As we begin our final preparations for our Green Schools Biodiversity Flag application, we welcomed our Green Schools Committee to their first meeting of the new school year. They are working very hard to help us obtain our next flag – well done everyone!!
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!
Congratulations to our bicycle draw winners Odhrán, Ciabhán & Saoirse – whose card was drawn as the winning entrants to our competition. Well done! Thank you to everyone who supported our draw, the proceeds of which will go towards the installation of our new sensory garden. The support of our school community is very much appreciated.
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.
We were delighted to welcome some of the Naomh Naille Senior Ladies to the school. The team recently won the Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta na mBan Sóisear and came to show their trophy to the pupils. It was great to welcome the ladies – and wonderful to see some of our past pupils among them. Congratulations to Naomh Naille Ladies.
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.
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!
