Father Christmas visited Killygarry National School today and the children all dressed up in their Christmas jumpers and sang Christmas songs. A sincere word of thank to the Parents Association for funding the selections boxes for the children and to Santa for making the long journey to our school. Thanks also to Bernie for decorating […]
Ciaran Gallagher from Kada KaBoom in Drogheda has been coming to the school each week since Halloween to train the children in samba drumming. Here are the performances which were recorded yesterday. Happy Christmas to you all!
The junior infants, senior infants, first and second class pupils have been doing dance with Mary Farrelly over the past four weeks while the senior classes have been doing animation and drawing with Grace Hynes, all funded by Creative Schools. The junior classes all dressed up and did their performances which we recorded and here […]
Last Thursday, the pupils got a night off homework and instead they were asked to perform acts of kindness for others. This was in memory of a little girl from Cork called Beibhinn O Connor, who died last September from a heart condition. Everyone brought in €2 or more on Friday and as a result, […]
Bernie and Lisa have been busy decorating the school for Christmas and haven’t they done a great job!
This morning when second class arrived into their classroom their Elf was dressed up in the Cavan jersey and had the cup beside him and the Cavan flag. Even the elves are cheering for Cavan!
Wishing the Cavan team the best of luck in the All-Ireland Semi-Final tomorrow against Dublin. Everyone in Killygarry National School will be cheering you on.
Beibhinn O’Connor was a bright and beautiful 9 year old girl from Cork who passed away with a heart condition last September. Now her parents are asking National School children in Ireland to do small acts of kindness in her memory. You can read more at the website https://www.theheartangel.com/about-our-heart-angel So this Thursday, the pupils of Killygarry […]
With climate change such an urgent issue for all of us, we are renewing our efforts at the school to compost our food waste. Here is a video which First Class made that explains why composting is a good idea and how it can be done. Maybe you can give it a go at home […]
We are very proud of our new school yard and all the fabulous yard markings for the children to play on. Here are some photos below:-