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Next Generation EU Funded Project July 2025

Trip to Ballinglen We went to Ballinglen art centre on a trip. First the whole school got a bus to Ballycastle. The junior room went to Ceide Fields first and then senior room went to Ballyglen art centre. We met a Nuala who worked there and  she gave us a tour of the centre and […]

Our School took part in this years Mayo  Cross Country. We traveled by bus from school to Belleek  and there we met some of our friends from other schools. 3rd and 4th class girls went first. The 3rd and 4th class boys went next. Cian came 1st place and went on to quallify for the […]

  Our school went to belleek woods and learned all about it .We walked to the concrete boat and learned about its history . It is called the SS Crete boom.Did you know they used it in WW1 for ammunition?We collected acorns and we are going to plant them. By Conor.

Jo, our Secretary, has shown us how to upload news onto the school website, so now we have a new team, our 6th Class, Emma, Thomas, Conor & Patrick who will keep you updated on all the fun stuff we do in school.    

Today we were visited by Mount Palmer past pupil and Professional Aussie Rules All Star Aileen Gilroy. Aileen presented our team with their County medals and also gave us a really interesting talk on how she went from playing Cumann na mBunscol in our school to becoming one of the best players in ladies Aussie […]

Today our school were crowned Cuman na mBunscol County Champions. We played a final in McHale park Castlebar against Carrowkennedy school. The score was 3-5 to 2-7. It was a really tough match for both teams as it was one of the hottest days of the year. We had to win 8 games in a […]

Today we had an informative and entertaining trip to Oweninny Wind Farm. It is a new wind farm that is not too far from the school. We travelled by bus to the Wind Farm and then we were giving a great lesson on electricity, forces and renewable energy by Michelle Maher. Then we got to […]

April has been a very busy month. We have been doing some outdoor planting, indoor stem activities, design and making boats, watching caterpillars change into butterflies, classroom presentations, outdoor quiz and taking part in the Cumann na mBunscol football competitions. Here are some pictures showing some of the things that have been happening in the […]

Today is a very special day for our school. Not only are we celebrating Lá Fhéile Pádraig but the wonderful people in the Irish American Partnership are helping all the children in our school by adding Mount Palmer National School to their Outdoor play and Learning programme. This programme aims to provide primary schools with […]

Toady we had some fun making pancakes and even more fun eating them. It is pancake Tuesday and tomorrow is Ash Wednesday so we are keeping the tradition of using up the eggs and making pancakes. We had some lemon, jam, cream and chocolate on our pancakes. Thomas also make some scones which were delicious.

Today we said farewell to the wonderful Mr McGregor. He has helped so many children in Kilfian down through the years.  Yesterday we had a special mass and celebration to say thank you to Mr McGregor for all his work. We will all miss him and hope we will see him again soon. Here is […]

Today we learned once again how to make our own St Brigid’s day cross. We collected the rushes at home or in some of the fields around the school. Some of the children made them from paper. We hope that they will last the whole year.

Today we had a visitor to the school who will teach us how to play and get better at chess. Master Ruddy will visit our school each week this term to help us improve. We are all looking forward to taking part in some matches against other schools

We brought shoe boxes with alot of toys, clothes and hygiene products such as toothbrushes, toothpaste and handsoap, we do this so we can give to the kids in the poorer countries.

We planted potatoes befor the summer and when we came back after the summer they were ready to be dug up. Some students dug up the potatoes and some of the other students washed them and peeled them and cooked them every student got some and they were very nice. 

A few people planted seeds in the ground on a windy day before the summer holidays not thinking much of it and came back to a lovely wild flower garden.    

Sixth class will now be managing the school website. Jo showed us how to upload on the school website.  

The Senior room visited the Jackie Clarke museum. We saw a lot of documents and artefacts.  

With best wishes to Paulius, Kate, Eva and Martha. We will miss you!