LATEST NEWS

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

For the second year, 6th class pupils have started to take part in an entrepreneurial programme ‘Sam’s Business Bus’. In these weekly sessions via zoom, the pupils are learning about the characteristics of an entrepreneur and how many people locally and across the world started with an idea which grew into a company or business. This year Glenillen Farm have come onboard as sponsors of the programme and they kindly sent out yogurt pouches for the pupils to try. Here they are

6th class had their first boxercise class today. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the session and learning all the dynamic movements involved. Thanks a million to Borys the instructor, everyone is very excited for next week!

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.

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.

Well done to all our Sixth Class pupils for the fantastic pumpkins that they created for Halloween. A massive effort was put in by all the children.

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.

Our Sixth Class Pupils had a very enjoyable Sports Day at St. Patrick's College on Thursday 9th of October. All the children got to participate in many different sports on the day.

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