After a very enjoyable Easter break the children got back to work and looked forward to a busy last term with lots of nice activities planned.
The senior room have started their Friends for Life training and have been enjoying learning about being resilient and recognising emotions.
During this term we will be completing a project to celebrate the Monster Meeting of 1848 on Sliabh na mBan. We have been preparing to complete a multi-media art project with local artist Mia Kearney and this month we have been compiling local knowledge.
During April as part of our classroom incentives the senior room have been enjoying doing cooking lessons in small groups on a Friday. So far they have cooked pizza and chips and learned about kitchen safety and kitchen hygiene. We have really enjoyed what we have cooked so far.
Meanwhile, the junior room have been busy learning all about the weather in SESE and Aistear.  We read the story “The Perfect Rain” by Tatyana Feeney and learned all about the different weather symbols used by Met Éireann and what they mean. We also watched some examples of weather reports and the children then designed their own weather maps in groups and delivered some rather extreme weather reports to the rest of the class. They also learned about waterproof materials in science and participated in a STEM challenge, to design and build a tent for Teddy on his Irish camping holiday. 

March was a super busy month here in Killurney. We got a lot of work done on the run up to the Easter holidays. We learned about the traditions associated with Easter and also completed some fun art projects for the Clonmel Show. The Junior room constructed multi-media cherry blossom trees in fabric and Fibre while the senior room made some beautiful illustrations of spring flowers on clear Perspex. Well done to all pupils who entered, especially to those who won prizes for their works of art!
At the start of the month we celebrated World Book Day and enjoyed hearing about some of the new book releases and interesting authors the children have come across. All students completed a book project and presented their work in front of the entire school. The children also got very creative and wore some fun costumes related to their projects and favourite book characters. We had all sorts of characters joining us in school on this day including Hagrid, Wednesday Adams, Peter Rabbit  and even a couple of Farmers from the Farmers Journal. We had prizes for best overall project and best costume in each classroom, with the winners receiving an Easons gift card.
At the start of March, we also started back at GAA coaching with our new coach Robert Dowley. We have really enjoyed the new drills and skills we are learning which we are putting into practice during our matches. We have started with Gaelic football but hope to also do some hurling and camogie training in May. We also look forward to playing some organised matches against other local schools next month.
During the month of March, we celebrated Coicíse na Gaeilge and took part in some fun activities to mark this. We enjoyed Irish dancing lessons with Carmel Lawrence  and learnt the Walls of Limerick and the Siege of Ennis. On the Friday of Seachtain na Gaeilge we also had a “Lá Glas” on which we wore green to school and made an extra big effort to speak as Gaeilge to recognise and celebrate our Irish culture and heritage.
In SESE and Aistear this month, the junior room learned all about different types of homes around the world. The junior and senior infants carried out a STEM challenge to design a house for the Three little Pigs. They used straws, lollipop sticks and blocks in their designs and made predictions as to which house could withstand the wrath of the “Big Bad Wolf” ie. Mrs Carroll`s hairdryer.  We also read “The True Story of The Three Little Pigs” in class and the 1st and 2nd class enjoyed taking on the role of the Wolf`s attorney incorporating  both drama and literacy, in attempting to prove his innocence.
On the day of the Easter Holidays the children from both classrooms took part in an Easter Escape Room and STEM creation morning organised by the senior room. The third and fourth class designed an egg holder to support and prevent an egg cracking when dropped from a height. We had some very creative designs and enjoyed experimenting with this. Ms Hogan and the senior students helped facilitate the escape room for the junior students before completing their own difficult challenge. Following clues around the classroom the children had to break the codes in order and be the first group to escape. We had great fun working together and completing these challenges. Thankfully we all managed to escape just before we went home to enjoy the holidays.