Active Week 2026
🤸🏻🏀🏃🏻♂️🎾Active and Wellness Week is Here! 🚶🏻⚽🤾🏻♂️🏐 PA Carnival The Ard Rí Carnival on Friday, 5th June will kickstart our Active and Wellness Week activities. Thank you to the Parents Association and volunteers for hosting our annual Carnival with lots of fun activities and games for all classes which will test strategy, throwing and coordination skills. From Monday 8th to Friday 12th June we will be celebrating Active and Wellness Week. There are lots of fun and engaging activities planned to encourage the children to be active, get outdoors, stay healthy and enjoy time with their friends. Written homework has finished for the year. Children will receive alternative, activity-based assignments and we encourage families to fully embrace these fun and healthy challenges. As we’ll be spending more time outside, please remember to: Slop on some sunscreen 🧴, slap on a hat 🧢 and bring plenty of water to stay hydrated 💦. 🌞 🌦️🌥️Be Prepared for the Weather – while we are hoping for some nice weather however that cannot be guaranteed! Unfortunately some showery weather is forecast, please ensure your child brings a rain jacket and a spare pair of runners and socks to school each day just in case they get wet during outdoor activities. We do not want the weather to stop the fun however some activities will be weather dependent! 🔰 Monday – Show Your Colours! Children are encouraged to wear a Meath jersey (if they have one) or green and gold clothing to show their support for the Boys in Green! 💚💛 Also on Monday will be GAA for all classes. 🏉⚽🥅🎾Tuesday – Ball Skills...New Entrants September 2026
June 2026 👋🏻Hello to everyone joining us in September, Each child has reached a very important milestone in their lives. Our team understand the importance of a successful transition from pre-school to the primary classroom. Healthy home school links are the cornerstone of our school’s success. Parents and teachers must work closely together for children to reach their full potential. It was lovely to meet many of you last week at our open house. If you were unable to attend, please find information provided on the morning: click here We want to know your child’s story/scéal… We have created a short parent questionnaire to give you the chance to share any information you think will be important to set your child up for success in Ard Rí. If you have not completed this already, please click on the link below. The information you share will allow us to best support your child from day one. We want your child to be happy in school. We will have two Junior Infant classes, if your child has a friend also starting with us you can let us know in the survey which we will consider during class allocation. Mo Scéal (My Story)- Parent Survey 🏫We are looking forward to welcoming all our new pupils to Ard Rí Community National School for their first day of big school on Tuesday, 1st September 2026 at 10:00 a.m. ⏰School times for Infants: Tuesday 1st, Wednesday 2nd, Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th September: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Monday 7th September to Friday 11th September: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Monday 14th September and on: 9:00 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. 📅 School Calendar:...Summer Camp 2026
Ard Rí CNS Summer Camp caters for our incoming Junior Infants to 4th Class (2026/2027) pupils from Monday 22nd to Friday 26th June, 9:30am to 1pm daily. Forms link: Ard Rí CNS Summer Camp Application Form 2026 – Fill out form Places on the camp are limited and we will operate on a first come, first served basis. Filling out this form does not guarantee a place in the camp due to limited availability. I will be in contact with you via email to let you know if you have secured a place. Thank you, Múinteoir Karen...School Tours 2026
We are delighted to launch our School Tour Programme for 2026! Our school tours are carefully designed to provide children with a wide variety of fun, social, educational and rewarding experiences to mark the end of the school year. We only work with reputable providers, and all destinations are kept under ongoing review. For many children, their school tour becomes one of their most treasured memories of Ard Rí CNS in the years to come. The school tour programme is operated on a cost-price basis. We make every effort to ensure value for money by booking early, scheduling tours during off-peak periods in May, and organising larger group bookings where possible. Families were asked to pay for school tours in September as part of the Student Direct Costs. A small number of accounts on Way2Pay still have an outstanding balance. We kindly ask that any remaining payments are completed before the tour takes place. If you are experiencing difficulty in making a payment at this time, please contact the school in confidence so we can discuss possible options with you. Please find detailed information on each tour by following the links below: Junior and Senior Infants Causey Farm Causey Farm School Tour 26 1st, 2nd & 5th Class The Crystal Maze The Crystal Maze School Tour 26 3rd & 4th Class Lullymore Lullymore School Tour 26 6th Class Tayto Park (It will always be Tayto Park!) Tayto Park School Tour 26...Rang 6- Newsfeed
February 2026 Dear parents and guardians of 6th Class pupils, Children starting Post Primary school in September ’26 may have their Open Mornings/ Assessment Tests coming up. Your child’s school will have been in contact with you with specific details. The arrangements for each school varies greatly. There are specific arrangements for some schools due to a clash with our Peace Proms event in RDS. Some of the schools only have an Open Morning and complete the assessments in September. It is very important that the pupils understand that there is no work they need to do in preparation for this test. These are not Entrance Exams. The students have already been accepted into First Year. Remind them that they cannot fail, the assessment just informs the school of their individual strengths and the type of learning that supports them best. Please check what time your child’s test is at and arrive 15 minutes early. Schools have different requirements on the day. Some require you bring stationery, some ask you bring wired headphones, some ask you bring a snack and a drink for a morning break. Prepare for this in advance, you do not want a panic in the morning when headphones don’t work etc. Children should be well slept and have a good breakfast before they go in. Choose an outfit which will make a positive first impression. Schools are using Cognitive Ability Tests for this assessment. As far as I know, they use a test by GL Assessment (or similar). Most schools use a digital version which will be carried out on a computer, others use a...
Admissions 2026-27
