Please enjoy a short snapshot of our soccer league finals which took place earlier today.
We are delighted to share some excellent video footage of our recently completed astroturf facility from the sky! Special thanks to Richard Maxted for wonderfully capturing our new astroturf and school.
Congratulations to England our School Cup Champions for 2024. A great final against Italy was enjoyed by the whole school and special guests Mark O'Malley, Kilkishen Celtic underage coach, and Dennis Hynes, Clare Schools FAI coach. Gemma Hayes, England team captain, lifted the trophy to scenes of great celebration. Curtain raiser to the Cup final saw Ireland crowned Shield champions, Portugal winning the 3rd Place Play-Off and Spain winning the 4th Place match. Congratulations to all 8 teams and 53 pupils that took part. Player of the Match awards were presented to Ruairí Frost, Rian McNamara, Darragh Donovan and Cian Donovan at the end of the Cup Final. The Golden Glove award was presented to the outstanding goalkeeper Jacob Kennedy. Girl and Boy Player of the Tournament and Golden Boot Awards will be presented next week. Looking forward to 2025 School Soccer League already! We are delighted to announce that out Astro-Turf extension project is now completed, open and ready for use. The facility includes three 40M x 20M 5 a-side soccer pitches as well as a 60M x 40M juvenile G.A.A. pitch with 20M x 5M hurling Ball Wall. Future plans seeking funding from the Sports Capital Grant programme includes the addition of LED floodlight around the perimeter of the pitch along with development of the school field into a juvenile grass multi-purpose pitch with running lanes. Bookings can be made through Kilkishen Development CLG member Mike Hogan. 4th and 5th Class are continuing to use Mathletics to help them learn Mathematics in a fun and engaging way. They have been earning lots of bronze certificates and even some silver certificates for their fantastic work. Keep up the amazing efforts everybody!
Congratulations to our Pupil of the Week award winners. Each week pupils are asked to remember 3 important rules: 1. Show Respect 2. Do Your Best and 3. Complete Homework. In each classroom pupils that manage to demonstrate these on a daily basis are in the running for special weekly awards announced every Monday. Well done to all our award winners from Ms. Fawl, Ms. Whitney, Mr. Keane and Mr. Walsh's classes. Best of luck to everyone this week. Pupils making their Confirmation received a letter from Bishop Fintan this morning. Each pupil wrote a letter to him explaining the ways in which they are preparing for their confirmation. In his reply, he explained that all of their efforts will help them to have a greater understanding of the sacrament of Confirmation. He also congratulated pupils on the work they had done involving the theme of faith, hope and love. We look forward to meeting Bishop Fintan on April 20th.For all the latest news and updates from Kilkishen N.S., please read the April edition of our school newsletter. Kilkishen camogie team competed in the I.N.T.O. mini 7s camogie blitz held at Tulla G.A.A. grounds on Tuesday April 9. Kilkishen played 4 matches against Kilmurry N.S., Clooney N.S., Tulla N.S. and Parteen N.S. playing some superb camogie throughout. Well done to all our girls from 4th to 6th classes that represented the school so well. We now look forward to competing in the Cumann na mBunscol Division 1 competition later this term. The school calendar for the next academic year has been agreed and is available here. Pupils return on Thursday August 29 2024. School closed Thursday and Friday May 29 & 30 2025. School finishes on Wednesday June 25 2025. Junior and Senior Infants have been very busy this week. Firstly, the children completed activities as part of Friendship Week. They discussed the qualities of a good friend before working in pairs to design a ‘Friendship Chain’. They wrote one or two words to describe a good friend on each ‘person’ and decorated it for a display in the classroom. The children also created posters for the ‘National School Attendance Campaign’. Children drew pictures of their favourite aspects of school in order to promote coming to school everyday and on time e.g. Astroturf, Maths, Art, Reading etc. These were displayed on a large poster outside the classroom. The children learned about The Easter Story in Grow in Love. To celebrate the feast, they made bunny and chick masks as well as some Easter baskets. They filled these baskets with yummy Easter eggs from the Easter Egg Hunt they had in class today 🍫🥚 After hurling with Killian in the new Astroturf, they enjoyed a party and a movie as a treat before the holidays. The children had a fun-filled week. Enjoy the well earned Easter break 🐣🐰 Sechtain na Gaeilge finished on Friday March 22 with a senior Tráth na gCéist for pupils from 4th to 6th classes. 16 teams of three took part with 9 rounds based on different topics and themes. The top three teams each won a special Easter Egg. Congratulations to our winning teams. Throughout SnaG 2024, pupils have been encouraged to use Irish as much as possible throughout the day. Pupils have been earning raffle tickets for their efforts and each class had six lucky winners. Well done to all that took part and promoted the use of Irish all around our school. Comhgairdeas do gach duine a úsaid a chuid gaeilge i rith SnaG 2024. Gan dabht, tagann feabhsú ar a gcuid gaeilge nuair a chleachtaíonn tú! On Wednesday March 20, Kilkishen boys competed in the I.N.T.O. mini 7's hurlling blitz held at Smith O'Briens G.A.A. club in Killaloe. 6 schools competed on the day with Kilkishen grouped with Broadford and Ogonelloe N.S. Our Kilkishen boys played two very good games drawing with Broadford and losing to eventual blitz winners Ogonelloe. We look forward now to the Cumann na mBunscol Div. 3 competition which will commence after Easter. Well done to all that took part. s Congratulations to Sophie on being the first pupil in 5th and 6th class to receive a silver certificate from Mathletics. Sophie has already earned five bronze certificate from reaching 1000 points each week. Well done Sophie.
Kilkishen N.S. is taking part in Friendship Week 2024 supporting the work of Amnesty International promoting human rights all over the world. Pupils will participate in lessons on the theme of Friendship this week promoting inclusion, respect, kindness and diversity. As part of Friendship week, pupils are invited to purchase Friendship bracelets promoting the themes of Friendship week and raising funds for children's charities all over the world. Bracelets cost €2 and can be purchased from each class teacher. The Activity Pack below describes what lessons pupils will be participating in throughout Friendship Week. Congratulations to our Pupil of the Week award winners. Each week pupils are asked to remember 3 important rules: 1. Show Respect 2. Do Your Best and 3. Complete Homework. In each classroom pupils that manage to demonstrate these on a daily basis are in the running for special weekly awards announced every Monday. Well done to all our award winners from Ms. Fawl, Ms. Whitney, Mr. Keane and Mr. Walsh's classes. Best of luck to everyone this week. Bhíomar ag ceiliúradh Seachtain na Gaeilge i Rang 4 agus 5. Bhí na páistí uilig ag obair go dian Gaeilge a cleachtadh agus a úsáid. Bhí réimse leathán imeachtaí ar siúl agus rinne gach duine sár-iarracht. Bhí an-craic againn! Bhí na páistí ó Naíonáin Mhóra agus Rang 1 an-gnóthach le seachtainí beaga anuas ag ceilíuradh Seachtain na Gaeilge. Glac siad páirteach i roinnt mhaith imeachtaí mar shampla: cluichí biongó, cluichí ar líne (ó Séideán Sí) agus Deir ó Grádaigh (Simon Says). Rinne na páistí gach iarracht chun Gaeilge neamhfoirmiúl a labhairt gach lá ar scoil. The children of Senior and Infants and 1st Class have been very busy recently celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge. They took part in many activities for example: Bingo games, online language games and Simon Says. The children made every effort to use informal Irish each day in school. The children enjoyed learning about St Patrick and getting ready for St Patricks Day. Enjoy the photographs of our Lá Glas (green day) which we had in school today. Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh ☘️! |
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