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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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.

On the 10th of January 40 men including Ellie O Donnell’s father Patrick O Donnell, Robyn O Reilly’s father Stanley O’ Reilly, Lucy Burke’s father, Patrick Burke and Lucy Meagher’s uncle Ed O’Donnell delivered vital supplies to the Ukraine including 18 jeeps, an ambulance, thermal clothing, medical supplies and 32 generators. Here is the outlook and reflections from Paddy, Stanley, Patrick’s and Ed’s experience on their road trip to the Ukrainian border. These are some questions we asked them.
 
1. What was the worst part of the trip?
The worst part of the trip for us was the ferry from Ireland to France because the sea was so rough and the border crossing at the Slovakian Ukrainian border was a very long wait.
 
2. What was the best part of the trip?
The best part of the trip was seeing how happy the Ukrainians were with all of the jeeps and supplies we gave them.
 
3. What countries did you drive through to get there?
We drove through Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and entered the border regions of the Ukraine.
 
 
 4. What interesting things did you see on the way?Some interesting things we saw on the way included the Austrian Alps, Paris at night, the city of Budapest and how beautiful Vienna is in person.
 
5. What was the Ukraine like?
​The Ukraine looked like a very difficult place to live even the areas that are not affected by the war because people are very poor and live off very little.
 
In conclusion, the mission to the Ukraine brought together a group of people who wanted to help and give back and support people on the ground in the areas worst affected. It made each of the men who travelled realise how lucky and fortunate they are to live in Ireland. Since returning to Ireland messages and photographs of thanks and appreciation have been flooding in from communities benefitting from all the donations delivered during the mission to the Ukraine. A year to this date, when Russia invaded the Ukraine, and the lives of these people vastly changed forever; we as an Irish community will forever remember the arduous journey and the sense of help and support we were fortunate enough to be able to provide during this time.
 
By Robyn O`Reilly, Ellie O`Donnell and Lucy Meagher 

This January we welcomed a hopeful new year and a prosperous school year. Let us welcome you with displaying some of the month`s activities...Check out our photos!
 
 
Firstly, the junior room explored Africa`s interesting facts and animals. In relation to this they read a book called the hunter by Paul Geretty, painted sunset silhouettes on the Savannah and wrote fact files and reports about interesting wildlife. They learned all about the Masai Tribe of Kenya and practiced Djembe drumming.
 
The senior room covered “The Boy at the Back of the Class” as their novel and learnt about sustainability.
 
On the 25th, January we all celebrated Grandparent`s Day in the hall, as part of Catholic Schools Week. Children made art work, wrote poems and said a prayer in harmony, which linked with our Catholic school week. All children and grandparents thoroughly enjoyed the sweet treats and cheerful atmosphere.
 
Keep in touch for more upcoming events...
 
 
This February we sprung into a month brimming with affairs. Here are some brief examples....
 
 
On St Brigid`s Day, the children investigated the history behind St Brigid, and both class rooms completed either drawings or decorated a piece of fabric representing her cloak.
 
The infants explored the theme of "Spring and New Life" in Aistear.
 
Mid February, a delightful teacher from Cork visited us named Liz ó Brien. Broadening the children's minds, she displayed picture books in each classroom. Looking past their simplicity, we discovered the meaning of these books in depth. 


This month, the school had 2 brand new interactive smart screens installed in both classrooms.  We have really enjoyed using these in our lessons. 
 
On the 14th of February, Valentines Day, we held our open evening for prospective pupils. It occurred between 5 and 7 o`clock. An encouraging amount of parents and guardians attended and the young children enjoyed the stations organised by the senior room pupils including, making of slime, animation and games.
 
 
We unwound on the 16th -17th for our mid-term break, returning the following Monday.
 
 
On Tuesday,  21st of February the children flocked to school in anticipation of a pancake. To give this day recognition we baked a pancake and wrote a procedure as to how. The senior room used a crêpe maker and the juniors, a hotplate and pan. Everyone enjoyed their pancakes and selection of toppings. 
 
The following day we marked Ash Wednesday and greeted Fr. Lazarus who blessed our foreheads with Holy Ash.
 
 
We have been privileged as of late because Joe Sheehan from the Munster Development team has been coaching us in tag rugby. All of the children have already flourished and are whole heartedly enjoying the drills and games every Thursday.
 
The 6th class recently completed their entrance exams. This really exemplifies this school year and the speed it's slipping past. See you soon for another fun filled month!
 
By Rebecca Dunne 

                 
                 
On Monday 28th of November we began practising the bongo drums with Ms Meagher. We only had two days to accomplish our bongo drums. We practised all day Wednesday and Thursday. On Thursday 1st December at seven o`clock we all arrived happy and content but also anxious. Everyone in the audience burst out with excitement when we started to play the drums. It ended with applause from the audience. Then the junior room went on stage and performed     “Prickly Hay” and they all did amazingly well. After that, the senior room proceeded to use the chimes and bells. The songs we played were “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” and “We wish you a Merry Christmas”. Then the senior room sang “ The Glory rap” and “Grandma got run over by a Reindeer” and for this song Lucy, Rebecca and I lifted up Robyn O’ Reilly and instantly everyone gasped with shock. Another song that was sang was “I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas “. When the show was over the audience applauded. They all really enjoyed it and so did we. It was really nice to have all the parents at our Christmas show as we had not been able to present one for three years.  
                                By Alannah Brunnock

The month of November this year was a very exiting month.
First of all the whole school did gymnastics classes with Sharon Pyke. We all had an amazing time with Sharon and we hope she can come back again soon.
We were also very busy preparing for our Christmas show with Gillian. We learned three songs “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer” and “The Glory Rap” and also Ellie O’ Donnell, Lucy Meagher, Caitriona Tobin, Robyn O’Reilly and Judy O’Donnell performed “I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas”. The Junior Room were also very busy preparing for their Nativity Show “Prickly Hay”.
The sixth class had a big decision to make deciding on what secondary school they wanted to go to. But now we have all decided where we are going to secondary school and are really happy with our decisions.
As you all probably know the Late Late Toy Show was on Friday 25th of November so the teachers decided to surprise us with a Late Late Toy Show quiz. The overall winner was Lucy Meagher’s team the “Christmas Cabbage’s”. We were all delighted with our surprise.
For science week we made chocolate bark. The experiment was that you need to use oil based food colouring so that it doesn’t rise to the top of your melted chocolate.
 For science week in the Junior Room they did experiments investigating the effects of static electricity and magnetism.
The infants did Aistear with the theme “The Restaurant” or “Sa Bhialann”. They also did role play and made menu’s in English and Irish. All the Infants had a great time and learned lots of new things.
 
 
Achievements This Month
Congratulations to Lucy Meagher who has received an award from the Credit Union Art Competition.
Congratulations to Cathal O’ Sullivan who made it onto the Waterford Soccer Team.
Congratulations to Billy Tobin and John Joe Morrissey who travelled to Thomand Park with Clonmel Rugby Club and watched Munster play.
Congratulations to all the 1st and 2nd class who have had their First Holy Communion enrolment mass and are preparing for their big day in May.
 
By Lucy Burke

We have been very busy during these past few
weeks.

First, the Senior Room travelled to Newtown
primary school to play a friendly football match.
After the match we were treated to lovely
refreshments and biscuits.

The Senior Room started our new novel “The Star
of Kazan”. We are really enjoying it.

The junior room explored the theme of Hallowe`en in Aistear.

As a school we participated in The Credit Union
Art Competition the theme was “It’s a Wonderful
World”.

Some Secondary schools came to speak with the
6th class about what their schools had to offer, it
was very interesting!

We made vegetable soup as a school using
carrots, red onion, leek, butternut squash, sweet
potatoes, parsnips, chicken stock cubes and of
course some water. The Junior Room made butter
by shaking double cream in a jar until it turned
into butter. We had the soup with some brown
bread with the homemade butter, it was
delicious!

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd class had a blitz in Killenaule on
the 18th of October. 

We had a clothes collection and the Senior Room
made a human chain to the lorry. The school got
€143.

This week the Senior Room took part in Cross
Country athletics in Marlfield. In the 3rd and 4th
class girls race Judy O’Donnell came 2nd, the 5th
and 6th class girls race Robyn O’Reilly came 2nd and
in the 5th and 6th class boys race Cathal
O’Sullivan came 1st.

For Maths Week, all pupils participated in
Izac 9 cubes. We also played some fun maths board
games.

All and all we have had a wonderful term and can`t
wait for the break!

By Caitriona Tobin

​Everyone returned to school on Tuesday 30th of
August.

We welcomed Ms. Meagher as our new
principal, Ms. Hogan as deputy principal and Mr.
Looram as our SET teacher.

We welcomed two new junior infants Harley and
Louise and Harry joined second class.

The Junior room went on a scavenger hunt up to
the woods, they looked for signs of Autumn and
collected samples for their nature table. The
pupils stopped off at Mildred’s for a treat on the
way back.

The Senior Room entered the Reel Life Science
Project and used the schools green screen to
create a STEM project about the Amazon
Rainforest Brazil.
On Friday the 23rd of September a coffee morning
was held in the local hall in aid of the Hospice.
Everyone donated generously.
On Wednesday the 28th of September our school
headed to Thurles Crokes Athletics Grounds for
the Tipperary Primary Schools Championships. In
the 3rd and 4th class girls race Judy O’ Donnell
came first. In the 5th and 6th class girls race Robyn
O’Reilly came first, Ellie O’Donnell came second,
Lucy Meagher came fifth and Catriona Tobin
came sixth thereby winning the team gold medal.
In the 5th and 6th class boys race Cathal O’ Sullivan
came first.
Well done to all the boys and girls who
participated!

  By Cathal O’Sullivan

On Tuesday 14th June all classes celebrated our annual Sports Day.
In the morning we had our final swimming lesson in Clonmel pool.
The children were allowed to get a little treat in the vending machine following this, which nearly took as long as the swimming lesson itself!!

Back at the school the children were divided into four teams with each of the 6th class as captains. All children had to come up with a unique team name. 
After much deliberation the team names were: Gucci Sketchers (Fred's team), Fake converse (Alexis' Team) , 8 amigos (Gerard's Team) and the Lucky Team (Grace's Team).

All teams participated in Long Jump, High Jump, Sprint, Sack Race, Egg and Spoon Race and 3 legged races.

At the end of the day the winners were the aptly named 'The Lucky Team'.
Well done everyone!

We also had a visit from the ice cream van and everyone enjoyed a '99' at the end of the day!

On Thursday 9th June, our Senior Room pupils journeyed to Dr. Morris park in Thurles for a small school GAA blitz. Our 3rd class boys opted to play hurling and I was blown away at their hurling skills. They really worked together as a team.

Our 4th, 5th and 6th class all decided to play football and were all selected for different teams, which meant they were against their school friends at times and had to learn to work as a team with other pupils from different schools. Each team played 3 -4 matches. The students from Killurney N.S. played so well and left nothing on the pitch!!

Well done everyone!

After the blitz, we walked to Semple Stadium and were given a private tour. The children got to meet Conor Bowe, senior hurler and ask him some questions. They got a tour of the dressing rooms and the opportunity to run through the tunnel and out on to the pitch just as the players do. We were thrilled to see Killurney N.S. on the score board. The children got to lift some of this year's silverwear also. (Which unfortunately, isn't that much this year!!)

The children loved the blitz and the tour of Semple Stadium but I think their favourite part of the day was stopping for ice cream on the way home!!

All pupils were delighted to be invited back to the Clonmel Show 'Pedigree Day' on Friday 3rd June.

One of our own pupils, Fred ffrench Davis was proud to show off his chickens, pigs and mother and daughter duo, sheep Jess and Jean! 

The children were delighted to use a real spinning wheel and to hear about the inner workings of life in a bee hive with some local bee keepers!