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MindRising Awards Ceremony

June 18, 2016November 12, 2018 kmurray3190

Congratulations to 5th and 6th class Winners at MindRising 16 today!

This Saturday 5th and 6th class represented Clontuskert at the MindRising Awards Ceremony in Dublin and also visited the CoderDojo Coolest Projects & Launch’d Dublin in the RDS.

MindRising is a competition celebrating 200 years of the island of Ireland. MindRising champions the use of digital technology in schools and groups and is about telling stories about our past and our future. We worked on our digital storytelling skills across a range of media which included building elements of our project in Minecraft. We were encouraged to remember the past 100 years and imagine what the next 100 years could bring.

We worked really hard on this project. Mrs. Murray’s mam is a history teacher and lent us lots of history books, articles, newspapers and artefacts for researching the 1916 Rising.

We watched many of the excellent documentaries on RTE and TG4 detailing the 1916 Rising and took notes on these.

We used our Senior Room OneNote Classroom Notebook to gather all of our work together. This meant that when we researched either using books or the Internet with our Surface devices everything was kept in one collaborative space.

Triggy from 6th class used Sway to collate all of the information in one place. We loved using Sway as the photographs and videos etc are all Creative Commons. This means that they can be used for education and it was so easy to create and edit. See our project Sway here:

https://sway.com/tDjZpJn0APEzD2MS

Above you can read our Proclamation for a New Generation as created by the students from 3rd to 6th class.

Our film Portal to MindRising was adapted from original stories written by Kiwi and Triggy. Construction was completed in Minecraft by 5th and 6th class and the screencasting and editing was completed by 6th class.

The film we created; Portal to MindRising can be seen above.

We also printed out the project for display in the hall so everyone in the parish can see it. Thanks to Ms. Kearns and Ms. Stokes for helping us put the printed project together.

We had a ball meeting all of the other MindRisers in Dublin and finding out more about their projects. The projects can be viewed here.

1916 Proclamation Day Tuesday 15th March 2016

March 15, 2016November 12, 2018 kmurray3190

The 1916 Proclamation Day was a very special day of commemoration in Clontuskert.
We began at 12.30pm in the school hall.
There was a presentation of our school project on 1916, Irish music, song and dance followed by the raising of the Irish Flag.
Refreshments were served afterwards and many guests from the parish came to mark this special day with us.

This is the Proclamation for a New Generation as created by the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes in Clontuskert.

Bain sult as!

As part of the 1916 Proclamation Day we presented some of our project work to the community.
We have been working on this project since September. Mrs. Murray’s mam is a history teacher and lent us lots of history books, articles, newspapers and artefacts for researching the project.
We watched many of the excellent documentaries on RTE and TG4 detailing the Rising and took notes on these.
We used our Senior Room Classroom OneNote Notebook to gather all of our work together. This meant that when we researched either using books or the Internet with our Surface devices everything was kept in one collaborative space.
Triggy from 6th class used Sway to collate all of the information in one place. We loved using Sway as the photographs and videos etc are all Creative Commons. This means that they can be used for education and it was so easy to create and edit.
We have also printed out the project for display in the hall so everyone can see it. Thanks to Ms. Kearns and Ms. Stokes for putting the printed project together for us. We will post our Sway after Easter as it will be part of our MindRising Minecraft Project.

Here are some of the photographs of the day.

1916 Project Work

March 15, 2016November 12, 2018 kmurray3190

Today as part of the 1916 Commemoration and Proclamation Day the Senior Room will present our project on the event. We have been working on this project since September. Mrs. Murray’s mam is a history teacher and lent us lots of history books, articles, newspapers and artefacts for researching the project.
We watched many of the excellent documentaries on RTE and TG4 detailing the Rising and took notes on these.
We used our Senior Room Classroom OneNote Notebook to gather all of our work together. This meant that when we researched either using books or the Internet with our Surface devices everything was kept in one collaborative space.
Triggy from 6th class used Sway to collate all of the information in one place. We loved using Sway as the photographs and videos etc are all Creative Commons. This means that they can be used for education and it was so easy to create and edit.
We are really looking forward to showcasing our work. We have printed out the project for display in the hall so everyone can see it. Thanks to Ms. Kearns and Ms. Stokes for putting the project together for us. We will post our Sway after Easter as it will be part of our MindRising Minecraft Project.

Clontuskert Summer Award Ceremony

June 26, 2015November 12, 2018 kmurray3190

To mark the end of the school year we held a Summer Awards Ceremony in Clontuskert today. Congratulations to all the children who received awards today.
We hope you all have a happy and safe summer holiday and we look forward to seeing you on return of school on Monday 31st of August 2015.

Future Me Programme Participants with Sally Ann Caulfield from AIB Ballinasloe

The Junior Room sang German songs they learnt from Ms. Graßmann.

Jolly Phonics Programme Certificates

Junior FIRST LEGO League Awards

Reading Recovery Awards

Awards for High, Super and Full Attendance

Neatest Handwriting Awards

Homework Awards

Kindness Awards

Food Dudes Awards

Robotics and Coding Champion

Ballinasloe World War One Heritage Awards

Health Promotion Committee Certificates for 6th Class

Green Schools Committee Certificates for 6th Class

Academic Excellence Award

Billy Byrnes Memorial Cup Winner

Senior Student of the Year

Junior Student of the Year

Presentation to Ms. Graßmann

Presentation to Tommy Kennedy
Presentation to Ms. Stokes

Presentation to all of the staff of St. Augustine’s

Check out all of the awards!

World War One Project Winners

May 30, 2015November 12, 2018 kmurray3190

Last night Clontuskert students represented the school at the Ballinasloe Heritage Group World War One Memorial Night in Gullane’s in Ballinasloe. It was an amazing night and the ballroom was packed with people who came to learn more about World War One and how it affected the people of Ballinasloe and Galway. Thanks to all the parents and community members from Clontuskert who came to support.
The projects on display were of a very high standard and we were humbled and delighted to be announced overall winners. The school received a beautiful plaque and a voucher for €100. Thank you to all the members of Ballinasloe Heritage Group for organising such a wonderful project and congratulations on the success of the night. Check out some photos from the night and keep scrolling down to read more about our project.

Timeline of Clontuskert’s World War One Project:

We were very busy working on a project on World War One over the past few weeks. We researched the topic using books Mrs. Murray’s mother; Mary O’ Connell, lent us and interviewing our families to see what connections our families had to the Great War.

On the 26th March Douglas Rafter, Gerry Devlin and Frank Kelly came to the school to do a workshop on World War One with us. They are members of Balliansloe Heritage Group and Gerry runs the Ballinasloe World War One Facebook page.

We worked on our research on the Surface RTs and then shared it to a common file on One Drive. Then we were easily able to edit the information. Next we used an Office Sway to bring all of our project together. We loved using Sway. It is so easy to use and gives suggestions for photographs, videos and artefacts that can be included in the Sway. Best of all, the suggestions are all under a Creative Commons licence so they can be used for education. This makes everything so much easier and means that we are being responsible digital citizens. What we loved the most though is how the finished Sway looks. Check it out here.

We put together a poster presentation for the 29th of May. All of the schools in Ballinasloe were invited into Gullane’s Hotel in Ballinasloe to display their work. We were very excited about this and the opportunity to learn from the other students involved. It was open to the public and all of the students really enjoyed the night.

Coleman Shaughnessy and Joe Loughnane of Loughrea Memorial Group and Kieran Shaughnessy; Chief Librarian in Ballinasloe came to visit us to see our work and ask us questions about our project. We did a presentation for them with our Sway.

Junior Spiders Awards at Google HQ

April 29, 2014November 12, 2018 kmurray3190

What a beautiful day as we head from Clontuskert this morning to the Eircom Junior Spiders Awards that are being held at Google HQ in Dublin!

Congratulations to 5th and 6th class in Clontuskert! Their school newspaper; The Clontuskert Tribune has been shortlisted for the Eircom Junior Spiders Award for 2014. This is the fourth year in a row that the school has been shortlisted for an award!
Comhghairdeas!

What an amazing achievement! Last year the school won Best Project for their work on Ringforts in Clontuskert.
Beimid ag tnuth leis an lá!

See our work on the Newspaper here:

Learn about how we create our School Newspaper above. This film was made by Microsoft Partners in Learning.

Clontuskert Tribune Staff 2013-2014

Mr. O’ Riordan’s 5th and 6th class began writing a monthly newspaper with all the news from the school and classes in 2009. Clontuskert Tribune has been a huge success.
Parents, students and teachers alike love to receive the monthly instalment of the Clontuskert Tribune.

Since 2011 5th and 6th class have continued the Tribune with Mrs. Murray.

This newspaper is researched, written and edited by the students themselves.

Click on the links below to read each edition.

Please note student nicknames are used as per our school’s Internet Acceptable Use Policy.
September 2013:
clontuskert tribune September 2013

October 2013:
Clontuskert Tribune October 2013

November 2013:
Clontuskert Tribune November 2013

December 2013:
December Newspaper 2013

January 2014:
Clontuskert Tribune January 2014

February 2014:
newspaper february 2014

March 2014:

Check out some photos from the day in Google HQ!
Clontuskert Tribune March 2014

Winners at junior spiders

March 5, 2013November 12, 2018 kmurray3190

We can’t believe we have just won our first junior spiders award. We have been close before but have never won until now.

. Well done to all the entries who made it this far.
Read more here: http://www.siliconrepublic.com/new-media/item/31751-eircom-reveals-winners-of/

The Heritage Award

February 28, 2013November 12, 2018 kmurray3190

Today we got our Heritage Awards. We are so lucky to get it. We got it for the Ringfort film. Well done to 3,4,5 and 6 class. Ye worked very hard.
We talk about the ringfort film.

Slogadh Eachtaí

April 21, 2012November 12, 2018 kmurray3190

Today two students represented Clontuskert at Slogadh Eachtaí. This is a gathering of people interested in Heritage in the Sliabh Aughty area.
The students spoke about the Keep on Track Project.
Read all about the gathering here; http://www.aughty.org/pdf/deema_A4_english.pdf

Above you can see some photos we took in Leitrim. It was great fun an we met loads of interesting people. Kevin Cunningham who is helping us build our wattle and daub hut for our Ringfort project was there. It was cool to meet him. We also saw Brendan Smith who is helping us with Scratch programming. Mrs. Murray’s uncle and aunt Tom Varley and Áine Phillips were there too!
It was a big community of people of interested in history. We really enjoyed listening to all the speeches.
This is the Keep on Track film we showed everyone.
Film of Keep on Track Small
The video below tells the story of the Launch Day for Keep on Track in Galway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFvYjou1YrM

Míle buíoch do Pádraig Ó Baoill do na trí griangraf ag an deireadh!

Heritage Awards in Galway

January 26, 2012November 12, 2018 kmurray3190

Congratulations to all members of the Keep on Track Project who were represented excellently by three students from Clontuskert, Tony Larkin, BOM Clontuskert, Kathleen O Connor, Ballyadams, Co. Laois, Rena McAllen, Scoil Bride, Kildare Town and Kate Murray, Clontuskert.
Everyone really enjoyed the night and learned a huge amount about all the amazing heritage projects happening in Co. Galway.

Thanks to Marie Mannion, Grainne Smyth of Galway Heritage for recognising the work of all sixteen schools from Galway to Dublin in KOT.

We met Brendan Smith of DERI and Galway Education Centre too and he has been such a dynamo in education in Galway! Well done everyone!

Below you can see everyone enjoying themselves at the Galway Heritage Awards.