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Egg-Cellent News from the Chick Project

Ed Sheer-hen visits Kilmacrennan National School!

There was great egg-citement in Kilmacrennan National School as pupils took part in their annual chick hatching project.

Eleven chicks have hatched so far, and have been given some fantastic names to refer to their chirpy nature. The new arrivals include Ed Sheer-hen, Shell-vis Presley, Chicken Bieber and Egg-del!

Now in its seventh year, the project is something that Rang a Sé pupils look forward to each year. This year was no different with fantastic enthusiasm from all pupils. The students taught the younger pupils all about the life cycle of a chicken through PowerPoint presentations and there was great egg-citement in the school when the chicks began hatching.

The children were lucky enough to witness a chick emerging from the egg and 11 chicks have hatched so far. The difficult task came when it was time to name the chicks. Due to the melodious chirping the children decided to alter names of singers. Ed Sheer-hen, Shell-vis Presley, Chicken Bieber and Egg-del to name but a few!

Well done to all involved and special thanks goes to Stephen Lee , Oran , Ciaran , Darragh  and Michael Gallagher for their help in the project.

 

Seachtain na Gaeilge

Bhí Seachtain na Gaeilge iontach againn i Scoil Cholmcille, Cill Mhic nÉanain.  Rinne gach rang alán rudaí iontacha

-bhíomar ag caint Gaeilge sa chlós agus ins na ranganna

-rinne ranganna difriúla Tráth na gCeist Gaeilge

-rinneamar ealaín bunaithe ar sheanfhocail Gaeilge

-bhí Aistear trí Ghaeilge

-ceol agus Céilí

-bhí Lá Glas againn

 

agus ar an Déardaoin bhí Ceolchoirm Seachtain na Gaeilge i Halla na Scoile.  Féach ar roinnt de na grianghrafanna a thóg an Coiste.

Seachtain na Gaeilge

Tá Seachtain na Gaeilge ar siúl sa scoil agus beidh alán imeachtaí difriúla againn.  Ina measc beidh Ceolchoirm na Féile Pádraig, Comórtas Ealaíne bunaithe ar sheanfhocail, Tionól Filíochta, Cluichí Clóis i nGaeilge, Lá Leabharlann Gaeilge, Gaeilgeoirí an Lae, Tráth na gCeist ‘s eile.

Quiz Team qualify for All Ireland Final!

Congratulations to our U-13 quiz team of Ronan, Eoghain, Thomas and Eilis who have qualified for the All Ireland Credit Union Quiz Final due to be held in the RDS in Dublin on Sunday, April 2nd.  The team battled their way through stiff competition in the Chapter Final in the Mt Errigal to claim a place in the final.

It is a great achievement when one considers the fact that 5,500 teams enter the Credit Union quiz annually.

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Garda Quiz Success

Congratulations to the sixth class team who won the Milford Garda District Quiz in An Craoibhín, Termon on March 1st 2017. It was a most enjoyable quiz with rounds on Irish history & geography, Sport, Current Affairs, General Knowledge, TV & Entertainment as well as Road Safety.  They will represent the district at the County Final.

Comhghairdeas le Ronan, Rory, Tomás agus Eoghain, na baill ar fhoireann na scoile.

World Book Day is celebrated in Kilmacrennan

World Book Day 2017  

We celebrated World Book Day in Kilmacrennan on March 2nd.  Fifth Class led the School Assembly on the day, reading excerpts from their favourite novels to all the pupils. Sixth Class pupils have been participating in the Read Dl initiative.  This involved children from various schools across Donegal reading ‘Breadwinner’ by Deborah Ellis.  The pupils really enjoyed the book and they attended the closing ceremony of Read DL in LYIT on the day. All classes participated in in-class events such as Art competitions based on their favourite literary/film/book characters with prizes awarded in each class.  We also took group photographs of participating classes.  These can be seen under the individual class dropbar on the main menuas well as on the Gallery drop-bar.

 

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Debating Team qualifies for County Final

Congratulations to our school debating team who have eloquently argued their way into the County Donegal Primary School Final.  Eighteen schools entered the competition but has now been whittled down to two teams.

The sixth class team are eagerly looking forward to meeting St Aengus’ NS, Bridgend in the final later in the term.

Operation Transformation 10 @ 10

Operation Transformation 10 @ 10

To celebrate ten years of Operation Transformation, Karl Henry wants every primary school in Ireland to get moving for 10 minutes of exercise at 10am this morning, February 10th.

“These campaigns will help to make exercise fun for primary schools and help give the benefits of health to those who take part.”

Top 3 Fitness Tips:

  1. Fitness should be fun.
  2. Fitness should be exertive.
  3. Fitness should be part of your day.

Here are a few pictures of our 10 @ 10

 

 

 

 

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Grandparents Day

We had a most enjoyable event when our grandparents visited to join in our St Bridget Cross-making event.

SEE SCHOOL GALLERY DROP-BAR FOR MORE PHOTOS

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Credit Union Quiz Success

Congratulations to all the teams who represented Kilmacrennan NS in the Credit Union Quiz in the Mt Errigal Hotel recently.  There were over 70 participating teams.

Kilmacrennan Ns won the U-13 Senior section and will now represent Letterkenny Credit Union in the Donegal, Derry and Tyrone Chapter Final, due to be held in March.  We wish Eoghain, Ronan, Eílis and Thomas well in the event.

 

We also had a great performance in the U-11 event, with Jack, John James, Lauren and Eva finishing in a splendid second place.  Comhghairdeas libh.

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