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Information for school year 2019/20 – class arrangements/ calendar/ booklists

Jul 13, 2019 | Uncategorized

Class arrangements for the school year 2019 2020 School Calendar 2019 2020 Booklists for all classes 2019 2020 Upcoming New...

Goodbye to sixth class 2019!

Jun 21, 2019 | Sixth Class, Uncategorized

From all staff and students at Killoughteen NS, we wish our outgoing sixth class of 2019 the best of luck in their futures. We expect big things from these ten wonderful kids. Don't forget to come back and visit us! Link to our end of year...

Active Week – School Walk

Jun 17, 2019 | Active Schools Flag, Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, Green Flag, Second Class, Sixth Class, Third Class

Today, Monday June 17th, To 1st to 6th classes went for a walk on the Great Southern Trail. We set off from the school with our high viz jackets and high spirits at 11:30. The sun was in the sky and it was a lovely day for a walk. We all did an 8km loop and arrived...

Junior and Senior Infant School Tour

Jun 17, 2019 | Junior Infants, Senior Infants

Today, Junior and Senior Infants went on their school tour to Ballybunnion. It was a fun filled day which began in Checkers Cafe. The children did crazy golf, played in their playground, baked and decorated buns. To finish our day, we went to the beach and made...

Day 3 of Active Week

Jun 16, 2019 | Active Schools Flag, Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, Junior Infants, Rainbow Class, Second Class, Senior Infants, Sixth Class, Third Class

Friday June 14th was the third day of Active Week. We did all the traditional races, sack races, wheel barrow, sprints, and many more. We also had our Tug of Wars, and the melody of the ice-cream van calling to the school was music to our ears. We had a relaxing...

LEAF Project School Workshop

Jun 16, 2019 | First Class, Green Flag, STEM

We were delighted to have a visit from Rachel Geary from the LEAF project to do a school based workshop with us. We did and saw lots of things over the day. We had a look back to our day in the forest. Then we did some leaf rubbings. We went outside to the field and...

Active Week Seniors/ First Class

Jun 16, 2019 | Active Schools Flag, First Class, Senior Infants, Uncategorized

We have been very active this week. Have a look at some of our pictures to see what we have been doing. Wednesday we used our go-karts, had a soccer tournament and made smoothies. Senior Boys had a teddy bear picnic too. On Thursday everyone did yoga, had football...

1st Class STEM building challenge

Jun 16, 2019 | First Class, STEM, Uncategorized

Miss Ryan challenged us to make a bridge using lego. Here are some pictures of our bridges. Also included are some of our other lego and playtime creations. [gallery...

Booklists for all classes 2019 2020

Jun 13, 2019 | Uncategorized

Junior Infant Booklist-2019 2020 Senior Infant Booklist 2019 2020 First Class Booklist 2019 2020 Second Class Booklist 2019 2020 Third Class Booklist 2019 2020 Fourth Class Booklist 2019 2020 Fifth Class booklist 2019 2020 Sixth Class booklist 2019 2020...

Active Week June 2019 – Day 1 & 2

Jun 13, 2019 | Active Schools Flag, Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, Junior Infants, Rainbow Class, Second Class, Senior Infants, Sixth Class, Third Class, Uncategorized

Active Week began in Killoughteen NS on Wednesday June 12th. It has been a very busy two days so far. We had a Teddy Bears picnic in Junior and Senior Infants, Basket ball blitz, Football Blitz (Tim Crowley Memorial Cup), Go Kart fun, Take on the Teachers Challenge,...

4th Class Hurling Blitz

Jun 8, 2019 | Active Schools Flag, Fourth Class

On Thursday June 6th our class went to play in a blitz in the GAA field in Newcastle West. We were really excited about going. The day was mainly dry and we knew we had to play 3 matches. We played two teams from the Courtenay School and a team from Dromcollogher NS....

3rd Class Football Blitz

Jun 6, 2019 | Active Schools Flag, Third Class

On May 30th we attended a football blitz which was organised by David O Dea. (West Limerick Games Development Administrator). We were split into two teams. It was really exciting heading off to our first blitz. It was great fun. We played against the Courtenay School,...

Rainbow Class school tour 2019

May 21, 2019 | Rainbow Class, Uncategorized

Today May 21st our Rainbow Class went on school tour. We were very excited this morning coming to school. We were all dressed up and couldn't wait to go. Mr Curtin, Caroline and Trish went with us. It was a lovely sunny day. We left school at 9:20am and went to...

Killoughteen NS Camogie 2019

May 20, 2019 | Active Schools Flag, Fifth Class, Fourth Class, Sixth Class, Third Class

This year our girls played division 1 Camogie. The teams in our group were Ballingarry NS, Adare Girls and Mahoonagh. The Blitz took place in Mick Neville Park in Rathkeale on May the 14th. Prior to this Mr Sean Gleeson trained us at school. The training sessions were...

First Holy Communion 2019

May 12, 2019 | Second Class, Uncategorized

Congratulations to all the boys and girls in Second class on receiving the sacrament of First Holy Communion on Saturday last the 11th of May. The ceremony went off very well and we hope all the boys and girls had a lovely time celebrating this special day. Thanks to...

Manga High

May 2, 2019 | Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, Junior Infants, Second Class, Senior Infants, Sixth Class, STEM, Third Class

We have been using Manga High this year on the ipads at school and on our own devices at home. Manga High is a maths website full of different maths activities covering all areas of the maths curriculum. Miss Ryan can set math tasks for us to do or we can do free play...

Exploring Robotics and Coding

May 2, 2019 | Fifth Class, Sixth Class, STEM

In February, 5th and 6th class pupils participated in a coding workshop run by Analog Devices. The class was split into teams and had to assemble a robot using Lego. The pupils then coded the robot to follow an assigned path. The winning team went on to complete in a...

Building Rockets

May 2, 2019 | First Class, Junior Infants, Senior Infants, Sixth Class, STEM

5th and 6th class pupils were given a selection of materials and had to work together to create the most effective foam rocket possible. Once the agreed rocket was assembled the children were able to incorporate maths by measuring distance travelled versus force. They...

Easter Table Toppers 2019

Apr 12, 2019 | Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, Second Class, Sixth Class, STEM, Third Class

Today we had our Easter 'Table Toppers' competition. There was an excellent show of talent on display and all children who represented all the classes should be very proud. Well done to Jamie Dunne, Katie Brosnan and Emma Horgan who represented first class, Max...

Team Limerick Clean-up

Apr 10, 2019 | Active Schools Flag, Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, Green Flag, Junior Infants, Rainbow Class, Second Class, Senior Infants, Sixth Class, Third Class

The Team Limerick Clean-Up (TLC) initiative is sponsored by the JP McManus Benevolent Fund and is spearheaded by Paul O’Connell and Limerick City and County Council, with the support of Mr Binman, the Limerick Leader and Live 95. Our school registered to take part in...

Rainbow Class go on social trips

Apr 10, 2019 | Rainbow Class, Uncategorized

The pupils of the Rainbow Class have gone on social trips to Newcastle West Demesne, Isabella's Restaurant, the library over the past few weeks. The trips are very much enjoyed by all. We look forward to going on more trips for the remainder of the school year. Please...

Fundraising Cycle

Apr 9, 2019 | Active Schools Flag, Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, Junior Infants, Second Class, Senior Infants, Sixth Class, Third Class

On Saturday next Analog Devices have organised a fundraising cycle in aid of Killoughteen NS ASD Unit. We are very appreciative of this support for our school pupils. We hope that many people will be able to come on Saturday and enjoy the cycle. Today we organised a...

Investigating Molecules in Science

Apr 9, 2019 | Fifth Class, Fourth Class, STEM

Using milk, food colouring and washing-up liquid, 4th and 5th class carried out a scientific investigation to explore the presence of molecules in a liquid. First, milk was poured into a plate. Next, drops of food colouring were added. The food colouring was...

Aistear- The Garden Centre (March)

Mar 21, 2019 | Green Flag, Junior Infants, Senior Infants, STEM

This month our Aistear theme is the Garden Center. Gardening: We planted spinach, lettuce, turnip, carrots, chives, gherkins, lemon balm, radish and even strawberries!! It is great fun watching them grow. We also learnt all about the different flowers you can find in...