The corridors of Kilberry N.S. were awash with weird and wonderful costumes on Friday last. Super Mario, Mary Poppins, Minions as well as witches, devils and ghosts took control of the school (and that was just the teachers!) The Mad Hatter, Zombie brides, clowns and werewolves were on the prowl as the children raised funds for Temple Street Children’s Hospital. We raised 197 Euro for this wonderful charity….

Trick or Treat for Temple Street…

Congratulations and well done to all the boys and girls who received full attendance certificates for the first term of the new school year..

Mary Poppins a.k.a. Ms. Cawley with her Junior and Senior Infants.

Ms. Carter with First Class receiving their full attendance certificates.

Mrs. Prendergast casts a spell over 2nd and 3rd class…

Ms. Duffy and her little minions…

Mr. O’Sullivan keeps a watchful eye on 5th and 6th class!!

Well done everyone………

The children from second-sixth class have been learning the skills of volleyball over the past seven weeks under the guidance of Tom Landers from the Newbridge Volleyball Club. Over the past few weeks the children have learned lots of different techniques, including the overhand catch, the correct serving technique and were introduced to the game of Catch and Throw Volleyball.
Today, Tom organised a Volleyball Tournament for the children, complete with medals for the winners and runners up. The classes were split into teams of four and the whole school was on hand to watch the highly competitive semi-finals and finals. A wonderful day was had by all and the teachers were very impressed by the skills on display.

Rock, paper, scissors decides the first team to serve!

Flying High..Alex and Chloe keep a close eye on the volleyball!

2nd and 3rd class in action over the past few weeks.

Leah and Páidí man the scoreboard.

Tom with the Volleyball Tournament finalists!

2nd/3rd class Winners..Team France!

2nd/3rd class runners up-Team Netherlands!

4th/5th Class runners up-Team Portugal!

5th/6th Class Winners-Team Netherlands..

And at last… an Irish team in the final..Runners up-Team Ireland!!

The staff and pupils of Kilberry N.S. were delighted today to receive a visit by members of the Defence Forces to deliver the National Flag to our school as part of the preparations for the 1916 Commemorations.
The Department of Education and Skills intends that all 3,200 primary schools will receive a visit, to prepare for a display of the Tricolour by students on Proclamation Day, March 15th, 2016.
The official presentation of the flag was made by Lieutenant Hurley and Corporal Davis, and our Senior Infant pupils, Emily Mitchell and Cayden McBride accepted the flag on behalf of our school.
The presentation included a brief history of the national flag and the correct protocol for its use.
Lieutenant Hurley, accompanied by 6th Class pupil, Cian McKenna read part of the Proclamation. Cian read paragraph four of the document, beginning with: “The Irish Republic is entitled to, and hereby claims, the allegiance of every Irishman and Irishwoman . . .”
Preparations for the 2016 Commemorations will continue in our school throughout the year as the Senior pupils will be learning about Ireland in the Twentieth Century and the history of the Rising.

Emily and Cayden accept the Irish Flag on behalf of Kilberry N.S.

Cian prepares to read the proclamation with Lieutenant Hurley.

The children gather to bid farewell to the members of the Defence Forces.

Our Jersey Day in aid of the charity Goal was a great success. Here are just a few of the snaps taken on the day.

Up for the Match!!! Mr. O’Sullivan was outnumbered by the ‘Dubs’, Simon, Caoimhín and Liam…

Ms. Carter, Niamh and Cecilia are all smiles on Jersey Day..with Kilkenny being well represented!

Mrs. Prendergast with Áine, Harry, Molly and Leah.

Ciara, Kieran and Caoimhín enjoying Jersey Day!

Soccer fans..Damien and Mark.

5th Class pupils, Molly, Óisín, Lila-Ann, Alex and Jack proudly wear their jerseys!

Classmates; Simon, James, Páidí, David, Conor and Nathan!

Kilberry N.S. will hold a Jersey Day for Goal to help raise much needed funds for those suffering the dreadful effects of War and Famine. We have all witnessed the terrible scenes on television and horrific images in the newspapers, and the children of Kilberry N.S. want to help! They are holding a Jersey Day on the 18th September and each child is asked to contribute 2 euro to the fund. If your child wishes to donate more that is completely at the parent’s discretion.
So….dust off those G.A.A.(Westmeath!!!), Soccer (Manchester Utd!!!) and Basketball jerseys and wear them proudly on September 18th!

Basketball Club will begin again Thursday, 10th September for 5th and 6th Class pupils and will run each Thursday from 2.40pm-3.45pm until Hallowe’en.

Best Wishes to our past pupil, Darren Lawlor as he lines out for the Kildare Minor Football team on Sunday in the All-Ireland Minor Semi-Final in Croke Park. Even though the Kildare team will take on Tipperary, on this occasion, even Mrs. Prendergast will forsake her native county to cheer on Darren and the Lilywhites!!

Good Luck Darren from all the Staff and Pupils in Kilberry N.S.

As the beginning of the new school year approaches, we bid our 6th Class students a fond farewell and wish them every success as they begin Secondary school. We are so very proud of each and every one of them, and it has been a pleasure and a privilege, to have shared in their collective and individual triumphs and successes over the past eight years.

6th class receiving their certificates at this years graduation mass.

Celebrating 8 years in Kilberry N.S.

6th Class Pizza Party to celebrate their graduation.

This year our school tours took us to Baysports, Athlone, Nore Valley Park and Stonebrook Farm. The children enjoyed action packed adventures from pier jumping, Currach Rowing to milking the cows at Stonebrook farm!! Here are a few snaps of what the children were up to!

Bryan gets ready to hit the water at Baysports.

Getting ready for the Dragon Boat Paddle Challenge!!

Alex and Daniel give a master class on milking!

Having fun at Nore Valley Park

Go-Karting at Nore Valley

The boys find a toy to play with…

The infants take a break from all the activities..

Teacher..Catch me if you can..we’re not ready to leave yet!