the 7^th of March everybody had finally finished their wonderful write a books. A few days later they were sent to the Galway education centre to be distributed to another school. At the school they were judged by other teachers and eventually sent back to the education centre with long awaited results. Last week they were collected by one of our teachers.

We held an assembly where the winners and highly commended entrants were announced. There was a winner in every class as well as a few highly commended works. In the Senior classroom the winners included John, Chloe and Simon. Highly commended awards were given to Ben, Laura, Aine, Erica, Oisin, Hannah, Molly, Aoibhe and John. Congratulations to everyone who took part and well done for all the hard work. We are delighted to finally be finished it for another year but it was a rewarding experience.

 

 

 

Seachtain na Gaeilge

Bhí Seachtain na Gaeilge againn ón 10^ú lá go dtí an 14^ú déag de mhí Márta. Bhí cluichí gaeilge mar “fiche ceist” agus “Cá bhfuil Seán” sa seomra ranga. Bhí Tráth na gceist againn freisin sa halla ar an Aoine. Bhí an bua ag foireann Alannah agus foireann Laura.

Ar an gCéadaoin bhí seisúin ceoil againn le Róisín. Sheinn sí an cláirseach agus an bosca ceoil. Bhi na páistí ag seinm ar an bhfeadóg stáin, fliúit, veidhlin agus bosca ceoil. Is aoibhinn linn Seachtain na Gaeilge.

Simon agus Ben

 

 

Book Week

We have recently finished our Write-A-Books. They were a great success. We have received books from Scoil Iognáid in Galway City. They are excellent. We are very proud of our success with our books. Some of the books we wrote include “Candy Land” by Ellie in 4th, “The Shannon” by James also in 4th, “Famous Diabetics” by Hannah in 5th, “5 Futuristic Technologies” by Eoghan also in 5th,  “Brilliant Brazil” by Ben in 6th and “Tom Daley” by Dervla also in 6^th. We displayed them in the hallways for everyone to read during bookweek.

We had a visit from the children’s author Patricia Forde. She writes English and Irish books for younger children. She has written books such as “Frogs do not like Dragons” , “Scoil na bPáistí Deasa” and “Hedgehogs do not like Heights” She told us to describe the situation as much as you can when we write creatively, make people feel empathy for your characters and write down all your lies! Honestly she said you could lie all you like in fiction writing!

We organised a monster book quiz to celebrate Book Week. There were all sorts of questions about books and there was a picture round. We had lots of fun and there were two rounds for younger children so they’d get a chance to partake. The winners were Laura in 6th, Stephen and Patrick in 2nd and Killian in Senior Infants. Congratulations guys!

We devised a project called “Buddy Reading” for the week also. It was to help younger kids expand their reading experience and get them to know the senior pupils a little better. The kids in the senior room buddy up with the younger children. There were awards for kind generous  senior buddies during the week.

We always enjoy when some mums and dads come in and read to us and this year Michelle (Ava’s mom) and Anne (Abbie’s mom) came in to read to us. Michelle read “The Famous 5” and Anne read “Wayside School is Falling Down”. They were really kind to give up their time and come in and read to us.

On the last day of Book Week Politician Ciaran Canon came in to officially launch our new website. He unveiled our new website and gave out awards to the people who stood out in Buddy Reading. After he unveiled our new website we went into the halla and played some music. He joined in and played “Fields of Gold” by Sting on the keyboard. It sounded really well with the tin whistles, violins and flute.

By Hannah, Eoghan and Sean