Physical Activities

Our Active flag is very busy organising many active events throughout the year. This may include whole school events, sports events, single class events or even individual achievements.

Scoil Iósaf encourages children to lead a healthy, fun-filled and active lifestyle. We love to share this news at every opportunity. Take a look at some of our proud active moments so far!

Mindfulness with Yoga

Our well being and mindfulness is really important to us here in Scoil Iósaf. The 4th class girls loved learning their new yoga poses this month. We practiced our breathing techniques, balance and explored core strengthening exercises." Warrior pose" seemed to be the...

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Scavenger Hunt/Nature Trail

4th class girls really enjoyed their Autumn scavenger hunt this month. We integrated science and art looking for signs of Autumn and sourcing natural materials for our Autumn art lessons. We increased our steps too which is also a bonus! smartsmartsmartsmartsmartsmart...

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National Tree Day

To celebrate National Tree Day second class went for a Nature Walk around the school grounds. They enjoyed their walk picking up conkers and various types of leaves.

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National Tree Day

National Tree Day

Third class were very busy on their Nature trail today around their school grounds. They learned all about photosynthetis and about all the different types of trees. They had a great time picking up conkers and various leaves. They wrote all about it when they got...

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2nd Class School Tour

Second Class were excited to go on their School Tour last Thursday. We really enjoyed our day busy day at The Old Rectory in Croom. Some of our activities included: making cookies, meeting farm animals, sensory trail, obstacle course and treasure hunt. The girls...

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School Tour 3rd and 4th class!

Third and 4th class were delighted to go to Adventure World in the University of Limerick on the 19th June. The girls had action packed day. Continuing our Outdoor and adventure theme for May and June the girls got to explore a wide range of activities. From canoeing,...

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Outdoors & adventure in May!

For the month of May we are focusing on “outdoor and adventure” as part of our whole school Physical Education plan. Junior infants took to the field for “straw relays”! Each team had to collect their allocated straw colour but you could only collect one at a time!...

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Science trip!

The girls in 4th class had great fun in the library last Thursday. They got a lovely talk by bio diversity expert Dale. They got to look at insects and listen to lots of  stories. Great fun!

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