Monthly Archives: October 2016
Congratulations to all on a great first term of work. We packed alot of learning into the 8 weeks, and alot of fun was had while doing so. Take a look below at some of the achievements.
Problem Solving Winners Term 1
Each classroom took part in twice weekly problem solving quizzes over the past 8 weeks. The final score count was very close in all age groups. Well done to all.
Infant Room: Red Team: Robyn, Jamie, Paul, Fionn and Jack
1st & 2nd Class: Chocolate Solvers: Kevin, Neasa, Lucy, Conor and Meabh
3rd & 4th Class: The Rocking Calculators: Ellie, Niamh, Róisín, Tiernen
5th & 6th Class: Fraction Attraction: Padraig, Tomás, Danny and Dylan
Story Writing Winners
The infant room diplayed some fantasic handwriting while 1st-6th showed their imaginative skills in storywriting. The teachers really enjoyed reading all your stories.
Juniors: Kevin
Seniors: Oran (missing from photo)
1st: Orla
2nd: Bobby
3rd: Isabel
4th: Ellie
5th: Ciarán
6th: James
Art Competition Winners
All classes produced some fabulous and creative pieces of art. Well done everyone!!!
Juniors: Jodi
Seniors: William
1st: Aimee
2nd: Ava
3rd: Noah
4th: Niamh
5th: Katie
6th: Rebecca
The pupils of Kiltealy impressed again this year with fantastic efforts going into Halloween costumes.
Ghosts and goblins, witches and werewolves, zombies and skeletons; were scattered throughout the group that traveled around the village.
We stopped off to see the children from the playschool in their costumes and they treated us to a song and nursery rhyme.
We continued down through the village to the carpark where our group photo was taken before making our way back to the school.
Congratulations to all the 5th and 6th class pupils who were part of the victorious Rackard League Football Team. The team defeated Oulart in the Enniscorthy District Final yesterday on a scoreline of 3-7 to 1-2.
Padraig Waters (1-2) had a great game, getting vital scores in the first half when there was very little between the teams. Ryan Purcell used his height to his advantage at full forward, making things very difficult for the Oulart full back line.
Danny Fitzhenry was very influential at midfield, supplying great balls into the forwards. Dylan Purcell, David Nolan and Noel Cowman were powerful in the backs throughout the 50 minutes. James Aylward was introduced towards the end and made his mark on the game.
Kiltealy players: Ryan Purcell, Padraig Waters, Danny Fitzhenry, David Nolan, Dylan Purcell, Noel Cowman, James Aylward, Jacques Neville and Cillian Hanrahan all made appearances on the team throughout the league campaign.
The team now go on to contest the county semi-final which will be played after the mid-term break.
Well done to the boys for getting this far in the league. We are very proud of their success and we will be out again in numbers to support them on their quest to the final.
Picasso Art
Take a look at our Picasso inspired Art that we created last week. This was a really fun lesson.
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Christmas Shoebox Appeal 2016
The Transition Year Students from The FCJ were in the school last Friday to launch this years Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal. Kiltealy N.S has a long tradition of supporting this cause and we are sure that this year will be as successful a collection as previous years.
The children watched a short video which showed some less fortunate children receiving their shoeboxes last Christmas. It was lovely to see the expression of pure delight on the faces of all the children and this made us all realise just how fortunate we are.
All pupils have now received their information leaflets which will give them and their parents all the information they need to get involved.
Shoeboxes will be collected the week after the mid-term break.
The children in Kiltealy thoroughly enjoyed a range of activities throughout Maths Week last week. Well done to all involved.
Some activities they engaged in are listed below.
- The whole school took part in the Maths Problem Of The Day Challenge. These included- A Time Estimation Challenge, A Length Estimation Challenge and A Number Estimation Challenge. There were overall winners and class runners up for each problem.
- A special round of their weekly Problem Solving Quiz with double the quiz questions and an opportunity to score double the points.
- Some interactive whiteboard maths games. They got very competitive as they tried to not only beat each others scores but also beat the timer in multiplication, division, addition and subtraction games. 5th & 6th also played and Angle Alienation Game where they showed their skills and knowledge of angle degrees.
- Outdoor Maths Trails were a great hit and we were lucky that the weather held up for this fun activity.
- A fun day was had on Thursday when the children were quizzed on all their Maths knowledge to date. The final score count was extremely close in all age groups.
- The children created some beautiful Maths art that is on display throughout the building.
Take a look below at all the fun that was had as well as all the winners receiving their prizes at Mondays assembly.
Runners up in the Time challenge-Tomás Murphy-5th & 6th, Alex Carroll-1st & 2nd and Anne-Marie Roche-Junior & Senior Infants
Absent from Photos-Aela Bowe who was the overall Winner of The Time Challenge
Joint winners of The Length Estimation Challenge: Cillian Hanrahan and Noel Cowman 5th & 6th Class
Runners up of the Length Estimation Challenge: Aimee Neville and Aisling O’Brien-3rd and 4th Class, Bobby Watchorn-1st &2nd Class and Anne-Marie Roche-Junior & Senior Infants
Winner of the Number Estimation Challenge: Steven Kavanagh 5th & 6th Class
Runners up of The number Estimation Challenge: Róisín Dwyer 3rd & 4th class, Aimee Bowe and Kayla Grogan-1st & 2nd Class and Paul Armstrong Junior & Senior Infants
Winners of the Infant Room Quiz: The Green Team- Fionn Waters, Ryan Bowe, Hannah Watchorn and Róisín Jordan
Winners of the 1st & 2nd Class Quiz: The Fantastic Kids- Ciara Doyle, Robert, Niamh Healy and Bobby Watchorn
Winners of the 3rd & 4th Class Quiz: The Rocking Calculators-Ellie Watchorn, Tiernen Hanrahan, Niamh Armstrong and Róisín Dwyer
Winners of the 5th & 6th Class Senior Quiz: Fraction Attraction-Danny Fitzhenry, Dylan Purcell, Tomás Murphy and Padraig Waters
Tangram Fun 3rd & 4th
Tangram Fun 3rd & 4th
Tangram Fun 3rd & 4th
Interactive Whiteboard Maths Games in 5th & 6th
Interactive Whiteboard Maths Games in 5th & 6th
The 5th & 6th Class members of the Green School Committee were out and about spreading their knowledge on Energy. The Energy Experts had spent a few days learning all about energy, what we need energy for, where this energy comes from and what the future holds.
Having gained all their knowledge the 5th and 6th class pupils created a survey for children from 1st class to 4th class to see how much they knew about energy.
They then created a power-point about energy that they would present to the other classes in the school to make them more energy aware.
The classes were informed about non-renewable energy sources of coal, oil and gas. The burning of these fossil fuels can have negative effects on our environment causing climate change. These non-renewable energy sources are also running out.
We can help our environment by using less energy and also using alternative sources of renewable energy. The presentation provided the children with information on renewable energy sources.
After the presentations the pupils then took the energy survey for a second time and it was very evident that they had gained lots of new knowledge and were now more energy aware.
The Green School Committee came up with lots of ways in which we can save energy and use less energy within our school environment.
They have begun “The Switch It Off” campaign. They have created LOLO (Last Out Lights OFF) signs and TAYTO (Turn All Your Things Off) signs to remind us all to use less energy.
Well done to 5th & 6th classes and The Green School Committee for all their hard work to date.
Powerpoint Presentation to 3rd & 4th Class
Eager learners in 3rd & 4th Class
Powerpoint Presentation to 1st & 2nd Class
Eager Learners in 1st & 2nd Class
Winner 24th October
Charlie Fitzhenry was this weeks winner of split the pot. Congratulations Charlie and enjoy spending your winnings.
Many thanks to everyone who continues to support our “Split the Pot” fund. Don’t forget envelopes are available in outlets in Kiltealy. One entry costs €2 , if your not in, you can’t win!
Congratulations to all the 5th and 6th class pupils who were part of the victorious Rackard League Football Team. The team defeated Oulart in the Enniscorthy District Final yesterday on a scoreline of 3-7 to 1-2.
Padraig Waters (1-2) had a great game, getting vital scores in the first half when there was very little between the teams. Ryan Purcell used his height to his advantage at full forward, making things very difficult for the Oulart full back line.
Danny Fitzhenry was very influential at midfield, supplying great balls into the forwards. Dylan Purcell, David Nolan and Noel Cowman were powerful in the backs throughout the 50 minutes. James Aylward was introduced towards the end and made his mark on the game.
Kiltealy players: Ryan Purcell, Padraig Waters, Danny Fitzhenry, David Nolan, Dylan Purcell, Noel Cowman, James Aylward, Jacques Neville and Cillian Hanrahan all made appearances on the team throughout the league campaign.
The team now go on to contest the county semi-final which will be played after the mid-term break.
Well done to the boys for getting this far in the league. We are very proud of their success and we will be out again in numbers to support them on their quest to the final.
Jollyphonics at Home
Practice Jolly Phonics at home with your child using these Jolly Songs and the actions that go with them. Your child should be able to show you the actions for the sounds. Keep checking your sound book for the sounds that have been learned in class and any new sounds that have been covered, and then sing the songs at home while you practice the songs.
The Jollyphonics songs are available on you tube – here is a link for one of the videos from British Early Years Centre. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCjJYB07aSU
There is also an excellent free Jolly Phonics app for smart phones and tablets
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Junior and Senior Infants – The Story so far!!!
We have 18 children in the Junior and Senior infant classroom . The infant classroom has had a very busy start to the new school year. Here are some of the things we have being learning:
English
Sounds
Junior Infants have started learning their sounds using the Jolly phonics programme.
We have done lots of activities to help us practice our sounds.
- We use our sound books to say our new sounds are revise sounds we have already learned.
- We sing the Jolly Phonics songs with the special action for each sound.
- We have started blending some sounds together to read CVC words such as cat , hot , sit etc
- We play games with our sounds and look for pictures and words that start with our sounds. We can make sets of pictures that start with the same sound.
- We look for our sounds all around the classroom. In our books, in the library, on posters, on the whiteboard and when the teacher is writing.
Writing
- Junior Infants have also started learning how to form their letters. It is vital that your child learns from the start to hold his/her pencil correctly ( see you tube video – Pencil Grasp (Learn to pick up a pencil). An incorrectly formed grip is very difficult to change, so it is very important your child learns to hold the pencil correctly from the start.
Senior Infants ( sounds and writing)
- Senior Infants are revising their letter sounds from the Junior Infant curriculum and have started writing capital letters. Senior infants are also working hard on their Tricky Word list. These are words that we cannot sound out so we have to learn them by heart. However we know that looking at the first and last letter will help us reading the tricky words!
Reading
Both classes have read their first class reader and are looking forward to reading more about Max, Kitty and Finn in their next reader.
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Gaeilge
In Gaeilge we have learned about Mé Féin ( myself) , An Scoil ( school) and Oíche Shamhna ( Halloween). The children know the Irish for most colours now and we practice these every day. The children practice comhrá with a partner and sometimes our friend “Teidí” even drops in for a comhrá with the class.
We love our fun new interactive programme on our class whiteboard.
SESE
Before the Mid Term break, we are talking a lot about Autumn and we went on an Autumn walk looking for signs of Autumn. The children found horse chestnuts, pine cones, golden crunchy leaves and apples. While we were on our Autumn walk we also looked out for shapes and realized we have squares, rectangles, circles and triangles in our school yard!