Welcome to Kcoins, Kilternan Church of Ireland National School, affectionately known as kcoins (kay-coins).
We are having a blast in the good weather. Our new sensory garden is a big hit; for reading, drawing, chatting and chilling. We are so proud of our footballers and hockey players who had a great season and rarely were beaten. Now it's coming up to the Fete and everyone can't wait for the big day in May.
We are on the run down to the Summer Holidays. A really fun sports day was held on Friday 14th June, followed by a lovely Valedictory Service for our departing 6th class. School tours are going all over the place and everyone is enjoying the improving weather. The sun may not be splitting the slates yet, but remember your sun cream!
Admissions for the academic year 2024/25 will open on October 2nd 2023. Our annual Admissions Notice has been posted on our website. Applications will be accepted from October 2nd - 27th. Applications made outside of these dates will not be accepted. Go to the Parents' section of our website, click on policies, then organisational and then Admissions - the necessary forms will be uploaded closer to October 2nd 2023.
Admissions for the academic year 2023/24 will open on October 3rd. Our annual Admissions Notice has been posted on on our website. Applications will be accepted from October 3rd - 28th. Applications made outside of these dates will not be accepted. Go to the Parents' section of our website, click on policies, then organisational and then Admissions.
Please note that applications for the academic year 2022/23 have now closed.
Admissions for the academic year 2022/23 will open on October 1st. Our annual Admissions Notice has been posted on on our website. Applications will be accepted from October 1st - 29th. Applications made outside of these dates will not be accepted. Go to the Parents' section of our website, click on policies, then organisational and then Admissions.
Admissions for the academic year 2022/23 will open on October 1st. Our annual Admissions Notice will be posted on September 24th and applications will be accepted from October 1st - 29th. Applications made outside of these dates will not be accepted.
We have been so busy here since we returned to school at Easter and are really gearing up for the summer term. First Class had a visit from RTÉ and were interviewed for the News2Day programme. They have been participating in a pilot scheme examining the benefits of sitting on yoga balls instead of their chairs. We were really proud of how well they spoke on national television!
At the other end of the school, 6th class were also recorded. Our diocese usually has an church service in October to mark the beginning of a new school year for all the 6th class students in our schools. Due to Covid restrictions this service never went ahead this year, so the Archbishop asked Nigel from Taney, to compile a recorded service. 6th class learned 3 songs and were recorded singing as part of this service. We're really looking forward to watching the service soon.
All classes will be going on Covid-friendly school tours next month and the excitement is certainly bubbling around here!
Usually at this time of year we would have the school hall filled with all sorts of experiments and demonstrations by students from Junior Infants up to 6th Class. The smell of vinegar would be wafting up the corridors and we would have parents in to view the amazing work being done and the fantastic discoveries being made. Sadly this could not happen this year, but we would not allow Covid to dampen down our scientific spirits one little bit! Each class had their share of science activities throughout the week and learned a whole lot about the world that they did not know before.
Infant classes learned about hot and cold - very apt as we have all the doors and windows in our classrooms open to increase ventilation.
Sounds like 1st class had a really exciting time - they built rafts to test for the Three Billy Goats Gruff to cross the river AND they made magic potions that exploded!
2nd class did a range of experiments to test their different senses.
4th Class made parachutes and tested them outside - one even floated all the way over the top of the school!
5th Class learned about space and they also built rockets, testing for aerodynamics.
In 6th class, each mini-pod co-operated to do an experiment or demonstration for the whole class. We had erupting volcanoes, colour experiments with Skittles, the obligatory Coke and Mentos experiment and we learned a lot from a failed experiment to make slime!
The culmination of 6th Class's unit on States of Matter was making Gloop, using cornflour and water - a right mess but well worth the clean-up time.
5th and 6th participated in a fascinating Zoom discussion with astrophysicist Cathriona Jackman who has been heavily involved in many areas of research, including planetary magnetospheres, magnetic reconnection, planetary X-ray and radio emissions, machine learning, Space Weather.