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The Lunch Bag is delighted to share some exciting updates to their menu, reflecting valuable feedback from parents, school staff, and students. The team has been working hard to ensure these changes meet the nutritional guidelines while also delivering more of the variety and options that children will enjoy as we move into the summer.
Here’s what’s coming over the next few weeks:

Chicken Casserole

Vegetable & Lentils

Broccoli Bake
Mexican Wrap
BBQ Hot Potato
Chicken Paella

As you know, The Lunch Bag always approaches school meals in the most positive way possible. We want to mimic the wholesome goodness of the school community in all we do.
Recently, there have been some influencers and media contributors who are creating negativity and scaremongering around school meals ingredients. Unfortunately, sweeping statements were used that tarnish all suppliers with the same brush.
It is our ethos that nutrition of the mind is as important as nutrition of the body. Therefore, we are asking all parents and staff to inform and reassure themselves on ingredients used in our school meals by visiting our website, available below.
With a qualified dietitian and three nutritionists on the team, we are constantly working with suppliers to craft even more advancements in our nutrition and incrementally adjust flavours and textures to encourage children’s palette development. Please be assured, Ireland has a heavily regulated food industry. There are no ingredients used in your meals that are not everyday products.
The school meal program is an incredible opportunity to create a culture of nutritional education in Ireland. Let’s start it with facts.
Visit www.thelunchbag.ie for more details

Admission Policy and Application Form (School Year 2025/26)

 Part 1. Application and Decision Dates for Admission to St. Kilian’s 2025/26

Note: the school will consider and issue decisions on late applications in accordance with the school’s admission policy. Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period above may result in the offer being withdrawn.

Number of places available in 2025/26

Part 2 – Admissions to the 2024 / 2025 school year

In respect of the 2024/25 school year, the total number of applications for admission received by the school was: 35.  All were allocated places.

We in St. Kilian’s N.S. value music and indeed creativity very highly.  Our recorder programme in First to Sixth Class continues this year with our teachers, supported by Yvonne Chilton and Mr. Mac Namara.  

Why do we teach recorder in our school? We introduced recorders as an instrument in our school over 20 years ago.  Since then children in our community have learned music theory, how to read music and most importantly an instrument.  Many have studied Music for Leaving Cert and some have pursued it at 3^rd level and beyond.  The recorder is accepted as a most suitable instrument for primary schools because children have to learn all about the rudiments of music.  These skills are then easily transferable to other instruments such as the tin whistle, guitar, piano, accordion etc.…

Music is the one subject aligned to literacy that can bring value to the whole of our lives. Increased music practice and an early start to music training are associated with better speech-sound analysis in the brain.

Young people presenting with self-esteem and anxiety issues is a growing problem in our school and in wider society.  Playing music and in particular performing with others is a gift we can give our pupils and one that benefits the whole person.

Yvonne Chilton from The Chilton Music School and Accora Orchestra has recommenced supporting teachers in delivering our recorder programme.  The school charges €2 per pupil per week or €4 per family to offset costs.  This money is payable through Aladdin or directly to the class teacher.