When the Cougars came!

At Killeeneen a past pupil Ciosa Marchant who is going to represent Ireland in a cheerleading competition in America,visited the school with two of her coaches and taught the school a couple of gymnastic moves.They brought special equipment; a boulder. Before we started the gymnastics they did a couple of stretches with us  .Now lets talk about gymnastics, first they played a game where they called a number and on each mat was a number the last one to get to the mat had to sit down.  After that they did this exercise with us where you had to lay on the boulder which looked like a HUGE red lemon. The coach rolled the boulder with you on it and you landed on the other side onto a mat. Then we went to Ciosa and she showed us how to do a cartwheel on a bench by putting your hands on the bench and landing on the other side. After that we went to another station where you did a forward and a backward tumble on another mat.  We all had a brilliant day learning about gymnastics and cheerleading. Finally, I'll just say one thing.....come back Cougars!!!!!!

Some Pictures from the day!

Maths Week in Killeeneen

All the pupils from 3rd to 6th class participated in a Maths Quiz for 'Maths Week' on Thursday 17th October at 1pm in the GP room. Each team of five pupils consisted of pupils from every class.   It was fun!

COW Day

On Thursday the 20th June and to coincide with 'Sports Day' we held are second COW day for the school year.  It was our most successful COW day yet, with over 120 pupils cycling to school.

School Vegetable Garden

Pupils in 3rd and 4th class have been busy in the school vegetable garden; this year they have sown cabbage, cauliflower, strawberries, lettuce, peas and onions. 

Connacht Cross Country Champions

Killeeneen National school had fantastic results in the Primary Schools Connacht Cross Country finals in Calry, Sligo on Saturday 13th October 2012;  Niamh Niland (4th class) won gold in the 3rd/4th Girls 800m race, Phelim McCann won silver in the 3rd/4th Boys 800 race.  The 3rd and 4th class Boys team finished fifth holding their position as the first Galway team home and Patrick Noonan(5th class) had a very strong run finishing 26th in the 5th/6th class 1000m race.