We have received our Plaque of STEM Excellence Award for the 2017/2018 academic year from Science Foundation Ireland.  Our plaque will arrive in June.  The following is the feedback we received on our Log of Evidence: “Congratulations – all your hard work has paid off! Kilglass…

Green  Schools  News. On  Tuesday  15th May  Roisín, Aisling and  Keelan  attended  the  Green  Schools awards ceremony  in Claremorris. The  day  started  at  10.30a.m.  with  presentations  by   An Taisce  personnel. Schools  from  Sligo, Mayo  and Leitrim  attended  the  event. We  were  awarded  the  green  flag …

Over the past 10 weeks the children in Fifth and Sixth Class have been working with Mr O’ Connor on the Junior Entrepreneur Programme.  The programme teaches the children about real business life while they also learn how to develop their own skills.  The class…

On Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th the girls and boys from 4th to 6th class travelled to Owenbeg to take part in a football tournament in memory of the late Kevin Egan aimed to continue the spirit of rural Ireland where each child is supported, nurtured and…

Congratulations to the boys and girls in Second Class who received their First Holy Communion on Sunday 15th in the Church of the Holy Family in the heart of Kilglass.  As always it stood out as one of the focal points of the school year.  Our…

Top Oil, will donate €10 to Kilglass National School if you order your Heating Oil from Top Oil Ballina.  All you have to do when ordering your oil is quote the promotional code: KILGLASS18. A big thank you to Patrick Cleary and all involved for…

Each week a Frása na Seachtaine is chosen, taught, developed and used.  Try using these phrases which we have focused on for Term One and Term Two around the house. Dia duit –   Dia’s Muire duit Conas atá tú? Tá mé go breá buíochas le Dia; Tá…

On Fridays, over the past 14 weeks, Catherine McGlinchey from Music Generation has been sharing her fantastic musical talents with the children in Mrs Meeneghan’s First and Second Class and Mr Brennan’s Fifth and Sixth Class. She has sung songs with our classes such as…

On Friday, collector and historian Aidan Dockery visited the children from Third to Sixth Class with his amazing array of artefacts.  Aidan has one of the best collections of Irish stamps, coins, postcards, artefacts and commemorative booklets in the country.  He introduced us to World…

Kilglass National School want to thank all the musicians who gave of their time to play at our fantastic fundraising concert in the Church of the Holy Family, Kilglass on Friday 10th November. Colm and Siobhán O’Donnell, the Parish Choir, members of the Senior Bofield…