Run Around Ireland
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Active Breaks Challenge
Active Walkway Challenge
April / May 2022
We completed the Active Walkway Challenge as a whole school. We spent time enjoying the walkway doing different challenges at the signs - some classes focused on their fundamental movement skills and others decided to practise their tables at each sign. Most classes went beyond our school grounds to the nearby Blue Way, just beside our school. It's a beautiful walk along the river Suir and if you haven't already tried it, we would encourage it.
As a whole school, we have set ourselves a "Run Around Ireland" Challenge!! Our goal is to run the distance to the Spire in Dublin and Back as a whole school by counting the distances of our daily laps combined. This is really good for developing children's overall fitness.
Mrs Skehan and/or Ms Kirwan met the Active Schools Committee students regularly and they continued to monitor and be responsible for the yard equiptment. The children made suggestion boxes for their classrooms and we went through the many fantastic ideas that they had to make the school more active.
We have also held Active Easter Egg Hunts at Easter. Ms Kirwan and Mrs Skehan's classes combined this with the PE Strand Orienteering and the children had a ball!!
As a whole school, we have set ourselves a "Run Around Ireland" Challenge!! Our goal is to run the distance to the Spire in Dublin and Back as a whole school by counting the distances of our daily laps combined. This is really good for developing children's overall fitness.
Mrs Skehan and/or Ms Kirwan met the Active Schools Committee students regularly and they continued to monitor and be responsible for the yard equiptment. The children made suggestion boxes for their classrooms and we went through the many fantastic ideas that they had to make the school more active.
We have also held Active Easter Egg Hunts at Easter. Ms Kirwan and Mrs Skehan's classes combined this with the PE Strand Orienteering and the children had a ball!!
January / February 2022
Each class has been asked to complete daily laps of the yard with an aim to improving the student’s overall fitness and the skill of running. Classes began running for different lengths of time with an aim to increase this time each week.
Providing the students with PE equipment on the yard at break-time has been a huge success. It has not only improved their fitness and worked on various skills for example skipping, but it has also encouraged the students to play together and co-operate more while taking part in different games.
Providing the students with PE equipment on the yard at break-time has been a huge success. It has not only improved their fitness and worked on various skills for example skipping, but it has also encouraged the students to play together and co-operate more while taking part in different games.
Active Advent!!
We introduced our Active Advent Calendar which has different activities for the different days coming up to Christmas. We also enjoyed the 12 days of fitness and the Crazy Santa Dance.
An Activity A Day Challenge..
In November the whole school took on an Active Challenge – An Activity a Day Challenge. We mixed up different challenges to do every day in school. We did Go Noodle, RTE 10@10, daily laps of the yard, active walkway, It was great fun!!
Check out our Zombie Walk in October 2021!!!
New Yard Equiptment!!! Hooray!!!
September/October 2021We were very busy this year getting the school active and back on track with sports. First of all, we elected a new Active Schools Committee/Students Council. Students from 3rd to 6th Classes wrote a letter of application and a new committee was formed. On our committee we have Sadhbh Patterson, Kate Carey, Ellen Condon, Zoe Hewitt, Arianna Smyth Fernandes, Orna Doran, Lilianna Stankiewiez, Kate Hewitt and Alexander Matess.
Mrs Skehan and Ms Kirwan have agreed to lead up the application for the Active Schools Flag. Mrs Skehan has attended webinars ran by the Active Schools national body. We did staff surveys to assess where we are at with P.E., physical activity and our sporting partnerships and which areas we need to develop. We applied for staff training in the area of outdoor and adventure. The first task was to get the playgrounds more active! The committee met and put bags of equipment together for the different playgrounds. We agreed a plan to keep things safe and how to manage the equipment. We bought new skipping ropes and balls. The children loved having the new equipment at yard time and the had a ball!! We set up football with Brian Whyte from Commercials and Barry Bourke from the Camogie Association. More details on these are in our Partnerships section. Spooky!!! At Halloween, we went on a zombie walk through the active walkway. Little did we know what was awaiting us!!! 6th class pupils had decorated the walkway to make it spooky and even the teachers were scared walking through it!! Camogie Blitz June 2019 - What a fun day we had in St. Mary's!!Sports Day 2019 |
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Speech and Language Classes, 1st and 2nd classes held Sports Day on Friday 21st of June. Junior and Senior Infants enjoyed their Sports Day on Thursday 20th of June. The children enjoyed an active day where they all took part in a variety of sports and events in the field.
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Senior Sports Day - a Super Fun Day! |
Rang 3, Rang 4, Rang 5 and Rang 6 teamed together on Friday 7th June for our Senior Sports Day. We created five teams to take part in five energetic activities: relays with Ms. Ryan, camogie with Andy, dancing with Ms. Murphy, fun obstacle courses with Ms. Mulcahy and a relaxing river walk with Ms. Lambert. We finished the day with some extra camogie activities in the field. The weather was perfect - sunny but not too hot - and the variety of activities ensured interest and fun for all. A perfect end to the week and a lively start to the weekend!
Athletics Track and Field in Clonmel
Well done to the girls who represented Presentation Primary School, Clonmel in the athletics track and field event on Tuesday 14th of June. The 3rd and 4th class Team A secured a gold medal with Matilda O’Reilly and Kate Carey on ball throw, Noeleen O’ Connell and Niamh Clarke on 100m sprints and Emma Kiely together with Emer Brennan proved strong competition in the 300m long distance race. 3rd and 4th class Team B showed great strength and fitness with Ella Ryan and Abbie Hassett on ball throw, Emily O’Reilly and Karah O’Donnell on 100m sprint and Ciara Slattery with Jodi Delahunty on 300m long distance races. 5th and 6th classes had two very strong teams with Team A Emma O’Reilly and Hayleigh Reilly flying high with the ball throw. Síofra O’Loughlin and Kinga Adamczyk on 100m sprint and Alicja Leoniuk and Sona Binoy on 300m long distance race. On Team B Anjali Manoj and Cara Patterson were very strong, Emma Pyke and Mia Goldbach ran very well in the 100m sprint and Nicola Bajerowska with Kody O’Shea were hard to beat on the 300m sprint. Well done girls!!
Active Walkway
We launched our Active Walkway on the first week of April 2019. The route is 1 km around the school and convent grounds. We love going for walks.
Active Walkway
Celebrating Our Success!!
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Well done to Isobel Dennehy won a medal and a trophy in gymnastics, Kool School. Congratulations to Fiona Barry, who won the under 16 solo modern dance County Final in the Community Games in Boherlahan. She is through to the next stage in U.L. in May. Best of luck, Fiona, we wish you well!! Olivia Walsh from Ms Keye’s 1st Class won a trophy for gymnast of the week on Thursday 28/2/19. She won 1st place for the crab, the splits and the cartwheel. Well done Olivia! Niamh Power, in 2nd class won a trophy for gymnastics, with Kool School. Liam Meahan in Ms Kennedy's won a medal in hurling with St. Mary's. Well done Liam!! Ava Rose Norris in Ms Sheehan's Senior Infant's aand Katelyn Dempsey won trophies with On Your Toes in a dance competition. Layla Crotty in second class won 1st place, and received a medal for dancing to Footloose with the majorettes. Zoe Hewitt won a medal in a taekwon-do competition. Fiona Barry in 5th Class won an in-house competition with On Your Toes on Saturday. Together with her partner, she came 3rd. Kyra O’Donnell from Ms Kennedy’s Senior Infants won a medal for kayaking. On Saturday the 6th of April, Hannah Dennehy won a medal for gymnastics in Kool School. She did forward roll stand up, forward roll lye down, tuck and shoulder stand, then two cartwheels, the box, bridge and finish. Well done Hannah! On Saturday the 6th of April, Ciara O’Drioscal in Junior Infants won a trophy for Irish Dancing. On Saturday the 6th of April, Sophie Long in Junior Infants won a medal for Kool School Gymnastics in a show. Emma Kiely and Emer Brennan won county medals for athletics relays in Templemore on 12/5/19. Cillian Mc Evoy won a trophy for Player of the Week with St. Mary’s Hurling Club on 18/5/19. Well done to all of you. Keep it up!! |
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Rang 6 learn to 'Cycle Right'
The girls in 6th Class learned cycling lessons for a few weeks in December and January with Olly and Dónal. The coaches taught us how to cycle safely and the main points about road safety. Before every lesson pupils had to put on a helmet for their safety. We practised in our school yard and played some games and challenges on the bikes. We learned the ready position, how to turn corners and how to indicate. During one lesson we watched a short video on safety and answered quiz questions. The last lesson took place in the car park so that we could practise real right and left turns and get used to the road markings.
Everyone loved the lessons and learned a lot about how to cycle safely.
Everyone loved the lessons and learned a lot about how to cycle safely.
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The most exciting day of the year?
Everyone looks forward to the annual basketball match between Rang 6 and the staff!
Active School Tours
We often take part in fun and games on our summer school tours. We love adventures and we love being active! Look at these exciting photos of Rang 1, Rang 2 and the Senior Language Class on their school tour in 2018.