Our fantastic Student Council will be holding a Christmas Raffle on 17th December 2025. Tickets will be on sale before and after each Nativity Play, and all money raised will go towards funding half zip tops for the third-class children, basketball kit for our basketball team and purchasing additional sports equipment. The Student Council would greatly appreciate any donations of raffle prizes. Many thanks to those of you who have sent in prizes already!!

Practise is well and truly underway here in Kilbride National School and parents are in for a treat on performance day!!! Christmas Plays will take place on Wednesday, 17th December 2025. Please see our weekly newsletter for details and times on each play.

Congratulations to all our recent weekly draw winners to date!!  Tonight's jackpot is an exciting €650!

We are also delighted to announce a Christmas Give-Away with four One4All vouchers worth €50 each to be won in the draw taking place on December 18th.

Thank you again to everyone who has signed up to support our school. If you have not joined yet, you can do so at the link below:

https://www.ourfundraiser.ie/org/kilbridenstrim

Please help us spread the word — the more people who participate, the more opportunities we can provide for our children.

Sherpa Kids Breakfast and After School Childcare Programme coming to Kilbride National School in February 2026. Available to all parents in the school. Please see the information email that was sent to all parents in the school yesterday, Wednesday the 10th December 2025.

We are launching a new fundraising lotto.

Please visit our homepage to join and support us https://www.ourfundraiser.ie/org/kilbridenstrim

The Kilbride National School Parents Association would like to invite all Junior Infant parents to a Get to Know You Gathering! We would also like to extend this invitation to any parents of children in Senior Infants, First Class and Second Class who recently joined the school.
We hope that this would be an opportunity for parents to meet up and have a chat without the kiddies! We hope you can put names to faces or faces to names! We hope that this will be a nice opportunity for everyone to chat, ask questions and get to know each other a little more. We know that not everyone has the opportunity to meet at the school in the mornings or afternoons due to work and other commitments. We hope to see lots of parents on in the school. The kettle will be on and there will be goodies!

We are very happy to announce that Drumming Classes with Dave will start in October. The children have always thoroughly enjoyed these engaging and energetic lessons, and they are already looking forward to Dave’s return to school. His sessions are not only fun but also help build rhythm, coordination, and confidence

The First Holy Communion will take place on Saturday 9th May at 11:30 am in Kilbride Church.

Dates for the Diary:

The school has been notified of the following additional school closures.

- October 24th, 2025 School Closure- Presidential Elections
- November 7th, 2025 School Closure - Child Protection Procedures – Whole School Professional Learning Day
- January 21st, 2026 School Closure - Day 1 - Primary Curriculum Framework
- April  22nd, 2026 School Closure - Day 2 - Primary Curriculum Framework

Our Open Day will take place on Saturday, 18th October from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon. Everyone is welcome to come along and see what Kilbride National School has to offer.