NEWS ARCHIVE 2019/20
So this is the penultimate week of the Sports Month Weekly Challenges! Some would argue they are getting tougher as the weeks go on! The competition between the Teams are certainly hotting up,
So this is the penultimate week of the Sports Month Weekly Challenges! Some would argue they are getting tougher as the weeks go on! The competition between the Teams are certainly hotting up,
With farming season now in full swing, it's important that our boys and girls are aware of how to stay safe on the farm and around farm machinery.
This week marks the end of our sports month of challenges!
Our chicks have been preening their feathers constantly and flapping their wings in preparation for their first flight. We expect them to fledge the nest over the weekend.
Thank you to everyone for your very creative suggestions for our chicks.
Today is the first of 4 weeks of weekly challenges for the children to try at home to earn points for their Sports Week team! Blue, Red, Green or Yellow, which team is going to win the Sports Week Cup this year? Send your
Our P.1 pupils used every opportunity this week at home to show acts of kindness.
Our hearts go out to our Primary 4 girls and boys, who should have celebrated their First Holy Communion yesterday in St. Colmcille's Church, Kingsisland. This is always one of the highlights of our school year.
The Green Team have taken the early lead from week 1 but plenty more activities to do, thanks to everyone for sending in your scores. Keep practicing hard at your activities.
Canon Fee has asked us to share this lovely letter with you.
We got quite a surprise today when we got our bird box camera linked up to a monitor!!!!
When one Kingsisland pupil asked if the pupils could name our newly hatched chicks, the answer was simple, "What a brilliant idea!!!"
We celebrated World Book Day today in Kingsisland with a wide range of reading and book activities.
An important message was sent to all parents today. Please ensure that we have up to date parental contact details e.g. mobile telephone number and email address.
Learning Packs are available for collection tomorrow, Friday, between 12pm and 3pm from each child's classroom.Our outstanding staff have once again went over and above the call of duty, working tirelessly day and night, over this past week,
Joe Wicks, aka, The Body Coach is offering a virtual Free live daily workout at 9am on his YouTube channel
MESSAGE FOR PUPILS.
WEDNESDAY 25th MARCH MESSAGE FOR PUPILS. 3rd day away from Kingsisland everyone. We hope you are staying safe and doing well.
Friday was always everyone's favourite day of the week when we were 'physically' at Kingsisland. We always loved seeing and playing with our friends during Golden Time and playing football outside during GAA Friday.
Some pics from our boys and girls
We hope everyone is well and enjoyed the beautiful weather over the Easter break. As we begin the summer term our teachers will continue to connect with pupils and parents through Seesaw.
As tomorrow is World Curlew day, we decided to re-share some lovely images from last May when our Primary 7 pupils painted a beautiful mural of a curlew on the school hall wall, under the expert guidance of our very
P6 and 7 pupils took part in a mixed class quiz today. Following 7 rounds of very challenging questions
Well done to this week's Merit Award Winners.
Many congratulations to our Primary 7 pupils who celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation today in St Patrick's Church, Clonoe.
Our ladies football team had a very enjoyable day competing at the Allianz Cuman na mBunscol Girls Indoor tournament section held today in
All the Primary 5 boys and girls sculpting volcanoes from clay in conjunction with their topic work on 'Natural Disasters.'
Everyone descended on the hall today to celebrate Pancake Tuesday by making and decorating over 700 pancakes
Busy week in Primary 7 with a trip to the Burnavon Theatre to see the production of ‘Under The Hawthorn Tree.’ There
We had the pleasure of welcoming Grace and Sam from the Net Ministry Team today in Kingsisland. After a visit and some games in the classes,
We would like to wish Good Luck to our school choir, who will be performing at Dungannon Festival in St Anne's Church, Dungannon
The choir were treated to a trip to McDonald's, to celebrate their hard work and achievements
Today, P.3 set off to begin our new World Around Us topic which will focus all about the Peatlands.
We’ve had a magical first few weeks into our new topic,
Our P1 Children had a fantastic visit to Parkanaur forest.
Some of our boys and girls put their baking skills to the test today making oreo truffles. We can
There was some excitement in Kingsisland today as we celebrated St Valentine's Day with a disco and tuck shop.
Credit Union Quiz Winners!
Well done to this fantastic group of pupils who represented Kingsisland and were successful in the Coalisland heat of the recent Credit Union Quiz.
Diary writing, Science Fiction, Autobiographies, Persuasive Letters, Fables, these were just some of the different genres that each class has been focusing on over this past 6 weeks in Literacy.
Primary 3&4 pupils enjoyed after school sports club today under the expert tutelage of Master Forker, Miss Devlin and Miss Taggart. Some pupils made full use of the 3G pitch to practise their Gaelic football skills,
P3 have been very busy over the last few weeks designing, planning and building our own Igloo made out of milk cartons. We have been learning about the Polar Regions and decided to make our
Our hurlers took part in the Allianz Cuman na mBunscol Hurling finals held today in the Station centre, Omagh.
Today we had the privilege of welcoming Noelle Buick, Chief Inspector of the Education and Training Inspectorate and Mrs Jayne Sidor, ETI district inspector, to Kingsisland.
We loved bringing our learning outside the classroom today and into the snowy grounds around our School!
Today they working with Mrs.Lowe in Art, as they are creating a gallery of saints from across the world.
Some more pics of the children
As part of our celebrations for Catholic School's week and in preparation for St Brigid's day the whole school gathered together today in the hall to make St Brigid's Crosses.
Credit Union Schools Quiz 2020
A very big well done to both our teams who took part in the Credit Union Schools quiz today. A special mention and huge congratulations must go to Saoirse, Tierna, Eve Ellen and Conall who came first place!
Our boys travelled to Clonoe today to compete in the Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Tyrone indoor blitz. The boys played some brilliant football and only missed out on reaching the final,
The boys and girls are loving the interactive Irish lessons with Gearoid every Tuesday.
Today we welcomed past pupils Sian and Dan from St Patrick's Academy back to Kingsisland. They were giving our P7 pupils an insight into what life
Primary 7 were once again visited by some of our past pupils, now in Year 8 along with Mr. Thornton of St.Joseph’s Coalisland.
It was great to see Tyrone GAA Hurling Coach, Colm back at Kingsisland today. Colm took a great session of indoor striking
Well done to this week's Merit Award Winners. They were presented with their personalised
As is tradition in Kingsisland after the Christmas holidays, the boys and girls brought in one present each, that they received to show and share with their class mates.
Maith Thú to our Primary 7’s who competed in the Allianz Cumann na mBunscoil Indoor Hurling/Camogie heat today in Clonoe.
We were delighted to welcome Celina back to Kingsisland this week to work with our school choir in preparation for this year's Feis and Festival.
CODING IN P5
Primary 5 pupils were making full use of the school computer suite today
Well done to all of this week's Merit Award Winners. Proud as punch when presented with their certificates
Primary 1 pupils had great fun practising their Yoga moves today in the hall.
Oh yes we are.
Everyone got into full Christmas spirit today as we all dressed up in our Christmas jumpers and hats for our Christmas Dinner
The Primary 2 pupils have been working like elves in a workshop this month creating lots of Christmas art
A HUGE well done to our winners of the Creative Writing Award at the end of the term. The progress that has been made by each and every pupil in the school was clear to see.
Wow! Congratulations to the amazing stars of our Christmas Show, who performed two outstanding shows to an audience of over 500 people over two days.
Primary 5/6/7 boys took part in our annual festive soccer tournament the 'Christmas Cup' yesterday.
Our choir put on an outstanding performance of singing and dancing on Friday for the residents of Ashbrook nursing home
Pirates, has set sail ⚓️
our second topic in Primary 2, Pirates, has set sail ⚓️
What an exciting morning we had in P1 writing our letters to Santa and talking about our Christmas wish lists!
Today was our last outdoor sports club of 2019. No-one felt the cold as Miss Devlin and Miss McVeigh put the children through their paces. Following a series of skill tests and football matches,
e were treated to a golfing exhibition today in Kingsisland. Master O'Neill was left dumbfounded, as P4 pupil Shea, drove his ball 100 yards further than Master O'Neills!!
Primary 2 visited Mary and Cathy in Coalisland Library. ☺️
Today our Primary 6&7 pupils visited the RADAR (Risk Avoidance Danger Awareness Resource) centre in Belfast.
Our P.1 Christmas preparations are well underway.
Today we attended an indoor blitz at the start of the art St. Patrick’s Academy, Dungannon.
Everyone in Kingsisland gave Master Forker a great send off today as he prepares for his wedding on Saturday.
We made the short journey down to Brocagh GFC today to play the return leg of our boys and girls challenge game against St Brigid's PS Brocagh. We were given a very warm welcome from Mr Kelly, his staff and all of the St Brigid's pupils.
There are so many children now involved in our weekly chess club that we have had to invest in 7 new playing boards this week.
P3/4/5 pupils travelled to Ranfurly House, Dungannon today to watch a film "Missing Link" as part of Into Film week.
Primary 1 loved their first trip on the bus to Coalisland Library this week. We all enjoy story time in School and were delighted when Mary the librarian, read a book from our favourite author Julia Donaldson
The Vutruvian Man! P6 did some maths Problem Solving inspired by Leonardo DaVinci's Vitruvian man.
We made the short journey to Primate Dixon Primary school in Coalisland today to play our friends in a boys and girls challenge. Following two very competitive and sporting matches everyone got together for 2 whole group photos afterwards.
New Playground Equipment. Following the success of our recent sponsored walk, we have been able to begin ordering lots of new playground equipment. This week we have received new trikes, scooters, flickers, go-karts, books,
On Friday we presented our first ever Creative Writing Awards to these very talented boys and girls. All the pupils in school have been working hard on writing tasks over the last eight weeks ranging from pencil control
P3 were very busy today getting into the spirit of Hallowe’en. We melted chocolate and then covered our donuts with it! We then made spiders from sweets and pretzels!
Thumbkin” patches, tissue paper mummies, Jack-o’-lanterns, breadstick sparklers, and more...
The 2019 Halloween Ball went down a treat in Kingsisland today. There were fabulous costumes on display and plenty of very scary moves on the dance floor.
Primary 6 pupils showed off all their football, hurling and camogie skills at yesterday's first blitz of the year, held in Coalisland Fianna Pitch.
Last year Kingsisland PS was one of only 5 schools in Tyrone, awarded the prestigious GAA 5 STAR CENTRE award. This year as a way of further promoting GAA within our school, we will be organising a series of additional games
The Primary 2 pupils were in their element last week when they got the chance to bake bread with the very talented Paula!
The pupils attending clarinet club
The total amount of money raised from our sponsored walk has reached the phenomenal sum of £8926!!! We have already bought lots of outdoor sports equipment for the children with much more to follow.
The children had a fantastic time on our annual sponsored walk this morning. We were blessed with beautiful autumn sunshine as we made our way around the roads of Derrytresk.
Some more snaps of our Sponsored Walk today.
We have pledged to ‘Read for 15’ to get involved with #BookWeekNI in support of the fabulous resources provided by @LibrariesNorthernIreland
Primary 3 have now their final product after a few tough weeks of planning, building and designing our own house!
Our Chess club is up in full swing again for this year. Our Chess teacher, Jelmer, was delighted to see over 45 children attending today's club. Many thanks Jelmer.
Newell Stores Under 8.5 Champions! Well done to this dedicated group of footballers who won the main cup in the Brackaville Under-8.5
Primary 2 went for an ‘Autumn Hunt’ today in search of all the wonderful nature we have been learning about through our topic, The Harvest. Our visit wasn’t complete without a visit to Mary during this special Month of the Holy Rosary.
This week is #EuCodeWeek so the P6s have began their coding journey for this year on code.org!
In Primary 1 we love developing our attention
As part of our WAU topic, P3 children had a busy afternoon investigating
They enjoyed going on an Autumn nature walk. Using our checklist, we observed autumnal colours
Today Luke and Coen brought in their EasyJet Flight Log Books to show everyone in school. The boys are real jet setters and have even been inside the
Check out some snaps from the P6 Art today where they have been looking at the work of Vincent Van Gogh,
Making the most of the sunshine while we still can☀️
Our P1 and P2 pupils have certainly been 'making their mark' in Kingsisland.
Each week in Kingsisland Friday afternoon is set aside for the promotion of Gaelic Games in our school. The children get so much joy and fun from developing their skills on our 'Skills Wall' and playing small sided games with
As part of the P4 ‘Light and Dark’ topic, the boys and girls investigated how shadows change throughout the day.
Well done to this dedicated team of Derrytresk footballers who won the Under 8 tournament at last week's annual Cathal Hagan Memorial Event held in Derrytresk GFC.
Numeracy mixed with Art as the Primary 2 pupils observed how their butterfly wings became symmetrical after a three-step process
P6 decided to take their numeracy outside today. A combination of sun and sums led to a fun afternoon.
Today we welcomed Tyrone GAA assistant manager Gavin Devlin to help out with our weekly GAA Friday session.
GAA crazy P2 pupils, Jonathan, Kyle and Niall built their very own Lego version of Croke Park today
Today Primary 3 began their Art Project relating to our World Around Us topic! We are reusing old shoe boxes to create a specific room in a house,
Everyone in Kingsisland joined in congratulating our Primary 6 teacher Miss Devlin, when she returned to Kingsisland on Monday with the Tyrone Ladies Junior Championship Cup.
The Primary Five children enjoyed the summer sunshine last week and took their learning outside and got creative. As part of our topic on ‘Flight’ the boys and girls were inspired by the Wright Brothers and made giant paper
A look back over a fun-filled first month of Play-Based Learning in Primary 2. Included in our snaps are our many rotating stations: the games table, fine
P3 and 4 pupils had their first Sports After School Club of the year today. The boys and the girls concentrated on developing their football and
P4 pupils began an 'Etching' project today in art. The first of a series of lessons involved exploring the relationship with
'Summer Reading Challenge' We gave a big Kingsisland welcome to Mary from Coalisland library today. Mary came to present certificates to the children who
Our new primary 1 pupils have settled so well into school life at Kingsisland.
Dancing our way into the first term with the return of Irish Dancing After School Club!
Our big 'Dig it and Eat it ' project came to a conclusion after 6 months of hard work. Way back in April the pupils planted many different types of seeds. They carefully looked after the vegetables as they began to grow,
Today we had the privilege of welcoming some of our new P1 pupils to Kingsisland.
We were delighted to welcome the second half of of our new Primary 1 class to Kingsisland this morning. The pupils were fantastic and everyone had a brilliant first day at school.
These very responsible children were privileged to be awarded with the very first Captain Armbands
Introducing our new Primary 3 class.
Our P1 and P6 pupils got together for a special session today where they made new buddies and friends. This Buddy System helps the P1 girls and boys to feel part
The first First Friday mass of the year is always a very special occasion