November Newsletter 2015

November seems to have come and gone in a flash: between the St. Martin's event at the beginning of the month, to the annual Christmas Bazaar last weekend, the school has been a very busy place indeed. Find out below about everything that has been going on at St. Kilian's during November. We would also like to encourage more of you to follow us on Facebook and Twitter for instant updates on school and sports activities.

St. Martin’s celebrations

This year's St. Martin's event was enjoyed by all children and parents of Kindergarten, Vorschule, 1st and 2nd class. continue reading

TY team’s success at the BPW Public Speaking Competition

Congratulations to Transition Year students on their participation in the BPW (Business and Professional Women) Public Speaking Competition. continue reading

St. Kilian’s student among “totally talented teenagers”

Congratulations to Catherine Jordan who had her story Old Laoire’s guide to surviving the apocalypse published in the Dun Laoghaire... continue reading

Fundraising and the interesting life of snails

Class 9C organised a “Fun Run” in aid of the Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and in turn received an interesting insight into the life of African pet snails by Gillian Bird... continue reading

St. Kilian’s Christmas Bazaar

Christmas officially started on Saturday, 28th November with our annual Christmas Bazaar. Despite appalling weather the turnout was very good, the event was enjoyed by all and the class of 2005 had a 10 year reunion! Pictures available here.

Senior Boys' soccer team in The Herald newspaper

St. Kilian’s Senior Boys soccer team made the headlines twice recently: on 29th October and again on 12th November.

Winners at “Nordeuropa filmt” competition

A huge congratulations to St. Kilian’s students Ben Schönfeld and Sebastian Toomey who were awarded a “Nofix” award at the... continue reading

Congratulations to the 11th class Concern debating team

Last night they defeated Gonzaga College in the second round of the competition by successfully opposing the motion that “The COP21... continue reading

“Poetry Aloud” competition – success for 11th class student

Congratulations to Nikolai Gladyshev in 11th class who has qualified for the all-Ireland final senior category of the “Poetry Aloud”... continue reading

Our FAZ success story continues...

Two more articles written by St. Kilian's students were published by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung during the month of November, one on an Irish Lebensborn child and one about an Irish opera singer. Congratulations to Freya Tacke and Emma Prehn.