Thank you to all the boys and girls who took part in the Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal.  We had a fantastic response.  60 fantastic boxes filled with amazing items which will provide so much excitement, joy and love to children who have very little. …

Literacy Lift-Off was in full swing over the last few weeks in Mrs Meeneghan’s first and second class.  Literacy Lift-Off is an intensive programme which gives the children lots of opportunities to read books at their own level of competency and gradually lift the complexity…

There was an explosion of Science activity around the school during November.  Mrs Lynott & Mrs Mulhern were investigating the effect of heat and change as aromas of tasty buns and treacle bread wafted down the corridors.  Sixth Class explored the topic of light. They…

Our Maths Puzzler of the Week is continuing to go from strength to strength.  Children are full of excitement and enthusiasm as they eagerly engage with the maths puzzles each week.  Well Done to All!  Try out some of the Odd One Out tasks below.…

Kilglass National School Parent Association Newsletter October 2023

The children throughout the school had lots of fantastic learning experiences on the lead up to Halloween.  Lovely art decorated the classrooms.  The children dressed up in frighteningly good costumes.  Assembly was a feast of fabulous songs, poems, stories, dramas and rhymes.  There was amazing…

Lots of spooky Hallowe’en art has been created over the last few weeks throughout the school in preparation for the Spooky Woods Walk in Kilglass House.  An Súileach, spiders, pumpkins, haunted houses, monsters and scarecrows are just some of the creations which filled the classrooms…

September 27th was “World School Milk Day”.  The day celebrates the benefits and success of school milk programmes all over the world.  The first world school milk day was organised in 2000.  As part of this year’s celebrations, the National Dairy Council ran a competition…

On Friday 29th September, we held our first whole school assembly of the school year.  The children entertained us with rhymes, poems, songs and dramas in English agus trí Ghaeilge.  Mini-dramas covered important messages on the themes of respect, reponsibility, kindnesss, honesty and trustworthiness.  Certificates…

Our first few weeks of school have passed remarkably quickly.  After the initial explosion of activity which marks the return to school after the summer holidays, we are, by now settling into the rhythms and routines of school life. On Wednesday 20th September, the whole…