Kiltealy School
G.A.A. resumes this term with thanks to Jim Cooper, Jim Hanrahan and Keith Murphy.
On the 18th of January our school held our green School ‘Day of Action’. As part of our work on the theme ‘Energy’ we had a day of action and we decided to have a ‘Low Energy Day’! So that meant no lights, no interactive whiteboards, no laptops and no energy! We hoped that it would show us how much we depend on energy and electricity and that we should try our best to save energy. Throughout the day, our Green Schools committee acted as monitors checking energy conservation in our classrooms. Everybody made a big effort to have switches and appliances turned off when we weren’t using them. We also kept our windows closed to retain heat and our sensor lights dimmed throughout the day. The teachers also made a huge effort not to use the microwave, the photocopier or printers. We were busy taking energy readings at the start and the end of the day. We were successful with our low energy day using nearly three time less energy than any other day that week. It was a great success well done to all involved!!
***********************************************************************************************************
Low Energy Day
Wednesday 18th January
9.20am – 3.00pm
Tips on how you can keep your energy use to a minimum
- Turn off unnecessary lighting-keep your blinds up
- No whiteboards/printers/photocopiers/laminators/cd players in use
- Charge laptops the day before
- Try photocopy before 9.20am
- Teachers bring lunches that don’t require microwaving or toasting.
- Keep tea consumption to a minimum
Welcome to our new student in Junior Infants Chloe Delaney. We have 13 new junior infants so far this year. Enrollment for this September is now open. Please contact the school office for details and enrollment forms.
6th Class are currently preparing for their entrance exams for secondary school. We wish all of the pupils the best of luck with them!
Classes from 3rd to 6th are currently doing trials for the Credit Union Table Quiz. Teams will be announced in the coming weeks.
Aela Bowe was this weeks winner. Aela won €210. Congratulations Aela! Many thanks to all who continue to support our “Split the Pot” fund. Don’t forget envelopes are available in outlets around Kiltealy. One entry costs €2 , if your not in, you can’t win!
Swimming will begin Tuesday the 31st of January. Children from 2nd to 6th class attend swimming lessons in the Waterfront Leisure Centre in Enniscorthy. Children travel to and from Enniscorthy by bus, which is supervised by teachers from the school.
The swimming coaches place the children into groups of similar swimming abilities enabling them to make steady progress throughout the lessons.
The swimming lessons run for 8 weeks and all children who have attended receive a certificate at the end of the 8 weeks.
Santa Dash!!!!
Dashing through the village !!!
Well done to all the boys and girls who wore Santa hats and Christmas jumpers for our annual Santa Dash!
On the 19th and 20th of December, after three months of practice, the children finally put on their Funky Kids Concert for all their family and friends. It was a fantastic show filled with lots of brilliant singing and dancing. There was something for everyone, from Noah’s Ark and The Grease Melody to Puppet on a String and Monster Mash. It was great to see everybody up singing and dancing and having FUN!
Well done to everyone involved especially the stars of our show, the children. The staff and children from Kiltealy N.S.would like to thank Denis and Olivia (Funky Kids) for all their hard work over the past few months!
Congratulations to all the winners of our Christmas Card Competition. The standard of art in our school is exceptionally high so I would like to congratulate all our children who took part. We have a very talented bunch of artists in Kiltealy N.S.
