Updates for: General News

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

We hosted our annual Buddy Bear Kindness Awards on Tuesday 27th June in the school hall. Buddy Bear visited all the children and one child in each class was awarded a kindness bear and certificate. Our sincerest thanks to Jean, … Continue reading

Congratulations to our second class pupils who graduated on 26th of June. We welcomed the children, parents and invited guests. The children were presented with a framed picture with their names engraved on the frame and a graduation certificate. After … 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

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

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

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