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Free Primary Schoolbooks Scheme

Free Primary Schoolbooks Scheme

As you may be aware the Department of Education announced last week that schools will now provide and pay for all books, workbooks and copies for all pupils.  Please see attached document for further information regarding this hugely positive move. Info for Parents -...

BLAST Arts Programme

BLAST Arts Programme

We have really enjoyed working with our resident artist, Benedicte Coleman, over the past month. We have concentrated on the Construction strand of the curriculum for the duration of the project with elements of Print and Paint and Colour also touched upon. The pupils...

First Confession

First Confession

Thanks to Fr. Anthony for a beautiful ceremony this week for our First Communicants as they made their First Confession!

Parents’ Association Donations

Parents’ Association Donations

Last week the Parents' Association presented donations totalling €2000, from the proceeds of our recent Tractor Run, to two worthy benefactors in Dunmanway Community Hospital and St. Bernadette's Oncology Ward, Mercy Hospital, Cork. Thanks again to all who helped in...

World Book Day 2023

World Book Day 2023

We celebrated World Book Day on Thursday March 3rd this year. It is always a great day of celebration here in Kilnadur as we welcome both factual and fictional characters from the world of sport, the world of drama, from novels, from comics and from much much more....

Garden

Garden

Pupils in the Senior Room have been busy clearing our garden in recent weeks and last week planted a bed of potatoes and another of onions. We soon hope to add beetroot and lettuce to the crop that we will collect over the coming months. We have also decided to leave...

Dance

Dance

Mark Bryan has returned to us this term to show us all things dance. From Spanish Waltzes, to Line dancing, to the traditional '1,2,3's' we are loving every minute of the classes and leaving with some great dancing skills to show everyone at home! We are looking...

Cycle Sense

Cycle Sense

We were delighted to welcome Carl and Caoimhe back to St. Enda's over the last number of weeks to teach us all about safe cycling and bike maintenance. Over the first few of sessions we practiced our skills in the yard but for the final two sessions we took to the...

Lá Fhéile Bríde

Lá Fhéile Bríde

We kept up an old, annual Irish tradition by making St. Brigid's Crosses to celebrate St. Brigid's Day. According to legend Brigid was called to the bedside of a dying pagan chieftain. She sat by him to keep watch over him in his final hours. While sitting by the...