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Last Wednesday 35 of our students participated in the Annual Swimming Gala in Cavan Swimming Pool and Sports Complex. We had great success on the day and the children swam amazingly well. Here are some of our medal winners but all the children who participated on the day was a winner. Gearoid came 1st place in the U8 Back Crawl Oscar came 1st in the U10 Back Crawl Siún came 2nd in the U10 Back Crawl Evan came 3rd in the U10 Breast Stroke Robyn came 4th place in the U10 Brea

Last Thursday the senior classes sang, played music and performed the Nativity in St. Brigid's Church Killygarry for all their parents and grandparents. It was a fabulous evening and the children did a great job.

Today we had a special visit from Santa Claus who arrived in a Fire Engine. He brought sweets and Christmas Annuals for the children, all provided by our wonderful Parents Association.

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Today we handed over 104 shoe boxes to the Team Hope Charity who deliver these special gifts to children across the world who are in need of something special this Christmas. Well done to all the families who participated in this every worthwhile charitable event.

The School Book Fair will arrive in the school on Monday 17th November and will finish up on Friday 21st of November. It will be open until 4:30pm on the Wednesday and Thursday for parents during the Parent Teacher Meetings. We appreciate your support as always!

There will be a clothing collection at the school on Thursday 13th of November. They accept pairs of shoes, handbags, belts, clothing and handbags. They do no accept duvets or pillows. You can leave your bags at the school gate each morning from Monday 10th to Thursday 13th of November. Thank you for your support.

Today we had an invasion of dinosaurs at Killygarry National School. They were enroute to Jurassic Park and arrived at the school to scare the teachers away!

Well done to all the girls who participated in the Loreto Gaelic Football Blitz on Wednesday 17th of September on the 3G pitch at Breffni Park. The team played great and reached the final but were marginally beaten in the end. Thank you to Ms. Mc Mahon for accompanying the team to this blitz and to the TY students in Loreto for organising this fantastic event.

Our school camogie team participated in a camogie blitz last Monday 13th of October and played extremely well. Thank you to Ms. Mc Mahon for training the team after school and for organising the blitz and accompanying the children to the blitz.

Congratulations to the 36 pupils who participated in the Cross-Country Running Competition last Wednesday in Killinkere. The children did incredibly well with Aisling in 5th class coming home with a gold individual medal and our senior girl's team winning gold also, a first time achievement for our school. A sincere word of thanks to Ms. White who organises this event every year and trains the team and to Ms. Mc Mahon, Ms. Keaney and Lisa for looking after the children on t

Our sixth class pupils are organising a fundraiser to raise money to purchase Leaver Hoodies for their class. They are looking for families to donate their used Halloween Costumes and they will sell them in the school on the 16th of October for €5 each. Please drop in any costumes to the school on the 13th to 15th of October and thank you for your support.

Genius Hour has gotten of to a good start in 5th class. Lots of interesting information being presented on a Friday afternoon.

We were pleased to have Fr Jordan in on Thursday for our prayer service. 5th class led the readings for our service.