Newsletter April 2017

KNOCKANEAN N.S

Dear Parents/ Guardians,

RDS Science Fair:

On Jan 19th 5th class went to Mary Immaculate College in Limerick to display their project

“ Is the Burren a Biodiverse area? “ When we arrived we set up our project at a designated stall.

A rota was set up so that there would be pupils at the stall at all times to explain our project to

anybody who came to look at it.The rest of the class could then go to look at other projects or

shows. These shows explained stuff like how hot air balloons worked, how you could see your

bones and lots of other interesting things.There was also about 10 judges going around to see all

the projects. There was also lots of newspaper photographers going around to each project. The

Mayor of Limerick also spoke to all there.There was a shop there and the hot chocolate was

great!!

By Ian Williams and Ailbhe Wright

As we reach the end of another very busy and productive term the pupils take

a look back at the highlights of the past term as they saw it!

Intel Grand Final:

We went to the Helix in Dublin on Feb 3rd to the Intel Grand Final. We set up our project on

stand 14. In total there was 24 schools from all over Ireland that made it to the final in the Helix.

That made us in the top 1% of schools that entered the competition. We got a chance to see some

of the projects and the standard was extremely high. The morning was spent at our stand as the

judges came around and asked us questions about our project. We got to meet the President of

DCU, the Minister for Education, Richard Bruton and the Vice president of Intel in Ireland. Intel

provided us with a nice lunch. After lunch there was a show before the results were announced.

We received a certificate and a rosette.

We had a really long day but it was really worthwhile.

By Cal Kirby, Ben Kirby and Creaven Lane

Indoor Camogie:

On Thurs Feb 2nd we played the first round of the indoor camogie. Our first match was against

Stonehall which we won, We then played Quin and they beat us. In our last match we needed to

win to force a three way play off. In the last match we beat Newmarket which meant ourselves,

Quin and Newmarket were level on points. Following the draw Newmarket played Quin . Quin

won and then we played Quin in the deciding game. It was level after normal time and the it

went down to the Golden Goal ie the first team to score wins! Knockanean scored first and we

are now in the semi final! In our semi final we lost out to a very strong Crusheen team.

By Ellis O'Flaherty and Elin Blake

Band Spectacular:

4th, 5th and 6th class arrived at Shannon Airport on the 16th of February. There was two other

schools there as well. Ennis NS were on stage first the played the very famous Pink Panther as

one of their tunes. Next up was us and we played…… Pirates of the Caribbean, Can You Feel the

Love Tonight (The Lion King), The March of The High Kings, The Low March, Forógra Poblachta

na hEireann, Carraroe Jig and Galway Girl. After each school had played individually we all came

together at the end and performed a tribute to Anthony Foley. We played and sang “ Stand up

and fight” “ There is an Isle” “ Ireland's Call” and Amhrán na BhFiann. There was two players

from Munster Rugby there and they raffled a Munster jersey signed by all the players. Sarah Bar-

ron from Knockanean won it!!! They also had a free ticket for everybody for the Munster V Scar-

lets match in Thomond Park on Feb 24th ! And ifall that wasn't enough we also got goodie bags

filled with sweets,pens,crisps,earplugs etc. We had a really great day!!

By Sarah Barron and Ellis O Flaherty

Pink Ribbon Day:

On Friday the 17th of February we celebrated Pink Ribbon Day by dressing in pink, face painting

& nail painting. At break the whole school took part in a skipathon. The whole school also per-

formed a dance in the yard to the music” Can't stop the feeling” led by Ruth and 5th and 6th clas-

ses. All the classes took turns getting their nails and face painted by the 6th class pupils. Every-

body made a huge effort and there were lots of cool costumes like swimsuits,boys dressed as girls

a pink mummy and many more . Amy’s class also had an Egyptian day today and there were lots

of pink Egyptians walking around the school! Everybody brought in a minimum of €2. And we

sold pink ribbons during the week. In total we raised €820 which will be donated to Sláinte an

Chláir and Breast cancer research institute in Galway. All in all it was a great day and many

thanks to all who helped and participated.

We also raised €360 for Daffodil Day. Thanks to all the parents for their support

By Isabella Crowley, Molly Sheehan and Hannah Hegarty

World Book Day:

On Friday the 3rd of March it was World Book

Day. Everyone dressed up as a character from

a book or movie. Everyone put in great effort

and the outcome was amazing. Just after small

break there was a Grease off where Danny and

Sandy from 5th and 6th class showed off their

best moves. The teachers put in a lot of effort

too, with Mr. Curran as Fred Flintstone and

lots of other great teachers costumes too! Eve-

ry class had great fun and ended the day hap-

pily. Overall the day was great and full of

laughter.

By Aoibhinn O’Sullivan, Amy O’Sulli-

van, Aoife Carey and Isabella Crowley

Engineers Week:

For Engineers week Third class and Second

class were visited by engineers. The engi-

neers talked about structures such as bridges.

We built bridges out of blue tack , string, lol-

lipop sticks, paper clips and elastic bands.

We worked in groups of four.We enjoyed it

because we learnt so many different facts

about engineering.At the end everyone got an

Engineers week band. It was great fun.

By Lily Hegarty and Sophie Leahy.

Girls 7 aside Football:

On Wed 15th March 4th, 5th & 6th class

girls went to Gurteen to play against Doora,

Cloughleigh and Barefield. We played Bare-

field and beat them 8-6 to 1-0 and in the se-

cond match we beat Doora.We didn’t have to

play Cloughleigh as we were already through

to the finals. In the finals there will be 6

teams from all over Clare.

By Niamh Mulligan and Aislinn Carey

Boys 7 aside football On the 16th of

March we went to Gurteen and played a seven

aside football tournament in Gurteen .Our

first game was against rivals Doora . It was a

very tight game but we eventually came out on

top. Our next game was a friendly against

Scoil Chríost Rí . We lost the game as a lot of

our players were resting for our next game

which was the important one. The last game

was against the Gaelscoil. It was the tightest

game all day but we lost by a point. So unfor-

tunately we didn’t get through to the final.

By Darragh Hurley, Brendan Keane and

Ciarán O Driscoll

Marion Keane Basketball:

On Wednesday 22nd of March the 6th class went to Ennis National School to play a basketball

blitz. Our first match was against Holy Family. The girls lost but the boys won. For the second

match against the Ennis National both of our teams lost. It was a great day and we learned a

lot about basketball. On April 4th ,we went to Gurteen to play Cloughleigh ,both boys and girls.

Both teams unfortuanately,lost. We would like to thank Mr Curran & John for preparing us

for the matches!

By Caoileann Mc Namara, Eabha Warner and Isabelle Crowley,Ella Bohannon

7 a side hurling

On the 31st of March we played a seven aside hurling tournament in Clooney Quin GAA pitch.

Our first game was against Doora after a tight game we came out on top. Then we played

Quin who had lots of hurling in them. It was a goal fest but Quin just had the edge on us. We

were then out of the competition but we still got to play a friendly against Doora. This match

was the most fun of all especially because we were playing against many of our friends. On

the way home we got to go to the shop. We would like to thank John and Colm for a good day

out. PS. Brendan scored way too many goals!!!!

By Darragh Hurley, Brendan Keane and Ciarán O Driscoll

Dates to Remember

Easter Holidays: Monday April 10 and will reopen on Monday April 24

Communion Saturday May 13 at 11 a.m. Church of Our Lady Roslevan

May Bank Holiday Monday May 1

June Break Monday June 5 - Friday June 11

School closes for Summer Friday June 30

I want to take this opportunity to thank our school community- parents, pu-pils, Board of Management, Parents Association, teachers and staff, Fr. Jerry and Canon O'Carroll, for all their hard work, dedication, commitment and help, in what has been a very busy term. Have a wonderful Easter and we look forward to seeing you all safe and well next term. Yours sincerely

Jim Curran