ABOUT MONALEAN PRIMARY SCHOOL

WELCOME TO SCOIL NÁISIUNTA AILBHE

Scoil Náisiunta Ailbhe, Killinure is a rural school with an enrolment of about 190 pupils. It is situated about a mile from the village of Boher. On staff we currently have an administrative Principal Liam Guiney, fourteen Teachers, sixteen Special Needs Assistants and a School Secretary.

School starts at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 2:40 p.m. The school consists of two original classrooms, built in 1966. A 2008 extension consisted of two more classrooms and a General Purpose room. In 2011 the school grew larger with the addition of a new classroom and staffroom. In 2016 numbers increased again and we added two more state of the art classrooms to our school. 2017 saw the opening of our first Special Class followed by a second class in September 2018 and a third in 2021.

There is a basketball court and a playing area in the front of the school, a large all-weather pitch and a smaller one to the rear. We take part in a huge variety of sporting activities including hurling, football, soccer, basketball, Spikeball and swimming.

Music is very important to us at Killinure. We are very lucky to have some very talented teachers on staff who play a wide range of instruments including guitar, flute and accordion. Choir and traditional music groups that meet weekly and perform at school events. Most classes also engage in tin whistle lessons. This year we are taking part in a ‘Peace Proms’ concert for the fourth time. We also have a Christmas Concert every second year in December.

Our schoolhas a dedicated school app as well as a Website. The app gives parents/guardians the ability to instantly access school messages, news, calendar, class activities, photos/videos and much more. It is available on all devices including computers and laptops. It is only available to our school community. The school uses Aladdin Connect for parent contact, recording absenses and payments portal.

All classrooms have Interactive whiteboards and visualisers, access to iPads and Chromebooks. ICT is an integral part of our learning and teaching as a competency in the new primary curriculum.