Mini 7’s

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Championship Mini 7s

On Thursday the 25th of May the Kiltiernan boys had a hurling blitz. We played Kilbeacanty N.S and Lurga N.S. We played Kilbeacanty N.S first. It was a very good game- very tight until the last minute…. Bang Kilbeacanty score a goal we were now down 4 points. We kept our heads up but couldn’t get a score. Sadly(for us) Kilbeacanty N.S went home with a win. Because we were already out and Lurga were out we played a match for fun. We only played one half because we were all tired. We probably would have won because we were winning by like 15 points! After the match most of us went to the shop to get a treat. After we went back to the school and went out to break we told people about the matches.

By Adam

Girls Camogie Championship 2017

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On Thursday the 1st of May 2017 girls from 4th to 6th class attended a camogie competition .The competition was at St Thomas’s Pitch. We had been practising on the pitch at school and we felt that are skills had improved!
Ms Leech and Ms O’Doherty had the privilege of picking the starting team. We played 4 matches and even though there was so much rain overall we were all happy with our performance and I will remember my last camogie match in Kiltiernan fondly
By Hannah

Pantomime

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The pantomime was on the 7th of April. We spent a long time preparing for the big night. Everyone’s adrenaline was pumping. You could feel the excitement.

First 5th and 6th class did their Irish dancing followed by 2nd-4th class` play called “Jack and the beanstalk”. Without delay they did their Irish dancing.  Shortly afterwards the 5th-6th class` play “Alas in Blunderland” took to the stage. They both had jokes and both as good as each other. But then the night sadly had to come to an end.

If you missed the play you can go on YouTube and find the whole night’s entertainment. We all had a great time.

 

Meadbh

6th class

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

Confirmation 2017

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Confirmation

We’d been practicing for months before the big day. We’d attended ‘You shall be my Witness’ meetings. We’d been allocated special jobs and practiced hymns. We even visited the Cathedral back in March. So we were very prepared when the day came. We made the sacrament with the 6th class pupils from Labane and Ballyglass.

After we had been all groomed and polished we headed to the church around 11 o’clock. We all looked very smart indeed! Father Roche and Canon McLoughlin conducted the mass.

We recited the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit. There was the laying on of hands. Next we played a tune on our instruments. We then received Communion and finally we were confirmed with the oil of chrism. We were called up in groups of four and our sponsors and parents stood with us at the altar.

Later the parents came up to get photos… well at least tried to get a couple of good ones!

It was a great day and everyone really enjoyed themselves.

By Ross, 6th class

Credit Union Quiz Winners

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On Friday, January 27th,  we competed in the Credit Union Quiz in Sullivans Hotel, Gort. Our school was represented by two U11 and two U13 teams. We had been working hard on our quiz practice and were very excited to participate. All our teams scored very well on the night and one of our U13 teams proved victorious, winning by a 4 point margin. Well done to everyone involved.

*****UPDATE*****

On Sunday March 5th, we nervously made our way to The Salthill Hotel in Galway for Round 2 of the Credit Union quiz. First 2 teams to qualify to the national finals in Dublin. Fingers crossed. After a nail biting and pretty sensational tie-breaker we finished in 2nd place. Our confidence is growing daily as we are practicing so hard.

*****UPDATE*****

After a very early start we arrived at The RDS in Dublin on Sunday April 2nd. The whole set-up was very exciting and, if we’re honest, a little scary!! But, as we’d been practicing so hard we were confident. We were thrilled to meet the O’Donovan brothers from Skibberreen who are youth ambassadors for the Credit Union. They were so nice and we got our photo taken with them. They gave us a good pep talk. Then Aidan Power, the compare for the day, arrived on stage and we were ready to get started. The questions were difficult but very fair. We finished a very respectable 5th on the day out of 50 teams from all over the country. Our teachers and parents were very proud of us and we received a big congrats from Gort Credit Union also. Taking part in the school quiz was such a great experience and we hope next year will be as successful for our school.

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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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Pro 12 trophy visit to kiltiernan

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Pro 12 trophy visit to kiltiernan

On Tuesday 21st of June the pro 12 trophy came to our school. We all wore our Connacht jerseys to welcome it to our school. We all got pictures with the trophy. Linden Jones, Tom Finneran and Magealla Piggot brought the trophy with them and told us about the blood, sweat and tears they put in to achieve the trophy. They promoted the Gort gladiators rugby club. I really enjoyed it because I am a big fan of Connacht rugby.

 

 

By Jake

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