Category - News
Active Schools P.E. Homework
Super Troopers (2019)
Our school engaged in Super Troopers with Laya Healthcare in 2019, during our first year of running for the Active Schools Flag. Super Troopers is a programme which encourages children and their families to live happier and more active lifestyles. Through short burst, fun daily activities around physical activity, wellbeing and nutrition, this programme helps to promote healthy minds and bodies. For more information on Super Troopers please see their website, www.supertroopers.ie. The children completed the activities in the booklets and filled in the relevant pages as part of their P.E. homework.
Irish Heart Foundation 'Let's Get Active' award (January/February 2020)
In January & February 2020, our school took part in the Irish Heart Foundation Active Award. The children were challenged to get active for 60+ minutes every day, and to try new activities. Congratulations and well done to all those who made such a fantastic effort to be active.
4 th class have spent the year in St Mary’s Hall. They thought it a good idea to find out a little bit more about this important building in our parish and to share what they learned with their school mates.
Our Spelling Bee Champion, Sara O’Grady, recently took part in the Carlow County Final of the Eason Spelling Bee. Read her account below.
We were delighted to welcome our former student, Rosealice Byrne, back to Ballyconnell NS last week to regale our 4 th , 5 th and 6 th class students with details of her recent trip to The Gambia in West Africa.
Cathal and Peter tell us all about their day at the Credit Union All-Ireland Final, Ballyconnell NS’s first appearance at the finals since 2001.
Rang a 4 recently did some planting with Ms Ryan. Sarah tells us more!
Rang a 5 student and team member Florrie Cosgrove regales us with the nerves and excitement of Ballyconnell NS’s recent Credit Union Quiz triumph