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Headfort Big Day Out – a family garden party – Sunday 26th May  – proceeds to the Katie Nugent Fund   On a glorious summer day last May, Headfort  School Kells,  hosted the inaugural Headfort Big Day Out.   Building on the success of last year’s Big Day Out, Headfort School and Montessori are delighted …

STOP PRESS! The theme for this year’s Summer Party is: “Safari Night Fever” Saturday 15th June @ 7.00p.m. A taste of Africa with a 70′s twist! More details to follow!!  

Kells, Co. Meath. 6 May, 2013 Special guests at the event were newly elected TD Helen McEntee, Ireland’s Olympian Pentathlete Ms Natalya Coyle and Darren O’Neill who captained the Irish Olympian boxing team at the 2012 summer Olympics. Running concurrently with the competition launch was a Practice Day and for the first time a Fledgling …

‘Some of the children stable their own ponies at the school’ MONDAY It’s the first day of term. Parents drop their children off after a three-week break. We are a private primary school, with both boarding- and day-school options. There is a Montessori for three- to seven-year-olds; most children then attend our prep school until …

Meath-MinimusFledgling-Flyer Headfort School to sponsor the Irish Pony Club National Minimus which is taking place at Kilguilkey House, Mallow, Co. Cork on Sat 8 and Sun 9 June 2013 http://www.irishponyclub.ie/minimus.html The official launch is is taking place at 3.30 p.m. on Monday 6th May at Headfort School         Meath Pony Club & Headfort School  Will …

This term our head riding teacher Mary Maher has been preparing a number of our children for their C test in the Pony Club: Hannah Adams, Poppy Conolly-Carew, Hannah Langan and Mimi O’Grady. Two other riders, Lucy Hancock and Anna Hayden are in serious training for the forthcoming Eventing season. All of the above-named riders …

The children are sad that the snow deprived them of the chance to beat their parents in today’s much anticipated scheduled Parents vs School encounter. The Mixed XI are through to the semi-finals of the Leinster Under-13 league in which we participate. The match, against Taney School, is due to be played on Wednesday 13th …

  The top three forms will perform their plays on Tuesday 12th and Thursday 14th March. Reception at 6.30, curtain at 7.15 each evening. Boarding parents: you are free to take your children home after Thursday’s performance for the holidays. Day parents: Note that there will be no school for day pupils on Friday 15th …

The Mixed First XI have had an excellent season since January, continuing on after the Girls’ XI’s unbeaten run before Christmas. The mixed team has won three matches and drawn two, placing them second in the Leinster Under-13 league in which they participate and qualifying the team for a place in the semi-finals. Twice the …