Nov 21, 2018 | General News, Physical Activities
Scoil Iósaf is still trying to keep fit even in the cold weather! Our new active line initiative is an easy and fun way to stay active. Two active agents are selected from each class each week and model simple exercises in their lines after break time each...
Nov 21, 2018 | Fourth Class News, General News, Green Schools, Physical Activities, Third Class News
The Green Schools committee were very busy organising “Walk around our world day”! Each class was given three countries to complete projects on. The girls worked in groups in each class and came up with amazing displays, posters, information , games and...
Nov 14, 2018 | Fourth Class News, General News, Physical Activities
Delighted to announce our new ASF initiative called “Run around Ireland”! Every class from juniors to sixth are taking part in this activity for a minimum of six weeks. The challenge consists of running laps of the school yard or hall. I lap = 1km! We...
Nov 8, 2018 | Active Flag, Junior Infants News, Physical Activities
IMG_7371.1IMG_7372As part of our Active Flag we are all engaging in the Run Around Ireland challenge. A number of times during the week we get out of the classroom and run, jog or walk. We then add up our kilometers and track them on a chart. We are all enjoying...
Nov 8, 2018 | Fourth Class News, General News, Green Schools, Physical Activities
Our Spooky Stroll was a great success this year! Both the Green Schools and Active Flag teamed up to organise this initiative. Some girls designed their own home made costumes and we had a competition for the top 3. We all met in the Square in Newcastle West and...
Nov 8, 2018 | Active Flag, Fifth Class News, General News, Physical Activities
Pupils from all classes were invited to create an Active Flag slogan. It was a tough decision but we finally picked our winner, Grace Kelly. Our new Active Slogan is ” Don’ t sit, get up and get fit”!!! Well done Grace and to everyone who entered....
