Active School Notice Board and Slogan
Our Active School Flag Notice Board is located beside the staff room door inside the main entrance to our school. It includes pictures of our pupils having fun while being active. Our Active School Flag slogan (Get Fit, Never Quit) is displayed here along with important notices.
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ALDI Challenge
During October and November, the children collected stickers for the Aldi rugby challenge. We filled in a full poster and hope that we win some equipment. Thank you to everyone who brought in stickers.
Fyffes Fitness Squad
The children in Ms Sheehan's and Ms Walsh's classes were lucky to enjoy an active afternoon doing a fitness session with the Fyffes Fit Squad. They did lots of different exercises to work-out their upper and lower bodies. They got a banana and water bottle each to help them recover after all their hard work!
Local History Tour
On a bright and dry morning in October, Ms Mc Namara's 5th and 6th were accompanied by Mr Madigan on a local history tour of Cappagh. During the day we learned about a variety of historical facts rooted in the locality. The day was hugely enjoyable, educational and active.
Wellie Walk
On a lovely dry day in autumn, the junior pupils in our school enjoyed the annual wellie walk in Curragh Chase.
Circuits
Jason and Sunnie from Askeaton Pool & Leisure visited St. James’ on 21st November. They prepared circuits for each class and we clocked up a very impressive 20km for their charity fundraiser.
Active School Flag Slogan
We worked together to decide on an Active School Flag slogan, the committee had lots of ideas to choose from, we decided on the following: It would be so cool if we could be an active school! The slogan is now on display on our Active School Noticeboard.
Fitness Ireland
Each class really enjoyed engaging with School Fitness Ireland’s Fun and Fitness classes for five weeks in January/February. The children especially enjoyed the fun and inclusive dance aerobics and circuits sessions. Have a look at these pictures to see how much fun everyone had.
Sporting Achievements
Our school acknowledges the physical activity, effort and success of our pupils both during and outside school hours.
"What Club Are You In?" Survey 2024
In January, 6th Class pupils collected data from all the children in the school. They made bar charts to display the wide variety of clubs they attend.
Dance Leaders
Our yard is always full of laughter and fun when we play music and dance during lunch time.
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School Teams
The children regularly represent our school at matches all over the county. We are very successful at soccer, football, hurling and camogie.
Integration
Subjects such as Visual Arts, Geography and Gaeilge are easily linked with P.E. For example, during the Run Around Europe initiative, we learned about lots of new cities. The flags on our Walkway signs linked with this too and help make learning fun and active.
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