We were absolutely delighted to welcome paralympic champions Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly to school this morning as they spoke to the children about their careers and showed them not only their olympic medals but also their recent gold medals from the paracycling road world championships. To hear the inspiring stories of the success of these ladies after a very challenging year certainly brought about much pride for them within the school. We are always proud of our Irish athletes and to have one with a connection to the Parish of Inver who was so kind as to come to school to showcase their medals is certainly a memory for the pupils here to treasure. Our thanks to Katie-George and Linda – well done to you both!
A very busy day today during our Active Week saw our pupils cycle take place! The Infants, 1st & 2nd Class Pupils carried out cycling activities on the school yards, while the pupils from 3rd-6th Classes went on a cycle to The Warren beach in Inver. Luckily the weather was kind to us for the day and we were able to get all our activities completed. Our thanks to Sean Gallagher, who has been instrumental in organising all of our cycling activities over the past number of years – and this year was no exception. Thanks also to everyone else who helped out today.
Today was Sports Day and competition was strong between the four teams. The day began with sprints followed by our wellie throw and ended with the spud and spoon race. All competitors received wonderful support from their teammates and a very enjoyable day was had by all.
We started the first day of Active School Week with a Wake Up, Shake Up routine led by our Active Flag Committee.
This was followed by games including a penalty shoot out by the Senior classes and parachute games for the Juniors on the Astroturf and the yard. We practised relay races after lunch in preparation for Sports Day tomorrow.
Junior and Senior Infants were joined by their parents today in the hall for our annual Súgradh le Chéile workshop. We all had lots of fun playing games led by Eimear our Súgradh le Chéile tutor.
Congratulations to our boys soccer team, who competed today in the Primary 7s competition in Letterkenny. The boys won all four group games and went on to win the final on penalties. Well done boys!
Our 3rd-6th Classes took time out of lessons for their school tour today. They went to Inish Adventures in Moville where, as you can see, they had a great day!
We were delighted to be able to officially open our artificial playground this morning, with guests of honour Brendan McCole and Gavin Mulreany – past pupils and members of the Donegal County GAA Senior Panel. We were also happy to welcome Cllrs. Noel Jordan, Michael Naughton and Tom Conaghan, who were all supporters of our fundraising to build our new facility. Our thanks to our parents and the whole school community for all their hard work in getting us to this stage – amenities like this would not be possible without the continued support we receive locally. A big well done to all the children who provided music and singing for the audience – they have been working very hard recently and, as always, represented the school very well.
Our boys’ and girls’ teams took part in the FAI Schools 5-a-side competition at Eany Celtic grounds today. Both teams showcased their skills in a thrilling competition. The boys’ team emerged victorious, their teamwork and determination putting them through to the County Final.
Well done to all involved.
