Category: General

Mrs. Crosby along with Third and Fourth Class have been working very hard this year at the Blue Star Programme. To end this programme we will be celebrating Europe Day, a little early, in Kilbride National School on Wednesday the 20th April 2016. The children have worked really hard at this programme this year and are looking forward to showing off all their work. Lots of fun activities have been planned for this day and the children are really looking forward to it!

We would like to welcome everyone back to school after the Easter holidays. We hope that everyone had an enjoyable and safe Easter. We are all ready now to work really hard for the last term of this school year!

The children in Kilbride National School are finishing today for their Easter holidays at 12 noon sharp. We would like to wish everyone a Happy St. Patrick’s Day and a very Happy Easter. We look forward to seeing everyone when the school reopens on Monday the 4th April 2016.

We really enjoyed celebrating Proclamation Day yesterday, Tuesday the 15th March 2016. All classes in Kilbride National School have been working really hard the last month in learning all about the Easter Rising 1916. We started off the celebrations with Sixth Class reading out The Proclamation for the New Generation. The Fifth Class then read out the Proclamation that was read by Padraig Pearse outside the GPO on Easter Monday 1916. The whole school then sang Amhrán na bhFiann as we raise the Irish flag. The whole school then went to hall to see all the work that each class had completed on the 1916 Rising. Junior and Senior Infants showed us their Irish flag and they then sang the song “Ireland’s Call”. First and Second read us all a story about what happened during the 1916 Rising. Third and Fourth Class showed their group projects on the 1916 Rising as well as telling the rest of the school some facts about the seven leaders of the 1916 Rising. Finally, Fifth and Sixth Class showed us their individual projects on the 1916 Rising. We also listed off all the children who died during the 1916 Rising and we had a minutes silence for these children and said a special Hail Mary for them. We really enjoyed celebrating today and we are all really proud of our Irish history.

The Annual Easter Raffle is about to take place in Kilbride National School in the next five minutes. We have LOADS of prizes for this raffle. We hope everyone has bought their raffle tickets because “If you are not in you can’t win!” Good luck to everyone who bought raffle tickets. Thank you to everyone who has donated prizes for our Easter Raffle. Your generosity is greatly appreciated!

We all really enjoyed Seachtain na Gaeilge here in Kilbride National School. All the children enjoyed all the extra Irish activities that were planned for the last two and a half weeks. They particularly enjoyed the Tráth na gCeist. Congratulations to the winners; Ryan, Conor, Danny, Donal, Ellen, Jenna, Caitlyn, Rachel, Roisín and Anna. The children from Junior Infants all the way up to Sixth Class really enjoyed the Sean Nós Dancing and the listening to the traditional Irish music. We would like to thank Rose and Michael for coming in last Friday, 11th March 2016 and taking the children for the Sean Nós dancing and the traditionally Irish Music. Seachtain na Gaeilge ends in Kilbride National School today, Wednesday the 16th March 2016 with “Green Day”. The children have all made a great effort to dress in something green in preparation and celebration of St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow.

We had great fun in Kilbride National School at our Day of Action for Water. Many thanks to Ms. Kealey for organising all of the great activities for this day. Many thanks also to all the parents for helping the children with their costumes. During the day we had a costume parade where everyone got to see the different water themed costumes in the school. Then we had a Water Quiz. The children in their groups also worked on, wrote and performed a water rap. Finally, the children all took part in a water relay race where the winning team had to have the most water left in their container at the end of the race. Well done to all the children for taking part in such a fun day. Well done to Joseph, Rian, Zoe, Emma – kate, Munise, Jack, Tom, James, Harry, Jennifer, Dáire and Caolan for winning the Water Quiz. Congratulation to Chaimaka, Shane, Julieann, Alana, Erica, Aishling, Rebecca, Molly, Sean, Lucy, Autum and Hannah – Mai for winning the Water Relay Race.

Congratulations to the boys and girls in Second Class on making their First Confession last week. This was a very special ceremony for the children and they were excellent. Many thanks to Mrs. McArdle for preparing the children for this ceremony. We would also like to thank the children who sang as part of the choir and thank you to their parents for bringing them.

The children in Kilbride National School put in a lot of effort this year dressing up as their favourite character from their favourite book. All the children really enjoyed the World Book Day Table Quiz. Well done to the winners; Fionn, Aidan, Luke, Scott, William, Roisín, Finn, Ellie, Eva, Amarachi and Tara.

The children from Junior Infants all the way up to Sixth Class had a great time this year playing the drums. We would like to thank Dave for coming to Kilbride National School to teach us how to play the drums. We look forward to our drum lessons next year!

The girls and boys in Sixth Class are taking part in the FAI 5 a Side soccer tournament in the MDL yesterday, Monday the 7th of March and today, Tuesday the 8th of March. The girls were playing yesterday and they played well in all their games. Well Done Girls! The boys are playing today and we wish them luck in the competition.

A reminder that the school will be closing at 12 noon on Wednesday the 16th March for the Easter Holidays  and will re – open on Monday the 4th April 2016.

The Parent’s Association are holding an Easter Egg Raffle again this year. Tickets are now on sale in the school from the class teachers. The price of the tickets are one strip for €2 or three strips for €5.bIf any parents wish to donate prizes for the raffle , can they please send them into the school.

First Prize = Easter Cake kindly donated by Bernie Rennick

Second Prize = Easter Egg Hamper donated by RS Engineering

All other prizes are a range of Easter Eggs kindly donated by parents and local suppliers.

Hurling Training will commence every Tuesday from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm starting on Tuesday the 5th of April 2016.

Proclamation Day will be taking place in our school on Tuesday, 15th March 2016. Lots of events are planned to remember this very special moment in Ireland’s history.

Seachtain na Gaeilge has commenced in the school. Beidh alán eachtraí agus cluichí ar siúl sa scoil i rith na seachtaine. Beidh alán craic agus spraoi ar scoil an tseachtain seo! There will be a qhole school Tráth na gCeist on Thursday and there will be Sean Nós dancing and traditional music taking place in the school on Friday.

The First Confession takes place, tomorrow, Wednesday the 9th March 2016 at 7pm in Kilbride Church. The choir will be singing at this special ceremony. All children should be in the church at 6:45 pm. The First Confession will be over at approximately 7:30 pm. The children in Second Class are working very hard in preparing for this very special moment in their lives , when they, for the first time receive the Sacrament of Penance. We would like to extend our best wishes to Cathal, Ella, Autumn, Caitlin, Aoibhinn, Harry, Aoibhinn, Roisin, Ethan, Danny, Joey, Rian, Diarmuid, Ciaran and Cory on their very special night.

If you have recently changed your mobile number could you please inform the school as soon as possible so we update our records.

If parents wish to arrange a meeting with staff they can send in a letter to the staff member in question and a suitable meeting time will be arranged.

We would like to remind parents of our Healthy Eating Policy here in Kilbride National School. This policy is available from the school or via the school website. Treats, such as sweets, chocolate, rice cakes and biscuits of all types are only permitted on a Friday.

Seachtain na Gaeilge commences nationwide and in Kilbride National School tomorrow, Tuesday the 1st March 2016. The children will be encouraged to speak Irish whenever they can. There are also lots of fun activities planned for the children both inside and outside of the classroom.

We are celebrating World Book Day this Thursday, 3rd March 2016, with lots of activities planned. We are asking that all the children come into school dressed as their favourite character from a book that they enjoy reading. Also, book tokens will be sent home with the children at some stage this week as part of the World Book Day celebrations.

Second Class are very busy getting ready for their First Confession which is taking place next Wednesday, 9th March 2016 at 7 pm in Kilbride Church. The choir and Ms. Kealey have also started practicing today as they will be singing at this very special ceremony.

We are delighted to inform you all that the front school entrance has finally been completed! Parents and visitors who wish to access the school can now do so by the front door. Any child who arrives late to school in the morning must now enter the school through the front door as the back door will be locked after 8:45 am.

We are delighted to welcome back Mrs. McArdle to our school after her maternity leave. The children in First and Second Class gave her a lovely warm welcome and were very happy to see her this morning.

The children in Third and Fourth are busy at present completing the Blue Star Programme. As the Centenary Celebrations of the Easter 1916 Rising is coming up the children in Third and Fourth Class are currently completing fact files based on the seven leaders of the 1916 Rising; Padraic Pearse, Thomas Clarke, James Connolly, Sean MacDermott, Joseph Plunkett, Eamonn Ceannt and Thomas MacDonagh.

Well done to all the children who tried out this morning, Thursday the 25th of February 2016, in the Cross Country Trials. Every child from First to Sixth Class completed their race. Six children from each grouping will now go forward to the school’s Cross Country Championships in Fairyhouse next Friday, 4th March 2016. Well done again to all the children who ran in the trials this morning and we wish the 36 children who qualified the best of luck in Fairyhouse next Friday. We know you will all do Kilbride National School proud.

The Open Evening in Kilbride National School took place last night, Tuesday the 23rd February 2016, from 6pm to 7pm. There was a great turn out for our Open Evening. We would like to thank everyone for coming to see our beautiful new school. We hope you all enjoyed the evening, meeting with some of the children who attend Kilbride National School and seeing a sample of all the work that we do here in Kilbride National School with the children. We look forward to welcoming all our new infants in September 2016 and any other new students who wish to enrol in Kilbride National School. Thank you to the Parent’s Association who helped out with the tea and coffee on the night. Thank you to Mrs. Mallee and Mrs. Murphy for organising the evening. Thank you to all the children who came last night to help with our open evening. The saying is true “Kilbride National School is a small but mighty school!”

Just a reminder that the school will be closed this Friday the 26th February 2016 due to Kilbride National School being a polling station and voting is taking place on Friday the 26th February 2016 for the General Election.

The First Confession will take place on Wednesday the 9th of March in Kilbride Church.