We have had a great first few days back at school! It has been lovely to get back to normal after the restrictions of the last few years. A very special welcome to our new Junior Infants and pupils who joined us this year. We are really looking forward to a busy year filled with learning and fun!
Today we said farewell to our 6th Class pupils with a special assembly for their parents and the whole school. We were joined by Rev. Richard and Archdeacon Hazel as we sang some favourite songs chosen by 6th Class. Rev. Richard got 6th Class up to think about how they are feeling leaving Killeshandra N.S. and moving on to new schools, and he reminded them that God is with them as they start this new chapter in their lives.
6th Class also told us about some of their favourite memories from their time in Killeshandra N.S. and shared a poem with us that they had written to say farewell.
Each member of 6th Class was presented with a t-shirt signed by everyone in the school, a certificate, a framed picture of their class and a Bible as a gift and momento of their time in the school.
To finish off our special assembly, we enjoyed a beautiful cake sent in by one of the 6th Class parents and some delicious ice cream with lots of toppings. As we ate, we watched a slide show of photos of 6th Class through their years in the school – there was lots of laughter and a few tears as we looked back on their time in Killeshandra N.S.
We wish each and every one of our 6th Class pupils all the very best as they move on to new schools in September, and thank them for all they have contributed to life in the school over the last 8 years. Have a great summer everyone!
We had a wonderful day today as we celebrated Sports Day – the weather was perfect for a full day of all kinds of sporting activities!
We began this morning with a few warm ups to get us ready for the rest of the day.
Then it was time for some races – each class had a running race, a sack race, an egg and spoon race and a 3-legged race!
After break, it was time for tug-of-war. The teachers put up a good fight against the pupils!
Next we had a photo orienteering challenge – we were given photos of objects around the school grounds and had to work together to find these and mark their locations on a map.
Before lunch, we tried a new sport – welly throwing! Everyone got one chance to see how far they could throw the welly and we marked each distance on the yard. Well done to our three champion welly throwers!
After lunch, we divided into teams for some challenges. First we had a water relay – each team had to get as much water as they could into the tub across the yard, but our cups had a hole in the bottom!
We also had to transfer as many peas as we could from one box to another using only a straw.
We tested our team work and co-operation skills with the hula hoops.
Before the Infants went home, we were all presented with a medal to say a big ‘Well done!’ for taking part in Sports Day!
To finish off a wonderful day, each team played a soccer, Gaelic and basketball match.
What a great Sports Day – well done everyone!
Congratulations to two of our senior pupils who won an U13 final at Breffni Park last week with their club Cornafean. They brought their cup in to school today – a huge well done to the boys and their team!
Congratulations to one of our pupils who entered the singing category in the local heats of the Community Games. She came first in the U12 Solo Singing and will be representing Cavan in the all-Ireland competition during the summer. A huge well done, and good luck!
Over the last few weeks, the Senior Room have been having painting lessons with Mrs Bowles. They learned many different techniques and produced lots of beautiful pieces. On the last week, each child got a proper painting board for their final creation.
Well done everyone, and thank you Mrs Bowles!
Today was our last day of swimming and we got to go on the slides! We have really enjoyed getting back to Cavan Swimming Pool for the last 6 Mondays – our swimming has improved so much!
We set off bright and early from Killeshandra this morning and made it to the Olympia Theatre, Dublin in great time. There was much excitement as we got our tickets and headed inside!
We found our seats and had time to relax (and eat some more lunch!) before the performance began.
What a show it was! We thoroughly enjoyed watching Ben and Granny, along with all the other characters. There was music, dancing and lots of laughter as we followed their adventure – it was amazing to see the story come to life on the stage in front of us.
After a fabulous show, we all boarded the bus again and headed home. We made a quick stop in Virginia for some ice cream, for the final treat of a fantastic day!
We arrived back in Killeshandra shortly after 4 o’clock, tired but happy, after a wonderful day – a school tour to remember!
Congratulations to one of our pupils who won a prize in the Killeshandra 2050 competition. We had to draw what we would like the local area to look like in 2050.
Thank you to Kieran Fitzpatrick who came in to school today to present our winner with a voucher for arts and crafts – well done!
We were delighted to learn that all our hard work completing our projects on the European Union has paid off and we have been awarded a Blue Star Flag! We raised the flag today and when we see it flying, we will be reminded of all we learned about the EU and the fun we had on Europe Day. Well done everyone!
