Finals Here We Come

Best of Luck to our hurling and camogie teams in this years Rackard League Finals.

The teams play in a double header in St. Patrick’s Park, Enniscorthy, tomorrow, Wednesday 31st.

The Roinn B Camogie Final is the curtain raiser to the Roinn C Hurling Final.

Camogie throw-in: 7:05pm

Hurling throw-in: 8:10pm

Well done to all involved. We are extremely proud of the achievements of both teams to date and wish them every success in the finals!!!

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Green Flag Award Ceremony, Hotel Kilkenny

Published 30th May 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

 

Two senior members of our Green School Committee attended a ceremony in Hotel Kilkenny last week to receive their 2nd Green School Flag on the theme of Energy. Kiltealy N.S. were one of the many schools from Carlow, Kilkenny and Wexford receiving their Green Flag on the day.

The event was run by An Taisce and there were guest speakers from Wexford and Carlow County Councils, An Taisce, Irish Water and Transition Year students from De la Salle School Bagenalstown.

Katie and Ryan represented our school  and were treated to a lunch as part of the celebrations after the ceremony.

There were plenty of props around on the day which allowed for some fun photo opportunities

      

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Projects in 5th & 6th Class

Published 30th May 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

5th & 6th enjoyed working in pairs on a topic of their choice for their recent project work.

They researched, gathered and edited their content before planning out and putting together their projects. The finished products were fantastic.

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Summer Fun in the Sun!! Reading Circles!

Published 30th May 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

5th & 6th Class enjoyed some reading in the fine weather recently. They are busy getting to the end of their novels.

Lets hope we get more of the same weather and we can take our learning outside again!

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Well Done Boys- Rackard League Medal winners!!

Published 27th May 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Congratulations to both the Hurling and Camogie Rackard League Teams on their most recent wins. The camogie team had a fantastic win over Horeswood in their semi-final on Thursday and will contest the Roinn B county final on Wednesday in Patrick’s Park Enniscorthy at 7.45pm against Glynn or Loreto Gorey.

 

 

 

The hurlers won the district final and will now take on Ramsgrange in the Roinn C county semi final on Monday 29th, in Bree, at 3.45pm.  Well done to all involved.

 

 

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Clay Art in 5th & 6th

5th & 6th had great fun creating clay heads recently for Art. Can you pick out a certain Mr. President!!

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May 2017

5th & 6th Class

Soccer Skills with Alan Pike

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Charcoal Art

5th & 6th Class

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GREEN SCHOOLS

We had a Low Energy Day on the 18th of January. It was very successful as we noticed a great decrease in energy usage compared to a normal school day. More Low Energy Days are planned for the coming weeks! This is an example of one of the many ways Kiltealy N.S. are working towards our second Green Flag, the Energy Flag.

Low Energy Day

Wednesday 18^th 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

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Entrance Exams

6th Class are currently preparing for their entrance exams for secondary school. We wish all of the pupils the best of luck with them!

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5^th and 6^th Class project – The winners of 2016

Congratulations to all the children who took part in our annual 5th and 6th Class Christmas Projects here in Kiltealy N.S. Once again the standard of  the projects was exceptionally high. The projects provide a lovely opportunity for the children to showcase their own personal interests and hidden talents. Well done to all the children who took part.

First Place – Danny Fitzhenry

Second Place – Ciarán Murphy

Third Place – James Aylward

Fourth Place – Lauren Smyth

Fifth Place – Noel Cowman

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5th and 6th Class Christmas Projects!

5th & 6th class had a busy few weeks preparing their Christmas Projects. The standard was superb again this year and all pupils should be extremely proud of their efforts. All projects were highly commended by staff and pupils. Well done to all involved.

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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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Rackard League District Champions

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Green School Energy Experts

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 ClassEager Learners in 1st & 2nd Class

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Maths Week Fun

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

Tangram Fun 3rd & 4th

Tangram Fun 3rd & 4th

Interactive Whiteboard Maths Games in 5th & 6th

Interactive Whiteboard Maths Games in 5th & 6th

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JUNE: END OF SCHOOL YEAR 2015/2016

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Healthy Eating Day Last Month & Sugar Crash Project Work