Halloween Parade 2022

by knockskeaghadmin | Oct 28, 2022 | Active flag, Green Schools Award, News

Halloween Parade 2022

What a day!!

Our annual Halloween Parade took place today around our school track and it was fantastic entertainment. There was an abundance of creativity, color, and fun on display.

The standard was extremely high this year and the judges had a tough job on their hands to pick award winners.

Huge credit must go to all who helped create such magnificent costumes (and some terrifying ones too). Well done everybody!

We encouraged the use of recycled costumes this year as part of our Green Schools initiative.

As well as this, our active school committee placed exercise stations around our track which added to the fun.

We hope all pupils, parents, and staff enjoy a well-earned rest during the midterm break.

Happy Halloween

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Save the Bees Apple Trees

by knockskeaghadmin1 | Oct 20, 2022 | Green Schools Award, News, primary science

Save the Bees Apple Trees

“Save the Bees” initiative

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Today, on behalf of Scally’s SuperValu in Clonakilty, Emma presented some of our GreenSchools Committee with 2 gorgeous Apple Trees for our participation in the programme.

Thank you Scally’s and Emma, we cannot wait to plant them and see what they produce in the future.

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Knockskeagh Virtual Tour

by knockskeaghadmin | Mar 10, 2022 | Active flag, amber flag, Blue Star Programme, Green Schools Award, News, primary science, Safety Awareness Flag

Knockskeagh Virtual Tour

We welcome you to take a look at this short video which gives an insight into the activities that Knockskeagh National School has to offer its pupil’s.

We really think it looks amazing. Well done to all pupils and staff who helped make it a very special video tour, we really hope you enjoy it.

Many thanks to Greg Mulcahy for all his work in putting this together for us.

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Halloween Parade 2021

by knockskeaghadmin | Oct 22, 2021 | Active flag, amber flag, Green Schools Award, News

Halloween Parade 2021

What a day!!

Our annual Halloween Parade took place on Friday the 22nd of October this year. All the children put in a huge effort and it was one we certainly won’t forget.

Our parade took place on our school track this year and it was fantastic entertainment. There was an abundance of creativity, colour and fun on display as each class walked a lap of the track.

Prizes were awarded to pupils with the best costumes made from recycled material. The judges had a tough job on their hands to pick award winners.

Huge credit must go to all who helped create such magnificent costumes, the standard was truly amazing. Well done to everybody!

We raised €120 for Pieta House through this fun dress-up walk around the school track this year. Thank you to all who supported this worthy cause.

We hope all pupils, parents and staff enjoy a well-earned rest during the midterm break.

Happy Halloween

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School Garden

by knockskeaghadmin | Jun 8, 2021 | Green Schools Award, News, primary science

School Garden

School Garden

4th Class recently took on our garden project and did an amazing job.

They put in trojan work, cleaning all our flower and vegetable beds.

Then they got to work planting. They planted peas, beans, edible flowers, onions, carrots, salad leaves, beetroot, pumpkin, and regular flowers.

Pond

The 4th Class decided to dig our very own pond as a new addition to our garden for this year.

I’m sure you’ll agree they did a fabulous job.

Well done to everybody who contributed to this amazing project We think its a wonderful new addition to our school.

Please see our gallery below for a sample of the hard work our 4th class completed this year.

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Green Schools Action Day

by knockskeaghadmin | May 24, 2021 | Green Schools Award, News, primary science

Green Schools Action Day

Green Schools – “No Power Hour”

The Green-Schools Committee has been working very hard behind the scenes towards getting our 7th Green Flag, Global Citizenship: Energy. They have been raising awareness on how looking after our local environment helps people all over the world, whilst also looking into improvements in energy management in our school.

For their key issue, the committee is learning about Climate Change, which is now widely acknowledged as the biggest challenge facing our global environment. Climate Change can be described as a change in global and regional weather patterns over time.

We are had our Green-Schools Action Day last Friday, 21 st May, where pupils were invited to wear the colour green and each class had a ‘No Power-Hour’.

We encouraged all families to join us on the day for a ‘No Power-Hour’ at home or at work

Our planet and electricity bills could sure do with the help. Thank you all for your support!

“Lights Out”

As part of the launch, we introduced our “Lights Out” initiative where we encouraged all classes to turn the lights off in toilets and classrooms when they are not in use.

The Green Schools Committee will be doing regular checks over the next month to see which classes will take the prizes of popcorn and a movie. Certainly a nice incentive for looking after our planet.

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