There was great excitement when Santa paid a visit to Kilglass National School before Christmas. Singing, laughter and joy filled the air as Santa Claus gave each class a big bag of board games for their classrooms. Monopoly, Chess, Draughts, Guess Who?, HedBanz, Boggle, Connect...
Scripts, roles, rehearsals and costumes have been centre stage in classrooms over the last two weeks. Children practiced lines, rehearsed songs and showcased their talents in preparation for the Christmas plays. From excitement to nervousness and everything in between children from Junior Infants to Sixth Class got...
On Thursday the 6th of December Fifth and Sixth Class went to Cob House in Screen. We learned all about cob and how to make it. Cob is earth used as building material. Straw is mixed in with it to improve its strength. First, we...
Bhí Tionól beo beathaíoch sainiúil againn Dé hAoine le dánta, rannta, amhráin agus drámaí. Chualamar na páistí ag baint úsáid as go leor Frásaí na Seachtaine agus nathanna cainte. Bhain an lucht féachana ard-taitneamh as an tionól bríomhar ó thús deireadh! We had a lively assembly...
The children in Fifth and Sixth Class got a lovely surprise before the Midterm Break when they received a response to their carefully crafted letters highlighting the problem of Marine Litter from Tony McLoughlin T.D. As a result of their representations Tony McLoughlin T.D. took...
Lots of interest and curiosity was sparked during Maths Week as children throughout the school worked on lots of interesting and engaging maths activities and problems. Problem of the Day was a great success and created an enthusiastic buzz around the corridors early every morning. The...
Each week a Frása na Seachtaine is chosen, taught, developed and used. Try using these frásaí which we have focused on for the months of Meán Fómhair agus Deireadh Fómhair around the house. Dia duit - Dia’s Muire duit Conas atá tú? Tá mé go breá buíochas le...
Our first few weeks of school have passed remarkably quickly. After the initial explosion of activity which marks the return to school after the summer holidays, we are, by now settling into the rhythms and routines of school life. On Wednesday 3rd October, the whole…
Seashore Safari 2018 Over the last few days the children from Third to Sixth Class have been learning about the plants and animals which inhabit our shoreline. We uncovered many interesting facts about various types of seaweed and animals such as barnacles, limpets, mussels, periwinkles,...