Killeshandra N. S. (C. of I.)

The Junior Room have been expolring the theme of the Farm in Aistear during the month of April.

We set up a farm shop, organising the items into sets and arranging them in our shop, then we played the role of the cashier, shop floor assistant and customer. We also played with our small world farm items and set up farms to play with. We thought about all the jobs a farmer has to do and what the animals need on the farm. Finally, we made lots of different animals you might see on the farm using a range of materials.

What a fun and busy month in Aistear!

The Senior Room have started their block of Art lessons with Mrs Comiskey. They are enjoying learning new techniques and have created some beautiful paintings already!

We have been so fortunate with the weather this week – it has been sunshine and blue skies all the way for Active School Week.

This morning we started the day with our Wake Up, Shake Up followed by our Mile.

Before lunch, the Middle and Senior Rooms used our Active School Walkway to get some exercise, test our Maths skills and solve some dingbats!

After lunch, we competed against the other teams in some challenges – we had to work together to get everyone across the playground using only 3 mats, then see how many balls we could transfer using the pipes. There was lots of co-operation and encouragement to be seen as we worked together to complete the challenges.

Our final activities of Active School Week 2026 were hockey and tennis. It was a chance to brush up on our tennis skills before we start tennis coaching next week.

What a wonderful Active School Week with lots of fun, exercise, team work and sunshine!

The fabulous weather continued on Wednesday as we started our day with our Wake Up, Shake Up! followed by laps of the playground to get us ready for the day ahead.

After break, we went down to the football pitch and everyone walked or ran laps of the pitch.

Some people chose to play soccer on the pitch – there was a lot of ground to cover, so well done everyone!

Everyone else enjoyed some time in the playground.

In the afternoon, 1st-6th Classes got the tug of war rope out – there were a few very competitive pulls!

Another great day – one more to go!

This week is Active School Week, one of our favourite weeks of the school year!

On Monday, we had the first of our 6 week block of swimming lessons at Cavan Leisure Centre – we were so keen to get started, we forgot to take a photo!

Tuesday morning started with our Wake Up, Shake Up! in the yard – one person from each team spun the wheel to see what exercises we would do, then we all walked or ran some laps of the yard for our Daily Mile.

After break, it was time to head back out to the yard for some playground games – we played Dodgeball, Foxes and rabbits and Dog and bone in our teams.

In the afternoon, we enjoyed some relay races. There was some great running and team work on display – well done everyone!

What a great start to Active School Week – can’t wait for the rest of it!

We had a very enjoyable P.E. lesson in the sun on Friday when pupils from the Senior Room paired up with pupils from the Junior Room. They worked together to practise and improve their ball skills – passing, bouncing, striking and kicking. Well done everyone!

The Junior Room collected some items from nature, then they made a portrait with them during Art – they look amazing, well done everyone!

We had a couple of special visitors in school this morning for Show and Tell – 2 pet lambs! We enjoyed getting to know them and learning about how to look after lambs.

Our Student Council also organised a special Easter treat for us today – we had to find bunnies hidden around the school, then count up the points for each one. It was great fun! Thank you very much to Ms Gregg and the Student Council for all your hard work.

Happy Easter everyone!

5th and 6th Class took on a STEM challenge to design a way to prevent an egg from cracking when dropped from a height. There were lots of very creative and innovative ideas. Well done to everyone for their fantastic effort!

The Junior Room have been busy in Aistear recently. We were learning about Space and made some wonderful creations!

We also had special Easter themed activities this week!