Kilbarron National School, Ballyshannon Co. Donegal
 

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Fáilte chuig ár suíomh idirlíon.We are delighted to welcome you to Kilbarron National School's website. We hope it gives you an insight into life in our school. Our school is located on the outskirts of Ballyshannon, just opposite Kathleen’s Falls on the Belleek Road. We are a friendly inclusive school with an experienced special needs team.  We have a hardworking and supportive staff that will make every effort to ensure your child receives every opportunity to reach their full potential in all aspects of their social, emotional and educational development.

We are very proud of our happy, caring and inclusive learning environment and the many varied learning opportunities that are afforded to children at Kilbarron N.S. We hope that this website will give you an insight into the teaching, learning and extra-curricular activities which takes place in Kilbarron National School. As you explore our website, you will find lots of information about our school including our ethos, school policies, an up-to-date calendar, school activities and much more. 

We see our school as a community, where pupils, parents, teachers, board of management and ancillary staff work together in an atmosphere of harmony, friendship and mutual respect.

We are very proud of our school and we hope that parents, pupils and members of our school community will be frequent visitors to our website to learn more about school life in Kilbarron N.S.

Céad míle fáilte!

Priscilla Leslie

Principal/Príomhoide  

 

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Best wishes to our 5th Class pupil Dami as she celebrates her Holy Communion tomorrow. We hope you have a wonderful and memorable day!
The whole school made the trip to Portnoo 🚍yesterday to have another day of fun & friendship with our Aspire partnership schools, 🏫 😊Kilkenny NS and St Conals NS 🏫😊 The boys and girls from all three schools had great fun taking part in all the activities organised for the day which included music, art, storytelling and messy play! And of course the free play and football matches at break and lunch! 🥪 🙌🏻 Many thanks to: • Gerry Strawbridge from the Arts Academy for the drumming session 🥁👏🎶 • Collette & Roisín from Splatter & Spark for messy play 🎨🖌️✨ Splatter and Spark • John Ruddy for storytelling and art 📖🎭🖍️ • Mick from Mick O’Toonz Art for the animation workshop 🎬🎨👏 Thanks very much to St Conal’s for the warm welcome to their lovely school. It was a very enjoyable day, and we look forward to meeting again soon 🥳 St. Conal’s NS & Kilkenny NS.
Story Writing 🖋️ Award! Well done 👏👏 to Edward & Kian for winning awards in the Fudge & Gandol story writing 🖋️ competition! And to our school 🏫 for winning an imagineers award! 🥳🥳 With approximately 1,500 entries from schools all over Ireland, we are extremely proud of the Kilbarron boys and girls! The judging panel included experts from Learnovate (Trinity College Dublin), Folens, and Hibernia College, recognising excellence in storytelling and creativity. We were joined by author & creator of the competition, Julie Dowling, yesterday in school 🏫. She presented the awards to the boys and read from her new book! 📕
🌸 Good As New Clothes Sale – Easter Weekend! 🐣 Call in and see the rails, you might find a bargain or two! 📍 St Anne’s Hall, Ballyshannon. 💛 Supporting Cancer Care West & Cancer Connect NI Donations of items also welcome: • Ladies, gents, teen & kids clothes, shoes, bags (new or almost new, clean & resaleable) • Small bric-a-brac This is a sale, not a collection – everything must be in good condition! To donate items or arrange drop-off, Contact Elizabeth St Anne's Hall, Ballyshannon
👏 Well done to our 3rd–6th Class pupils on completing the Connect Safely programme with Christy from the School Completion Programme 👏 They covered topics like online safety, cyberbullying, screen time, digital citizenship, and wellbeing 💻 This comes as all 5th & 6th class pupils in Irish primary schools are being encouraged to take part in internet safety education. Great work boys and girls! 🥳
🐴🇨🇳The year of the horse 🇨🇳🐴 We’ve been learning about Chinese New Year as part of our feasts & festivals topic in history🏮 We linked it with art by making clay pots with horse designs, inspired by the Year of the Horse — we’re really pleased with how they turned out.
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh go léir☘️☘️Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone ☘️☘️ What a great day we had celebrating #LáGlas in school 💚🍀💚 the children made a super effort showing off their many shades of green 💚☘️☘️The boys and girls also enjoyed learning all about St Patrick ☘️ and made lots of beautiful St Patrick’s Day ☘️ themed art. We would like to wish all our families a very Happy St. Patrick's Day ☘️💚 #StPatricksDay #LáGlas
Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mums and grannies in our school! 🌸 We hope you have a lovely day celebrating 🎉

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