What a busy and fun term we have had! It began in January with 6th class competing in the VEX Robotics competition in Dell, Limerick. We had a super day out and finished it off with a pizza and hot food stop in Clarina. It was a great experience and thank you to Ian O’ Gorman and Jason O’ Shaughnessy for helping us to get competition ready.
On the 29th January we attended Peace Proms in UL. This was a unique opportunity to perform with a full orchestra. We were all tired on Monday but it was worth it!
We had super fun making St Brigid’s crosses to celebrate St Brigid’s day on the 1st February.
Fr Dominic and his colleagues hosted a Confirmation retreat for us in preparation for the Sacrament. Pupils took part in meditation, prayer and games on the day. Thank you to Fr Dominic for all his spiritual guidance this year.
On the 24th of February, we received the gifts of the Holy Spirit at our Confirmation. Thank you to Bishop Brendan, Fr Donworth and Fr Dominic for a beautiful ceremony. It was lovely to all celebrate together in the Community Centre after. A big thank you to the Parents Association for a great party and cool goodie bags.
We took part in Literacy station teaching. This is such a fun way to learn new things. Thank you Ms Ruddle for organising this.
As part of Green schools, we are taking part in their Primary Climate Ambassadors initiative. We are researching various themes and completing challenges to earn points on the Leader board. We ran a whole school zero waste lunch day which was a super success.
In History we learned about the 1916 Easter Rising. We went back in time and found out lots of facts and information.
In Art we explored the Irish artist Jack B Yeats. We learned lots of facts about him and studied many of his creations.
Thank you to Linda who helps us every day in our classroom.
Stay tuned for more updates.
Cháisc Shona Daoibh go léir!
After two years of a hiatus, we were delighted to be able to bring back Kilcornan National School's annual Christmas show. Pupils from Junior Infants to Second Class put on a nativity based musical called 'Whoops A Daisy Angel', while pupils from Third to Sixth Class performed a selection of Christmas songs and songs from their upcoming Peace Proms performance. We are incredibly proud of all the pupils!
Thank you to the staff for their hard work in ensuring the pupils were extremely well prepared for the shows. Thank you to the Parents' Council for organising the raffle and providing refreshments for both shows. We are very grateful to the community centre for the use of the hall and to Mike O'Connell for all his work preparing the stage and providing lighting and sound. Thank you to everyone who supported the show, prepared the pupils and helped with staging and costumes.
Please find below a beautiful selection of photographs by Mary O'Shaughnessy. DVD's will be available in the new year from Fergal Nash.
Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and a healthy and happy new year. We look forward to welcoming pupils back to Kilcornan on Thursday 5th January!
Another busy and fun term was had by 5th and 6th class! We attended a Peace Proms rehearsal in UL under the guidance of conductor Greg Beadsell. We have been practising all the songs and are really looking forward to our performance in January. As part of the Christmas show Third to Sixth class performed a medley of songs form the Peace Proms and some festive and traditional Christmas songs. We had a super fun matinee and evening performance.
We took part in Science week and enjoyed demonstrating experiments for the class. We spent time choosing each experiment and had lots of fun making pre experiment predictions. Well done to everyone who took part.
In Literacy, we have been working on the genre of persuasion. We were set several tasks to explore and write about. We linked this with SPHE and explored recognised adverts and the power of advertising. In the run up to Christmas we looked at the traditional adverts. We created slogans and posters for various products.
As part of the Primary Climate Ambassador programme we complete training with Monica Mullins. We completed lots of activities and learned lots of new facts. Thank you Monica for a super workshop.
Johnny Dunne has been back completing football and hurling training with 5thand 6th class. This has been great fun, while also learning new skills and gaining fitness. Thank you Johnny, we look forward to seeing you again in the New Year.
We were so lucky to be invited to the Salesian Secondary College Transition Year show. They performed a very entertaining production of ‘Mama Mia’. We really enjoyed it and we were so proud to see many past pupils on stage.
6thclass ran a fantastic bake sale to raise funds for their upcoming VEX Robotics competition in January. Thank you to everyone who baked, donated and attended on the day. They raised a whopping 650 to go towards parts for the robot and team t-shirts etc………
To end our term together, we did Secret Santa. We had great fun giving and unwrapping all the thoughtful and cool presents.
Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Daoibh.
Welcome back to 5th and 6th class. We are all settling back well into our new classes. We were delighted to get back to seeing our friends after a lovely summer break.
In Literacy we became poets and took inspiration from Kenn Nesbitt and wrote poems titled ‘What I didn’t do this summer’. We worked on Recount and wrote our own autobiographies.
In SPHE, we explored the food pyramid and healthy eating. We kept food diaries and created healthy and balanced meal plans.
We also complied memory boxes and presented these to the class. We had great fun telling and listening to the stories behind the items we chose.
6th class took part in a football blitz in Colaiste Mhuire, Askeaton. This was a super fun day out and we played very well together as a team.
Using old magazines and newspapers, we made collages of our favourite things as one of our art projects. We were all very creative and enjoyed this activity.
During Maths week, we completed various challenges. We used Lego bricks to build pyramids and spaghetti to construct bridges.
We have started practicing for Peace Proms which will take place in January. The songs are very catchy and we already know some of them, this will be a fantastic opportunity to sing with an orchestra in UL.
We attended an online interview with Katie O’ Brien. Katie is a gold-medal winner and para-athlete. Her story of perseverance and determination inspired us on how to deal with a challenge. This is part of the Inspiring Ireland- Inspiring Students programme that Limerick Education Centre are running. We Look forward to the next interview.
Well done everyone on a great term. Ms. Mullane is so proud of all the hard work everyone is doing.
Have a spooktacular Mid term Break!
Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh!
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