Kiltealy School
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!
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Junior and Senior Infants learned all about staying safe on the road in school
The 17th-21st October is maths week in Kiltealy N.S. We have lots of fun maths activities planned for the week !!
There will be a clothes collection in Kiltealy N.S on the 21st November. Please bring any unwanted clothes or any item made of fabric ( bags, bed linen, curtains, cushions) . The shelter will be opened daily the week before during school hours to facilitate the dropping off of items.
Congratulations to 5th class pupil Ciarán Murphy who had the honour of leading out the Irish Soccer Team,as a flag bearer, in their qualifying game against Georgia. The match took place in The Aviva Stadium last Thursday night. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity and experience for Ciarán and his family. Ireland won on the night too which was an added bonus!! Check out the pictures of Ciarán below.
Winner 10th October 2016
This weeks Split the Pot Winner is Stasia Sweeny. Stasia wins €211.00. Congratulations!!
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 cost €2 , if your not in, you can’t win!
Below: Our Green Schools Committee ready to distribute our battery recycling boxes.
Our Green Schools Committee are continuing their great work this year. They recently joined the WEEEPledge schools recycling challenge. We are collecting batteries to make a difference. Its free to recycle and recycling waste batteries helps our environment. Last week we were busy distributing battery recycling boxes to every family in the school. This initiative also raises funds for the LauraLynn Foundation, Ireland’s Children’s Hospice.
So get collecting everybody….every battery counts, every battery makes a difference!!!
Above: Some of our Active Committee ready to distribute the Super Trooper Packs to teachers and children.
Super Troopers
Kiltealy N.S. have commenced Super Troopers, Ireland’s first “health homework” programme.
This programme is fun, free and friendly for all teachers, children and parents to take part in.
The programme focuses on increasing physical activity levels among children, encouraging a healthy lifestyle and improving well-being and food habits at a young age.
Super Troopers is all about ensuring children have as much fun as possible while getting active. Its not about winning or losing, but ensuring that kids take part and try their best.
Each child received their Super Trooper Active Journal and wall charts and can follow the weekly schedule of activities to keep active.
Have Fun Being Active Everybody!!!