Active Week – Day 1 – Athletics

Active Week began today! Well done to all who took part.

We made the most of the weather and had lots of fun! Today we focused on Athletics. We ran, sprinted, did relays and took part in lots of fun races like the egg and spoon race, the sack race, the three legged race and much, much more! Here are some pictures for you to enjoy! 🙂

3rd&4th Class

The parish were treated to a great display of hurling and camogie in the Rackard League Finals in St. Patrick’s Park lastnight, Wednesday, 31st May.

The school camogie team made up of pupils from Kiltealy, Ballindaggin and Caim were first to take to the field in the Roinn B Rackard League County Final. They were up against the tough opposition of Loreto Gorey and Loreto showed just what they were worth in the opening half with 3 consecutive scores without a reply from Ballindaggin . Despite creating plenty of scoring opportunities in the first half, and a very strong performance, Ballindaggin found themselves trailing at halftime. Halftime score Loreto Gorey 3-1 Ballindaggin 0-1.

The Ballindaggin team thundered into the second half and showed great skill and determination to claw the game back to level scores after 15 mins, with goals from Lauren Smyth, Róisín Dobbs and Emma Healy. Anna Roban put in a powerful performance in the second half , getting back to clear the goal-line and scoring the winning goal 5 minutes from the end. The girls defended superbly in the closing stages of the game to hold onto this lead. Final Score Ballindaggin 4-01 Loreto Gorey 3-01.

The team put in a massive effort to turn the game around and deserve huge credit for their perseverance in winning this title. Captain Isobel Kavanagh was monumental at center back throughout the game. Katie Bowe put in an outstanding defensive performance while Róisín Dobbs and Lauren Smyth were fantastic in attack.

Great credit also goes out to the management team of Maeve Duff, Jim Cooper and Jim Hanrahan.

Kiltealy pupils who all played fantastically on the day and throughout the campaign were, Heather Boyce, Rebecca Codd, Emma Healy, Katie Bowe and Lauren Smyth.

Ballindaggin Team: Anna Kinsella, Eimer Tobin, Heather Boyce, Katie Bowe, Isobel Kavanagh, Anna Roben, Rebecca Codd, Cerys Fortune, Lauren Smyth, Róisín Dobbs, Emma Healy, Niamh Doyle. Subs: Tamara Kelly, Caitlin Doyle and Naomi Kavanagh Mc Carthy.

The hurling team were next to take to the field and took great encouragement from the girls win moments before. Our school team were up against Rosslare in this Roinn C Rackard League Final. Rosslare held a 2 point lead five minutes into the game. Ballindaggin clawed back into the lead with scores from Kian Murphy and James Lawless. Ballindaggin took control from here tormenting the opposition, leading to the sin-binning of a Rosslare midfielder 10mins into the game. Ballindaggin then pushed into a lead of 1-7 to 0-2 by halftime.

Ballindaggin looked comfortable at the start of the second half with scores coming from Kian Murphy and Robbie Chapman. Scores were traded between the teams and despite 2 goals from Rosslare, Ballindaggin persevered to a 1-11 to 2-04 victory.

David Nolan made some great saves throughout the game. Captain Danny Fitzhenry put in an outstanding display in defense alongside James Aylward and Noel Cowman. Kian Murphy was powerful at midfield while James Lawless was consistent in attack.

Kiltealy pupils who contributed tremendously on the day and throughout the campaign were Padraig Waters, Noel Cowman, Michael Murphy, James Aylward, Ryan Purcell, Jacques Neville, Tomás Murphy , Cillian Hanrahan, Danny Fitzhenry, Dylan Purcell, David Nolan and Ciarán Murphy.

Well done to the boys and their management team of Conor Mc Donald, Aidan Lawless and John Kavanagh.

Ballindaggin Team: David Nolan, James Aylward, Padraig Waters, Ciarán Murphy, Danny Fitzhenry, Noel Cowman, James Lawless, Kian Murphy, Josh Doyle, Robbie Chapman, Dylan Purcell, Michael Murphy, Ryan Purcell. Subs: Sean Hyland, Liam redmond, Brian Roban, Blaise Kearney, Tomás Murphy, Cillian Hanrahan, James McHugh, Brian Murphy, James Murphy, James Sheridan, Sean Redmond, Killian Walsh, Mikey Quigley, Ray Barnes, Tom Cloney, John Kavanagh, Tomas Walsh and Jacques Neville.

A special thanks to Jim Cooper and Jim Hanrahan for their weekly coaching since September here in Kiltealy N.S. They have great knowledge of the game and show huge spirit and passion which transfers onto the players. A word of thanks to Keith Murphy who joined the coaching team in the school in recent months. Their time and effort is greatly appreciated!

Walk Wednesday Success

Even on a wet and miserable Wednesday the pupils of Kiltealy N.S were out in force to take part in Walk on Wednesday. Pupils from Junior Infants right up to 6th class took part in the walk on Wednesday 31st of May. Our walk began in the Church car park and continued up through the village and onto the school . We had lots of fun on our walk despite the weather. Well done to all our active and brave students! A special thanks to Miss O’Neill who organised our walk.

Here are some Photos of our walk.

We dream big in Kiltealy N.S!!!

5th & 6th Class Art Work

Charcoal Art

5th & 6th Class

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 the layout and putting together their projects. The finished products were fantastic.

Topics included: The Rise of Pokemon, Henry Shefflin, Kiltealy, Fidget Spinners, The Rise of Video Games, World War 1 and world War 2, The Vietnam War, USA, Muhammad Ali and The Apple Brand.

Well done!!

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!

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

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

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!!!