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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.

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.

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.

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.

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 second and third class boys who participated in the Pat Ryan Tournament on the 3G pitch at Breffni Park yesterday. The boys won all their matches and brought home the Pat Ryan 7 Aside Perpetual Shield which they also won back in 2014, 11 years ago. Pat Ryan was the Principal of St. Felim's N.S. in Cavan and every year St. Felim's N.S. organise this tournament in memory of Mr. Ryan. A sincere word of thanks must go to Ciaran Brady, teacher at St. Felim's N.

Today we had a great celebration of music at the school with our Music Generation Tin Whistle players, our School Trad Group who performed in Arás an Uachtaráin in December, Eibhlín on Guitar, Faolán on the fiddle, Willow on Electric Guitar, Clara doing some Irish Dancing and Danielis and Kajetan telling us a few jokes. The Music on Wheels tour is organised by Music Generation and our wonderful Music Teacher, Aishling O'Reilly. A sincere word of thanks to all involved. Wha

Well done to all the children who won an Easter Egg in their class raffle and to Patrick in Senior Infants who won the Easter Egg Hamper. Congratulations to the five children who won an Easter Egg and a voucher for Café Mana, Smith's Diner or Cavan Swimming Pool for raising so much money in the Parents Association Sponsored Walk. The school raised €280 for Unicef last week with our colourful Friendship Day so well do everyone who supported it too.

Glanmore Foods, who provides our Hot School Meals, donated an Easter Egg Hamper for an Easter Raffle in the school. SuperValu in Cavan donated 8 Easter Eggs for our Raffle also. We wish to thank Niall from Glanmore and Daniel (Kajetan's dad) from SuperValu for their generous donations. Tickets are on sale in each of the classrooms at 20c each or a strip for €1 and the raffle will take place next Friday, 11th of April, in the school. A child in each class will win the East

The Parents Association will be holding their annual sponsored walk on Sunday 6th of April at 11am in Killygarry GAA Grounds. Please return all your sponsorship cards and money by Friday 4th of April to be entered into a draw for a huge array of prizes on the day. Bring family and friends along with you for a nice Sunday walk around the football pitch. Refreshments will be served afterwards. A sincere word of thanks to all our sponsors and families for supporting us and t

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