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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.

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

Killygarry National School will be accepting applications for enrolment from Monday 6th of October to Friday the 24th of October online through our school website or using the QR Code below. Applications will open from 9am on Monday 6th of October.

4th class have been inspired by the short film, Caine's Arcade. We are making our own cardboard creations; from cars, to games and ice-cream carts! We started today. When we finish, we will invite all our school community to come and play!

All the children had a great day on Thursday as they participated in a Skipping Workshop organised by Ms. Wynne and funded from money raised last year by the School Marathon. We ended the day with an ice cream or a slushie in the 25C sunshine.

Well done to all the pupils who participated in our School Sports Day on the 3G Pitch at Breffni Park on Monday 16th of June. It was a beautiful day and so well organised by Mrs. White, Deputy Principal.

Well done to the fourth, fifth and sixth class boys who participated in the Division 2 Cumann na mBunscol Blitz in Breffni Park last week. The boys played brilliantly but were up against tough apponents. A sincere word of thanks to Ms. Finnegan for taking the boys for all their training sessions after school and to Micheal Smith for helping out on the day. Thanks also to John Emo and Brian Crowe for refereeing on the day.

We went for a lovely nature walk yesterday and spotted lots of wild flowers. We picked these: herb Robert, purple clover, dandelion, daisy, robin run the hedge, buttercup, vetch, cuckoo flower and hawthorn blossom. Ella and Erin made pretty posies with their flowers!

The children had a great day at the Breifne College Blitz yesterday on the 3G pitch at Kingspan Breffni Park. The fourth class boys participated in the blitz and reached the final and were runners-up in the end. The highlight of the day was meeting the President of the GAA, Mr. Jarlath Burns, who spoke to all the children on the day. Well done to all the boys on the wonderful football played!