Welcome to our website

​Welcome to the website of St. Oliver Plunkett National School, Killina, Carbury. Co. Kildare. Our wonderful five-teacher school is situated on the R403 between the villages of Allenwood and Derrinturn.  Please take a moment to look around the many pages of our website and see what we have been up to in our school.

Click to visit our blog.

Mobile Library timetable (Route 8)

Click to find out about Active Week 2019

Our Twitter Feed

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Dates for the Diary

• 5th February - school closes at 12 o'clock for staff training.
• 17th-21st February - Midterm break.
• 17th March - School closed for St. Patrick's Day.

 Christmas Raffle 2019

We had an amazing day on Friday for our Christmas Raffle. Please click on the links for information on all of our winners and also to see the fantastic local businesses that sponsored spot prizes for our raffle. We are very grateful for the support that we received for every member of our school community. 
Raffle winners (here)
Raffle Sponsors (here)

Board of Management

Please click on this link (here) to read about our most recent Board of Management meeting. We will be sharing a report with our school community after each Board meeting. 

Sacrament Dates 2019-20

Click on the image for information on the different Sacrament celebrations for the school year 2019-20. If you have any questions, please come in to speak with us in the school.

Text a Parent

Please use the following links to download the Text a Parent app to your smartphone. It saves the school money when sending a text if you have the app. Thanks in advance for your support with this.

Science Week 2019

Our children are really enjoying engaging with STEM on a weekly basis in our school. Science Week 2019 has provided even more opportunities for our children to interact with Science and Technology. Click on this image to see some images captured during Science Week.

Incredible Edibles

Click here to see photos of 4th/5th on their trip to the Botanic Gardens. This was their fantastic prize for winning the Incredible Edibles competition last year. 

Photostory 2018-2019

What a fantastic year we had in our school. Take a look at our photostory to see the exciting things that we got up to. Mrs. Usher did a wonderful job putting this beautiful show together. Enjoy :-)

School Initiatives​

Our school is involved in many new initiatives that help to enhance the educational experiences of our children. We are always looking for ways in which we can cater for the different types of learners in our school. These are just a few of the initiatives that we are promoting in Killina NS. Click on the images to see what exactly we've been up to.