Our News

Congratulations to Rachel O'Riordan on her recent success at Irish Dancing.

Congratulations to Holly Breen on her Cheerleading success. Holly was delighted to show her 3 medals (gold, silver & bronze) she won at a recent Competition.

On Monday the 15th December our School Sports Hall was alive with Music as we held our first School Play in our own Hall. The children all looked and sounded fantastic on the Night! We couldn't be prouder of all the performances given on the night!

Well done to our 4th, 5th and 6th Class Pupils who went Carol Singing at Market Cross in Aid of our Parents Association Flag Day! You all sounded beautifully and we received grate Feedback from the Passer Byes.

Kilcummin NS was delighted to receive a visit from Sam McGuire to celebrate the great Kerry Football Team success. Our pupils were delighted to get to see the Cup up close. Thanks to Shauna O'Connor and David Clifford for organising the visit to our school.

Mr. Paddy O'Sullivan, a former teacher in Kilcummin NS was delighted to collect the St. Vincent de Paul donation boxes in December. Our 6th class pupils have organised this appeal to help families in need and thanks to all your generosity they were able to present Paddy with seven boxes.

Our Student Council was delighted to hand over the 47 boxes created by our pupils to Sheila for this year's Team Hope Shoe Box Appeal. In 2024, with your help, they sent an incredible 171,675 Christmas Shoebox gifts to children across 13 countries in Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. Your Christmas Shoebox gift really means a lot to them and brings joy, happiness and hope to their lives.

Our 4th & 5th Class pupils created pully systems out of cardboard juice/milk containers to experience maths in a fun way.

Maths Week took place during October and all our classes did some extra maths activities during this week including quizzes.

School was taken over by ghosts, witches and all sorts of creepy creatures on the last day before our Midterm Break to celebrate the ancient Irish Tradition of Oíche Shamhna. We also celebrated Halloween with Halloween teamed artwork throughout the school.

Our 5th and 6th class took part in an exciting Primary Schools Rugby Blitz at Killarney Rugby Club on Thursday, October 16th, 2025. This was a fun and inclusive event open to 5th and 6th Class students, offering them a fantastic opportunity to develop their rugby skills in a friendly and enjoyable environment.

Our 4th to 6th Class pupils are currently having fun with the Lego Spike program. LEGO SPIKE is a line of robotics kits for STEM learning that combine LEGO bricks with a programmable hub, motors, and sensors . It uses a Scratch-based drag-and-drop visual programming language, with an option for text-based Python coding, to build and program robots to perform tasks. The system includes different sets, such as SPIKE Prime and SPIKE Essential, designed for different age groups,

Our school took part in the Tie Day Friday for Kerry Mental Health Association. We are delighted to announce that we raised €134 for such a great course.

Big congratulations goes to our boy's Cumann na mBunscoil team today for winning their East Kerry competition. They faced some very stiff...

We would like to say a BIG THANK YOU for all you do to our fabulous SNA’s Rena, Teresa, Mags, Jennifer and Shauna!

Charlie Jay and Fionn from 4th class. competing in U12 county cross country event in Killarney on Sunday. Charlie Jay came 6th and they...

We are looking forward to welcome our pupils back to school on Thursday, 28th August and look forward to get to know our new Junior...