Active School Week

Active School Week 2021

We had an amazing Active Schools Week. We had a number of fantastic coaches that did soccer, football, tennis, boxing, hurling, dance, yoga and spinning with the children. Well done to all the pupils for trying out the different sports and activities.

Sports Day 2021

Sports Day in St. Joseph's NS was filled with lots of fun and entertainment. The children enjoyed activities such as parachute games, races, tug of war, carb soccer, giant games, long kick, dance and tag rugby. It was a fantastic day.

PE with Joe Wicks

Dance Challenge by Maeve Mullins

Other fun activities from Active Home Week

ACTIVE SCHOOL WEEK 2019

St. Jospeh's N.S. Active School Week 2019 will run from the 10th - 14th June. Tracksuits will replace school uniforms. Children will complete active homework for the week. We are looking forward to a week of fun, exercise and lots of sporting activities.

Monday - Hurling & Camogie

Spinning

Walk and trip to the playground

We started off Active School Week with Hurling & Camogie. Anthony and Pat coached the children and organised a tournament with the boys and girls. They loved playing against the other classes.

Dana kindly held Spinning Classes for the 5th & 6th. They were put through their paces and did a fantastic workout. They did press ups, sprinting, hill climbing and jumps on the bike.

3rd class teamed up with Senior Infants and went on a walk around Kinvara. It was a great way of getting our steps in while taking in the beautiful scenery. We finished off our walk with a trip to the playground. The children played on the monkey bars, swings, slides and swinging basket.

Walk around Kinvara & visit to the playground

Spinning

Tuesday - Tennis

Irish Dancing

On Tuesday we had Rob in coaching Tennis and Irene in teaching the children Irish Dancing. The children loved playing tennis. They played loads of different fun games, learned how to do a volley and played doubles.

Irene taught the children the basic steps in Irish Dancing. The children practiced their posture, walking on their tippy toes and the Siamsa. All classes and age levels loved Irish Dancing.

Irish Dancing

Wednesday - Guest Speaker: Conor Whelan

Winners of the Best Slogan Competition

We were honoured to have Conor Whelan visit the school and talk to the children. As he's a past student and inter county hurler the children really enjoyed his visit and asked him plenty of questions. Conor kindly presented the certificates and prizes to the winners of the 'Best Slogan Competition'. A massive WELL DONE to all the classes and students that designed fantastic slogans for Active School Week.

Thursday - Hip Hop Dancing

Basketball

Thursday was another action packed day; Maeve Mullins did Hip Hop dancing and Dana coached the 3rd - 6th class basketball. The children loved the Hip Hop dancing. They learnt the steps and dance routines to popular dance songs. They defiantly worked up a sweat.

3rd to 6th class played a basketball tournament and learnt about the rues and skills involved in basketball.

Friday - Sports Day

Sports Day was held on Friday and was a brilliant day overall. All staff members got involved and were responsible for a station. The children were divided into groups and rotated around to the different stations. There was a wide variety of activities for the children; Basketball, No-man's land, Parachute games, Step Aerobics, Egg & Spoon Race, Wheelbarrow Race, Skipping, Target Games, Tug a war, Crab Soccer and Table Tennis. Well done to all the students and thanks to the staff for all their hard work.

Active Homework