STEM – Fun with Balloons in Senior Infants

STEM – Fun with Balloons in Senior Infants

The children in senior infants were shown a packet of party balloons in class. The children looked at the balloons and examined them to make sure that they were normal and not magic. There were just five balloons left in the pack. The children were asked to predict...
Team Hope – Thank You Letter

Team Hope – Thank You Letter

Team Hope wrote a Thank You letter to everyone who supported their Christmas Shoebox appeal. Please see the letter below.
6th Class – Maths Trails

6th Class – Maths Trails

6th class have been very busy recently over the last few weeks. During Maths Week (October 10th to 18th) the class explored maths trails of the school playground. They were using different problem solving and measuring skills all around the school. 6th class also...
Volcanoes in 4th Class

Volcanoes in 4th Class

During Science Week, one of the activities that 4th class pupils completed was that they constructed volcanoes. This was great fun. The children used the following materials; clay, bread soda, red food colouring, washing up liquid, and some vinegar. Please click on...
6th Class Hoodies

6th Class Hoodies

Just before mid-term this year, our sixth class pupils were delighted to receive their hoodies. They have officially now graduated to being final year pupils of primary school. The children had lots of debating and fun whilst designing the hoodies online under the...
Thanks to SSE Airtricity

Thanks to SSE Airtricity

We in Killoughteen NS would like to express our sincere thanks to SSE Airtricity who through their COVID-19 Response Fund donated €3000 to our school community. To date, we have purchased chess and draughts games for our pupils from 1st to 6th classes. We have taught...
Table Toppers

Table Toppers

Today, October 23rd the pupils in Killoughteen NS took part in the final of our Table Toppers competition. We had three people representing each class from 1st to 6th. They were all in a battle to be crowed champion Table Topper of the school. Well done to all the...

Gymnastics at School

Today, October 14th was our first day of gymnastics. We were delighted to welcome our coach Gill O Keeffe from Sport Fitness Ireland. Gill brought out classes (one at a time) to our all weather surface. She was all prepared and had an individual gymnastics mat for us...
Rang a trí ag rapáil

Rang a trí ag rapáil

Third class had great fun this week doing their Bua na Cainte… The children learnt the rap ‘Shiúil mé’ and performed it for their class in small groups.  Please click on the links below to see the performances. Grúpa 1 Grúpa 2 Grúpa 3 Grúpa 4...