Day: November 22, 2016
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!! 
