Gymnastics and Hurling has started back this term for the next 6 weeks. Gymnastics will take place in the hall on Thursdays and hurling will be on in the astro on Fridays. Please ensure your child is wearing comfortable clothing and footwear for these.
Today we had COW (Cycle on Wednesday) day. It was great to see so many children and their parents cycle and scoot to school. It was a huge success. A big thank you to Miss Murphy for organising it. Take a look at the video below by clicking the link and also the photos. …
First Class are taking part in a running challenge everyday this month. Not even the cold weather will stop them. Click on the link to watch them in action. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a35cHWzMfdpVrhjExOFpdw0510SX-HxN/view?usp=share_link
The school are taking part in a walking challenge for February. Take a look at the video to see first class starting the challenge. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XL4PJpabCgUhthUw-42ZNZC9bvGUukly/view?usp=share_link
To coincide with the soccer world cup that is currently on in Qatar at the moment, first class are taking part in their own world cup in school. They are having the best time and really enjoying it. Take a look at the video below to see them in action. https://drive.google.com/file/d/14kEBBztsfzq2BgNetcijmsVFJKE4f9UL/view?usp=share_link
We were so delighted to be able raise 2 flags this year. The children had so much fun being active throughout the year and acheived the schools 3rd Active Flag. A big thank you to Mr. Sheehy and Ms. O Flynn who organised all the fun activities throughout the year. We also raised our 7th…
Today the boys and girls from junior infants, senior infants, and first-class completed our 4-week walking challenge. At the start of the challenge, we set out to walk to landmarks such as Doneraile Park, Thomond Park, Fota Wildlife Park, Blarney Castle, and Croke Park. Not only did we reach these targets we walked much further…
During lunchtime on Monday and Tuesday, First Class are showing junior and senior infants how to play different playground games. It is a great success and the kids love it.
We were delighted to launch our new “Active Walkway” on March 16th by having our St. Patrick’s Day Parade around the school. We have 15 posters up around the school so the children loved walking to each of them. It was a great day. Click on the videos to watch us in action. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V00AJD8N4yywTPsk2y0KlpAgWPOuOmo6/view?usp=sharing…
For the next few weeks the children will be going for walks and hoping to reach different destinations around the country. 1 lap of the park = 1km. We are hoping to walk to Doneraile Park (17km) Thomond Park (36km) Blarney Castle (48km) Fota Wildlife Park (58km) Croke Park (199km)
For the next 4 weeks on Fridays, the boys and girls will use skipping ropes and hula hoops to get more active. They were a great success today. Click on the links to watch us skipping and using the hula hoops https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Opw5g0Lj0RGBKSkYPE86OUWxFXxJm0bS/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OGG0EfwiY572PQqtwqYxhw33tXZl57os/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OPpRwmIbIM1UHGidluCas4K7F1MApqJA/view?usp=sharing
We had great fun this morning on our Santa Dash. We even spotted Santa ;looking for his reindeer in the park. Click on the links to watch the videos. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LQJSzfK-QDlipA_sns8aM2xogaNMtaZZ/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LPp4Uk-kFfXNZ5AHq1E8wDoutHiduiue/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LHkcJR0xaUq7o8nXlIvUjwaQhmqgLRgZ/view?usp=sharing
This week for our active break challenge we are doing Joe Wick’s 5 minute workouts. The kids had lots of fun doing it. Click on the video links to watch them in action. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hpa7AH_KnSAIQ8-C425y3jC0zAYh9-Uc/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HZ184U0rR_cHoA0XvSgn7RCj3qcT50dG/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IF_2jqH9BV-fopQFbBt-Wup3IwZTiv-R/view?usp=sharing
This week we are doing dance for our Active Break Challenge. The children are loving the music and following the dance routine. Click on the link to watch the videos of senior infants and first class dancing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H3r682Xd2nfMkmShcHzlE4ZnOef2_9Nk/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GpjP5FjpEOwH6SUVwYskS3ef3rPcsvcN/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gu6ag1rTuMPaNRKXOROgi1yU_xIlyMPh/view?usp=sharing
Every class started our active breaks this week. This week we are spinning a wheel for “funky fruit”. The kids are loving the movement break during the day. Click on the link to watch a few clips of the active breaks this week. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GbxJJIQtSRBTzBdhDTqfkcAocdt9Vr6l/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gid8kVCV61BPCj5kMz_QxaW45oZllaBl/view?usp=sharing
We had a great day in school celebrating National Fitness Day. We did dance, an obstacle course and stations on the yard. It was so much fun.
We had great fun on our “Spooky” walk in the local town park. Click on the link to watch a video clip of our walk https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ET32o9OjJPm4OmcP7vtGKPMsnDrjJxeW/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ETW4VROlf2d5Kii6FemS-4jqqGHqwTYm/view?usp=sharing “