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Easter Egg Hunt

Junior and Senior Infants had an Easter egg hunt today. The eggs were all hidden along our Active School Walkway and we worked in teams to search for them. Great fun was had by all.

Sportshall Athletics
Sportshall Athletics

Our Sportshall Athletics team reached the county final yesterday at the Aura Centre in Letterkenny. They performed excellently on the day and came fourth. Congratulations to our neighbours in Frosses NS who came third. Well done everyone!

St. Patrick’s Day Parade

We had our St. Patrick’s Day Parade today .We all wore green to school and used our Active School Walkway for our parade. Pupils from 5th and 6th class led the parade and provided the music, while some of our younger pupils gave a fine display of Irish dancing.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all.

Mini Books
Mini Books

1st and 2nd Classes have made some lovely mini books on Turkey. We have chosen Turkey as our country to run to for ‘Run Around Europe’

Run Around Europe 24 – 3rd & 4th Classes
Run Around Europe 24 – 3rd & 4th Classes

Nearly there! 3rd and 4th Classes are running to Ankara!

Run Around Europe 24 Assembly
Run Around Europe 24 Assembly

The ASF Committee members introduced the Run Around Europe 2024 challenge to everyone today at Assembly. Everyone was very excited and couldn’t wait to get started.

Run Around Europe 24
Run Around Europe 24

We started our Run Around Europe 24 running challenge today.

Junior and Senior Infants are running to Paris. 
1st,2nd,3rd and 4th are running to Ankara while 5th and 6th class are running to Athens.

We had great fun learning some fundamental movement skills with Donnie today.

Hallowe’en GAA Training Fun
Hallowe’en GAA Training Fun

As is normal practice every Friday, the whole school took part in GAA training with Donie from St. Naul’s GAA. This week, however, things took a spooky turn as all sorts of characters turned up to train! Our thanks as always to Donie for being such a good sport!

Fun with P.E. Resources in the Playground
Fun with P.E. Resources in the Playground

Everyone is enjoying playing with the skipping ropes, beanbags, rackets and balls in the playground at lunchtime .
The Playground Leaders help to distribute and collect the equipment and also work with Junior and Senior Infants showing them how to skip and use the rackets and balls.