Month: November 2016
Trooper Tuesdays
In one of Active Schools Committee meetings the children thought of ideas to help get everyone in school active. One of their ideas was to do ‘Trooper Tuesdays’ before school which was encouraged by their active homework. While the children were waiting for school to start, they choose different exercises to carry out to get active more often. It was fantastic to see them all having so much fun in the morning. 
Active Schools Slogan
The Active School Committee, created a competition for the school, to create our schools Active Schools slogan. All the children discussed why its important to be active and how we can encourage others to be active too. The children created slogans and the Active Schools Committee and the staff decided on the winning slogan. The slogan which impressed us all the most, was the slogan from a Senior Infant which was; ‘Everybody, everyday, should walk, run, jump and play.’
Here is our winner with her brilliant slogan and her brand new helmet, congratulations, we hope you enjoy cycling with your new helmet.
Active Homework
The pupils have been encouraged to get active after school by getting Super Troopers Homework every night. The pupils have been carrying out Super Troopers for many weeks now and are learning lots of fun new exercises.
Peile Posts
The 3rd & 4th class girls took part in an indoor football tournament in Ballinacarriga Hall on Tuesday 29th Nov.
They played against Barryroe, Carrigboy, Derrinacahara and Newcestown.
They used the new posts called Peile Posts which have been installed in the hall recently.
It was an enjoyable event for all.
Quiz Winners
We would like to congratulate the winning team, “Teacher’s Pets” who won the first Parent’s Association table quiz in Tots on Saturday 26th Nov. Well done to David Hicks, Patsy Dineen, Triona McCarthy and Cillian McCarthy.
We would also like to thank the Parents Association who put a lot a time and effort into the organisation of this event. The Parents Association is made up of Ann O Mahony, Irene O Donovan, Sharon O Donovan, Mairéad O Driscoll, Mairéad Walsh and Anna O Neill.
Congratulations to all involved for making it a very enjoyable night. 
Move it on Mondays!
The children were very busy this morning with ‘Move it on Mondays’. The Greens School Committee measured out the perimeter of the school yard last week and today the children walked it seven times. They had walked a whole Kilometer this morning before school even started. It was a fantastic start to the school day, as the children were feeling energized for their first lesson. Keep up the good work guys!
3 – D Shapes
Third class have been examining the properties of 3-D shapes and exploring the relationship between 2 – D shapes and 3 – D shapes. They enjoyed constructing 3 – D shapes with different materials to see which would be most secure. As much as they enjoyed working with marshmallows, they decided the blue tac and the construction set was far more sturdy. 
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Football Free Fridays
Today the Active Schools Committee carried out a survey throughout the school to see if the children would enjoy a day without soccer/football as it was a subject that was suggested to the Active School Committee. The survey showed that the majority of pupils would like to have more of an opportunity to discover different activities. As a school we are going to pilot ‘football free Friday’ up until Christmas. ‘Football free Fridays’ is an initiative to encourage pupils to explore different activities and learn new skills with their peers. We are going to have our ‘first football free Friday’ on the 2nd of December.
Dedicated Dancers!
The whole school are very busy at the moment getting ready for the Christmas concert. Each week, we are practicing different dance moves and are really enjoying learning new skills in our dances with Jenny. We are looking forward to performing our new moves during the concert with you all.
Walkability Survey
The Green Schools Committee had the pleasure of working with Catherine Russell on Monday, to carry out a walk-ability survey around our school. The children each had different jobs and worked in groups to assess how safe it would be to walk to our school, from two different locations. Not only were the children out getting active, they were also using their measuring skills they had learn in class, to measure footpaths and the different distances around the school, using a trundle wheel and meter stick. It is great to see how the Green Schools Committee and the Active Schools Committee can work together to make our school a healthier environment.
Science Week
Science week 2016 was held from Nov 14th – 18th.
1st and 2nd class enjoyed learning how lava lamps work and even made their own lava lamp with oil, water, food colouring & Alka Seltzer.
They learned all about gravity and forces and made paper rockets and had a competition to see who’s could fly the furthest – Congratulations to our winner Doireann – her rocket flew 4 meters!!
Camogie blitz
Some of the girls in 3rd & 4th class took part in a Camogie blitz recently and won this lovely shield! Congratulations!! 
Parish League
Some of the boys from 2nd, 3rd & 4th class took part in the parish league in Dunmanway over the weekend. All the boys got plaques and medals for their participation. “Donegal” won the U10’s and “Mayo” won the U8’s! Congratulations boys!! Well done!
Meet our Active Schools Committee
Each year the Active Schools Committee members are going to change but we are very excited to introduce you to our Active School Committee for 2016/2017. The Active Schools Committee consists of pupils from first to sixth class and the pupils will have a big role to play to ensure the whole school is getting more active, more often!
P.E.: Hurling!
We thoroughly enjoyed our past six weeks of hurling training with Tony Walsh. We learnt lots of new skills and had a great time taking part in the league.
We are looking forward to focusing on football in Spring, with Tony again. Thank you Tony!
