The Feast Of Saint Blaise.

On Tuesday the 3rd of Feburary it was the feast of St Blaise. There were a few masses on that day and a lot of us went to them because we had the day off school because of the heavy snowfall over night. I went to the mass at 8 O'clock. At the start of mass Fr McGrath blessed our throats. It is said that there was once a boy that was choking and Saint Blaise said a few prayers over him and it saved his life. Fr John McGrath came into school today. He came at break-time and we said a few prayers and then he blessed our throats. I helped blessing people's throats. It was fun.
By B612

Adams Grandad from Adams starling

Adam's grandad lives in a hospital because his wife 'Eileen' died.Then he got very ill. He has Alzheimers. This is where he can't remember things and he finds it difficult to look after himself.
Grandad has quite big hands and has not got good eyesight. He has three daughters. Deirdre is one of them.
In the story she came into the hospital to see him,Adam was already there,she leaned over to give him a kiss but grandad did not recognise her and made her go away.Deirdre does not like it one bit. Adam really likes his grandad and thinks that he is really funny when he thinks funny things like;thinking that thay where in a train instead of a hospital,that he was in school and had to learn a poem before the teacher came back and he was in trouble for throwing stones in the yard and he thought the teacher was telling the master that they were bad. He thought that they were nine and that they would be in with the bigger boys next year .But Adam convisnced him that the teacher was saying good things to the master.
One time he was waiting for dinner to come. There was a pattern of fish on his plate and he was trying to eat it and called it 'tough meat'. I think Adam could not have stood up to Rory Brennan if it was not for his grandad. He helped him and told him to stand up for himself. When Adam stood up to Rory he kicked all his things around and ran out of the school with out permission and at first he did not know where he was going but then he realised he was going to grandad. Adam really loves his grandad.
By Gabby.

Chinese New Year

This year we are learning about Chinese New Year. I think it is a very intresting time of the year because it is a fun tradition ( and kids get off school for around 15 days!!!) and I bet all the Chinese people really enjoy the festival. Did you know that the Chinese use animals to symbolise each year and this year is the year of the ox?
On the first day many people abstain from meat because they believe it will ensure a long and happy life for them.On the second day the Chinese pray to their ancestors as well as all the gods.They treat their dogs and feed them well as they believe the second day is the birthday of all dogs.On the fifth day the Chinese do not visit friends or family as they believe it will bring bad luck.They also have a special light show at 8:00pm every night of the 15 day celebration in Hong Kong.We would like to wish a happy Chinese new year to all our friends in St.Pauls`s convent in Hong Kong.

Visit from Martin O Halloran

A man named Martin O Halloran came to our school. He was a teacher in Rome.He brought a book on Rome.
The best one was the test book. It was about home work. He told us a little bit
about the Colosseum. We asked him lots of question on the Colosseum. It was
interesting. He was there till two o clock. He said he would like to go back to Rome.
We told him we are doing are project on Rome. We told him all we know about Rome.
He asked us questions about Gladiators.We answered them. He asked what kind of animals they had in the Colloseum. We said that they used lions. There are 240 arches in the Colosseum.
In every arch there was a God. Martin told us how to make a St. Brigid crosses.
He had a lot of reeds. I made two of them. I had fun.
by Sparky


ST.BRIDGETS CROSS.

Today Mister O Halloran came to our school to teach us how to make St.Bridgets Crosses. He brought a lot of rushes. He showed all the class. He made one for each class. We had to help him make them. Everyone got too make one. It was hard at first but after a while we got the hang of it ,and it was easy from there. We had to put the rushs together, then we had to put elastic bands on the end of the rushes so they wouldn't fall apart. St.Bridget visited a sick man in hospital. She was telling him about God, but he wouldn't listen. There were rushes on the ground so she made a cross and it was called a St.Bridgets cross. We spent a long time making them. He brought a couple of examples to show us. It was very good and interesting.
By Lynx

Indoor hurling tournaments

On Monday the 26th and Tuesday the 27th of Janurary we played two indoor hurling tournaments. On Monday we went to the Clomnel sports centre on the Cashel Road. There were four teams. They were Ballyneale, Mayglass, Grangemockler and Kilvemnon. The refree for the game was Brian White. The teacher in charge was Miss O' Connell. Each match lasted for seven minites and there was no half time. Each team was only allowed to have six players out at once. Some rules were like normal hurling matches and others were different like the ball will be in play at all times except if the ball hits the roof. You weren't even allowed to rise the ball. In the end Grangemockler won it.
All the teams got medals and the winners (Grangemockler) got a lovely trophy made from glass. The tournament was organised by Cumann na mBunscol especially for the 125th anniversary of the GAA.

Today we played another blitz in Mullinahone G.A.A. There were four teams again. There was Mullinahone NS, Paulacapple, Newtown Upper and Kilvemnon. The rules were pretty much the same. It was really hard. All teams did really well. We are all really happy that we played. Paulacapple won and we came second. All teams that played got sliotars. All the games went really well. Thanks to Liam O Dwyer and Johnnie Cummins for organising today's blitz.

Visit from Tipperary Ladies Football Players

Today we had a visit from two Tipperary Ladies Football players, Mariead Luttrell and Eileen Brennan. Mairead is Múinteoir Barbara's cousin and Eileen's brother Michael went to Kilvemnon.


With the Junior Room

We asked them loads of questions about winning the 2008 Ladies All Ireland Intermediate Final. They played in Croke Park and they did us proud! They brought the cup and their medals with them!!


With the Senior Room


Eileen Brennan and Mairead Luttrell

Snow in Kilvemnon

It was snowing today in Kilvemnon! Look at Slievenamon mountain!!

Christmas in Kilvemnon

On 25th of December it's kids favourite time of the year; it's Christmas. We had our Christmas tests on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. They were English, Irish, Maths, Geography, History and Science. We all did really well bacause we are BRILLIANT! Christmas is not all about presents though its also a time for giving and who can forget Jesus's birthday? Our favourite parts of Christmas are presents, snow(sometimes) Santy, Christmas decorations, Christmas dinner, sweets, seeing all our family and friends, opening presents, Jesus's birthday, having fun in school instead of work, making and getting cards and wrapping presents and singing songs. Before we go all of the children in Scoil Mhuire Kilvemnon would like to thank the teachers and all of the staff and people who have helped us past the few years. Thank you and have a very Merry Christmas and we hope you have a happy new year and we hope one person in the staff named Sarah is having a child in Februrary so we wish her all the best over the Christmas holiday.
By B612 and Rose.

Horseriding and Dancing

I really enjoy horseriding and dancing but I prefer horseriding.I won the cups for dancing. I won the trophys for dancing but the horse one was for horseriding. The rosettes are for horseriding and the medals are for dancing. I think horseriding is easier but they are both really hard and you really need a lot of practise for them both!!

Experiment to test the direction of wind in a windmill

On Friday the 5th of December the classroom divided into four groups. I was in Rose's group. Check out the film we watched that showed s what to do...



This is the Photostory we made to show what we learned. We were the Windmills group.

Mullinahone wins the Davins cup.

Mullinahone won the Davins cup in Carrick. It was a tournement for the under 10's.
My number on my jersey was 6. I play on the centre half back line. The first match we played we lost by 1 goal and 2 points to 2 goals and 3 points. The second match we played was against the Davins. I forget the score. Then we watched another match. Whoever won this would play against us in the final. Everyone wanted to win it. It was a very good match. Then it was our turn to play the winners, Davins again. We all really wanted to win. It was just after Halloween. We could hear some near by fire works. It was a great match and we won out in the end. Then we were presented withteh tropy and everyone got medals. Today I brought the cup into school. I showed to the Junior Room and the Senior Room. They were all impressed, especially the two boys who play for a rival team called St. Pats!!!
Everyone would really like to get a cup like that!

Visit from Mrs Jane McHugh

Today we had a visit from Mrs McHugh. She came in to talk to us and ask us questions about our plane project and Hong Kong. When she came in we greeted her in Irish and she asked us about what we did and we told her about lego, papier mache models and a lot more stuff.
We then had a showing of our Little Prince film. We hope Mrs McHugh visits us again soon.

Whole School Evaluation

From Wednesday 3rd December to Friday the 5th December, we had a Whole School Evaluation. Ms Edel Meaney, the Inspector came to inspect our school. On Wednesday she just came into the classroom to say hello to us. On Thursday she came in and stayed for some lessons. She was here for English and Maths. On Friday she was in our class for Science and Irish. She asked us lots of questions and in Science we did experiments about wind. Ms. Meaney was very impressed with those. She was very nice and we all really enjoyed her visit. We hope to see Ms Meaney in Kilvemnon again soon. Stay tuned for details of our experiments.
By B612 and Sparky

Scoil Ruáin Killenaule

Today Scoil Ruáin Killenaule came and visited our sixth class and talked to them about their school. The principal is Mrs Carmel Treacy and she talked to sixth class about Killenaule. Scoil Ruáin is a modern co-educational and multi-denominational school, set in beautiful surroundings and equipped to the higgest standards. The open evening is Thursday,January 29th, 2009 (7.30-9pm)
By B612.

Ballingarry Secondary visits our school

Today the sixth class met up with teachers from Ballingarry. Their names were Mrs Angela Cahill who is the Deputy Principal of the school and Mr Aidan O' Leary who is a teacher there. They came to talk to the sixth class about going to their school next year in September.Ballingarry is a Presentation Secondary School.It was established in 1871.
By B612 and Smiley

Football Match versus Mohober

Last Friday we played Mohober in football. We won on a score line of 7.12 to Mohober’s 5.4. It was a great match. Both teams played really well and played their hearts out but in the end Kilvemnon proved too strong. Kilvemnon have a fairly solid team. But Mohober have a very good team and we wish them the very best luck in the rest of their matches.

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Oak Lake Manitoba

When I was in Hong Kong I met Mrs. Caldwell from Oak Lake School in Manitoba, in Canada. She teaches a kindergarten class there. After meeting me and learning about the blog I was keeping she thought that her students might like to have their own mascot. Read what they wrote below.



After attending the Worldwide Microsoft Innovative Teachers' Forum in Hong Kong last week, I was inspired to create a blog for my Kindergarten class. The Kilvemnon School blog and Piggley were the inspiration for this project. My Kindergarten students and I viewed their blog, and they were very excited to get our own class mascot and have our mascot write about his adventures on our own blog.

Today we made a graph on the Smart Board in an effort to decide on our mascot. We narrowed it down to Canadian animals such as a moose, chipmunk, beaver, buffalo, and wolf.

After we purchase our mascot, our first task will be to learn how to use the digital camera. My students are only five years old, and many have not used a camera independently. Once we are able to use the digital camera, we will take turns taking our mascot home and photographing his activities. As a class we will upload the pictures to our blog and write about the mascot's visit to a student's home.

Isn't that brilliant?! We hope that our students can keep in contact through myself, Piggley and Barkley Beaver! Check out Barkley below!



Log on to Oak Lake's Blog to find out more!!
See you soon,
Piggley. Oink!!

Interview with TippFm Radio

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Religion Exam 2008

Today Father Joe Tynan came to visit our school for our religion exam. First he went to the junior room. After first break he came into our room. We started talking about our Alive-O and our favourite stories in it. Most of us said "Jacobs Stone" was our favourite. Then we started talking about saints. An example is Saint Patrick. He lived in Wales and was kidnapped by pirates and brought to Ireland. He was told to stay on a hill and watch animals. Somtimes he was so hungry he ate animal food. He was rescued and went back to Wales. Then he had a dream that told him to go to Ireland. So he did and he bainished all the snakes and told them about God. Then before he left we sang a few songs like 'Go now in Peace', 'I know this story' and 'Peace will Come'. He left at half twelve. It was great fun. We would like to thank Father Joe Tynan and we hope to see him agian soon!
By B612.

Piggley returns home to Kilvemnon

Welcome to Mrs. Barbara Luttrell, our new principal in Scoil Mhuire Kilvemnon. Here you can see her receiving a bouquet of flowers from Fr. McGrath who is Chairman of our school Board of Management.



Hi everyone! I had such fun today when I arrived home with Ms. O' Connell from the 2008 Microsoft Innovative Teachers' Forum. Here I am getting a medal from the children. Check out my special red outfit from Hong Kong!



Here you can see a group photo of us all in Kilvemnon



Check out the Photostory I made with Ms. O' Connell about my adventure in Hong Kong.