Green School Slogans

Our Green School Committee is hard at work! They organised a whole school slogan competition to come up with the slogan we will use this year as we work towards our 4^th Green Flag. These are the winners:

 3^rd class-

 3^rd place- Katie Fox with her slogan ‘Don’t drive to school, you’ll save more fuel!’

2^nd place- Leigha O’Boyle with her slogan ‘Don’t waste fuel, walk to school!’            

1^st place- Adam O’Brien with his slogan ‘When travelling to school don’t waste fuel, remember the rule and always carpool!’ 

4^th class –

 3^rd place- David Mullis with his slogan. ‘Reduce CO-2 and start walking to school!’ 2^nd place- Paul Molloy with his slogan.  ‘Less driving, more walking!’

 1^st place- Caoimhe O’Reilly with her slogan. ‘Walk, you’ll save fuel and you’ll feel cool!’

 5^th class-

 4^th place- Lauren Roberts with her slogan. ‘Fuel ruins the ozone layer, can we please stop and care!’

 3^rd place- Eva Gallagher with her slogan. ‘Walk, cycle, run its fun!’

 2^nd place -

Hugh Lane

with his slogan. ‘Stride, don’t ride!’

1^st place- Shane Mullins with his slogan.

‘If your not going far, don’t use your car!’                                                                                                       6^th class-

 2^nd place- Sam Mc Ardle and Luke Butler with their slogan ‘Don’t waste fuel on your way to school, be cool and use a car pool!’ 1^st place- Emma Trowell and Jacinta Long and their slogan ‘Be eco cool by saving fuel, why not walk or cycle to school!’

 All of the slogans are fantastic. Out of the whole school, the overall winners were Emma Trowell and Jacinta Long from 6^th class.

Well done to all!!

               Andrew and Robert 6^th Class

           

                                

The Eagerly Awaited Clash!!!!

Clarinbridge vs. Loughrea…….

On the 21/11/10 Clarinbridge took to the field to play 'hot favourites' Loughrea in the county final replay. There was a massive crowd and a great atmosphere both before and during the match. We can’t forget about the referee falling as he threw in the ball!

There was top class skill, determination and aggression shown by both sides, with every ball fought for until the bitter end. There were great scores throughout the game. At half time the score was Clarinbridge 6 points to ‘the Town’s’ 7 points. As the second half got under way Mark Kerins scored from two frees for Clarinbridge. At this stage, it looked like they had their mojo back. Clarinbridge fought for the ball to the bitter end and           managed to end ordinary time in a draw.

It went on to extra time and following tense words from Michael Donoghue in the dressing room, Clarinbridge came out with an amazing performance which blew Loughrea away. At half time of extra time they had their talk and Clarinbridge again gave an amazing performance in the second half with Mark kerins getting the score of the match. The whistle was blown and a huge crowd ran out onto the pitch to congratulate the victorious Clarinbridge team. Paul Callannan lifted the Tom Callannan cup to great excitement. The team visited the school on Tuesday and thankfully gave us no homework, which doesn’t happen too often! It was a great day for Clarinbridge people,

               one we will never forget!

                                             Up the bridge!!!!!!

Scores on the day were; Mark Kerins 8 points, Paul Ceon 4, Barry Daly 2, Stephen Forde, Eoin Forde, Alan Kerins and Shane Burke all scored one point.

By Evan and Mikey. 6^th class

Top 10 Eating Tips

                                                                    

Top 10 Tips to Eat More Fruit and Veg

( By Elaine and Emma 6^th)

• Put an apple in your lunchbox every day!
• Try to have at least two pieces of vegetables everyday!
• Have a piece of fruit for your breakfast!
• Have a smoothie!
• Instead of sweets have some fruit or vegetables!
• At a party have a healthy dinner instead of chips!
• Try to have your 5 a day!
• Grow your own vegetables!
• Bring a healthy lunch to school or work!
• Squeeze an orange and make orange juice!



Movie Review

A new movie was released recently in cinemas nationwide called

                Ramona and Beezus

 We would recommend this movie to girls and boys of all ages.

 It is a very good movie about a girl called Ramona who is very imaginative.  She has two sisters and seems to be always in trouble at school.  When her

Dad loses his job; life gets difficult and sacrifices are made.  They may have to move home and leave old friends.

Aunt B discovers that her high school crush is staying for a while next door and he is trying to win her back. As for Beezus the eldest of the three girls who is in high school

Is going through her own high school crush, has to put up with her parents constant fighting.  Overall Ramona and her two sisters are in for a big surprise, can Ramona stop her auntie B and her parents from making a big mistake?  

Rating: 8/10

By Michelle and Jacinta (6^th Class)

GREEN SCHOOLS

This year we are going for our fourth green flag and the theme is ‘Travel’.

On the 9^th of November 2010 our Green Schools Committee consisting of pupils from 1^st class to 6^th class carried out a ‘Walk Ability Audit’ with Graham Clarke a very helpful Green School representative. Ms. Cooney and Ms. Kelleher accompanied us on the walk.  Mrs. Browne and Mrs. Gohery are also on the committee.

The Committee received between 45 - 55 High Visibility Jackets for the school thankfully given to us by Graham. As we walked down the road in our visibility jackets we discovered that there are many problems on our road that we wish to fix in the next couple of months before we can have a walk to school day.

The committee meets weekly to discuss and solve problems and plan our first MOM (March On Monday) day. The committee members are Ornagh and Ross (6^th class), Shane and Loran (5^th Class), Hannah and Daniel (4^th class), Catherine and Conal (3^rd class), Mathew and Alice (2^nd class) and Adam and Isabelle (1^st class).

Garda Cup Results 22/10/10

Team A

Killeeneen National School played Labane in the 1^st game.

Mark Kennedy, Paddy Culhane, Sam McArdle, Oisín Connolly, TJ Brennan and Mikey Culhane all scored. The score was K.N.S  6-07 to Labanes 0-0.

K.N.S then played Kinvara, we beat them by 2 goals and 7 points

Evan Niland, Paddy Culhane and Oisín Connolly scored.

In our 3^rd game the semi-final we played Gort.

Evan Niland, Paddy and Mikey Culhane, Oisín Connolly and Mark Kennedy scored.

We won that game by 5 goals and 10 points to Gort’s 1 point.

The FINAL was played against Craughwell.

Evan Niland, Paddy Culhane, Sam McArdle, Oisín Connoly, Mark Kennedy and TJ Brennan all scored.  The score was 6-13 to-0-03

After that we got to lift the GARDA CUP for the 4^th YEAR in a row!!

                                                                                                                                                                                                            TEAM B 

Team B played Craughwell in their 1^st game.  Conor Fox, Ultan Shearan, Adam Clarke, Robert Downes and Michael Fitzgerald all scored.  They played Peterswell in their second game.  They reached the semi-final against Loughrea/ Kilnadeima/ Leitrim and won so they made it to the FINAL.

 In the final they played a stronger Kinvara team.  Conor Fox, Ultan Shearan, Adam Clarke, Robert Downes, Michael Fitzgerald Shane Donoghue and Shane Feeney all scored in the final.  Unfortunately they lost.  Andrew O’Boyle was in the goal and saved an UNBEILIVABLE BREATHTAKING PENALTY AND BROKE HIS ARM!!!!!!!

KILLEENEEN NS ARE VERY PROUD OF ALL THE LADS

WELL DONE LADS

Past pupils on the Clarinbridge Hurling team

The following are past pupils on the Clarinbridge Senior team
Liam Donoghue in goals,
Backs:  Conor Forde, David Forde, Enda Collins and Brian Burke
Forwards:  Alan Kerins, Mark Kerins, Stephen Forde, Shane Burke and Paul Coen
Subs:  Alan Armstrong, Cathal O'Brien, Noel Conlon, Ronan Geraghty, Kevin Conlon, Brendan Ryder, Liam Madden and Cathal Coen.
Manager: Micheál Donoghue

We are proud of all of them and we feel inspired by them.  Hopefully we will be there some day!!

Our Book Fair

Our book fair took place from the 11^th to the 15^th of October. We had loads of great books! We had adventure books, spooky books, Irish books, fiction books, fact books, sporty books and many, many more. Even the Scottish author Johnny O’Brien visited the school. He talked to us about World War І and what inspired him to write.  Ms. Gohery and Mags co-ordinated all the events which were a great success!

The Garda Football Competition

On Friday the 22^nd of October the Killeeneen boys will participate in the Garda Football Competition.  It is a seven aside competition.  The team is made up of pupils from 6^th, 5^th and 4^th classes.  The team is managed and trained by Mr. Browne, Mr. Duke and Mr. Des Sheeran.  The competition will be held in Gort.  We hope the boys will retain the title

Watch this space for the results next week!

Up Da Bridge

The Bridge is going for it’s second Senior Hurling title; winning their first in 2001.  Micheal Donoghue who is a past pupil of K.N.S was the captain in 2001, he is now the manager of the senior team. His brother Liam plays in goal.  They are uncles of Shane Donoghue in fifth class and Michael Donoghue in second class. Alan Armstrong is another past pupil; he is a sub on the senior team and has a brother Shane Armstrong in sixth class.

We wish them the best in the county final!

Hurling Mini 7’s

On the 6^th of October Killeeneen took part in a seven a-side hurling competition in Clarinbridge GAA pitch. It was a dry and damp morning but it cleared as the day moved on. The first team we played was Gaelscoil de hÍde. Then we played Cregmore and made it to the final and met Clarinbridge. We won the final and now are through to the next round of the competition. Everybody played their heart out and it paid off. Sam Mc Ardle was captain on the brilliant day.

Please come along and support us in the next round because we are going for the double!!!

Camogie Mini 7s

On the 13^th of October Killeeneen N.S entered the 7 a-side camogie

competition in Clarinbridge.  It was a cold and foggy morning.

In our first game we played Kinvara and won on a score line of 4-5 to 0-0.  In the second match, which was the semi final, we played Northampton and won well. After winning both these games we got into the final in which we played Maree N.S. It was a tough match but we won well in the end. On the day the captain was Carrie Dolan. The County finals will be played in spring; hopefully we will bring home some silver ware!!!