5th and 6th class enjoyed a very educational trip to Ballycrystal on Monday 24th April where they took part in Citizen Science activities including kick-sampling, photo posts, the Litterbug app, and the CrowdWater app.

A team from UCD guided the pupils as they examined the landscape and how it can change over time-this can be recorded using Photo Posts. They identified the three main rock types found in the Blackstairs area-Granite, Slate and Schist.

Taking kick samples from the local River Urrin, the pupils found “good insects” in the form of the Stonefly, the Mayfly and the Caddisfly which means that the water is very clean. Thankfully no “bad insects” in the form of Snails, Leeches or Waterlouse were found as these would indicate that the water is dirty and polluted.

They used the Litterbug App- an app used to record pollution in the environment, allowing for litter hotspots to be identified.

The pupils completed the Nature Bingo Worksheets throughout the morning identifying all the local flora, fauna and rock types along their journey.

We hope the pupils take the local knowledge gained and share it with family and friends now and in the future. Keep an eye out for photo posts/information posts which will be popping up around the local area in the near future as part of the overall programme being run.

We are very grateful to have been given the opportunity to participate in this programme. This trip was organised and funded by the CUPHAT Programme including the cost of bus hire

The Hurling 365 initiative has been a great success this year. Every Tuesday for the last 6 weeks our pupils in classes 3rd – 6th have been enjoying an early start to their day and getting in some early exercise.  Thank you to The Duffry Rovers club for organising the 365 initiative and for their strong continued support to the promotion of Gaelic Games in our school.

Junior and Senior Infants had lots of Easter fun. They had an egg hunt and made beautiful Easter decorations.

1st and 2nd class enjoyed a Teddy Bear’s picnic this month.

3rd and 4th class had a special visit from Daniel and Chris, as part of the CUPHAT project that we are involved in this year. During the visit they discussed what facilities there are in Kiltealy, what activities the children like doing in Kiltealy and why do they like living in their local area. The children thoroughly enjoyed their visit.

3rd and 4th class also enjoyed a special visit from John who shared stories about his schooldays and what it was like going to school in 1946.

5th and 6th class enjoyed a very educational trip to Ballycrystal on Monday 24th April where they took part in Citizen Science activities including kick-sampling, photo posts, the Litterbug app, and the CrowdWater app.

Congratulations to the pupils in 2nd Class who received the sacrament of Penance for the first time on Thursday the 30th of March. Thank you to Ms. Crosbie and Fr. Michael for preparing the children. Lot’s of hard work was involved. Well done to all involved.

On Thursday the 2oth of April both the boys and girls soccer teams were in action in the FAI Primary Schools 5s Programme. Our boys team topped their group and progress onto the next stage. Well done to both teams and a special thanks to our soccer coaches, Ms. Duff and Ms. Bible.

Junior and Senior Infants were delighted to receive their their mini hurls from the Duffry Rovers as part of the Camán Everybody Initiative today. We had lots of fun testing out our new hurls and learning new skills.

Congratulations to the pupils from 3rd-6th class who have completed an 8 week swimming programme in The Waterfront, Enniscorthy. All pupils made great advancements at various levels and received their swimming certificates.

Junior Infants to 6th class are enjoying football coaching with Amanda every Friday. Their skills and ability is improving every week while having lots of fun along the way.

Please click the link below to view our Easter Newsletter. The newsletter contains lots of information on some past and future events and initiatives in our school.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sYYBisKhyXJ5DLf1y-JNpJOjCGYKOiKS/view?usp=share_link

Well done to everyone who participated in our annual readathon. The children of Kiltealy N.S did an amazing job and read a grand total of 721 books during the month of March!!! We would like to say a special well done to the members of Team Morpurgo who read 220 books and were our overal winners this year. During our Readthon we had some fun activties to keep everyone motivated these included:

• Paired reading.
• DEAR time (Drop Everything and Read) during class.
• Art activities.
• Teacher read alouds.
• A visit from Celtic Traveling Book Fair.
• Webinars with different authors.
• A book quiz.
• World book day dress up.