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Please take a moment to have a look at just a few of the highlights of life here in Killeshandra National School!
St Mogue’s N.S. visited us today – it was our first PEACEPLUS meeting of this school year and our theme was STEM. We divided into four groups and rotated around a range of activities – skipping with Mark from SkipnRope, LEGO, making marble runs and playing with all our STEM resources. It was a wonderful day of fun, friendships, team work, problem solving and lots of learning in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths!
It was great to see everyone from St Mogue’s N.S. today, and we can’t wait to see them again in a few weeks for a trip to the Ulster American Folk Park in Omagh.
To mark Science Week, 3rd and 4th Classes looked at the topic of Water: From Molecule to Ocean. They watched a webinar thinking about the fascinating science of water – there were interesting facts about animals living in our waters, as well as information about how we can enjoy and stay safe in and around water. They also completed a couple of experiments with water. They predicted how many paperclips could float on water as they learned about surface tension (we managed to get 13 in one glass!), and investigated water density with hot and cold water.
The Senior Room also watched the webinar and carried out some investigations and experiments involving water.
Ciara Brady, Road Safety Promotion Officer, with the RSA visited us in school this week to talk about staying safe on the roads. We learned how to stay safe as a pedestrian, on our bikes and as a passenger in a bus or car.
Thank you Ciara, we really appreciate you coming to speak to us on such an important matter.
Our Student Council organised a fun day for us today – we had to come to school with Crazy Hair! Well done to everyone who took part – there were some amazing hairstyles on display as we met together this morning.
A very special “Thank yoU!” to our Student Council for organising today, and very well done to our winners!
We were delighted to welcome Simon from CEF on Monday for a special assembly. Simon was joined by Tinos, a student from Greece, who is training to be a CEF worker. Tinos taught us a Bible verse, and we had great fun with a quiz. Thank you very much, Simon and Tinos!
The Middle Room tested their knowledge of Ulster Scots words yesterday when they completed the Wheen o Wurds quiz.
They couldn’t believe how many words they knew – wee, foundered, teemin, drooth, quare, aye and crabbit were just some of the words that they knew the meaning of, and that they use in everyday conversation.
Everyone got a certificate to show that they have a ‘Wheen o Wurds’ – well done to the Middle Room!
Today was Dress Up and Games Day in school. Our classrooms were filled with all sorts of unusual characters! We enjoyed playing games together this afternoon as a mid-term treat. The Student Council chose the Jack and Jill Foundation as the charity we will support with our donations this year.
We had great fun celebrating Maths Week in school this week. Each classroom played lots of extra Maths games and there was plenty of real-life Maths in action!
It was great to have Colin Tinsley back with us in school today for a special Harvest Assembly. Colin talked about all the good things that God has given us, and reminded us to say “Thank you!” to God for the harvest and all He has done for us. Colin also gave each one of us a lovely Harvest colouring book – thank you, Colin!
We welcomed Brendan from Leave No Trace Ireland back to school today. Brendan helped us to think about some of the things we might need if we were going on a hike in order to be prepared. We also played some games and shared the posters that we made about Killykeen. Thank you Brendan – we have learned so much about how we can ‘leave no trace’ as we enjoy the outdoors.
