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Congratulations to all our Easter competition winners: Patrick in 1st class won the hamper. Colouring competition winners: Eirinn in junior infants Zarpash in senior infants Sofia in First class Sophia in second class Eva in Third class Hollie in Fourth class Ella in Fifth class Eibhlin in Sixth class

Inniu, cheiliúraíomar lá glas sa scoil. Ghléas na páistí go léir in éadaí glasa, rinne siad damhsa, sheinn siad ceol and chan siad amhráin. Lá iontach a bhí ann.

Our Parents Association have organised two Easter Fundraisers and we would greatly appreciate your support. See the leaflet below.

Cruella de Vil and all her Dalmatians, which she had an awful job keeping track of on World Book Day!

Well done to all the 140 children from Killygarry N.S., St. Felim's N.S. Cavan, Crosserlough N.S., Drumcrave N.S. and St. Clare's N.S. Cavan who participated in the Ficheall Chess Tournament in Killygarry Community Centre on Thursday 12th of March. There was great respect shown by all the chess players.

All the staff, pupils and Board of Management of Killygarry National School would like to wish Killygarry Gaelic Football Club a very happy 60th birthday and we wish them well with their celebrations on Saturday night. Killygarry GFC has always been a great support to our school, giving us access to their indoor and outdoor facilities and last year they gave us a full set of Gaelic footballs for our school. Thank you for your support and happy birthday!

Well done to all the children who participated in the School Marathon last Friday at Killygarry N.S. A sincere word of thanks to all the parents and family members who sponsored the children. There was over €4000 raised and there is still money coming in. We are going to use the money to put in a shed to keep all our physical education equipment in. Some of the money will also be used to put in a poly tunnel at the back of the school so the children can learn to grow some

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.

4th class have been working with a visiting musician through the BLAST music project over the last few months. They have developed a story and added music and sound effects to help dramatise the audio. Today was our final session with Craig the musician; and here's a few photos to show a sneak peek into how production went!

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.

We had great fun today at school; starting with a video call with our Italian penpals for the first time this morning. We had a disco on the yard, we visited 6th class to see their amazing pumpkins, we played conkers and chess. We managed to fit in some treats and a party as well!

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.

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.

After lots of hard work and much use of tape and cable ties, we were ready to open our Cardboard Arcade yesterday! Parents, family and school staff were our special guests as well as inviting every class to come and play. We had lots of fun and really enjoyed sharing our creations with our school community.

Here are all our classes of the 2025-26 academic year. All our students are settling in well to school and working really hard while also having lots of fun with their friends. Junior Infants Senior Infants First Class Second Class Third Class Fourth Class Fifth Class Sixth Class