Updates for: 1st Class

Our sincerest thanks to Buddy Bear and the Nina team (Lee, Jean, Joan, Jenny, Ciara, Annie and Kellie) who came to help us to host the annual Buddy Bear Awards on Wednesday 25th June. Thank you to Ms. Gillespie for … Continue reading

We are delighted to announce that St. Kilian’s JNS is one of only 25 schools nationwide that has been awarded the Curious Minds Platinum STEM Award by Research Ireland. The winners were announced in an online award ceremony on Friday, … Continue reading

St. Kilian’s Junior School held our annual Sports Day on Friday 13th June. The children were actively involved in lots of sports and a great day was had by all. A huge thank you to our coaches – Seán Kelly … Continue reading

Please see our posting from last October when volunteers from Sap and Aramark visited our school and worked with the children on our planting committee to plant an array of vegetables in raised beds on our school grounds  https://www.stkiliansjns.ie/planting-initiative/ The … Continue reading

St. Kilian’s Junior School participated in the Active School Flag ‘Skip Around Europe Challenge’ this term. The ‘Skip Around Europe Challenge’ is a 4-week, whole-of-school challenge, prioritising participation, inclusion and fun. All classes were encouraged to build a short daily skipping break into their … Continue reading

We were delighted to welcome Niamh Gregory and her assistants Aaron, James and Sadhbh from Think Big Space to our school on 7th May. The mobile workshops for First Class children were sponsored by Amazon, our sincere thanks to them. … Continue reading

The 2025 competition took place in the school on Tuesday, 8th April and the theme this year was ‘Travel.’ We were overwhelmed by the variety and creativity of all the projects, very well done to all who participated. A special … Continue reading

Seachtain na Gaeilge is in full swing at St. Kilian’s Junior School. We welcomed a group of Irish set dancers to the school in Monday, they danced for the children and they taught a set dance, the Connemara, to second … Continue reading

World Book Day On Thursday 6th March 2025 we celebrated World Book Day. We had lots of fun reading and designing book covers for Irish Myths and Legends and we even wrote our own school story called “Kool Kilian’s crazy … Continue reading

Jungle Dave returned to St. Kilian’s Junior School on 27th November. The children were delighted to meet Seán the snake and they discovered how long he was. They met Keith the chameleon, who couldn’t make up his mind if he … Continue reading

There was great egg-citement throughout the school when our chicks hatched after spending 21 days in the incubator! All the boys and girls watched the chicks hatch live in their classrooms via webcam.  We loved visiting them in their brooding … Continue reading

EuroGiant came to St. Kilian’s Junior School this morning to present us with a cheque for €1000. These funds were initiated by Óisín’s mum Colleen who helped us through the application process. The funds will be used for new playground … Continue reading