The children are very busy getting ready for their Christmas performances. The  performances will take place on Tuesday 17th December. Our Student Council will be holding a raffle on the day to raise funds for the sports equipment. If anyone would like to donate prizes for the raffle please send them in!

9 am - 9:30 am - Junior Infants ABC Nativity

9:40 am - 10:10 am - Senior Infants The Sleepy Shepherd

10:20 am- 10:50 am -  First Class Ralph the Reindeer

11 am - 11:30 am - Second Class The Greatest Christmas Story

11:40 am - 12:20 pm - Third Class The Donkey Seller

12:30 pm - 1 pm -  Fourth and Fifth Class Straw and Order

1:10 pm - 2 pm - Fifth and Sixth Class A Christmas Story

9:45 am - 10:15 am - Rang Cairde Nua Buí Ms. Rooney The Night Before Christmas

9:45 am - 10:15 am - Rang Cairde Nua Gorm Mrs. Corcoran The Night Before Christmas

We look forward to meeting you all on the day!

Our wonderful Sixth Class in Kilbride National School! They have been selected by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office to act as ambassadors for this school year. Only two schools in the country were selected and we are delighted that our sixth class were chosen. They have always been a great class and everyone in the school is very proud of every one of them!
Arianna Walsh , Claire McGreal  and Emily Brennan were the Ombudsman for Children Representatives who came to Kilbride NS today to meet with their new Ambassadors and to discuss with them their very important role. The sixth class have been invited to attend the very prestigious Child Talks event in the Helix later this month. This is a very important annual event that takes place to celebrate and mark World Children’s Day. The children are really looking forward to this event and they will keep you informed about all their work as Ambassadors this year. Congratulations to Mia, Luke, Cathal, Agostino, Ailbhe, Noah, Eddie, Isla, Macy and Blaithín on this great achievement. It could not have happened to a nicer class, and I know they will be great Ambassadors!

It is that time of the year again! The teachers are dusting the tinsel off and are getting into the Christmas spirit! Our Christmas Plays will take place on Tuesday 17th December. This is one of our favourite days of the year and the children really enjoy the day so keep this date in your diary!

The Parent Teacher Meetings will be held from the 18th - 21st November. The Parent Teacher Meetings slots will be released next week for parents to book to meet the class teacher.

The Celtic Travelling Book Fair will be coming to the school the week of November 18th . The children can bring in money to purchase books if they so wish. If parents wish to purchase on behalf of their children, there will be time allocated for parents to come in and do so.

The Parent’s Association are organising a Clothes Recycling Day on Thursday 14 th November. Bags can be brought into the school and left in the shelter in the yard from Wednesday 13th November. The funds raised will be used by the PA to fund events for the children in the school during the year.

The Shoe Box Appeal leaflets were sent home before the mid-term break. If you wish to donate a
box, please send in the box on or before next Tuesday, 12th November 2024.

The school will be celebrating Science Week next week, Monday the 11th November to Friday the 15th November 2024. There are lots of science fun and activities planned for this week. The children will be working very hard for their Curious Minds Award.

Well done to the boys who participated in the Mini 7s hurling competition on Tuesday. The boys did very
well and should be very proud of themselves. They battled very hard and were unlucky not to continue to the
next round. Many thanks to the parents who helped with the lifts to the game. It is very much appreciated.

SHOEBOX APPEAL -  That time of year again.. Leaflets were sent home with the children prior to the Halloween midterm for Team Hope’s Christmas Shoebox Appeal. We do this every year in Kilbride National School and we always get a great response! This is a great cause and helps makes lots of children happy at Christmas time. The leaflets contain all the information needed or you can click on this link https://www.teamhope.ie/christmas-shoebox-appeal/ to help when putting your shoeboxes together!!

Shoeboxes are to be returned to the school by Tuesday, 12th November 2024.