Updates for: General News

Well done to the boys and girls from Junior Infants room 3, Ms. Gillespie’s class and Second Class room 16, Ms. Leahy’s class for their wonderful performances in Tallaght Theatre yesterday as part of the Children’s Festival. Ms. Gillespie’s class … 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

Enrolment for Junior Infant pupils takes place in the October/November of the school year before the child is due to start. See our information on enrolment and tips for parents who have a child starting school. You should ensure that … 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

Our Active Schools week took place from 7th to 11th April. Our sincere thanks to our visiting coaches and all who helped out during the week. We were delighted to welcome a delegation of teachers from Hungary who commended all … 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

Engineering week took place in St Kilian’s Junior School during the week beginning 20th January. Tom Murray, our visiting engineer came on Wednesday to speak to the children and to judge our annual engineering competition. See photos below:

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