General Info:

School Reopening 2024-25 : Tuesday August 27th for Normal school times. Infant hometime 2,00pm. Other classes 3.00pm hometime.

• Please ensure that your child’s name is on any items of clothing brought to school as they can easily get mixed up, jumpers and coats especially. So also with generally stationary items, pencil cases....
• Please adhere to our Healthy Lunch Policy. No Fizzy drinks allowed. Two Treats on a Friday...
• School uniform to be worn, (leggins are not part of the school uniform) suitable footwear for playing during breaks should be worn. Navy blue. No stripes, or Logos on Tracksuits.
• In the interest of personal safety and hygiene long hair should be tied up.
• If your child is absent from school, please send in a written note at the back of the Homework Notebook on their return..
• If you have any queries or concerns please contact the class teacher or school principal and they will arrange to meet with you are their earliest convenience.  
• Frances Dolan is our Special Needs Assistant ..

• Sew-on school crests are available from the school, 3 euro each.

   

  Allianz 24 hour Pupil Accident Cover

  If you wish to purchase this individual Insurance cover, please return the Allianz Form with the appropriate fee(€9 per child for 24/7 cover) to the school by Friday 30th August.  This Insurance is entirely optional 

School Calendar 2024/25  ( to date )

School Re-opening Tuesday 27^th August 2024

School Closed Mon 14th October - In- service for School Staff ( New Maths Curriculum ) 

October Mid-term Break

Monday 28^th Oct to Monday 4^th November

Christmas 2024

Schools close on Friday 20^th Dec 2024 and re-opening Tuesday 7^th January 2025

Bank Holiday

Monday 3^rd February 2025

February 2025 Mid-term Break

Thursday 20^th and Friday 21^st Feb

Bank Holiday

Monday 17^th March 2025

Easter 2025

Schools will close on Friday 11^th April 2025 and re-open Monday 28^th April 2025

Bank Holiday

Monday 5^th May

Bank Holiday

Monday 2^nd June

School Closing for Summer Holidays Friday 20th June 2025

General note in Homework diary to communicate with teacher if child is absent.

Prayer for New School Year

God of New Beginnings, guide us with your spirit as we

begin our new school year. May we be excited about

experiencing and learning all that is new to us. May we

realise how important each of us is and help us to share

the light of Jesus. Amen

 Let the Light of Christ shine through us during the school year

Parent Association ; All Parents of Kingsland NS are welcome to attend meetings. 

Parent Association Kingsland NS  Contact Persons:

Chairperson:Orla Brehony

Secretary: Patricia Mc Garry

NPC correspondence: Patricia Mc Garry

Vision Statement

Kingsland N.S. is a co-educational, Catholic, primary school which strives to provide a well – ordered, caring, happy and secure atmosphere where the intellectual, spiritual, physical, moral and cultural needs of the pupils are identified and addressed.

While Kingsland N.S. is a school with a Catholic ethos, it also has due recognition for all other religions.

Kingsland N.S. will strive to promote, both individual and collectively, the professional and personal development of teachers through staff development programmes.

Kingsland N.S. will encourage the involvement of parents through home/school contact and through the Kingsland N.S. Parents Association.

Kingsland N.S. will endeavour to enhance the self-esteem of everyone in the school community, to imbue in the pupils respect for people and property and to encourage in them the idea of being responsible.

Kingsland N.S. will promote gender equality amongst the teachers and pupils.

Deanfaimid iarracht Gaeilge a labhairt.

Halloween at Kingsland	Comenius Partners meet in Seville
Our children raising money for M.S.
	Pupils enjoy Spain visit

Mission Statement

• To enable children to come to an understanding of the world through the acquisition of knowledge, concepts, skills and attitudes and the ability to think critically.
• To enable children to apply what they learn to new contexts in order to respond creatively of the variety of challenges they encounter in life.
• To enable children to become lifelong learners through developing positive attitudes to learning and the ability to learn independently.
• To enable children to develop spiritul, moral and religious values.
• To enbable children to develop personally and socially and to relate to others with understanding and respect.

Newsletter

Dates for the Diary:

School Re-opens on Tuesday the 27th of August 2024

School Bus:

The bus company providing the service this year is Ailín O Hara, O’Hara Coaches Ballaghaderreen. He was successful with the Tendering Process for this route.

Staff Changes: None 

School Staff: 

Principal: ( Senior Room ) Mr. David Murphy B.Ed

Teacher: ( Junior Room ) Mrs Olive Hayden B.Ed

SET Teacher: Ms Jennifer Kilmartin

SNA: Mrs Frances Dolan

Secretary: Mrs Nuala O Grady 

Teaching Council:

All Teachers are members of the Teaching Council and are Garda Vetted.

School Contact Details:

Welcome to Naomh Atrachta Kingsland also known as Kingsland National School.

Principal: David Murphy B.Ed.

We are located on the Boyle to Frenchpark Rd. (R361)

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