Updates for: General News

Second Class made marble runs and tested their structures to see what designs worked best. We investigated magnets and went all around the school looking for surfaces that our magnets would stick to.

Junior Infants made butter, shaking the milk until it turned into butter. Second class used different sizes and textures of sweet things to make their constructions, it was a yummy challenge! See photos below:

Children have been busy watching our native birds and feeding them throughout the winter, see photos below We do all we can to keep our school grounds neat and clean. We had fun doing our litter pick up, see photos … Continue reading

Congratulations to all the children who took part in the Crock of Gold Competition to celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge. The winner of the infant category was James Smith-Buggy and the winner of the First/Second class category was Toby Broderick. The … 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

We showcased our Maths eyes work with our classmates. We received our Hour of code certificates from Ms. Coll, school principal and Ms. Lagan, deputy principal and stem coordinator. We showcased our coding work with children from other classes.

On February 7th, all children in the school participated in Safer Internet Day. all classes revised their 4 rules for staying safe online. WebWise sent bracelets for every child. Children were advised to talk to their parent about internet safety … Continue reading

All classes in the school use the Beebots for precoding work, see photos below All children use Raz kids online reading programme as part of their school work and homework. The children at St. Kilian’s JNS have read thousands of … Continue reading

We would like to wish all our children and families a very happy and safe Christmas. Thank you for all your support and cooperation during the past term, it is very much appreciated. Thank you to everyone who bought tickets … Continue reading

St. Kilian’s JNS registered for the Hour of code this year. Boys and girls from first and second class had great fun learning how to code Minecraft Adventures and Dance Parties. The children received their Hour of Code certificates and … Continue reading

Thank you to all the children who took part in our Christmas Card Competition. All the entries were lovely and the children put a lot of work into them. The overall Infant category winner was Matthew Roche in Ms. Egan’s … Continue reading