St Killian’s Year 8 camogie team make huge effort

Posted by admin on May 24, 2013

St Killian’s 5-3 St Catherine’s Armagh 6-1

St Killian’s came up just a point short in an excellent Year 8 camogie final in Magherafelt yesterday.

Good starts to both halves were the key to St Catherine’s Armagh’s victory. Despite playing against the breeze St Catherine’s took the lead with early goals from Hannah Devlin and Catherine Muldoon. Ellen Leech settled St Killian’s with a point and, although Catherine Muldoon hit back with a goal, Méabh Allen with a hat-trick sent St Killian’s in with an interval lead of 3-1 to 3-0.

St Catherine’s now had the breeze and three quick goals on the re-start from Emer Rooney, Emma Muldoon and Amy Morton looked to have killed the game. However St Killian’s hit back with 2 goals from Ellen Leech and 2 points from Méabh Allen. A point from Catherine Muldoon in the middle of that however proved invaluable as it was the difference between the teams at the final whistle.

Considering that only 8 of the team had experience of club camogie, it was a tremendous achievement to reach a final, but still disappointing to miss out by such a small margin. Mr McAleenan said he was proud of their effort and improvement during the competition and he hoped that they would all enjoy their camogie at higher age-groups through the school.

St Killian’s : Nicole Mullan, Claire Emerson, Maeve Gillan, Jessica Cochrane, Caitlin O’Boyle, Ellen Leech 2-1, Gemma Black, Niamh Black, Caoimhe McKeown, Méabh Allen capt. 3-2, Orla McKenna, Aisling Kerr.

Subs : Christy Kuriakose for N Black, N Black for C Kuriakose, Janielle Sapio, Tanya Gillan, Aideen Kerr, Tara McNeill, Tierna McNeill.

Danske Bank reward Foresters’ win

Posted by admin on May 17, 2013

Pictured is Richard Todd (second left back row), assistant manager Danske Bank Cushendall, making a presentation of GAA equipment to players and coaches from St Killian’s College this week.

Danske Bank sponsor Ulster Colleges’ GAA competition and St Killian’s recently won the Danske Bank Foresters’ Cup. Coaches Michael McAllister and Pat Slevin accepted the equipment along with four members of the team, including team captain Cathal McKillop pictured holding the Foresters’ Cup.

Also included is Siobhán McKillop, a member of the school’s camogie team that reached the final of Corn Eimhear for the first time this season

Celebrating Science week at St Killian’s

Posted by admin on May 7, 2013

The Science department recently celebrated National Science and Engineering Week in the school, which ran from 15^th-24^th March. A number of events were organised and large numbers of pupils participated. The theme of the week was ‘Invention and Discovery’ and each subject department organised a lunchtime event in which year 8 pupils attended.

On Tuesday 19^th March, the Biology department hosted ‘The Genius of Genes’. Students investigated DNA and made a double helix out of marshmallows and other sweets. On Wednesday 20^th March, the Chemistry department hosted ‘Fantastic Plastics’, during which students observed the nylon rope trick and got to make slime. Finally, on Thursday 21^st March, the Physics department hosted ‘Scrapheap Challenge’ and students were tasked with making an electromagnet in order to lift the highest number of paperclips. One year 8 student, Paul Wharry, 8M, gave his thoughts on the activities:

“Tuesday was Biology day. At lunch time we made spiral shape DNA using two pieces of wire, gummy bears and marshmallows. Everyone found this a really fun learning activity. We understood the concepts as we made it from everyday things. On Wednesday it was Chemistry day – ‘goo day!’. We had PVA glue and added a chemical and food colouring and ended up with slime. Again we really enjoyed this and it was of the few times that we were allowed to ‘mess safely’ with chemicals in the lab! Thursday was Physics day and we spent lunch time making a magnet. We made coils and connected it to the voltmeter by using crocodile clips and the circuit was complete. We then successfully attracted the wire paper clips. Personally I found the three days very interesting and it gave us a taste for Science over the next few years in the school.”

School staff also took part in an element quiz which ran for the duration of the week. Students completed a quiz with cryptic clues, the answers to which were chemical elements. They then had to find the teacher with the chemical symbol of that element on their sticker. There were two winners: Alexandra Rosbotham in year 8 and Aimee McIlwaine in year 13.

The recycling bus from Larne Borough Council also visited the school and took groups of year 9 pupils for sessions around the theme of ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’. This tied in with a recent topic that year 9 students completed. All in all it was an enjoyable week for staff and students alike!