Fifth & Sixth Class

June 2022

Rackard League Celebrations
European Country Projects
Father’s Day Art
Confirmation Art
Scratch/Coding with Sinead for STEM
Hurling/Presentation to Jim & Jim
Splash Day

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School Tour – June 2022

Clara Lara
(3rd – 6th Class)

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May 2022

Bike Week
P.E. Athletics
Swimming 3rd – 6th Class
Football Coaching

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April 2022

Easter Fun!
Readathon Dress Up
Rackard League Bingo!
Active Breaks!
Funky Kids

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March 2022

Art: Funky Kids Props
Pastel Shamrocks
Spring Clean
Gardening/Weeding
SnaG: Tráth na gCeist
Fire Engine Visit
WOW
Lá Glas
Active Lines

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February 2022

Claude Monet
Chinese Dragons
Active School Slogans
Gymnastics
Valentine’s Day Art

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January 2022

Self Portraits
Agamograph Illusion Art – Happy New Year
France Fact File
PE: Games Connect 4

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December 2021

Santa Visit
Santa Projects
Christmas Quiz Winners
Funky Kids
Pyjama Party with Hot Chocolate
Chalk Pastel Art
Silhouette Art using washable markers
Christmas Tree Decorations

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November 2021

Science Week
Forces – Balloon Car
Liquid Density
Toy Show – Origami Treat Bags

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October 2021

Oil Pastel Bat Art
Hoola Hut Pod Challenge
STEM – Investigating Gravity
Halloween Witch Walk

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September 2021

STEM – Forces of Gravity
Funky Kids

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Up, Up and Away…

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6th Class Hoodies

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School Garden

We repainted the flower beds in our school garden.

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Confirmation 2018

Published 11th June 2018 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Confirmation Art

5th & 6th Class Artwork for their confirmation looks amazing on display in Ballindaggin Church. Congratulations to all who were confirmed on the day.

Class of 2018 Hoodies

Published 11th June 2018 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Class of 2018 Hoodies

5th & 6th recently designed and ordered their Class of 2018 Hoodies. They look smashing. Well done.

Boys Mini 7s Team 2018

A great day out. Our boys were unlucky not to progress to the next round

Dogs Trust Visit

5th & 6th really enjoyed our visit from Heather and her dog Ted

Kiltealy NS Go Golfing

Published 17th April 2018 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Pupils from 3rd to 6th class were treated to a beginner golf lesson today. Weather forced us indoors but that didn’t stop the fun as the pupils perfected their technique in the various skills of golf. Rumour has it the teachers pitched their shot to the net too, bagging the kids a night off homework!!! Great days fun all round!

5th & 6th Class

Book Fair A Great Success

Published 19th April 2018 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

We teamed up with Celtic Travelling Books this week in hosting a fantastic Book Fair. The book fair was really well supported by pupils and parents and earned us a huge amount of books for our classroom libraries. Thank you to all teachers and our students council who helped run the fair and make it the great success it was.

Above are members of our student council with all the books earned in reward for books purchased in our book fair. The pupils cant wait to get their hands on these for some great reads.

Yard Game Markings

5th & 6th created some wonderful playground games and painted them to the yard using stencils. These games are enjoyed by all.

Green Schools

5th & 6th on the annual Spring Clean. Well done guys.

Class of 2018 Hoodies

5th & 6th recently designed and ordered their Class of 2018 Hoodies. They look smashing. Well done.

Confirmation Art

5th & 6th Class Artwork for their confirmation looks amazing on display in Ballindaggin Church. Congratulations to all who were confirmed on the day.

Swimming Certificates

Congratulations to members of 5th & 6th Class who recently completed their swimming lessons for 2018.

Photo Fun

Trying to achieve the perfect graduation and confirmation photo. 🙂

Girls Mini 7s team 2018

Congratulations to our mini 7s camogie team on a very successful campaign for 2018. The girls made it to the semi-final and despite winning their first game they were defeated in their second game and missed out on the final. Well done on getting so far girls.

WeDo Lego

Members of 5th & 6th Class enjoying their lego construction. They then programmed and coded their masterpieces to make the move.

Confirmation Retreat

5th & 6th Class recently enjoyed a retreat to Ballyvaloo Centre in preparation for receiving their Confirmation on June 1st. A great day was had by all.

Confirmation class 2018

Engineer’s Week

Published 11th March 2018 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Our school celebrated Engineer’s Week from the 6th-9th of March.

Brick 4 Kidz offer a fun and unique opportunity to learn principles of science, technology, engineering and maths using lego bricks. A big thank you to the fantastic team who visited during the week.

Each class engaged in an interesting and interactive learning program. The pupils had great fun designing models, playing games and exploring the world of engineering.

Céad Míle Fáilte World Book Day

Published 11th March 2018 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

We are delighted to welcome you to our celebration of World Book Day at Kiltealy NS. World Book Day is a day for celebrating the wonderful gift of reading. All of our pupils selected their favourite book and dressed up as their chosen character. The day reminds us of how much we love reading and the importance of books in our school. This is now an annual event in our school. There was a lot of enjoyment on the day.

As part of World Book Day, Ms Kehoe launched the annual readathon. The pupils are looking forward to reading a lot of new books. There were 320 books read last year and we hope to exceed that this year.

Seachtain Na Gaeilge

Published 19th March 2018 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Kiltealy school pupils were busy all of last week as they put their Irish skills into practice.There was a competition ran to select students using the most Irish.The competition generated a great love for the language. See the prize winners below including Lauren Smyth 6th Class.

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Tráth na gCeist Winners

Rang a Cúig/ Rang a Sé

World book Day – Art Competition

Published 19th March 2018 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Congratulations to the students who won a prize for creating a wonderful book cover of their favourite book.

Congratulations to Fifth and Sixth Class winners.

Crafts for the Christmas Fair

Published 7th February 2018 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Just some of our crafts made for the annual Christmas Fair in Kiltealy Hall!

Kiltealy NS & The Community Park Stone Sculpture

Published 7th February 2018 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Local Sculptor Niall Deacon visited 5th & 6th class today. Niall was approached by the community park development committee to make a stone sculpture for the new park. 5th & 6th class pupils are going to come up various designs for engraving on the stone. Niall brought with him a cardboard cut-out to show the class the scale of the stone involved. Keep an eye out for the finished piece in the months ahead.

Shrove Tuesday!

Published 14th February 2018 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

We learned all about Shrove Tuesday!

We even had a chance to taste some pancakes with some of our favourite toppings!

5th & 6th Class

Rackard League Football Medal Presentation Night!

Published 27th February 2018 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Congratulations to the boys from 5th & 6th Class who received their District Rackard League and Roinn C County Rackard League Medals last Wednesday evening in Caim NS.

Wexford Football All-star Matty Forde was in attendance to present the medals. A great evening was had by all.

Science Week

Published 25th January 2018 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Classes from 1st-6th were treated to some science workshops during our Science Week.

5th & 6th got into the gory details of how the Digestive System Works

Great Learning and Great Fun!!!

Chalk Pastel Art in 5th & 6th

Published 5th December 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Enjoying the Process!!

Sing Out Loud-a wonderful experience!!

Published 4th December 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

A massive well done and congratulations to our pupils from 3rd – 6th who took part in the Sing Out Loud Concert in Wexford Opera House in November 19th.

Many thanks to the teachers for their time and effort in preparing the pupils and accompanying them to the weekend show.

It was a fantastic experience for all involved and parents enjoyed a thrilling show!!

Some pictures from rehearsals below!!

Christmas Projects 5th & 6th Classes

Published 25th January 2018 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Well done to all pupils in 5th & 6th classes who, in keeping with tradition, produced fantastic Christmas Projects again this year.

It was a difficult task voting and results were tight. Congratulations to the winners and all involved.

1st place: Lauren Smyth

2nd Place: Danny Fitzhenry

3rd: Katie Bowe

Joint 4th: Ciarán Murphy/Libby Cullen

Joint 5th: David Nolan/ Ellie Watchorn

Christmas Craft Fair

Published 4th December 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Well done to all pupils and teachers who in recent weeks were busy crafting and making special treats for the Christmas Craft Fair.

Many thanks to our newly formed Parents Association who looked after our stand for the day.

And a final thanks to all who visited our stand and supported us by making purchases.

Our Santa Sweet Treats-a tedious but enjoyable task!!

And below….hand-painting our ornaments!

GAA Logo Stencil Art

Published 21st June 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

5th & 6th made their own GAA stencils and sponge painted the Wexford and Duffry colours over them. The then peeled away the stencils and were left with a these fantastic GAA Logos!!!

Marbling Ink in 5th & 6th

Published 21st June 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Rackard League celebrations in Kiltealy NS

Published 21st June 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Both the Hurlers and Camogie Players lifting the cups in Patrick’s Park.

Our two captains on the night

Celebrations in Kiltealy NS the next day!!!

Some inspirational viewing: 5th & 6th watch the ever inspirational Tommy Walsh of Kilkenny on Laochra Gael

Football Blitz Medal Presentation

Published 21st June 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Congratulations to the 5th & 6th class pupils on an outstanding performance in the recent Schools Football Blitz in Coolree. There were 6 teams presetn on the day. Kiltealy topped the table on points by the end of the 5th round having won four of their games and drawing just one against near rivals Caim. they met came again in the A final but unfortunately lost our to a good Caim side. Kiltealy were gracious as ever in defeat.

Well done to all involved and a big thank you to Jim Copper for attending on the day as part of our GAA management team.

Jim presented the runner-up medals to the Kiltealy Team the next morning during their weekly training session.

Athletics Success!!!

Published 21st June 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Congratulations to all who took part in the recent Co. Wexford Primary School Sports Day held in Enniscorthy Sports Hub.

Our big winner on the day was Dannan Long who won gold in the U12 high jump competition. This is a huge achievement and we are all very proud of Dannan.

All competitors put in great performances and we were unlucky not to qualify to the finals in a number of events.

School Tour-Dublin Zoo and Croke Park 3rd-6th Class

Published 21st June 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

A great time was had by all on our recent school tour. 3rd-6th classes descended on Dublin for the day. First stop was Dublin Zoo. We had fabulous weather while there. We then traveled on to Croke Park for a guided tour. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed visiting the dressing rooms and and players lounge.

Dublin Zoo

Photo Fun

Croke Park

Dreamcatchers!!!

Published 30th May 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

We dream big in Kiltealy N.S!!!

5th & 6th Class Art Work

Good Luck!!! Rackard League Finals!!

Published 30th May 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

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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Rackard League Update

Published 24th May 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

SEMI-FINALS HERE WE COME!!

Congratulations to the Rackard League Hurling Team on a fantastic District Final win on Monday in Patrick’s Park, Enniscorthy. The team beat Oilgate on a scoreline of 2-9 to 1-4. Well done to all Kiltealy pupils involved and to Danny Fitzhenry who captained the team on the day.

Their county semi-final against Ramsgrange takes place this coming Monday the 29th May in Bree at 3.45pm. All support welcome.

Best of luck boys!!!!

The Rackard League Camogie Team were also successful in their quarter final on Tuesday beating Rathangan on a scoreline of 3-7 to 0-2. This was a great team effort.

Their county semi-final takes place tomorrow, Thursday 25th of May at 1:00pm in Coolree. Opposition is Horeswood.

Best of luck girls!!!!

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Bricks 4 Kidz-Technology Week

Published 8th May 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Technology Week took place across the country last week and the children in Kiltealy N.S were treated to a Bricks 4 Kids Workshop Day.

A Bricks 4 Kidz workshop uses LEGO Bricks that kids love, to deliver hands-on lessons correlated to cross-disciplinary curriculum objectives.

The Bricks 4 Kidz approach to learning is imaginative, multi-sensory and fun, creating a dynamic learning experience for your students.

Everyone from infants to 6th class took part in the workshop day on Friday 28th April.

5th & 6th Classes

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National Spring Clean

Published 28th April 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

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Well done to all pupils in Kiltealy N.S who took part in our National Spring Clean Day on Thursday 27th April. Each class group covered a different area of the village and did a great job in cleaning up their allocated area. Areas covered were the school grounds, Griffith Avenue, the hall carpark, the main street, the church carpark and inside the graveyard walls.

5th & 6th Classes

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Charcoal Art

5th & 6th Class

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Green Flag Success

Published 26th April 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

We received great news this week informing us that our application for the International Green Flag Award on the theme of Energy has been successful. This is the second green flag to be awarded to Kiltealy N.S having received our first Green Flag on the Theme of Litter and Waste in 2015.

The school were commended for their hard work and have been invited to an awards ceremony on May 23rd in Hotel Kilkenny where they will be presented with The Green Flag by An Taisce. Not everyone can attend the ceremony due to the number of schools achieving awards on the day and so two senior members of our Green Schools Committee will accept the Green Flag on behalf of the school, along with our Principal Ms. Mary Carroll, and Green School Co-ordinator Ms. Maeve Duff.

Well done to all involved

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World Book Day 2017

Published 4th April 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Pupils from infants to 6th Class dressed up recently for World Book Day.

5th & 6th Class spent some time in the Infant room for Paired Reading. This is always an enjoyable time shared between the oldest and youngest in our school.

Our Readathon is in full swing and runs until the Easter break. Teams Dahl, Morpurgo, Walliams and Rowling are busy reading books in a race to see which team will win title of Readathon Champions 2017.

Ms O’ Neills 3rd & 4th Class on World Book Day

5th & 6th Class on World Book Day

5th & 6th Class spent some time in the Infant room on World Book Day. Paired Reading in full swing. This is always an enjoyable time shared between the oldest and youngest in our school.

Well Done Boys- Rackard League Medal winners!!

Published 27th May 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

New Entrance Display

Published 4th April 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Pupils from 5th & 6th Class recently worked together to create a new welcoming display at our entrance door. Great team work resulted in a beautiful, bright, colourful 3D display being mounted on the board.

Seachtain na Gaeilge i Scoil Náisiúnta Cill t-Síle

Published 4th April 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Lots of fun was had in Kiltealy NS for Seachtain na Gaeilge.

All pupils were doing their best throughout the week to speak ‘as gaeilge’ informally each day. Prizes were given out in all classrooms for the great efforts being made.

Tráth na gCeist

5th & 6th Class held a Tráth na gCeist. The pupils really enjoyed coming up with team names ‘as gaeilge’ and taking part in a quiz through Irish. Congratulations to our winning team below “Bolg Buí Buachaillí” (Yellow Belly Boys!!)

Tráth na gCeist Winners-Bolg Buí Buachaillí (Michael Murphy missing from photo)

Céilí Fun

The whole school participated in a céilí

Ionsaí na hInse was the dance of choice while the infants practiced their Irish Dancing steps in a group circle. As you can see from our photos this was an enjoyable afternoon.

The best group of dancers was from the senior room- Ryan, Cillian, Emma, Rebecca, Lauren, Caoimhe, Heather and Aisling! Well done to all who took part

Blooming Flowers for Mothers Day

Published 4th April 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

5th and 6th classes made a beautiful bunch of crepe papered flowers for their mothers to celebrate Mothers Day recently. These were quick and easy to make and the class really enjoyed the process.

Art in 5th & 6th

Published 4th April 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

5th & 6th class were very busy making a huge backdrop for a recent fundraiser in The Community Hall. Funds are being raised to develop a community playground and so it was very fitting that the children of the community were able to contribute to the Rose of Kiltealy Fundraising event.

Many hours of work went into making this display, which included crepe papering each individual letter, heart and rose, cutting of letters, taping the card background, covering the card background with black paper, strategic placing and stapling of letters.

5th & 6th class really enjoyed the process. Well done to them all.

Take a look at the process and the finished product below.

Internet Safety Day

Published 3rd April 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

The pupils from 5th & 6th class celebrated internet safety day recently.

The pupils watched some cartoon video logs highlighting the importance of internet safety and engaged in discussion to highlight the importance of safer internet use especially in the area of social media sites.

They carried out an experiment around the sharing of images online and how they can become viral in a very short space of time.

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Hurling & Camogie

Published 3rd April 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Mini Sevens

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After a great Round 1 start to their Mini Sevens campaign, our teams failed to emerge from the Round 2 qualifiers. Well done to both teams on a tremendous effort.

We now turn our focus to the Rackard League Hurling and Camogie tournaments.

Rackard League

The Camogie girls began their league journey in Bunclody on a wet Thursday last week. This game was very tight and having held the lead into the second half the girls were unlucky to lose by the final whistle.

Final Score Ballindaggin (Kitealy & Caim) 1-3 Bunclody 3-2

Kiltealy Girls involved on the day were Heather Boyce, Emma Healy, Rebecca Codd, Katie Bowe and Lauren Smith.

The girls play Castlebridge this week.

The hurlers begin their campaign this week also playing Marshalstown in Farmleigh on Tuesday 4th at 1pm.

Kiltealy Boys invovled are Ryan Purcell, Jacques Neville, Michael Murphy, Danny Fitzhenry, Dylan Purcell, Padraig Waters, Ciarán Murphy, James Aylward, Noel Cowman, Tomás Murphy, Cillian Hanrahan and David Nolan (injured)

Best of luck to both teams for the league ahead.

Swimming

Published 3rd April 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Congratulations to the pupils from 2nd-6th class who have completed an 8 week schools swimming programme in The Waterfront, Enniscorthy.

All pupils made great advancements at various levels.

Here they are receiving their Swimming Skills Award certificates.

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Mini Sevens Hurling and Camogie News

Published 15th March 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Congratulations to both our hurling and camogie team on reaching Round 2 of the Allianz Cumann na mBunscoil Mini Sevens League.

Our camogie team had an impressive victory over St. Aidans in Round One ensuring a place in the 2nd Round.

Our hurlers played 2 games in Round One and emerged as group winners. They had quite a comprehensive win over Boolavogue in their first game. They beat St. Aidans in the second game on a scoreline of 6-5 to 0-2.

Well done to both teams and best of luck in Round 2. These matches will be played next week.

Mini Sevens Hurling Team:

Michael Murphy, Jacques Neville, Padraig Waters, Danny Fitzhenry, Noel Cowman, Dylan Purcell, Ciarán Murphy, Cillian Hanrahan, Steven Kavanagh, Tomás Murphy, David Nolan (injured)

Mini Sevens Camogie Team:

Libby Cullen, Aimee Neville, Ellie Watchorn, Heather Boyce, Lauren Smyth, Emma Healy, Katie Bowe, Niamh Armstrong, Maria de la Paz, Caoimhe O’ Brien

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Green Schools Visit

Published 14th March 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

At the beginning of March we had a visit from Clíona Connolly, Environment Awareness Officer with Wexford County Council. She came to see how we were getting on with our efforts to achieve our next Green School Flag. Great work has been done over the last 18 months and Clíona Connolly was very impressed with all the initiatives going on at present. Clíona visited our classrooms, met with the Green Schools Committee and inspected our very informative Green Schools Notice Board.

Congratulations to all pupils and in particular Our Green School Committee who gave Clíona a comprehensive overview of the work being done in our school. We will soon be submitting our application for the Energy Themed Flag and are very hopeful to be successful in achieving this. Keep an eye on our website and hopefully we will have good news in the coming months!!

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Green School News

Published 17th February 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Our Energy Rap created by 5th & 6th Class Pupils

Energy Rap

We’ve got one flag, We want one more,

Lets get to work, its not a big chore.

Lets try to stop wasting energy,

By using less electricity.

We need to decrease our usage in light,

Our classroom doesn’t need to be so bright.

TAYTO is our motto-not the Crisp,

Turn All Your Things Off-there’s a good tip!!

Last Out Lights Off-LOLO’s what we say,

We chant this as we’re going out to play

Shut the door!

We’ll say no more!! (mic drop)

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Grandparents Day Art

February 2017

5th & 6th

Funky Kids Workshop Certificate Presentation

Published 25th January 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Following on from the great success of our Funky Kids Christmas Concerts, the pupils received their certificates for their participation in the Workshop. Well done to all involved.

5th & 6th Class

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Credit Union Quiz

Published 25th January 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

Congratulations to both the under 11’s team and under 13’s team in the Credit Union Table Quiz. Both teams represented the school so well with their participation and high scores! Thanks to all who participated and supported both teams.

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Best of Luck to our Credit Union Quiz Teams that take part in the Enniscorthy Branch Quiz this coming Sunday.

U13 Team

U11 Team

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Low Energy Day

Published 19th January 2017 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

On the 18th of January our school held our green School ‘Day of Action’. As part of our work on the theme ‘Energy’ we had a day of action and we decided to have a ‘Low Energy Day’! So that meant no lights, no interactive whiteboards, no laptops and no energy! We hoped that it would show us how much we depend on energy and electricity and that we should try our best to save energy. Throughout the day, our Green Schools committee acted as monitors checking energy conservation in our classrooms. Everybody made a big effort to have switches and appliances turned off when we weren’t using them. We also kept our windows closed to retain heat and our sensor lights dimmed throughout the day. The teachers also made a huge effort not to use the microwave, the photocopier or printers. We were busy taking energy readings at the start and the end of the day. We were successful with our low energy day using nearly three time less energy than any other day that week. It was a great success well done to all involved!!

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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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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

Published 26th October 2016 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

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.

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Halloween Walk 2016

Published 28th October 2016 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

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.

5th & 6th

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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.

p1010505 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

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

Published 16th March 2016 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

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Marbling Art 5th & 6th

Published 16th March 2016 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

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Primary Planet News!!!

Each month our 5^th & 6^th classes receive their own copy of The Primary Planet. The Primary Planet is Ireland’s first children’s news magazine. News, sport, music, entertainment, and politics are some of the many topics featured in this exciting publication each month. Aimed at the senior classes, this newspaper style glossy magazine contains 40 pages of fresh, topical and up to date features each month.

Its purpose is to bring news, sport and entertainment to children in a language they understand and in a manner they can easily relate to. It also encourages children to read and write for a purpose, providing opportunities for them to contribute to the magazine and engage with our readers.

There is always great excitement when the monthly delivery arrives into our classroom.

Keep an eye on our web page to find out what new, interesting, fun and inspiring things our class has learned from reading The Primary Planet.

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3rd – 6th class Music

Published 5th February 2016 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

3rd – 6th class are sounding superb in their music lessons. All pupils are learning to play the tin whistle. For a lot of them this is their first time learning a musical instrument. We have a great music group formed with a variety of instruments. We look forward to hearing their talents at various school events throughout the year.

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Yoga Moves in 5th & 6th

Published 5th February 2016 | By Kiltealy School | Edit

5th & 6th enjoyed their Yoga for Kids Programme in P.E. over the past 6 weeks. Each yoga position had a name eg. hero, bridge, happy cat, up dog, sprinter. Groups of children wrote stories using the vocabulary of the yoga positions. They then narrated the story while acting out their yoga positions.

Entrance Exams!!

Best of luck to all our 6th class pupils sitting their entrance exams over the next two weekends in both the FCJ and Vocational College in Bunclody!

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Enniscorthy Credit Union Schools Quiz!

Fifth & Sixth Class

June 2022

School Tour – June 2022

May 2022

April 2022

March 2022

February 2022

January 2022

December 2021

November 2021

October 2021

September 2021

Up, Up and Away…

6th Class Hoodies

School Garden

Obstacle Course Relay Fun!

Christmas Project Winners!

Christmas Projects 2020!

Toy Show Ready!

Science Week!

Tangrams

Print Making in 5th & 6th

Artwork!

Confirmation 2018

Confirmation Art

Class of 2018 Hoodies

Boys Mini 7s Team 2018

Dogs Trust Visit

Yard Game Markings

Green Schools

Class of 2018 Hoodies

Confirmation Art

Swimming Certificates

Photo Fun

Girls Mini 7s team 2018

WeDo Lego

Confirmation Retreat

Kiltealy NS & The Community Park Stone Sculpture

Shrove Tuesday!

Rackard League Football Medal Presentation Night!

Christmas Projects 5th & 6th Classes

Well done to all pupils in 5th & 6th classes who, in keeping with tradition, produced fantastic Christmas Projects again this year.

Both the Hurlers and Camogie Players lifting the cups in Patrick’s Park.

Our two captains on the night

Celebrations in Kiltealy NS the next day!!!

Some inspirational viewing: 5th & 6th watch the ever inspirational Tommy Walsh of Kilkenny on Laochra Gael

Dublin Zoo

Photo Fun

Croke Park

Dreamcatchers!!!

We dream big in Kiltealy N.S!!!

5th & 6th Class Art Work

Finals Here We Come

Green Flag Award Ceremony, Hotel Kilkenny

Projects in 5th & 6th Class

Summer Fun in the Sun!! Reading Circles!

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Clay Art in 5th & 6th

May 2017

5th & 6th Class

Soccer Skills with Alan Pike

SEMI-FINALS HERE WE COME!!

Technology Week took place across the country last week and the children in Kiltealy N.S were treated to a Bricks 4 Kids Workshop Day.

A Bricks 4 Kidz workshop uses LEGO Bricks that kids love, to deliver hands-on lessons correlated to cross-disciplinary curriculum objectives.

The Bricks 4 Kidz approach to learning is imaginative, multi-sensory and fun, creating a dynamic learning experience for your students.

Everyone from infants to 6th class took part in the workshop day on Friday 28th April.

5th & 6th Classes

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Charcoal Art

5th & 6th Class

Well Done Boys- Rackard League Medal winners!!

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Low Energy Day

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GREEN SCHOOLS

Low Energy Day

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