A suite of tip sheets have been published to help parents/guardians support their children learn Irish (https://ncca.ie/en/primary/resources-for-parents/). These include;

1. Irish All Around Me - An Ghaeilge Mórthimpeall Orm; https://ncca.ie/en/resources/irish-all-around-me-an-ghaeilge-morthimpeall-orm/
2. Praise! Praise! Praise! - Mol an Óige agus Tiocfaidh Sí!; https://ncca.ie/media/5345/praise-praise-praise-_mol-an-%C3%B3ige-agus-tiocfaidh-s%C3%AD.pdf
3.  Speaking and Reading in Irish - Ag Labhairt is ag Léamh as Gaeilge; https://ncca.ie/en/resources/speaking-and-reading-in-irish-ag-labhairt-is-ag-leamh-as-gaeilge/
4. Fun at Home - Spreagadh agus Spraoi sa Bhaile; https://ncca.ie/en/resources/fun-at-home-spreagadh-agus-spraoi-sa-bhaile/

To help children learn at home, supports such as tip sheets, book suggestions, activity ideas, and videos have been developed for parents. Click on this link for further information; https://ncca.ie/en/primary/resources-for-parents/

The school will remain closed tomorrow, Monday 27th January 2025, due to no electricity.

Kilbride National School will be closed tomorrow, Friday the 24th January 2025, due to the Red Weather Alert that is in place for our area.

Kilbride National School welcomes renowned psychologist and author of “Perfectly Imperfect Parenting” Dr. Mary O’Kane to our school on Monday, 24th February 2025 at 7pm to give a talk on “Raising Resilient Children”. Resilience is key in supporting our young children to cope with the ups and downs that life throws at them – it is what helps them to bounce back from adversity. It helps our children to work towards developing solutions when faced with challenges and gives them the internal self-belief to overcome difficulties. In this seminar, Dr Mary O’Kane offers practical advice on how we can best support our children in becoming more resilient and having greater confidence in their own abilities. See you all on the 24th February at 7pm.

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.