All the children had great fun during science week. This year we focused on the curriculum strand of living things and the boys and girls had great fun exploring our woodland area on our school grounds. They played games in … Continue reading

Buddy Bear visited us at school on our Halloween dress up day to help us to relaunch our Buddy Seat initiative. The children were delighted to see Buddy Bear. All classes sang “My best friend” together in the yard and … Continue reading

We celebrated maths week from 16th to 20th October with lots of practical maths activities each day. The boys and girls had great fun doing maths outdoors and used chalk to write their numbers, practice sums and draw wonderful creations … Continue reading

Our second classes were very lucky to participate in LEGO robotics workshops in www.thinkbigspace.ie based in Tallaght in early October. They had a wonderful session building snowmobiles from LEGO and learning how to program using IPADS to navigate around tracks … Continue reading

Welcome back to school to all our children and a special welcome to our new Junior Infants. In just a couple of days, they have settled so well into school. They are showing great independence and enthusiasm as they enter … Continue reading

The children had a great day on Sports Day, Friday 9th June. Special thanks to our visiting coaches, Glen for rugby, Paddy for GAA, Dympna and Emily for camogie, Ann for hip-hop, Aoife for dance, Elaine for irish dancing, Hector … Continue reading

Active Week took place at St. Kilian’s Junior School from 24th to 28th April. The children had a day of Cricket with Naomi, gymnastics with Ms. O’Hara, football with Héctor and GAA with Paddy. They did active homework each evening … Continue reading

The 2023 competition took place in the school on Wednesday 29th March, and the theme this year was ‘Under the Sea’. We were overwhelmed by the variety and creativity of all the projects, very well done to all who participated. … Continue reading

We love gardening in St. Kilian’s JS. We are very fortunate to have lots of gardens to tend. First Class participated in Woodie’s Budding Gardener’s Challenge and had great fun being gardeners planting and tending to their plants. Senior Infants … Continue reading

The boys and girls had a wonderful day when Dave’s Jungle visited St. Kilian’s JS on Tuesday 18th April They met Brian the snake, Sharon the tarantula, Dermot the frog, Spike the turtle and of course Phyllis the iguana! They … Continue reading

All the boys and girls throughout the school participated in active science workshops in February and March where they were given the opportunity to experiment with our new science equipment. They had great fun working in groups making marble runs, floating and sinking submarines and rafts, … Continue reading

We had a fantastic time in March celebrating all things Irish! ​ The children enjoyed a variety of events from listening to Irish Myths and Legends, learning traditional Irish songs(I’ll tell my ma and Molly Malone , playing bingo, learning Irish dancing, a visit to the … Continue reading