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Welcome to the website for St. Colmcille's National School, Moone. We hope this site will be of great benefit to our parents, pupils and friends. As it develops we hope to add lots of content and photographs giving everyone a glimpse into our busy life here in St. Colmcille's National School.

Please check the Downloads section of our website to check out all the latest school news.

Book Fair 2017

GOAL Jersey Day Friday October 13th 2017

We raised €270 for GOAL on GOAL Jersey Day.

Cumann na mBunscol U-11s

Our Girls and Boys U11 teams were defeated in their semi-finals this October. The Boys lost after extra-time to Suncroft NS and the Girls were narrowly

defeated by Robertstown NS.

Cumann na mBunscol Finals

Congratulations to our U10 team who defeated Newbridge Educate Together in Moorefield on Thursday May 18th in a thrilling match. The final score was 6-1 to 5-2. Our Senior Boys played with great determination and skill but were defeated by a strong Cadamstown NS side on Thursday May 25th at the same venue.

6th class production of Fantastic Mr. Fox

Golden Boot Award

Congratulations to our Junior Infants who won our Golden Boot Award for the best class on our Walk on Wednesday.

Buddy Benches

We have two new buddy benches in the school to encourage the children to ensure that no one is left out on our playground.

Engineer's Week March 6th- 10th

World Book Day

FAI Five A Side

Congratulations to our girls and boys soccer teams who qualified for the finals in Kilcullen on March 28th

Kildare Chess Finals

Sarah,Finn, Julie and Aaron took on a chess Grand Master in Kildare as part of the Kildare Chess finals.

3rd/4th class drumming lessons

Operation Transformation 10@10

Garda Band

The school were delighted to host 29 members of the Garda Band led by Sergeant Sean Hearns on Friday February 2nd in the Church of the Most Holy Blessed Trinity, Moone. The band played a wonderful repertoire of music and introduced the pupils to the different instuments of the orchestra. Many thanks to Seán Cullen who organised the visit and to the PA for providing the refreshments.

School Chess

Congratulations to our school chess team who defeated Ballyshannon NS in our final chess league match by 2 1/2 to 1 1/2 on Friday February 2nd. Over twenty players took part. Our first team, Finn, Sarah, Julie and Aaron, will represent the school in the finals on February 14th in Kildare.

Defibrillator

Many thanks to Geraldine Parker from Moate, Co. Westmeath, through the Tony Parker Memorial Fund, who helped to get a defibrillator for the school. The teaching staff will receive training in the defibrillator in the coming weeks.

Primary Science Fair, RDS Friday January 13th 2017

Fifth and Sixth class participated in the Primary Science Fair, which is run in conjunction with the BT Young Scientist Exhibition, in the RDS on Friday January 13th 2017. Their project was titled "Testing the Five Second Rule" where they tested out the myth that food that falls on the floor is safe to eat if it is picked up before five seconds.

Christmas Carol Service Photos

Sixth Class Christmas Logs

Science Week November 17th 2016

Classes 3rd to 6th took part in the Intel Mini-Scientist Competition on Thursday. Congratulations to all the children who took part in the display. Well done especially to James Prout Walsh who will represent our school in the Regional Finals in Leixlip on December 8th.