Playground Leaders:
As part of our plan to renew our Active Flag, we decided to roll out a Playground Leadership course with our 5th classes. Mr.Toher completed the Playground Leadership course with the boys and girls from Ms. Fox’s 5th class. The boys and girls discussed the importance of responsibility and leadership and discussed how they could help the younger classes on yard. They completed an assessment at the end of the course and passed with flying colours. We then set up a rota across all the different yards. Every day when we are on yard, we wear our Yard Leaders bibs we received from Active Flag so that the younger children know who to go to if they have a problem. We look forward to some day getting back to normal when we can return to our Yard Leader responsibilities.
⚽ The FAI 5-a-side competition was a brilliant day out for everyone involved, with our school proudly sending two teams to take part.
Our second team faced strong opposition in Scoil Mhuire Newtownforbes, St. Mary’s Drumlish and Colmcille. They showed great teamwork, effort and determination in all their games. While they didn’t make it out of the group, they can be really proud of how they played and the way they supported each other throughout. Our first team had a great run in their group, playing against Melview, St. Mary’s Edgeworthstown and St. Emer’s. They played some fantastic football and topped their group, earning a place in the semi-finals where they were set to meet Scoil Mhuire Newtownforbes. The girls returned to the rugby club for their semi-final clash this morning. In a thrilling end-to-end encounter against Scoil Mhuire Newtownforbes, the girls showed great determination and skill to come out on top and book their place in the final. They then faced Stonepark in what proved to be an action-packed final. Our girls took an early lead before Stonepark responded with an equaliser. Not to be outdone, the girls pushed ahead once more and, despite intense pressure in the closing stages, held their lead with great resilience and teamwork. In the end, they emerged victorious, capping off a fantastic performance. They now go on to represent Longford at Leinster level. Congratulations girls — you have done your school, parents and your clubs, Killoe Celtic and Newtown FC, incredibly proud! 👏 Killoe Celtic Minor Soccer Club
Here in St. Teresa’s National School, all of our classes have enjoyed Active Schools week. Last week, each class had the opportunity to take part in a number of fun sporting activities. We were lucky enough to have two fun sports days for all of our classes. Over the course of the week, we had Amie Duignan in for dance lessons, Glenn Baskett in for Tag Rugby, Carol Ann in for Gymnastics, and Madeline Doyle in for balance bikes with our Sonas classes. The boys and girls of St. Teresa’s also enjoyed a visit from the ice cream van, not to forget the treat of having Active Homework all week!! We are very grateful for all the teachers who helped organise football, uni hoc, and also handball tournaments over the course of the week. We all had great fun and cannot wait for next year already!!
Rm 23 are really enjoying developing their hurling skills with Kieran. Everyone looks forward to the session each week.
