Category Archives: Active School

Cross Country

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On Wednesday the 25th of September, around forty pupils from the school travelled to Lees Road for a day of cross-country running. It was for schools in East Clare. We left on a bus at 10:10 with Shona, Colm, Cillian, and Tina. When we arrived we went to our tent and put down our bags. We walked the track to prepare ourselves and warmed up. There were three categories, under  8, under 10, and over 10. The under-8 boys and girls ran first and they put in a great effort. Then the under 10 boys and girls ran and we won two medals in these races! After that over 10 boys and girls ran and we won three medals in this category. The girls under 10 team also won a team medal. We were really happy to win the medals and it was great to win a team medal as well.

It was lashing rain for most of the day and everyone was drenched! We got cookies at the tent after the races to celebrate and when we came back to school Tina had made us hot chocolate to warm us up! Anyone who won a medal on the day gets to progress to the Clare County finals in November. Overall we had a fun day out despite the miserable conditions and hopefully, it won’t be as wet for the next stage of races!

By Michael Quinn, Seán Hassett and Lillie Ryan.

Active School Week June 2024

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Active Schools Week took place in our school during the week of the 10th of June. The Active Schools committee came together with Shona to decide what activities we would do for Active Schools Week and on Sports Day. Some of the activities we decided to organise were rugby, hurling, dance, yoga, and many more. Several coaches and parents also got involved in the activities during the week. We also did Wake Up Shake Up every morning with the whole school. During Wake Up Shake Up we did activities like movement skills and exercises. We also organised two Sports Days for the school. The first Sports Day for the senior classes was on Monday the 17th of June, and the second Sports Day for junior classes was on Wednesday the 19th of June. On each Sports Day the sixth class pupils organised many stations for the rest of the school to participate in. The stations included three-legged races, wheelbarrow races, dodgeball, basketball, beanbag throwing, obstacle courses and more. There were also sprints and long races at the start of the day. Overall, we had a great time during Active Schools week, and our favourite parts included the races and the rounders station.

By Mia Connellan and Kacper Pawlowski.

Meet the New School Committees – 2023/2024

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Green Schools Committee: The following are the members of our Green Schools committee for the coming school year: Oran Malone Maisie O’ Connor 1st, Aaron Hassett , Naoise Murphy 2nd, Hector O Halloran 3rd, Alyson Casey , Beibhinn Curran 4th, Mary Slattery 5th , Caoimhe Mockler , Emily Germaine Green 6th

Active Schools Committee: The following are the members of our Active Schools Committee for the coming year: 6th (Joe): Oscar Deegan,6th (Colm): Isabelle Mangan,5th: Zoe Speak, 4th (Conor): Luke Callinan,4th (Cillian): Kayla Hanrahan, 3rd: Jessica O Driscoll, 2nd (Amy): Louis Ryan,2nd (Shona): Mia Connellan

Student Council: The following are the members of our Student Council for the coming school year: They will meet every month to discuss their wonderful ideas on school life! 2nd class (Amy) Remi Hill, 2nd class ( Shona) Elsie McInerney,3rd class Óisín O Malley,4th class (Conor) Seán Hassett, 4th class (Cillian) Maia O Brien,5th class Aoife Currane,6th class (Joe) Ayda Ryan and advisor Jessica Hassett,6th class (Colm) Ella Johnston and Salma O’Doherty . Advisor: Declan Keane