Wednesday Newsletter Mí naNollag/December 12th 2021

 KILMACANOGUE NATIONAL SCHOOL NEWSLETTER  Mí naNollag/December 12th 2021 Picture courtesy of Irish Times  Dear Parents/Guardians/Families and Colleagues, Dia dhaoibh!  It is the Third Sunday of Advent already. During the storms of this week, we celebrated the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, which remembers the conception of Mary herself, in the womb of her mother, St. […]

Wednesday Newsletter October 22nd 2021 Deireadh Fόmhair

 KILMACANOGUE NATIONAL SCHOOL  WEEKLY NEWSLETTER  Suairceas san aer Is na spéartha gan cheo I bhfόmhar buí na gréine Is aoibhinn bheith beo Tá iníní beaga ar imirce Ar sciathán, a stόr, Mar is é seo an séasúr Ar a dtugtar An Fόmhar.  October 22nd 2021 Deireadh Fόmhair  Under the October twilight the water mirrors a still sky (W.B. […]

Wednesday Newsletter, October 6th, 2021: Deireadh Fómhair

Wednesday Newsletter, October 6th, 2021: Deireadh Fómhair  Fómhar: This is the Irish word for Autumn; September is Meán Fόmhair (middle of Autumn/Harvest) and October is Deireadh Fόmhair (end of Autumn/Harvest). You knew these ones already, of course, but you mightn’t know the expression chomh líonta le frog fómhair – as full as an autumn frog […]

Wednesday Newsletter September 29th 2021

 Wednesday Newsletter, 29th September 2021  It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,  it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,  it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness,  it was […]

Wednesday Newsletter September 22nd 2021

 KILMACANOGUE NATIONAL SCHOOL  WEDNESDAY NEWSLETTER September 22nd, 2021  Autumn equinox 2021, from BBC Sky at Night Magazine  Dear Parents/Guardians and Families,  Autumn equinox is upon us already, which is hard to believe! Equinox is one of two moments in a planet’s orbit around the Sun when its axis of rotation – in Earth’s case, the […]

Wednesday Newsletter September 15th 2021

KILMACANOGUE NATIONAL SCHOOL WEDNESDAY NEWSLETTER     September 15th, 2021 Dolmen at autumn sunset. Photo: Brendan Dunfort   Dear Parents/Guardians and Families, Autumn is perhaps our loveliest season of all, especially when the weather is as kind as it has been this year. Our third week back at school is almost over.   We celebrated the writer, […]

Wednesday Newsletter September 8th, 2021

KILMACANOGUE NATIONAL SCHOOL WEDNESDAY NEWSLETTER September 8th, 2021 On an apple-ripe September morning, Through the mist-chill fields I went…. (Patrick Kavanagh)   Dear Parents/Guardians and Families, (Dia Dhaoibh a chairde!) It is our second week back at school and we are being blessed with glorious weather, thankfully. The words of one of Ireland’s greatest poets […]

Wednesday Newsletter September 1st 2021

KILMACANOGUE NATIONAL SCHOOL WEDNESDAY NEWSLETTER September 1st 2021 Dear Parents/Guardians and Families, Welcome back to you, your children, our dedicated teachers, SNAs and the whole school community. I am looking forward very much to continuing to work with Dolores McCormack, our new Deputy Principal (Acting) and all the team. We wish Ms Niamh Murray all […]

Wednesday Newsletter June 30th 2021

KILMACANOGUE NATIONAL SCHOOL WEDNESDAY NEWSLETTER JUNE 30th 2021 Dear Parents/Guardians and of course Boys and Girls,     And so we have reached the summer holidays and what a year we have all had! The children have been wonderful and have shown incredible resilience and positivity through these very difficult times. It has been great having […]

Wednesday Newsletter June 23rd 2021

KILMACANOGUE NATIONAL SCHOOL WEDNESDAY NEWSLETTER JUNE 23rd 2021 Dear Parents/Guardians and of course Boys and Girls,     Well, we are now into the final stretch as we approach the finishing line leading to the summer holidays! Next Wednesday, school will close its doors for the summer at 12 noon when we bid farewell to our […]