Research shows that children who do not read during the summer can undo up to three months of reading progress, and that loss has a cumulative, long-term effect. Cavan library is running a ‘Summer Star’ programme as a way to encourage your child to read over the summer months.With each book read a reward Stamp […]
Opening Mid-Term Christmas Mid-Term St. Patrick’s Day Easter Bank Holiday Bank Holiday Summer Break School Opening: Wednesday 29th August 2018 School Closing: Friday 26th October 2018 School Reopening: Monday 5th November 2018 School Closing: Friday 21st December 2018 School […]
We held our final assembly for this school year this afternoon. We all gathered in the G.P room and celebrated the achievements of pupils in Speech & Drama exams, Music Theory exams, Accelerated Reading progress and millionaires, as well as full and nearly full attendance. We said a final farewell to 6th class who finish […]
We had a really fun day in the Killygarry GAA grounds on Wednesday 20th June. Every class got to participate in sprints, relays, egg and spoon race, 3-legged race, penalties and targets, tug-of-war, welly throwing and baseball hitting, sponge races, parachutes, tag rugby and obstacle course. Many of our past pupils came back to help […]
The very industrious pupils in 6th class and their teacher Ashley Wynne travelled to Dublin on Monday 18th June for the first ever Junior Entrepreneur Showcase and Awards day in the RDS. There were hundreds of schools displaying their products and thousands of people attending. Sixth class were displaying their FRAME IT business. They made […]
Clare from SEAI came to the school to teach the children about energy-saving. This is part of our Green Schools Programme.
Earlier in the year sixth class completed 6 training sessions with local triathlon coach Sasha. The culmination was a Duathlon event (running and cycling) which was held in Killygarry GAA grounds on the 6th of June. Well done 6th class on your fitness and endurance.
Well done to our girls’ gaelic football team who reached the semi-finals against Farnham NS this year. They won all four of their first round matches but were not able to conquer a very strong Farnham team in the semi-final. They will be back again next year to give it another go. Thank you to […]
We have blue-tits nesting in our live-cam nest box! Come into Ms Wynne’s classroom and see live footage of the 5 little chicks all snuggled up together waiting for their mum to fly back with food for them! Parents are welcome to come in at home time and see them also. (Just remember to park […]
Thank you to everyone who visited the school on Monday. We hope you enjoyed seeing your child’s classroom, the new extensions and the playground. We were delighted to see you all.