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…

The introduction of the new Primary Mathematics Curriculum is a significant exciting milestone in primary education.  Learning through play and problem solving by providing more opportunities for children to be creative, take risks and be challenged is a key emphasis.  Today, we launched our lovely…

We are delighted Fr Gerry celebrated mass with us today. We would like to thank him for the work he has done with us over the past year; thanks for your presence, support and words of wisdom over the year.  Indeed for the children in…

Míle Buíochas I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to everyone in our community, Board of Management, Staff, Parents and Children who have worked so hard to ensure Kilglass National School was a place of joyful learning. The contribution of many…

Please find attached a leaflet which outlines changes that have taken place over the last few years and upcoming changes in the years ahead. Click on the link below for more information The New Primary Curriculum

All go at @sligogaa Sports Day in Kilglass National School today with loads of fun activities, skills challenges and games for all involved. A big thank you to Liam Óg Gormley, Pat Kilcoyne, Alan Duffy, past pupils Eoin & Cathal Finnerty and all the coaches for…