Information from Kilcullen GAA:

Kilcullen GAA Lights Up 2024 walk starts tonight 08-January 8pm to 9pm for 6 weeks to 12-February-2024, in partnership with RTE's Operation Transformation and Get Ireland walking. Registration will start at 7.50pm, warmup at 7.55pm and the walk starts at 8pm sharp, from the Kilcullen GAA training pitch across from the Astro pitch. RTE cameras will be filming at the first of the Kilcullen GAA Lights Up walk event, they will be there to do a sequence for the Operation Transformation show, on which Kilcullen's Noel O'Connell is a leader, so would be great to have a good attendance out walking / running to support Noel.

Also The Irish Life GAA “Every Step Counts” Challenge is back and  will run for 5 weeks from Monday 08-January to 12-February-2024. Last year Kilcullen GAA and Community completed the My Life Challenge 2023, in 6th place in Leinster with 34,638 steps from 193 participants in 5 weeks which was amazing. Finishing 6th from over 200 clubs competing in Leinster and the NO 1 walking club in Kildare was brilliant last year and we are hoping to finish in the top 5 this year with over 200 participants and break 40,000 steps. To join the challenge, follow the steps below:
1. Download the free MyLife app from GooglePlay /Apple App Store 2. Tap on the social tab on the MyLife App 3. Select challenges 4. Select the challenge for Leinster 5. Tap on Join & Select “Kilcullen GAA”

No doubt many of the CPC community will be involved - the best of luck to everyone!

ONLY 2 DAYS TO GO!!!

GREAT NEWS!  Every line in our lotto on 14th December can win our Jackpot and will automatically have a free chance to win one of our local spot prizes.

Family Day Pass to the National Stud and Japanese Gardens

Fallon’s Restaurant Lunch voucher for two (Food only Monday - Saturday)

Gift from Faerly, Kilcullen

Fountain Takeaway - €15 voucher

AWESOME CHRISTMAS PRIZES!  -  PLUS every line gets a free chance to win one of the awesome Christmas prizes donated by the service provider “Our Fundraiser”.  This giveaway is open to all organisations who use their service.

•       2 x VIP Taylor Swift Tickets

•       A €1,000 Christmas shopping spree

•       A Gamers bundle including a PlayStation 5, TV, and gaming headset

•       10 x €100 JD Sports gift cards

•       5 x Luxury Christmas Hampers

Thank you so much for your support, you are making a real difference. Please spread the word with family and friends to join in.

Click HERE to Join

We are counting down the days to our Senior Citizens Christmas Party which is organised and hosted by our 6th year students.

The party takes place this Thursday 14th December at 11.30am in the school assembly hall. Please rsvp to religiouseducation@cpckilcullen.com or by texting 083 0900235.

It looks like it will be a great event for all who attend with lots of food, music, a raffle and even a visit from Santa planned.

We are very thankful to all those who have donated prizes to the raffle and in particular to Ruth's Home-baked Goods for the two beautiful cakes that she donated to us.

Looking forward to welcoming our 6th year students grandparents and all who can attend from the local area. 

Well done to the U19 boys and girls badminton teams who competed in the Kildare Badminton Association U19 competition in Kilcullen today. The girls team won silver medals, finishing runners up to Kildare Town Community School.

The boys team finished second in their group but lost their semi final to Naas CBS.

Well done to Sadhbh, Grace, Aoibhe, Niamh, Julie, John, Daniel, Joseph, Mikey and all involved on a really successful day. 

Dear Principal,

Please see important from the HSE below and in the attached.

All children aged 2-17 can get the free flu vaccine.

The nasal flu vaccine is available until the middle of February 2024 for children aged 2-17. Participating GP practices and Pharmacies are giving the vaccine for free. It is given as a spray up the nose, there is no need for an injection. It is a safe, easy and pain free way to help protect children against flu this winter.

Flu can be serious in children

Children are twice as likely to get the flu then adults. While most children who get the flu will have mild symptoms, some children can get complications such as pneumonia or bronchitis and may need to go to hospital. Children, especially younger children, are also more likely than adults to get severe complications of flu. Flu can cause serious illness in children, and children with chronic health conditions are most at risk of severe complications of flu.

Symptoms of flu in children include

·          High temperature

·          Muscle pains

·          Headache

·          Extreme tiredness (fatigue)

Children also carry the flu virus in their system longer than adults do. They can spread the flu virus easily to other children, in day-care centres and schools, and to older and vulnerable people around them. Supporting the flu campaign this year The flu vaccine is the best protection we have against flu. We would appreciate it if you could help to promote flu facts and the vaccine with parents.

You may also find the following resources helpful:

·       HSE flu website: www.hse.ie/flu. It also contains further information about the flu vaccines available this year (including the injectable flu vaccines for adults) and all those who are recommended the flu vaccine

·       Information leaflet for parents (in English and translations available on the flu website): https://bit.ly/47EbLmy

·       Poster on the Children’s Flu vaccine (in English and Irish translation available on the flu website): https://bit.ly/3uEhM3S

As always, we thank you for your support for the flu vaccination programme.

Dear parents/guardians,

I hope your son/daughter is settling into their subject choices now.

I received a small number of emails seeking to be added to waiting lists for some subjects. As previously notified, most classes are full and I will be only be in contact if a place becomes available for your son/daughter. 

Unfortunately, I can not exceed the permitted number allowed in practical classes for health, safety and insurance reasons, so unless somebody leaves a subject there is no space in the class.

The following subjects (Business and Art) have very limited space available so if your son/daughter wants to see if it is possible to switch to one of these, please make conatct with me on joeleonard@cpckilcullen.com

Best wishes

J Leonard.

Please find attached a message from the DE Inspectorate

Dear Principal,

Attached you will find a newsletter for children and young people about the work of the Inspectorate as it relates to 2023-2024. I would be grateful if you could bring this newsletter to the attention of all children and young people in your school. 

Kind regards,

Yvonne Keating

Chief Inspector   

4D St Vincent DePaul class are currently running a food drive until the Friday 15th December. They would like to remind all members of the school community to donate, if possible. 

The accepted items are non-perishable foods. Below is a suggested list: 

• Canned soup
• Canned vegetables
• Jars of sauce
• Cereal
• Pasta/rice
• Canned fish
• Nuts/seeds
• Crackers 
• etc

The collection point is beside the food village. 

All food donated will be delivered to the Kilcullen SVP shop, whereby it will be distributed to local families in time for Christmas. 

All support is greatly appreciated. 

Our TY students enjoyed intercative workshops with SARI this week. 

SARI - Sports Against Racism Ireland delivered anti-discrimination workshops to all 4th Year class groups.

These workshops are supported by the UEFA Foundation for Children and the Irish Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

SARI deliver these anti-discrimination soccer workshops to schools all around the country addressing issues such as racism, sexism, homophobia and disabilities.

The workshops comprised of soccer training games and exercises with built in awareness of what it means to discriminate on and off the pitch.