by St.margarets | Jan 31, 2023 | Partnerships, School Notices, Science
As part of our Curious Minds Platinum Award application, children in all classes have been engaging with the Minecraft Education programme
by St.margarets | Mar 31, 2022 | Active School Flag Information, Active School Flags, Partnerships, Physical Activity, Physical Education
In March we commenced a non-competitive running initiative called ‘Run Around Ireland’. We mapped out a 350 metre track around the school and we decided that each lap would be equal to a kilometre (Younger classes ran laps of the Astro pitch). Every class in the...
by St.margarets | Mar 31, 2022 | Active School Flags, Partnerships, Physical Activity, Physical Education, Uncategorized
We were delighted to welcome back Mark McCabe from SkipnRope to run a skipping workshop with our school in March. The aim of the workshop was to introduce children and teachers to the world of skipping. Skipping is a terrific form of exercise that helps a child’s...
by St.margarets | Mar 30, 2022 | Active School Flags, Partnerships, Physical Activity, School Notices, Uncategorized
We would sincerely like to thank the DAA for the funding we received from the Dublin Airport Community Fund towards our new Ball Stop Nets. These durable nets are a fantastic addition to our yard extension and are much needed for our weekly Gaelic and soccer training sessions.
by St.margarets | Mar 20, 2022 | Active School Flag Information, Active School Flags, Partnerships, Physical Education
As our strand for development this year is ‘Outdoor and Adventure’, we invited Tomás, a physical education facilitator from the PDST to our school to do fun and active workshops with every class. Tomás also touched on the stands ‘Gymnastics’ and ‘Dance’ and gave the teachers some fresh tips and ideas for lessons which was wonderful.
by St.margarets | Dec 18, 2021 | Active School Flags, Partnerships
During the month of December we conducted an Active Flag school survey with both parents and pupils. Thank you for taking the time to respond. The feedback we received from parents is much appreciated and it helps us to continually improve our provision of physical...