After many preparations and tremendous effort from both children, teachers and parents our graduation for our 2nd class to the senior room and of course our sixth class to their secondary school took place on the nineteenth of June 2023.
 
The ceremony commenced with a few words from Mrs Carroll , followed by the song “ True Colours” performed by the senior class room with sixth class singing the opening as a class.
Next, Fr. Power granted the sixth-class pupils a blessing for their endeavour to secondary school. After that 6th class read their speeches that brought a tear to many eyes as the children included their favourite memories and thanks to the teachers. Ms Hogan said a small poem for the sixth class and then the 3rd class to 6th class sang “You can count on me” by Bruno Mars.2nd class were presented with a gift each and 6th class a card and gift each. Ms Hogan was gifted a Mulligans voucher from all the sixth-class girls. The hall was beautifully decorated and the food afterwards was much appreciated and enjoyed by all present. Although full of emotion, the day was delightful and flew past quickly. Many thanks to all that were involved and contributed. It will be yet another delightful memory for the 6th class going forward in their education.
By Rebecca Dunne, 6th class. 

This June, we celebrated Creative School week and Friendship week.
Pupils across all classes took part in a wide range of team building and collaborative activities. The junior room explored " what it means to be a good friend" and infants created "Friendship Recipes". The Senior room continued with their Friends for Life programme in SPHE. 
All pupils in the school worked together to create a mural on our school shed with the help of Mrs Meagher. This was designed by the pupils as part of our Creative Schools initiative. The senior room also painted our raised beds and have been busy painting tractor tyres which we will be turning into giant sandpits for the children to play with in September. 
The junior room also created beautiful still life drawings of summer flowers using oil pastels. We will be entering these into the Clonmel Summer Flower Show art competition which will take place in early July. They also created a collaborative piece of art based on the theme of Friendship. 
The senior room were also kept busy putting the final touches to their piece of art work for the 1848 Monster Meeting project  with local artist Mia Kearney.  This will be put on display in Kilcash hall along with the work of other local schools to mark the 175th anniversary of the 1848 monster meeting on Slievenamon by the Young Irelanders.  

​On the 13th of June 2023 we had our annual sports day.
When we first came in, we got put into our teams. The team names were Juicy Couture, Sloppy Salmon, Soggy Chips and Dead Bumble Bees 27.
We all competed in the 100m sprint and next we competed in our long distance races. The junior and senior infants ran 200m. The first, second and third class ran 400m and the fourth, fifth and sixth class ran 500m.
As you know we have been doing swimming in the Clonmel pool for the past 8 weeks so we then had to take a quick break to go swimming.
When we got back from swimming, we took part in lots of activities such as high jump, long jump, the egg and spoon race and the three legged race. We all really enjoyed taking part in all of these amazing activities.
As a treat after all of our hard work, the teachers treated us with an ice-cream each from the ice-cream van.
We also had some of our past students come back to visit us for sports day. It`s always lovely to have them back and hear all about what they have been getting up to.
It was another fun and eventful sports day. Everyone went home tired but happy after a long day.
 
Written By Lucy Burke and Ellie O’ Donnell

On the 15th of June 2023 we went to the Water Shed in Kilkenny for our school tour. We departed Killurney N.S at 8.30 AM and arrived there at 9.10 AM.
We took part in lots of fun filled activities such as dodge ball. We then got separated into two different teams, and did best out of three to see who would win.
We also played a knock out game where there were 6 people on a bouncy castle, you then had to jump over a beam that rotated inside.
We played X and O’s outside with hula hoops and bean bags. To play the game you needed 6 people on a team. You then needed to run towards the hula hoops and drop your bean bag in. whoever got three in a row was the winner.
After that we went into the changing rooms to get into our spare clothes for the water slide. It was a huge waterslide that had a pool at the bottom. We all had great fun during this activity.
Later on, we went to another bouncy castle. There was a wrecking ball swinging over and back in it. You then had to swing the wrecking ball at other people to try knock them down.
We then did an activity where you attach yourself to a flexible rope. The aim of the game was to collect the most balls, which were stored in a container in the middle of the bouncy castle. We all got multiple attempts and really enjoyed this game.
Next, we played a game where everyone was assigned a colour. You then had to run in with a timer on, and whoever got the most scores won.
Finally, we went swimming. The pool had a really cool feature which allowed you to choose the depth of the pool. This worked as the floor was able to descend. We all just had a play in the pool for half an hour and then we were so disappointed that we had to leave.
As we were about to leave, we all decided to take a group photo, we all jumped in front of the Water Shed logo to show the amazing day that we had. Of course we had to shout “Up Tipp” as we were in Kilkenny!
 
Written By Alannah Brunnock and Robyn Lindy!!!

This May has been granted glorious weather, something we have taken advantage of wholeheartedly and facilitated many activities in. Here are some of the fun filled events we participated in as another month flew past.
 
 
This month of May has been a hectic month for sports….
Swimming lessons in Clonmel swimming pool commenced on the 2nd of may the first of a series of 8 lessons which will conclude the final week of school. The children thoroughly enjoyed swimming and the feel of an approaching summer that accompanied it.
On the 5th of May we played a tag rugby blitz against six other local schools. Killurney played in three triumphant games and represented the school wonderfully.
Newtown NS visited us on the 10th of may to play a series of matches. Both schools embraced their opponents with a friendly competition whilst having tremendous fun. Biscuits and refreshments were served afterwards as the children mingled.    
 
The 19th of may our bus departed from school and brought us to the Pedigree day in Clonmel. The children enjoyed a busy few hours of watching :llamas ,bees ,donkeys ,a horse, calves horse shoes being made and sheep being sheered . This was both an entertaining and educational day for the children.
 
The 13th of may was a delightful day as first and second class celebrated their communion. It was a peaceful church ceremony said by Fr. Ryan followed by their individual celebrations .Everyone had a terrific day wearing their dresses and suits with pride .The day was gifted fantastic weather resulting in beautiful photographs .
 
Mia Kearney has paid numerous visits to us over the previous few weeks working with us on a local heritage project. We are immensely grateful for her generosity and efforts on helping make our gigantic witch project. This is for the memorial of the congregation on Sliabh na mBan in 1848 . There will be a display in kilcash hall in July .
 
Standardized testing commenced on the 22nd of May and was completed on the 1st of June. The children are relieved to be finished and are now looking forward to unwinding slightly in the coming weeks
 
As the 6th class graduation hoodies have arrived the approaching summer has become realistic and we look forward to updating you in the coming weeks on yet another packed month. 

by Rebecca Dunne, Alannah Brunnock and Lucy Burke 
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