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Hockey Ireland Training
Tag Rugby Carlow RFC
5 Star GAA Centre Initiative
GAA Handball Staff Training
Carlow GAA
Laura’s 3rd Class completed their posters for the ‘SOUND SUPPORTERS-Be Sound or Be Silent!’ initiative. The initiative is aimed at promoting positive behaviour and encouraging language on the sidelines at our games.
Maith Sibh.
Erasmus+ Virtual Mobility Project
In June Laura’s 3rd class participated in a virtual sports week with a class in Hanover. They recorded videos of Irish dancing and Gaelic football to show the children in Germany.
They watched videos from the children in Hanover and learned how to play German playground games.
They zoomed each other everyday with feedback. Laura’s really enjoyed this unique experience and all the different sports they tried over the week.
Kayaking
6th class had another great day kayaking today. Big thanks to Go with the Flow River Adventures and Carlow Town Park
Camogie
We’re extremely proud of our 2nd class teacher Ciara who will captain the Wexford Junior Ladies Camogie team on Sunday in the 2021 All-Ireland final. Wexford play Armagh on Sunday at 12pm you can watch it on RTÉ. Best of luck to Ciara and the team you’ll hear us shouting from Carlow!
Cycling 2021
5th class had brilliant fun today on our cycle down the barrow track. Special thanks to Mark for organising @kilkennycycletours and County Carlow Sports Partnership for the funding.
Cricket
Big thanks to Bernard from Cricket Leinster and Jimmy from Carlow Cricket Club who came in for their first session today with our 3rd and 5th Class. Introducing some of our students to Cricket for the first time. They had a great time and looking forward to the remaining sessions over the next couple of weeks.
Football Association of Ireland
3rd and 4th class have loved their futsal soccer training over the last few weeks with the FAI.
Erasmus+ Virtual Mobility Project
In January 2022 Laura’s new 3rd class participated in a second virtual sports week with a class in Hanover. Like last year they showed Anja’s class in Hanover how to Irish dance and play Gaelic football.
They watched videos from the children in Hanover and learned how to play German playground games.
The success of the week was celebrated with a French breakfast while they zoomed each with feedback. Laura’s class really enjoyed this unique experience and all the different sports they tried over the week.
Cumann na mBunscoil
In March our boys and girls football team participated in the Cumann na mBunscoil blitz. Well done to everyone involved!
GAA
Throughout the month of March the senior classes were very lucky to receive some Gaelic football training from the GAA.
Community Races
Delighted to share news that four of Sinéad’s Senior Infants went to the community races during the spring break and did a great job at representing CETNS.
They each ran the heats of the Under 8s 60m Sprint. They also ran the Under 8s Novelty Race. Finally they worked excellently as a team in the Under 9s 400m Relay Race.
It was a gruelling three hours but they were all very good and they all won an Easter egg for their efforts.
Well done to some of our older pupils who also participated in the races too.
Carlow Rugby Club
In April great fun was had, by our two boys teams and our girls team at the Carlow Rugby Club Schools Blitz. Big thanks to Gavin from Leinster Rugby and the refs and coaches from Institute of Technology Carlow for organising a great day out.
Carlow GAA
A big thanks to Brendan Hayden from Carlow GAA, who came in over the month of May after school to give a hand with Ciara, and give some guidance to our budding hurlers and Camogie players as part of our after school club.
The children learned a lot and really enjoyed themselves, and some are hoping to now join up with their local clubs
Bike Week 2022
Children from the 5th and 6th classes had great fun as part of our Active Schools Week and Bike Week 2022 by becoming familiar with the new protected bike lanes around Carlow Town. It was great to see our bike racks so full in the mornings. We travelled around our town on the bike lanes and used the newly installed raised bike lanes near Hannover Park. We stopped for a short break in the redeveloped park before heading back to school. It was great to see the improvements and we look forward to the continuation of the next phase of this Active Travel project. We discussed it with the children afterwards and the segregation from the traffic made them feel far safer when cycling in Carlow.
Huge thanks to Carlow County Council and Carlow Sports Partnership for their generous sponsorship and to Southeast Cycling Safety and Bicycle Hire. Thanks also to our German guests from Hannover who accompanied us on two of the trips.
Hopefully we can look forward to more of our children being able to cycle around our town safely in future.
Carlow GAA
Our 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Classes had a great time at our GAA Sports Day organised by Carlow GAA
Carlow GAA Coaching and Games
Big thank you to Carlow Town Hurling and Camogie Club for the use of their grounds for the day.
Cumann na mBunscoil
Cricket
We are delighted to have Bernard from Cricket Leinster back again this September. Our senior classes are loving leaning the skills of the game!
Cumann na mBunscoil
Tomorrow our boys football team play in the semi-final of the Cumann na mBunsoil. They play Kildavin N.S., and the game will be in Kildavin GAA club with throw-in at 10:30.
Sean Nós Dancing
Irene Cunningham, champion Sean nós dancer was here today to give 5th class a taster class. Some budding dancers here!
Sports Against Racism (SARI)
We were delighted to welcome @SARI (Sports Against Racism Ireland) to our school today. 5th and 6th class got to take part in their fantastic workshop. Thanks very much to Kerrie, Fayaaz and Dori for their really important work. Kerrie warned us she was the best at being sneaky, she wasn’t lying! We learned a lot in a really fun way.
O'Hanrahan's GAA
Big thanks to Pio Kennedy from O’hanrahans Gaa who has been doing some coaching with our Senior Infants, 1st and 2nd Classes. They’ve been having great fun doing the sessions.
South East Schools Orienteering Competition
Congratulations to all the 5th class children who took part in the South East Schools Orienteering competition in Kilkenny this week. We are very proud of how well they represented our school, with some amazing times achieved.
FAI Primary Schools 5s 2023
4th, 5th and 6th class girls and boys started their training in February for the FAI primary schools 5s 2023. They are working really hard at improving their soccer skills every Monday and Wednesday at lunchtime. They can’t wait to head off to the competition on March 21st.
Cycle Right
5th class worked with Cycle Right for 6 weeks doing a Cycling Safety course. They did four sessions in the school where they simulated situations they would encounter on the roads and how to approach them in a safe and responsible manner. Passing parked cars, cycling in a group, indicating, turning and much more. They then did a cycle from the school on a local route to use some of these skills into practice.
FAI Primary Schools 5s 2023
Cricket Staff Training
In March our staff took part in cricket CPD training after school. Bernard from Cricket Leinster went through the various skills of the game and gave the teacher lots of new ideas on how to teach the game.
Carlow Athletics Relay
Bike Week 2023
Senior Infants made a great start to National Bike Week!
Bike Bus to School
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ALDI Play Rugby Sticker Competition
We got some brilliant news during Active Week. We have won five thousand euro that will help upgrade sports equipment in the school. Well done to the active committee who worked hard gathering all the stickers and for helping Teresa send away the posters.
