Lion King the St Killian’s Musical
On December 18th, we had our school Christmas play. It is the first of its kind in St. Killian’s and we really set the bar high. We performed the Lion King and not only did we put on one amazing show, but we did just as an incredible second show as well. We performed for over 200 people, who were made up of our family and some special guests. I am sure anyone who saw the show can only say, it was just magical. Not a dry eye in the house. Our parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters and all our teachers and SNAs are so proud. We were so good the Board of Management bought all the children and staff pizza. They worked so hard. Thank you to Jen, Peter and Viv for putting this all together. It would not have been possible without all the work put in behind the scenes from them and all the staff. Thanks also to the staff who worked on the balloon arch and decorations Catherine, Suzie and Emer. The hall looked unreal. Merry Christmas!
Santa and Mrs Claus
We had very special visitors in St Killian’s on the 10th of December, Santa and Mrs Claus. We have been very good boys and girls here in St Killian’s as we all got selection boxes. The staff must have been on the naughty list as they got no selection boxes. Thank you to Michelle D for organising the visit. She has friends in high places knowing Santa and Mrs Claus.
BReaking news- Anonymous Donation Received
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
All pupils and staff were delighted to hear the good news today the 4th of October 2024 of an anonymous donation to the school of €50,000. We would like to all extend our sincere gratitude and thanks for this generous donation. We threw a party in celebration and made some thank you cards. Both staff and pupils alike are looking forward to deciding how we will spend this money. This significant sum of money will greatly improve the resources in our school. Stay tuned to our website to see how this donation is going to be used.
Lord Mayor Visit!
We had a visit from the Lord Mayor on Friday the 27th of September. See a clip below of Dan Boyle, Lord Mayor of Cork giving us a special performance on Peter’s guitar! We think he is a great singer. He also brought us a lovely gift of seeds and a compost bin. We would like to thank Dan Boyle for his generosity and kindness!
World Teachers’ Day and SNA Appreciation Day!!
The Board of Management treated staff to lovely cakes for SNA Appreciation Day (26th September 2024) and World Teacher Day ( 5th October 2024) to extend their gratitude and appreciation for all the hard work both the teachers, SNAs and all staff do in our wonderful school. As World Teachers’ Day is falling on a Saturday, we all had cake on the 4th of October instead.
Thank you to the Board of Management from all the staff in St Killian’s School for their kind gesture of thanks! We were lucky to get pictures before it was all eaten, as they were delicious!
St. Killian’s Family Fun Day 08/06/2024
On Saturday the 8th of June we had our family fun day. Everyone had super fun. It was a great day. Some pictures below.
Ash, Beech, Birch, Elm, Maple, Oak and Pine classes went to Airtastic in Little Island for their school tour on Friday May 24th.
Everyone had an airtastic time! Looking at the photos I’m not sure who enjoyed it more … the pupils or the staff!
Some of our pupils made their First Holy Communion on Friday May 17th. They had a great day and the St. Killian’s choir did a superb job!
We are very excited to see our new building finished! Three classes moved in on Monday February 13th. Just in time for Galentine’s Day! We have a fab new sensory room and a kitchen that the whole school are looking forward to using and cooking up delicious treats!
On Friday February 10th 2023 we had a very special assembly where Denis O’Donovan and Frank Falvey presented the school with 10 brand new Galaxy tablets. We were joined by Deputy Lord Mayor, Cllr. Joe Kavanagh and Chairman of the BOM, Sean Oakes. Sean presented this weeks Star of the Week certificates.
Everyone is very excited about the new Tablets and we want to thank Denis and Frank for their kind generosity. Thank you also to Suzie Heaphy for her contact with Denis and Frank.
22 of our children from 2020 and 2021 made their confirmation on Wednesday 22nd September 2021 at Our Lady Crowned Church in Mayfield. Everyone looked lovely and a great day was had. Thanks to our Parents Association for organising a small socially distant party back at school.
We have been very lucky to have Therese O’Keeffe, from Brian Dillons GAA club in Mayfield, coach us each Friday in GAA skills. Therese has been terrific with all the children - even remembering every name!
Everyone is really enjoying these sessions.
James Kirby from Cork Sports Partnership came to visit and brought us some terrific Badminton equipment. Badminton coaching will start in school after easter with Tanya from Cork Sports Partnership joining us to coach for two of the sessions. There will be a Badminton blitz at Neptune on May 16th. This initiative is funded through Northside Sports Hub
Community Garda visit
Garda Pat Harrington, An Garda Siochana dog handler and our community Guard, Garda Helen Courtney came to visit us with the two Garda dogs, Lazer and Rex. We loved meeting them! Everyone was very excited and we heard all about the great work they do and how they are trained. Everyone got pet them and Garda Harrington showed us how Laser barks on command.
