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 :-)

5th & 6th class visual arts

Carbury Ladies Footballers bring home the cup!

We were very lucky to have members of the Carbury ladies football team come in to talk with our 1st to 6th class children. They also brought in their Kildare Intermediate Championship Cup to show to the children. Karen, Jenna and Zoe shared fantastic words of wisdom with our students and they even fielded some tricky questions from our boys and girls. Many thanks for coming to visit us in Killina and we wish you all the best in your Leinster campaign. 

End of Year Assembly 2019

Mrs. McGuinness Quiz 2019

5th and 6th Class End of Year Dramas

What a way to end the year! Well done to the boys and girls in 5th and 6th class on their amazing dramas that they performed for the whole school and their parents. These children wrote (from scratch), edited, re-edited, rehearsed and perfected their dramas and they were out of this world! Four wonderful groups performed their flawless plays and all of the hard work certainly paid off! There was seriousness, laughter, plot-thickening, conflict, jibes (our poor staff :-)) and fantastic acting/singing. Well done boys and girls! Táimid fíor-bhródúil asaibh. 

End of Year Mass

​We had a beautiful End of Year mass this morning. Fr. Murphy led the school in a celebration of the wonderful year that we had in Killina. Our wonderful choir, led by Ms. Dalton provided amazing music throughout the morning. Once the mass was finished Fr. Murphy blessed our sixth class boys and girls and Mr. Tyrrell shared some special words for the graduands. The boys and girls in sixth class then delivered a lovely speech where they relayed precious memories of their time in our school. They did an amazing job! Mr. Tyrrell then announced the Overall Attendance Award winner and Robyn was delighted to be the recipient. 

We then moved on to the next part of our ceremony, where Elliot and Andrew did an amazing job in sharing our Discover Primary Science (STEM) award with our school community. They presented the plaque and delivered a wonderful speech. Dylan and Molly then shared the wonderful news about our GAA 5-star flag with the congregation. They also made a great speech, one that any grown up would be proud of! We really are creating a lot of future leaders in our school. 

We then had to celebrate the retirement of our secretary Kathleen, who served our school with great dedication for eighteen years. Mrs. Noonan read out a beautiful speech and gifts were presented to Kathleen from the school and Parents' Association. Ms. Dalton's choir wrote an AMAZING song about Kathleen and they performed it with great enthusiasm for Kathleen. It was a very emotional but beautiful moment. 

Finally, Mrs. Noonan and her Green Team took to the floor to share the great news about our school being awarded our 5th green flag. The boys and girls talked about the different biodiversity tasks that we undertook in Killina and we all went outside to raise the flag! Kathleen (our Guest of Honour) hoisted our 5th flag into the air to the sound of clapping and cheering. Everyone retreated back into the school to watch the End of Year slideshow that Mrs. Usher put together. It was a great end to another wonderful celebration in our school. Well done Killina! 

Senior Tour to County Clare

​3rd to 6th class students had the most amazing school tour in County Clare. It was a long day but it was so worth it. Chants of 'this was the best tour EVER' could be heard throughout the day! We met at our school at 7:15 am (yes AM!!) and departed at 7:30. Our first stop was Barack Obama plaza where the boys and girls stocked up on breakfast rolls, full Irish breakfasts, waffles etc.... The grown-ups had fruit salad obviously! From there we headed to Bunratty Castle and Folk Park. We had a fantastic morning exploring animal husbandry, butter churning, castle tours (and tales), more eating and an obligatory trip to the playground. We hopped back onto the bus at 2:30 and went on our way to the Aillwee Caves. There was plenty of singing and chatting en route!! We went to an amazing Birds of Prey exhibition and we even got to participate. We then went on a super trip deep into the caves where we learned lots about cave formation and the history of the area. We left Ballyvaughan at 6:15 to start our journey now. We stopped off in Kinnegad Plaza for more food where the children tucked into some delicious meals. We got back onto the bus and we arrived back to school for 10 PM, tired and ready for bed (that's the grown-ups). It really was a brilliant day and we were very proud of the boys and girls. Throughout the day they were complimented for their manners and behaviour! Maith sibh, a pháistí! 

First and Second Class trip to Funtasia

Our first and second class boys and girls had a great day out in Funtastia, Drogheda. After an action-packed two hours of fun-filled water activities the children then enjoyed some lunch. To top off the excitement of their tour, the children went into the play area where they tired themselves out (or so the staff thought would be the case - they still had enough energy to sing on the bus the whole way from Drogheda :-) Mrs. Noonan's music lessons certainly came to fruition on this trip... Once again, well done to our students for their excellent behaviour, manners and respect that they displayed on their trip. They were a credit to our school and their families. 

Infant School Tour

Our Junior and Senior Infant boys and girls had a great tour in Clonfert Pet Farm. It turned out to be a very adventurous day and the children had great fun with the animals, playing golf, playing in the playground and on the bouncy castle to mention a few. Well done to the boys and girls for the way that they represented our school. We are always very proud of the manners and respect that our students show when they are on tours. 

Drumming Workshop with Ian

Our boys and girls had another amazing day when our very talented parent, Ian Brabazon did a music and drumming workshop with them. Many thanks to Ian for giving up his time and for giving the children this fantastic experience. The photos show how much fun everyone is having. 

Confirmation Cake Party

Fifth and sixth class never miss out on an opportunity for a party! They've been waiting patiently for their Confirmation Cake Party and it didn't disappoint. Some beautiful baked goods were sampled by the boys and girls and they had great fun. It was a lovely way to celebrate 1) their Confirmation and 2) their excellent work so far this year. We are very proud of the boys and girls in 5th and 6th class. They are great leaders in our school. 

Music composition

3rd and 4th class were learning about volcanoes in geography and about the Pompeii disaster in history. They were given the task of creating a musical piece to retell the story of Pompeii. Here are some pictures of the children at work. Video footage to follow...

First Holy Communion

Congratulations to the boys and girls in Second class who recently made their First Holy Communion. You all did an amazing job. We are very proud of each of you. 

French Day

Fifth and sixth class had a fantastic French day in school last week. The sound of 'Bonjour' could be heard ringing around the school and the smell of French baguettes, blue cheese (that smell is still lingering!) and fresh croissants filled the air. Some dazzling French moustaches appeared as the day progressed and the boys and girls completed and presented their French projects to the rest of the school. A great day was had by all and the children did a super job, as always!

Emily Bronté inspired Poetry

Some recent art :-)

Write A Book Buddy Reading

To keep up the excitement of our Write-a-Book competition, the boys and girls from 3rd to 6th shared their books with the children from Junior Infants to Second class. We hope that this will inspire some of our younger generation to become authors too. It was a great way to celebrate the wonderful work that our students have done. 

Write a Book

The results are in!! Congratulations to all of our students from 3rd to 6th class who participated in Write a Book this year. It was a great experience and we are extremely proud of the boys and girls for their hard work. Their books are outstanding. 

Our books were sent to Kildare Education Centre for scoring. Another school in Kildare was then given the pleasure of reading our work. They then had to choose the top three in each class. Every student also received a certificate and pencil (in addition to the pride of writing their very own book).

The winners in each class are:

• 6th class (1st - Robyn, 2nd - Emma, 3rd - Cédhla)
• 5th class (1st - Leon, 2nd - Cody, 3rd - Jake)
• 4th class (1st - Emma-Rose, 2nd - Molly, 3rd - Lexi)
• 3rd class (1st - Caitlin, 2nd - Karl, 3rd - Ava)​

Easter Raffle

Well done to everyone for their involvement in and support of our Easter raffle this year. The boys and girls in 5th and 6th class did a wonderful job yet again in selling tickets for the event. We are truly blessed to have such a fantastic group of children. The winners of the 'Big Raffle' hampers were James Gill, Léon O'Méara and Seán Doyle (c/o Peg Hughes). Many thanks to one of our parents (Helen Connolly) for putting together the amazing hampers this year. They really were show-stoppers and we are very thankful to Helen for her hard work. We also want to thank our Parent Association for their kind support of our raffle prizes. Our PA sponsored the hampers, top-seller prizes and class prizes. They also go above and beyond to support the children of our school. Our top sellers were Lily (5th class) and Kodie (6th). The class prize winners were Pauric (Junior Infants), Ryan (Senior Infants), Hannah (1st), Tiernan (2nd), Kaylem (3rd), John (4th), Léon (5th) and Emma (6th). Each of our winners got to bring home a lovely Easter Egg from the prize table. Well done to everyone and many thanks to all of our families for their support of the raffle. It was another great success. We want to wish all of our families a very happy Easter and we look forward to welcoming everyone back on the 29th April. 

Bring 'n Buy Sale

​We had a wonderful Bring ‘n Buy in our school last Friday. Well done to Ms. Dalton and the boys and girls in 5th and 6th class. They planned, promoted and delivered a fantastic fundraising event for our school. Many thanks to our parents for their contributions to the Bring ‘n Buy stalls and for all of the fantastic baking that was sent into the school. The boys and girls had an absolute ball and it was great to see them problem solving with money, calculating change/prices, interacting with their peers and developing their conversation/social skills at the event. The Bring ‘n Buy raised an amazing €844 for the school. Thanks to everyone for their support of this event.

An Damhsa Mór

What a fantastic morning we had to celebrate the end of Seachtain na Gaeilge in our school. During our Assembly we were treated to some beautiful songs as Gaeilge from all of our classes and some classes added in some beautiful traditional Irish music too. We then had some super performances from our in-house Irish dancers, Grace, Lennon and Hugh. This was a great warm-up for our "Damhsa Mór". 
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St. Patrick certainly blessed our school this morning. The sun shone and the weather was beautiful for our Céilí in the Yard. The whole school performed "An Damhsa Mór" to some beautiful traditional music. We then had more fun with "Rince na Deilbhe" (Statue Dance). It was a great chance for the children to practice their 1,2,3s and to celebrate our rich cultural heritage. 

Leinster's 'Leo the Lion' visited our school

St. Patrick's Day Marbling in 1st and 2nd Class

Confirmation Students 'Lap of Honour'

​World Book Day and The Book Fair

​Confirmation 2019

Congratulations to the boys and girls in sixth class who made their Confirmation. We were very proud of how they represented our school and their families in the lead up to this special day. Well done to Ms. Dalton and the wonderful choir for the beautiful music throughout the ceremony.

European country projects

The children in fifth and sixth are developing their research skills by using the Chromebooks and their class library to research a European country of their choice. They have been busy compiling projects in their scrapbooks. They are really impressive and we are very proud of their hard work. Keep it up boys and girls!

Famous Inventors

The boys and girls in third and fourth have been busy research famous inventors using our Chromebooks. After learning about inventors during Science and History lessons the children then chose an inventor that interested them. They have been working in pairs to research a factfile on a famous inventor. They are quickly improving their research, keyboard and word processing skills.

Assembly

The children love coming together for assemblies on Thursdays. It is a great chance for each class to show the learning that takes place in their rooms. We sing songs, say our prayers, tell some stories and share general news from across our school. This week the boys and girls from 3rd to 6th performed some of their songs from Peace Proms. The children from Infants performed a FULL Kenn Nesbitt poem, which was unbelievable!! 1st to 2nd never fail to amaze us and they did a super rendition of the poem 'Eletelephony'. We also gave out our birthday certificates for the month. 

St. Valentine's Day Card-Making

6th Class Retreat

Our wonderful sixth class went on their pre-Confirmation retreat to the Focolare Centre in Prosperous. The boys and girls had a super day and once again made our school proud. As always they gave 100% and got the maximum benefits from their retreat day. We're delighted that you enjoyed your day. 

Grassy Heads

As part of our instructional writing unit in third and fourth class, the children had to follow specific instructions in order to make 'Grassy Heads'. The children were also learning about the necessary conditions for growing seeds so hopefully we will see some smooth grassy hair on our characters within the next few weeks. Keep an eye on our blog to see the developments...

First and Second Class Dioramas

St. Brigids Crosses

The boys and girls from third to sixth had lots of fun making St. Brigid's Crosses. They are certainly harder to make than you'd think but the children did a super job. It was a lovely way to honour the Patron Saint of our County. Iarracht den scoth gach duine!

Peace Proms

After months of hard work, the big day in the RDS finally arrived. Our boys and girls did us proud and represented the school to the best of their ability. The children sang their hearts out and really enjoyed singing and dancing with a fantastic live orchestra. It was a truly wonderful day for our school community and we want to thank our families who came to support us on this very special day. Many thanks to our dedicated staff who put lots of effort into preparing the children for the show. The hard work certainly paid off!! We hope that everybody had a great time and that the memories of Peace Proms will live on for a long time. If anybody got good photos or videos, please feel free to send them onto our school email ([email protected]).

Christmas Quiz 2018

Mrs. Usher put on a fantastic quiz for the children from 1st to 6th class. Teams were made up of children from these classes and the boys and girls were tested in all areas of the curriculum, with questions mainly focusing on topics covered since the beginning of the school year. Mrs. Usher also threw in a few tricky questions to sort out the teams! It was a wonderful event and the boys and girls had a great time (and showed us how clever they are!!). Well done to the winning team who won by two points. Thanks to Mrs. Usher for organising this event for our students. 

5th and 6th Class Christmas Shows - What a morning!!

Well done to the boys and girls in 5th and 6th class for the fantastic Christmas dramas that they put on for the whole school. They put lots of hard work into their performances and the end result was something to be proud of. The audience laughed and laughed (and booed too!!) and their Christmas songs were a great end to the dramas. Well done to Ms. Dalton for encouraging her students to be the best that they can be. That's something that we always strive for here in Killina :-)

Santa Claus in Killina 

Infant Nativity 2018

Well done to our wonderful Junior and Senior Infants for the excellent performance they put on this year. Their show 'Rock the Baby' was absolutely super! Thanks to Mrs. O' Sullivan for the hard work that she put in to make this show a great success. Also, special thanks to our wonderful families for the beautiful costumes that they organised for the boys and girls. Another lovely day in our school and yet again our students made us all very proud! 

Robin Hood at The Helix

Here are some photos of our day trip to the Helix. Excellent memories of a lovely day for our school. Well done to all our boys and girls!

Carol Singers in Killina

3rd and 4th class had fun with fabric and fibre over the last few days. They did a fantastic job creating these Carol Singer pictures. 

Filling the van for Team Hope

Santa's team of helpers came out to help Team Hope's volunteers pack the van with the 58 parcels from Killina National School. Once again, well done to our families for their support of this fantastic initiative. Scoll down through our blog to see more photographs from our Shoebox appeal. Maith sibh!!

World War 1 

5th and 6th class students have been busy learning all about World War 1. They have been celebrating the 100th anniversary of the end of the War. Along with the exciting activities that they have engaged with in their classroom, they were also blessed to visit Clogherinkoe National School to listen to Mario Corrigan and a number of other speakers who educated our students on the role of Carbury people who fought in the War. Such a rich learning environment and we are very thankful to Mrs. McConaghy in Clogherinkoe for welcoming us into her school. 

Shoe-Box Appeal

Well done and thank you to all of our families who kindly supported our shoe-box appeal. We managed to collect a total of 58 box. That is a fantastic number for our small school community. Iarracht den scoth Cill an Fheadha!

Kildare and Carbury stars come to Killina

We were very excited in school today to welcome Aaron O'Neill and Jack Cully from Carbury GAA into our school. Aaron and Jack were valuable members of the victorious Kildare u20 football team that beat Mayo in the All Ireland football final. The two celebrities visited our junior classes for question and answers and some photo opportunities. It was great to see the excitement and enthusiasm amongst our junior students. Aaron and Jack were then welcomed into a Q & A session with our 3rd to 6th class children. They talked to the students about their football adventures and hopefully inspired our students to follow in their footsteps. They were then met with an onslaught of interesting and intelligent questions from our boys and girls. It really was a fantastic morning in our school and we are very thankful to Jack and Aaron for giving up their time to come talk to us. Well done on your Leinster and All Ireland successes!

Buddy Reading Kicks Off!

We started our school buddy reading programme today and all of the boys and girls really stepped up to the mark. For buddy reading, students in senior classes are paired with junior school students and they read stories or listen to their buddies reading to them. It is a fantastic initiative and every student benefits greatly from engaging in it. Check out these lovely photos that show Buddy Reading in action in our school. We look forward to more of the same. 

Halloween Fun in 5th/6th

You never know what kind of exciting activities that you'll see when you pop into fifth and sixth. Check out the brilliant photos of the fun and games that took place in their classroom. Lá den scoth a bhí ann!! 

​Witch Walk in Killina

Well done to our boys and girls for the amazing effort that they put into their Halloween costumes. Everyone looked super! Thanks to all of our families for the support and sponsorship that they gave to this event. It was a great success. The goodies provided by the Parent Association were a great bonus after the walk. Great job everyone.

Halloween Masks

3rd and 4th have just finished off their Halloween masks. They made these using Paper Maché (water, flour and salt). Aside from it being a very messy endeavour, it was great fun making the masks. Some great detail was added to the masks. Well done everyone.

Maths Week 2018

Our students have been busy celebrating success in Maths this week. Every child has been encouraged to turn on his/her 'Maths Eyes' and this has created lots of interesting discussions around our school. Our Infants have been busy exploring shape and have enjoyed making drawings and images using 2D shapes. First to Sixth class have been doing Maths Scavenger Hunts around the school and have been reporting some of their findings using 'Scoompa', a slideshow app that has all the students talking! Third and Fourth class are busy using their mathematical skills to survey our students on a number of interesting topics. They will be reporting all of their findings early next week! It is great to see our students enjoying using Maths around the school. The following websites can be used at home to continue the development of your childs' mathematical skills:

• ​https://www.coolmathgames.com/
• https://www.coolmath4kids.com/

Natural Skeletons

Our students have been busy learning about the function of the human skeleton. They have learned the names of the different bones in the human body and have even learned some fancy scientific names too. Some new words include: femur, patella, tibia, fibula, sternum, pelvis and skull. After they learned the different bones, the children were given the task to work in groups to make 'Natural Skeletons' using twigs (or branches in some cases!!), leaves and stones. Check out some of their creations. Well done everyone.

Absorption in First and Second Class

First and Second class was a hive of activity this week. The boys and girls have been trying out their scientific investigation skills. They predicted, tested and analysed an experiment which explored the absorption capabilities of different materials. Aside from being scientists, they also demonstrated how well they can work as a team. Well done boys and girls, great work as always!

5th and 6th Class Projects

The boys and girls in fifth and sixth have been busy working on their history projects. They did a fantastic job researching and compiling their information. When completed, they presented them to other classes in the school. To make sure the audience was paying attention, they had post-presentation quizzes too. Well done 5th and 6th - great job as always!

Ireland Versus Denmark

Some of our students went to watch Ireland play against Denmark in the Nation's League at the weekend. Whilst the result was an unexciting scoreless draw, the children still had a great time in the Aviva. Hopefully the boys in Green can up their game for the Wales match on Tuesday!

Science Workshop

As a result of our school winning the county title for the WEEE Battery Collection our 1st to 4th class pupils were treated to a science workshop from 'Anyone4Science'. The children learned about acids, bases and neutral liquids whilst also exploring different ways of creating reactions. Great fun was had by all even though Mr. Tyrrell's room now smells like a chip-shop (Vinegar was widely used in the experiments!).

Monster Mash in 5th and 6th

Killina National School is not for the faint-hearted  at the moment! Our Senior students have been busy making their amazing 'Monsters' using a wide range of recyclable materials. The work and effort that went into these was remarkable and the finished products are testament to the childrens' great work. These monsters are now positioned around our school and we encourage everyone to come into the school to take a look at them. 

Maths Eyes around our school

3rd and 4th class have been busy learning all about 2D shapes this week. 3rd class revised the shapes they covered in 2nd class and also learned about a hexagon, an oval, a semi-circle and discovered what is meant by parallel lines. 4th class learned lots of new facts about 2D shapes and explored the following new shapes - parallelogram, rhombus, pentagon and octagon. They also learned about three different types of triangle - equilateral, isosceles and scalene. This week they also had to distinguish between obtuse, acute and right angles. It has been a busy week but they enjoyed making slideshows of their shape hunt around the school. ​

Daniel's Guinness World Record

One of our students, Daniel Kane was part of the very special Guinness World Record success in Croke Park on September 30th. All of the details can be found here. Daniel wrote a super account of his experience for everyone to read.
"My club, Coill Dubh got an invitation to be part of a World Record attempt for the largest hurling lesson. They accepted the challenge and organised a bus to Croke Park. When we arrived, we sat and listened to some music. We waited for instruction. All the clubs poured onto the pitch. Then we did some warm-ups. Over the intercom we were given drills to complete, for example jab lifts, roll lifts, one hand jab lift and one hand roll lift. 
After the drills, we sat in the stand and got some food. We then lined up with fierce excitement to hear if we had broken the world record. We did! We all jumped for joy. It was getting late so we all went back to the bus. It was 10:15 when we returned home - tired, cold but happy!"
​By Daniel

Assembly - 26/9/18

This morning we held a lovely celebratory assembly to mark the excellent work from September. We presented our September Babies with birthday certicates. We introduced our "Fit Squad", PE Monitors" and Green Squad to the school. Mrs O Sullivan and Ms. Dalton talked to the boys and girls about the exciting plans for Active Schools. Mrs. Noonan shared the wonderful news with the children that our school won the County Title for the WEEE battery collection. What a great achievement!! Mrs. Noonan also reminded the children to start collecting clothes for our upcoming clothes collection. We congratulated Karl and Mia on their super Karate achievements and the assembly finished off with a song/poem from each class. It's great to celebrate all that's wonderful about Killina National School.

Our World Champion

Read Karl's report of his amazing achievement in Dusseldorf!

"On Wednesday the 20th of September my sister and I travelled to Dusseldorf in Germany to compete in the World Championships of Kenpo Karate. This year in my category (9-11 years) I won gold in team sparring and a bronze in sparring. This was my second time to compete in the World Championships. I won two golds last year in Portugal."
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Well done Karl and Mia! We are very proud of you both. Our school is in safe hands.

Bug hunt around the school

First and second class are all settled back into school. This week they took to the outdoors to explore the minibeasts within our school environment. What a voyage of discovery it was, they even found a frog! It was great to hear the children talking so excitedly about our school's natural landscape.

Tag Rugby has kicked off!

Tag rugby is underway for third and fourth class. The boys and girls had their first session today and had a great time. Thanks to Gráinne for her continued development of tag rugby in Killina National School.

Hopes and Dreams

Our students shared their hopes and dreams for the school year. They all have ambitions of reaching for the stars and we want to encourage them to follow their dreams this year (and beyond).

School Celebrations

Congratulations to our students who won either Perfect or Excellent attendance certificates during our End of Year assembly. A super achievement and we are very proud of you all. I wonder can we give out an even bigger number of these awards next year! We invited Mrs. McGuinness back in for the 'Mrs. McGuinness Quiz' on Wednesday. Children from 3rd to 6th were put into mixed teams and they had a great morning answering questions, a few potential mastermind champions among our scholars! Congratulations to all teams for their hard work, but expecially to the teams who finished in 1st and 2nd place. Well done everyone! We also presented our World Cup winning teams with their winners medals to top off what has been a fantastic few weeks in Killina NS. Well done to all of students for the effort and enthusiasm that they have shown throughout the year. We are very proud of each of you:-)

5th and 6th Class Dramas

The whole school was treated to a wonderful series of dramatic performances by the children in 5th and 6th class. These children have been working on their dramas for six weeks and they did a fantastic job presenting them to the rest of the school. The sound of laughter could have been heard in Derrinturn! What a great bunch of students!! Well done.

World Cup Fun!

The World Cup in Russia doesn’t have a patch on the Killina Academy of Football! Our school World Cup was a great success and every boy and girl had great fun playing football at lunchtime over the last few weeks. We finished up with our World Cup Day on Tuesday and great fun was had by all. The infants showed off their penalty taking skills and put our senior students (goalkeepers) to the test. The 1st and 2nd class world cup final was a top class affair between Brazil and Spain. After two exciting halves of football, the winning team was Brazil. The 3rd to 6th class World Cup final was an exciting affair between Germany and England. After a game of end to end football, the winners were Germany. Well done to all the boys and girls for their participation over the last few weeks.

Charlie Bird came to visit

3rd and 4th class discovered a stray bird wandering around the hallway in our school. They called him 'Charlie' after one of their classmates who recently left our school. They tried to persuade Charlie to go outside but in the end Ms. Dalton had to rescue him and bring him out to his friends in the bushes.

Senior Tour to Lilliput

3rd to 6th Class went on their tour to Lilliput in Co. Westmeath. This was an action-packed tour from start to finish. The boys and girls were busy doing team-building games, orienteering, kayaking, bog-hopping, rock climbing and lots lots more. On the way home, they stopped off in Applegreen to get some food and treats (because they were so good all day). We know there were lots of tired little children going home after this adventure :-)

Garda Rónan came to visit the Infants

What an exciting morning in our Infant classroom. Garda Rónan from Naas Traffic Corps came in to talk with the boys and girls about the work of Gardaí. He was asked lots and lots of questions but said that the children were absolutely brilliant! Great job :-) They even got to try on a Garda uniform, put on handcuffs, sit inside the Garda van AND turn on the siren. 

1st and 2nd Class Trip to Causey Farm

1st and 2nd class had a fantastic day in Causey Farm. They did some fantastic activities whilst they were there. These included bog jumping, tractor-trailer rides, petting farm and obstacle courses to name a few. They even got to stop off in the shop on the way home! What a great day!!

Infant's School Tour to Wallaby Woods

Junior and Senior Infants went on their school tour to Wallaby Woods in Donadea. The boys and girls had a great day and had lots of fun. We even got an ice-pop when we got back to school (because it was so hot!!) We hope you enjoy looking at our photos :-) 

Sports Day

We had an amazing day this year for Sports Day. The sun shone all day long and the boys and girls had a great day. The races were great fun and there was lots of competition throughout the day. Each team tried their best in all of their activities and the group chants were a work of brilliance. Well done to all the boys and girls for their great participation all day. Also, well done to the mammies and daddies for their involvement in the parent's races. It was a fantastic day for our school.