Dunderry GAA club will be sending a coach to our school to help the children develop and improve their GAA skills. The coach will be commencing training with Junior Infants to Second Class for six weeks from next Monday the 14th October 2019. We would like to thank Gordon Rennick and Dunderry Juvenile Club for arranging the coach to come in and for supporting the GAA in our school. We would like to thank everyone in Dunderry GAA club and Dunderry Camogie club for supporting the school club link and for ensuring that all schools in our parish benefit. Many thanks to everyone involved. The children cannot wait to start 🏐🏐

Michelle Boyle, Meath GAA Development Officer is coming into the school every Monday to do hurling / camoige training with Third to Sixth Class. All children will be participating. They have really enjoyed the last two weeks and are already looking forward to next Monday!

We were all out in our pink today in Kilbride National School to show our support for Cups for Cancer. Thank you to everyone who supported such a great cause.

Our Student Council Presidential Election took place in Kilbride National School today, Friday the 27th September 2019. The children were all excited about the process! Every child in the school got to vote and we are happy to announce that there were no spoiled votes! It was a very close race this year. A huge congratulations from us all here in Kilbride NS to Cathal Byrne, who has been re - elected as Student Council President. Well done Cathal and we cannot wait to see what exciting things you have planned for the school this year!

Most of the children have had a chance to use our outdoor classroom at some stage during the month of September (when it eventually decided to stop raining!). It is a great place for the children to come outside and learn. The children love going out to the outdoor classroom and we hope to get a lot more use out of it before the winter sets in!! The children are so lucky to have this resource in the school where on a dry day the teacher can decide to leave the indoor classroom and take our learning outside.

There will be an Open Morning in our school on Saturday, 19th October at 11am. Anyone who is interested in enrolling their child in our school for next September 2020 can come and see our school. We look forward to meeting you all 😊

The Parents Association AGM takes place tonight at 8pm. All parents are welcome. The Parents Association has a very important role to play in our school. They have shown great support to our children, teachers and parents. We would like to thank the outgoing committee for their outstanding work last year and for their brilliant support. We look forward to working with the Parents Association this year. The Parents Association play a pivotal role in our school and the contribution they have made has been of immense importance.

Cups Against Cancer Coffee Morning - Tuesday, 1st October from 10am.
Open Morning for New Entrants - Saturday, 19th October @ 11am
Parent / Teacher meetings - 21st, 22nd and 23rd of October.

This year our school has signed up for a new initiative. Our school is participating in the GAA Five Star Flag Award. In consultation with the Meath Development Officer, Christine O’ Brien, we have devised a plan to ensure that all children in our school participate in GAA activities throughout the school year and not just the children who play on the school teams. Part of this plan involves Christine coming to the school and doing GAA skills with the children from Junior Infants to Second Class. Next week, another Meath Development GAA coach will be coming to the school to do camogie and hurling training with the children in Third Class up to Sixth Class. The children are all very excited about this!