A New School Year 2011-2012

Welcome back to Killeeneen National School! We hope you will have a good year, we also hope that our new junior infants will like our school.

Here is a list of classes,teachers and staff for this year:

Principal – Mr. Browne

Junior Infants - Ms. Madden

Junior Infants - Mrs. Mc Ardle

Senior Infants - Ms. Downes

1^st /2^nd Class - Mrs. Gohery

2^nd /3^rd Class - Ms. Cooney

4^th Class - Ms. Kelliher

5^th Class - Mrs. Browne

6^th Class - Ms. O’Callaghan   

Learning Support – Mr. Dolan

Resource Teachers – Mrs. Hession & Ms. Thornton

Special Needs Assistants – Denise Martin & Margaret Kelly

School Secretary – Mags Pym

WOW Day

On Wednesday the 23rd February Killeeneen National held it's first 'Walk On Wednesday'. This involved the pupils, staff and parents creating a 'Walking Bus' from two designated points a short distance from the school.  All pupils were dropped off at these locations and then walked the remaining distance to school.  The 'Walking Bus' is a healthy, fun, safe and environmentally friendly way of travelling to school.  The idea is that children walk together as a group along a set route and there is a ‘driver’ at the front of the bus and a ‘conductor’ at the rear.

Please see our 'Green Schools' page for more pictures of the event.

Travel Audit

On Thursday the 27th January we carried out a 'Travel Audit' outside our school.

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