Feature Weeks

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 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

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

Engineering Week 2023 Engineering Week took place in St. Kilian’s JS from the 6th to the 10th of March. Our visiting engineer Tom Murray gave a very informative presentation to second class on the work of an engineer. All of … Continue reading

The children celebrated Friendship Week  from 7th-10th February last and enjoyed a week of activities to promote the importance of friendship. All our activities focused on the children’s physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.  They continued with our mindfulness programme which … Continue reading

St. Kilian’s Junior School took part in Science Week from 7th to 11th November. All classes took part in Bricí Spraoi Imagination Playground. With the help of a Junior Infant child’s parent, who secured a science grant for the school … Continue reading

St. Kilian’s Junior School participated in National Maths Week from Monday, October 17th to Friday 21st October. There were many events planned for the week, with an emphasis on maths for fun. Monday, 17th October: All classes participated in maths … Continue reading

Space Week 2022  (3rd to 7th October) The boys and girls had great fun during Space Week with space related activities! Senior Infants focused on the topic of Mars and learnt all about the red planet and what it would … Continue reading

Active Week took place in St. Kilian’s Junior School between 9th and 13th May. The children enjoyed Hip Hop with Ann on Monday and their Mindfulness sessions with Ms. Rafferty on Tuesday. Hector worked with them on their football skills … Continue reading

Many congratulations to Emily Leeper in Junior Infants Room 3 for winning the infant category of the competition with her wonderful “Baa Baa Black Sheep”. Congratulations to Orlagh Fitzpatrick in Room 10, second class for her fabulous horse. See details … Continue reading

All pupils were busy with their engineering work during engineering week from 5th to 11th March 2022. Our visiting engineer Tom Murray worked with our second classes. He gave the boys and girls a very informative talk about the work … Continue reading

Science Week took place in mid November and every class in the school was involved in hands-on science work. Junior Infants learned all about owls and made beautiful pictures. Senior Infants worked on habitats and second class investigated hedgerows and … Continue reading