Today went went to visit the James Joyce tower and made sandcastles on the Sandycove beach. A lovely second last day for rang a 3!

Rang a 4 had a lovely day for the annual 4th class seashore study day to Sandycove. The boys found plants and animals in the sea and around the rocks to complete their worksheets, made sandcastles and went for a quick tour to the James Joyce tower. It was such a fun day with sunny weather!!

Our staff are always trying to increase physical activity across the school day. We have twice daily playground breaks, access to sports equipment, playground leaders, active school walkway, whole school active break challenges and much more.

The boys really embraced National Bike Week this week! Maith sibh buachaillí!

Rang a 3 had fun collecting eggs on their Easter egg hunt on the last day before the holidays.

Bhaineamar a lán taitneamh as Twister as Gaeilge.

Rinneamar "Walkway' as Gaeilge. Ag gach stáisiún chaitheamar rudaí gníomhach a dhéanamh.

For rang a 3's Friday minutes we went to Cuala! It was such a treat in the sun!

A world book day walkway was set up around the school. The boys had fun reading famous quotes from books while being active.

Every Wednesday the active committee run active lines before coming in from big yard. It's great to see the whole school so active.

Rang a 2 completed the Active Break Every Day Challenge. Maith sibh rang a 2!

The riddles that have been placed on our school’s Active Walkway are a fun way to turn on the thinking caps!

Our school’s active walkway is a fantastic resource. The boys really enjoyed solving the word puzzles.

The whole school are really enjoying the active breaks challenge. Every day we are being active and doing the Croke Park movement break videos.

This week the boys enjoyed using the Active School Walkway. At each of the 14 stations around the school grounds there was a Dingbats puzzle to solve. The winner was the pair that solved the most correctly. It was a fun activity and got everyone moving! The boys are looking forward to doing it again soon.

The active commitee were busy this month promoting our Active Advent calendar. They went around to each class in the school to announce and demonstrate the active movement for the day. It was a great success.

There was a fantastic turn out, on 15th October, at our weekly WOW ( Walk on Wednesday ) from Cuala for National Walk to School Week. Well done boys!

The boys are enjoying using our schools’ new skipping ropes. Each week they are getting better and better!

The boys were all encouraged to walk to school every day. A survey was carried out and 2nd class had the most students walking to school. Maith sibh rang a 2!

The school are taking part in the Active School, 'Skip Around the World' Challenge with month. They are enjoying getting out and skipping as much as we can.