Active School Week
27th - 31st May 2024
Day 1: Monday 27th May
To 'kick off' our Active School Week, we had Coach Kyana from Klaas Kickz here to do some soccer skills with us. Each classroom had an hour soccer lesson with Coach Kyana and we had so much fun doing all the different drills and activities!
Day 2: Tuesday 28th May
For our second day of Active School Week, we split up and took part in some team games. The entire school was divided into four teams, with each team cheering on their members as they had fun with racing events like the egg and spoon, three legged race and a long running race. There were some tired legs as the senior classes finished running their three laps of the pitch!!
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Day 3: Wednesday 29th May
For our third day of Active School Week, we had coach John teach us some table tennis skills. We recently purchased four brand new table tennis tables including nets, bats and table tennis balls, so this was a great way to pick up some new tips. Coach John taught us how to hold the bat and strike using the back hand (a pushing motion). The wind was a bit of a challenge, however it didn't stop us from playing! In fact, some of us got some extra running in to gather all the runaway balls.
Day 4: Thursday 30th May
For our fourth day of Active School Week, we had our Sponsored Skipathon. We split the entire school into groups of four and got to work! One person skipped for 4-5 minutes while the others counted their skips. Each person had two skipping sessions and with the addition of some music and encouragement, we completed a whole school total of 28,169 skips! Have a look at the photos where the total of each group is recorded. Thank you to all the children who skipped and parents, grandparents and members of the community who donated to our sponsored skipathon!
Active School Week
29th May - 2nd June 2023
Day 1
Football Skills with Mr McSharry
To begin active week, we had lots of fun developing our football skills. The children were split into groups to complete passing drills, stopping the ball and shooting drills.
Day 2
Tennis with Coach Daire
On Tuesday we had our last session with Coach Daire. Thanks to the PTA, Daire has been working with us every Tuesday for the past 4 weeks. The children have been striking with an implement, serving the ball, developing their forehand and backhand passing and maintaining a rally across the net.
Day 3
Sponsored Walk
On Wednesday we had our sponsored walk at the GAA pitch. Thanks to Trevor and Owenmore Gaels for the use of the pitch. In the very warm weather, with everyone wearing the high vis jackets, we managed to walk a total of 5 km (10 laps of the pitch). Thank you to everyone who sponsored us. There were some tired feet when we got back to St. Paul's!
Day 4
Active Stations
On Thursday our 5th and 6th class pupils designed 9 active stations for each classroom to enjoy. In groups, the children had 3 minutes at each station where the senior boys and girls demonstrated the activities. Lots of throwing, catching, kicking, balancing, striking with an implement and jumping skills were practised!
Sports Day
On Friday we had our Sports Day. The four teams did their very best in every race, with only 7 points between 1st and 4th place.
Well done to everyone for taking part, including our preschool children! Thank you to parents for helping with scores, organising children, refreshments, and being fantastic supporters! Have a look at some of the photographs from the day.
Active School Week
10th - 14th June 2019
Day 1: Monday - Tennis
To kick off our Active School Week, we had a taster tennis lesson with Scott!
Day 2: Tuesday - Basketball & Volleyball
Today, we had a taster basketball & volleyball lesson with John!
Day 3: Wednesday - Team games
Today, we got back into our sports day teams and played some fun Relay games.
These games were just for Fun! We were all winners.
We had such a laugh playing these games.
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Day 3: Wednesday - Circuits
We also did some circuit training with ms. Browne.
Day 4: Thursday - Tag rugby
2 past pupils visited us to teach us how to play tag rugby.