News | Killoughteen National School

Regeneron donate two refurbished Laptops to Killoughteen NS

Dec 2, 2022 | Uncategorized

On behalf of the community of Killoughteen NS I would like to thank Jason Cummins who managed to secure two refurbished laptops for the school from Regeneron. This is very much appreciated. See below Jason pictured with his boys Luke and Ryan. ...

Our First Term in Miss Sweeney’s Class

Dec 2, 2022 | Miss Sweeney and Miss Flannery's Classes, Miss Sweeney's Class

We have got up to lots of new and exciting things in our first term in Miss. Sweeney’s classroom. For five of the children in our room it was their first time at Killoughteen National School. Ben, Hannah, Evie and Kalum are in Junior Infants. Joshua is in Senior...

Tony Noonan brings Santa Claus to Killoughteen NS

Dec 1, 2022 | Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, Junior Infants, Miss Flannery and Miss Sweeneys Class, Second Class, Senior Infants, Sixth Class, Third Class

December 1st was a wonderful day in Killoughteen NS for our pupils. Santa Claus came to visit us all with Tony Noonan. Santa visited all the classrooms. The children sang some songs for Santa and promised to leave him out carrots, cookies, milk and many more treats on...

Science Week 2022

Nov 29, 2022 | STEM

Science week in Killoughteen N.S saw all classes conducting some very interesting experiments. Both the Junior Infant classes joined together for science stations and completed 4 great activities. They made raisins ‘dance’ by adding them to sparkling water with baking...

Girls Football

Nov 24, 2022 | Active Schools Flag, Fifth Class, Sixth Class

On the 17th of October the girls from Killoughteen NS set off to Mick Neville Park to play in a blitz and try to win the title of West division one champions. They played valiantly and overcame Broadford NS, Mahoonagh NS. They then played against Gaeilscoil in the...

Christmas Shoe Box Appeal – TEAM HOPE

Nov 24, 2022 | Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, General News, Junior Infants, Miss Flannery and Miss Sweeneys Class, Second Class, Senior Infants, Sixth Class, Third Class

This year 105 physical shoe boxes were donated by the school community and many more were donated online. Sincere thanks to all who supported the TEAM HOPE shoe box appeal....

Newcastle West County Football Champions

Nov 9, 2022 | Active Schools Flag, Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, Junior Infants, Second Class, Senior Infants, Sixth Class, Third Class

We were delighted to welcome team members Mike McMahon and Darren O Doherty, along with their manager Jimmy Lee to Killoughteen NS today. Newcastle West won the senior county football title (Fr. Casey Cup) against Adare in Killmallock on Sunday November 6th. They now...

Halloween Dress Up 2022

Oct 28, 2022 | Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, Green Flag, Junior Infants, Miss Sweeneys and Miss Flannerys Class, Second Class, Senior Infants, Sixth Class, Third Class

On Friday the 28th October, we had lots of different creatures enter the grounds of Killoughteen NS. We had aliens in space ships, witches, pirates, hurlers, wizards, skeletons, nuns, knights, minions, zombies and spiders to name but a few. The creativity and...

Table Toppers – October 2022

Oct 28, 2022 | Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, Miss Sweeneys and Miss Flannerys Class, Second Class, Senior Infants, Sixth Class, STEM, Third Class

On Thursday the 22nd, we had our Table Toppers competition at school. The children are always very excited and look forward to the event. We had excellent tables skills on display again this year by all pupils in all classes. We had 3 pupils from each class selected...

Division 1 West Champions

Oct 17, 2022 | Active Schools Flag, Fifth Class, Sixth Class

On Monday morning, October 17th our girls football team were all excited as they prepared to head off to Mick Neville Park for the division 1, 9-A-Side Ladies Football Blitz. The girls had trained at school with Mr Carmody and Mr Keoghan since the beginning of the...

Admission Notice for the school year 2023 2024

Oct 5, 2022 | Uncategorized

Please see below the school's Annual Admission Notice in respect of admissions for the 2023/2024 school year. Here you will also find a link to our Schools Admission Policy. Killoughteen NS will accept enrolment application forms via the school website under the...

Cumann na mBunscoil Football League

Oct 4, 2022 | Active Schools Flag, Fifth Class, Fourth Class, Sixth Class

Our boys football team is in Division one of the league this year. We will be playing Shountrade NS, Ahalin NS and Broadford NS. Today October 4th was our first game. We got off to a great start and won against Shountrade in the Old Mill pitch. The score was 2-07 to...

Gearóid Hegarty visits Killoughteen NS

Sep 29, 2022 | Uncategorized

Today our sixth class pupils had visitors from both Desmond College and SMI visit the school to speak with our sixth class pupils about progressing to secondary school and what SMI and Desmond College had to offer. Sincere thanks to all the staff who spoke to our...

Update on Build Progress September 2022

Sep 7, 2022 | General News, Uncategorized

We in Killoughteen NS are delighted with the progress that has been made with our building project over the summer months. Our preschool, Killoughteen Kids has been moved to a new site adjacent to new drop off and collection area. The preschool has had a lot of works...

Analog Robotics Competition – June 18th 2022

Jun 19, 2022 | Sixth Class, STEM

Analog Robotics competition 2022: When we arrived at Analog Devices they handed us our lanyards with our names and school on them; we were then shown to our work stations by the very helpful staff. We began building the main body of our robot and programmed the...

Hurling Blitz

Jun 16, 2022 | Active Schools Flag, Fifth Class, Fourth Class, Sixth Class

Our school hurling team took part in a blitz on June 13th in Mick Neville Park in Rathkeale. They played against Ballingarry, Monagea and Askeaton. They all played exceptionally well and were unfortunate not to bring home any silverware. We are very proud of all our...

Well being Week in Killoughteen NS

Jun 15, 2022 | Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, Junior Infants, Second Class, Senior Infants, Sixth Class, Third Class

Well-being Week Killoughteen National School held a ‘Well-being Week’ from 9th to the 13th May 2022 as part of the ‘Amber Flag’ initiative, run by Pieta House. This involved the whole school community coming together to promote a safe, positive and healthy attitude...

6th Class Graduation – June 14th 2022

Jun 15, 2022 | Sixth Class

The 14th of June was a momentous day for the boys and girls in 6th class in Killoughteen NS. It was the day that the boys and girls reflected on their time in our school and relived some of their memories. We are very proud of you all and wish you all every good wish...

Active Week- June 2022

Jun 9, 2022 | Active Schools Flag, Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, Junior Infants, Second Class, Senior Infants, Sixth Class, Third Class

Active Week (June 7th - 10th) in Killoughteen NS was a great week full of fun and activity. We walked from school to Barnagh Gardens on Tuesday (1st to 6th class) whilst our infant classes had lots of activities at school. On Wednesday we went on school tours to the...

School Year 2022 2023 – Information for Parents

Jun 3, 2022 | Uncategorized

Dear Parent(s) / Guardians, Please see information here for the new school year ahead 2022/2023 June-3rd-Important-year-end-information Book Lists All classes 2022-23 school calendar 2022-2023 Sten scores explained 2nd to 6th class Standardised tests 1st...

STEPS Young Engineers Awards!!

May 26, 2022 | General News, School Newsletter, STEM, Third Class

3rd Class entered the STEPS Young Engineers Competition at the start of the school year. They were split into groups and they spent two months brainstorming, constructing and presenting their ideas to improve life in our local community. Just before Easter, the class...

Liam McCarthy Cup visits Killoughteen NS May 2022

May 23, 2022 | Active Schools Flag, Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, Junior Infants, Rainbow Class, Second Class, Senior Infants, Sixth Class, Third Class

On the 19th of May last, the Liam McCarthy Cup was brought to Killoughteen NS by David O' Dea. (Games Development Administrator.) The children were all excited and dressed in their Green and White. Since 2018 Limerick the Limerick Senior hurlers have won the...

Split the Pot

May 19, 2022 | Active Schools Flag, Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, Junior Infants, Rainbow Class, Second Class, Senior Infants, Sixth Class, Third Class

We begun 'Split the Pot' here in Killoughteen NS to raise funds to upgrade and install the best play and recreational areas possible for our pupils. The draw is on weekly on Thursdays and the winners are posted here on the website and on our school Facebook page....

Killoughteen NS Fundraiser Launch

May 19, 2022 | Active Schools Flag, Fifth Class, First Class, Fourth Class, General News, Junior Infants, Parents' Council, Rainbow Class, Second Class, Senior Infants, Sixth Class, STEM, Third Class, Uncategorized

On Tuesday evening last, May 17th 2022 Killoughteen NS hosted a cookery demonstration and launched a fundraiser in the Longcourt House Hotel. Wade Murphy, award winning chef, owner of 1826 restaurant in Adare and TV chef on the RTE Today Show led the show and made it...