Our Senior GAA team took on St.Pats, Skerries today in an exciting encounter! The score was very close in the end with the girls narrowly defeated by a few points. (final score 3-4 to 0-9). The girls were nine points behind at half time and that margin proved too much even with a heroic second half performance from our team, scoring five more points than our opponents. Well done girls for your commitment to training and playing games throughout the year. Fantastic achievement for both you and your mentors to reach the semi-finals. Thanks to parents who supported the girls at the games during the year.

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We are all looking forward to an exciting week ahead - Active Week! Therefore, the girls are invited to wear their school tracksuits each day as they will be participating in daily activities.

On Sunday 23rd of April, the girls are welcome to take part in a 2km Junior Fun Run in St. Anne's Park. You will need to register online and it is a free event. Best of luck to those of you who enter!

On Monday & Friday, all parents are invited to join in our whole school 'Wake up Shake Up' sessions which will begin at 8.35am in the school yard. Some classes may also have invited parents/grandparents join them for playground games on Monday at 9am in the yard.

During the week the children will participate in a huge range of activities from yoga to cricket, tennis to ultimate frisbee. An Active Picnic will take place on Wednesday for all the classes.

On Friday the girls are invited to wear their county colours for Jersey Day as they play some GAA. The girls are also encouraged to walk/scoot to school on this day.

Other activities throughout the week include Pilates, Tae Kwando, Irish Dancing and a Skipathon! 

A very Active Week indeed. Special mention of thanks to Ms.Howard and the Active School Committee for coordinating Active Week and for organising such great activities for the teachers, pupils and parents to enjoy!

Everyone is enjoying Active Week this week! The classes are participating in so many activities - Tag Rugby, tennis, Tae Kwando, badminton, basketball, GAA, dancing, skipping, yoga, cricket, pilates, dodgeball, ultimate frisbee among others! Parents and grandparents have also taken part in our Wake Up Shake Up dances on Monday & Friday as well as teaching the girls some playground games. On Wednesday, each class participated in an Active Picnic - (no food involved!) - instead of food there was a wide variety of activities in the yard including tug-o-war, an obstacle course, welly boot throwing, hoops and lots more! 

Teachers, parents and pupils will all be very tired at the end of this week after being so active! Well done to everyone for getting involved!

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Our Junior and Senior infants classes had so much fun today taking part in an egg hunt. The girls even brought in their own bunnies from home to join the hunt! The girls had to find their teddies and then look for lots of chocolate eggs hidden around the school grounds. Afterwards the girls danced and sang some songs in the yard! 

Click on the video and image (photographs) below to see lots from the Hunt! Happy Easter!

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The Parents Association were very busy the past few months preparing for our Table Quiz night in Parnells GAA club on April 6th. There was a fantastic turnout on the night with lots of fabulous prizes on offer! The school would like to offer our sincere thanks to all of the parents who worked so hard to ensure the Quiz night was a success. We would also like to thank all the local businesses for sponsoring tables and donating prizes. Lastly, thank you to all those parents who were in attendance on the night and to those who offered their support in the lead up to the event. Your support will make a big difference to the school, raising much needed funds for our new computer room.

THANK YOU!

The girls from Ms.Devilly and Ms.Concannon's 2nd class had so much fun today during their Easter Egg Hunt!

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