Category - Sports
On the Tuesday of Active Schools Week 2021 we held an ‘Athletics Day’ which also tied in nicely with our Olympic theme. Each class completed a P.E. lesson based on the strand of Athletics, performing a mixture of track & field events such as sprints, hurdles, relays, long jumps etc. Teachers and students were able to make excellent use of the P.E. equipment associated with Athletics that we have in our school such as the hurdles, batons, start and finish lines etc.
Have a look at the photos below to see how much fun each class had!
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