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

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!

Rev. Sam came in to school this morning to draw the winners for the Parents’ Association Easter Hampers. Congratulations to all our winners!

1^st – Eileen Martin

2^nd – Noel Sheehin

3^rd – Laura Kerr

4^th – Harry Venton (Junior)

5^th – Ailis Kelly

6^th – Maria Higham

7^th – Lynsey Vance (Senior)

8^th – Ronan Shiels

9^th – Emily Griffith

We had a visit from Jamie from Water Safety Ireland today to talk to us about how to stay safe around water. We learned about water safety at home, to Stay Away From Edges at lakes and rivers, the importance of wearing a lifejacket, how to use a ring bouy and advice for staying safe when swimming. Thank you very much Jamie – we really enjoyed your visit and learned lots of tips to keep ourselves and others safe around water!

The Junior Room had a brilliant day at The Hidden Village, Castleblaney with St Mogue’s N.S. as part of our PeacePlus programme.

The children got to become firefighters, construction workers, hairdressers, beauticians, farmers, cafe workers and lots more. There were pamper sessions in the beauty parlour, fires to be extinguished, vehicles to be driven on the farm and building work in the construction corner. What a day to remember!