On Thursday, as part of the Amber Flag initiative, we went on a walk through the village to promote wellbeing and positive mental health. Thanks to the everyone who contributed to our collection for Pieta House. €450 has been raised so far.
Mental Health Awareness Day and Fundraising Walk in aid of Pieta House
Our Student Council has worked very hard this year on the Amber Flag Programme which promotes positive mental health in schools. As part of this they have organised a Mental Health Awareness Day on Thursday 19th May. All classes will take part in a walk from the school to the GAA pitch and back. Children can make a small donation towards Pieta House if they wish.
Offaly Vex Robotics Championship
Well done to our Robotics team who took part in the Offaly Vex Robotics Championship in O’Connor Park on Friday. The team has shown great dedication over the last few months, from building and programming their robot to practicing the game and then practicing some more! It was a very wet and miserable day at the event but the team performed very well and should be very proud of their achievements. Thanks to Ms. Galvin, Mrs. Gorman and Mr. Galvin for all their work with the team.
Confirmation
Congratulations to our pupils in 6th Class who celebrated their Confirmation on Saturday.
Active School Week 2022
We are all having a wonderful time taking part in this year’s Active School Week.
On Tuesday we started the week with a great variety of activities. We had Fun & Run with Offaly Sports Partnership, badminton with Judy, soccer league matches at lunchtime, rounders and a Cumann na mBunscol football match. A very busy day!
On Wednesday we did a lot more activities. Our soccer league continued, Peter (one of our parents) visited to do Ju Jutsu, we relaxed doing yoga and had lots of frisbee fun as well. Mr. Galvin really enjoyed his Ju Jutsu experience!
On Thursday James from our local GAA club, Na Fianna, came to do hurling training with all the classes. Powercutz Fitness put us all through our paces in the afternoon. There were lots more goals scored in our lunchtime soccer league as well!
We finished Active School Week on Friday with plenty more activity. John from Tullamore Rugby Club did tag rugby with Junior Infants to 2nd Classes while the rest of the school went swimming to Portarlington Leisure Centre.
In the afternoon all classes got the chance to sample some karate thanks to Katie and her dad Ollie, both past pupils.
Thanks to Ms. Leonard, Mrs. Burns and Mrs. Gorman for putting such effort into organising all the wonderful activities this week and well done to all the girls and boys for taking part so enthusiastically.
National Spring Clean 2022!
Our Green School Committee organised a litter pick-up all around the village on Friday to mark National Spring Clean 2022. The senior classes donned their gloves and high vis jackets and set about their task very enthusiastically. Well done to everyone for their good work.
School Garden
We have extended our school garden recently and all our classes will be planting some vegetables in the next couple of weeks. Thanks to Pat and all in Geashill Tidy Towns for their hard work over the Easter holidays.
6th Class Retreat
6th Class continued their preparation for Confirmation by going on a retreat to Mount Saint Anne’s Retreat Centre in Killenard. They enjoyed the day and are now looking forward to their Confirmation on Saturday, 7th May.
