The senior class went windsurfing for their school tour.
First and Second class visited Glengowla Mines as part of their school tour. They learned all about the work of a miner 100 years ago and about the different minerals found in the rocks.
Gold Panning - The children searched for treasures.
First and Second Class visited Aughnanure Castle in Oughterard for their school tour. They had a great time exploring the different rooms, learning about life in the Middle Ages and looking out for bats!
The children played music at the Kinvara Farmer's Market. They also entertained the residents of Kilcolgan Nursing Home with their songs and tunes.
Lia brought in her frogs for all to see.
Co-operative Learning
Deirdre came in to the classrooms to show us how to prepare some of the herbs and vegetables from our garden. We had some yummy salads.
Ciaran Cannon visited the school as we celebrated permanent recognition with a tea party.
We celebrated the launch of our first Green Flag
The children hosted a science day and invited parents and friends to visit.
Eimear's class travelled to the Aviva Stadium where they were awarded a prize for the KETNS submission to Show Racism the Red Card. We are super proud of the children in Anna and Eimear's rooms who put together an excellent submission.
A year at KETNS could not be complete without a disection under Mary's watchful eye. This year the children looked at earthworms.
Nóirín Burke from the Salthill Aquarium visited the classrooms to explore some of the many marine creatures living on our shores.
The children visited Kilcolgan Castle to see the newborn goats at the farm.
- Some of the winners from the chess tournament. Well done!
Chess tournament in full swing. Many thanks to Carrie for her time and patience.
Ruijun Hu a Chinese flute player and calligrapher came to share his skills with the children as part of our Chinese New Year festivities.
Chinese calligraphy on chinese lanterns was the focus in Eimear's room for Chinese New Year. The other classes made fantastical dragons some of which are still on display.
Junior infants explored magnets and had great fun discovering all the metals in the classroom.
First and second class explored sound and made their own instruments. Here are the string instruments. There were also percussion and wind instruments.
To help them understand what life with a disability might be like, the children explored the senses and the loss of one or more of the senses. They looked in detail at the life of Helen Keller.
Sonja came to talk to us about the 3E symbol and living with disability.
Two of the junior infnats have their teddy bear consultation at the Teddy Bear Hospital.
Scríobh rang a haon agus rang a dó leabhar faoi Peadar agus an Mac Tíre
Senior infants invented new planets and described them to each other.
Jessie the Barn Owl from the Burren Bird of Prey Centre at Aillwee Cave, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare paid a visit to Kilcolgan Educate together National School, to the delight of staff and pupils
Snow is falling...
Making papier maché masks for halloween
Exploring habitats in Coole Park
Senior Infants working on their living things projects
The children made bouncy balls from custard
- KETNS took part in Ireland’s annual School Game Playing Day. Students had fun playing games while also raising money for the local charity, Voices for Galway.
- ‘Please sir may I have a little more.’ The children loved the porridge on offer at our breakfast morning.
Just some of the wicked witches who entertained the residents of Kilcolgan Nursing Home. Many thanks to the Nursing Home who invited the whole school for trick or treating.
The older classes paid a visit to Junior Infants for some shared reading
The children visiting Tulira Castle, they had great fun thanks to Seán and Deirdre Bennet
The children making character profiles based on class novel, Matilda
Children trying to find out the best way to build a bridge with paper
Getting stuck in a book - the children made bookworm bookmarks
First day of school - welcome to all the new boys and girls and their parents!
School Year 2009/ 2010
- Kimiko from Japan came in to do origami with the children.
- The children had a salad using lettuce, radishes, rocket and edible flowers from the garden. They used chives from the garden mixed in with cottage cheese on crackers. They have also been out weeding in preparation for the Summer Fair.
- Anna visited with her new baby and talked to the junior classes about caring for a baby
- The children celebrated International Day where the different nationalities from the school were highlighted as well as some more.
- Junior infants, senior infants and first class visited Kilcolgan Castle where they had a tour of the castle, the farm, saw the bell and of course had lots of fun on the grounds.
- Pony rides were only part of the attraction. Big thanks to Karen, Tony and Orla for a memorable day.
- And the chess tournament begins! Chess club is run by one of our parents for the children during break on Thursdays.
- Harvesting the first of the vegetables we planted
- Eimear’s class staged an impromptu busking session as they waited for their teacher one morning.
- Peter Lochmann came to talk to the children about dental hygiene. The children then checked their own hygiene by using disclosure tablets which stained plaque in their mouth blue!
- As part of the Science Outreach Programme, Applied Optics scientists visited the children in Eimear’s class.
- Local musician and father, John Conneely entertains the children with his guitar.
- The children visited the nursing home and entertained the residents with a selection of Irish songs.
- Eimear’s class planting vegetables.
- The children also made Barfi – sticky Indian sweets to mark Holi
- As part of Holi (the Hindu spring festival of colour) the children painted each others faces. Hindus throw coloured powder and water at each other at this time.
- Junior Infants learned all about birthday celebrations around the world. Here they are smashing their pinata.
- On the first of February the children learned all about St. Brigid and made crosses out of rushes. See our display on the stairs.
- Junior infants enjoy getting their hands sticky doing paper maché
- Eimear’s class proudly raised over 90 euro for Haiti. Well done everyone!
- First class compile a bar graph of the different materials their toys are made of.
- Pirates ahoy during a drama class
- Fionnuala’s Junior Infants enjoying their yoga class
- Even teachers go to schoool! Mary organised science training for teachers on a Saturday and we came back to school to test our thinking skills and experiment with scientific concepts. The course was very kindly run by Lorraine McCormack who is undertaking her PhD in CASE (Cognitive Accelaeration through Science Education)
- Eimear’s class took us to the Caribbean for our End of Term Concert and brought us back home with some seasonal songs played on the fiddle.
- Fionnuala’s class singing Frosty the Snowman at our End of Term concert
- A special visitor came to talk to the children
- Anna’s class made a paper maché Frosty the Snowman
- Eimear’s class visited Telegael and TG4 and the children had a chance to read ‘An Nuacht’
- The mayor visits our geology stand at the Galway Science and Technology Festival. Well done to the teachers and children for a great display!
- Shared reading taking place in the classroom
- Eimear’s class searching Trácht for samples to use in their geology exhibition at the Galway Science and Technology Festival
- Happy Halloween from Senior Infants and First class
The children enjoy some board games as part of National Board Game Playing Week and raise money for local charity 'Voices for Galway' in the process.
Cartoonist and sculptor Ken Lee shows the children some sculpting basics
A maths trail around the school was also part of maths week. In this photo skills in algebra are tested as the children create a pattern as outlined on a challenge card.
As part of maths week the children in Eimear's class visited the other classrooms to play maths games with the younger children. Great fun was had by all and of course there were plenty of learning opportunities.
As part of the themes 'food' and 'harvest', the children in Anna's class baked brown scones to share. They also made their own butter. Because it was maths week too, they learned all about measuring and weighing looking at lots of different scales and carefully measuring out ingredients.
Poet Terry McDonagh visits the school and teaches the children all about the writing process
Eimear's class in Kilcornan where they are working with adults with learning disabilities in the creation of an art project for the centre
A giant shark is only a small part of our 'Sense of the Sea' art exhibition which is part of the Clarinbridge Arts Festival. Do visit the school to take an adventurous trip to the underwater deep.
The children enjoy their lunch in our sukkah. A big thanks to Aoife and Philip for their help with the building of it.
Coole Park Ranger, Raymond Stevens, talks to the children about bats.
Sylvia doing yoga with the children.
Local harpist and music teacher Úna Ní Fhlannagain plays for the children
First day of school