September 2019- June 2020
We have applied to renew our Active School Flag. We are working hard to achieve our Active Flag.
Our Active Flag Slogan
Our Active School Flag Committee
Galway All- Ireland winners; Niamh Kilkenny and Catriona Cormican came to visit our school and launch the active flag.
September 2016 - June 2017.
Pat Lyons
We have applied to renew our Active School Flag. We are working hard to ensure we are awarded our Second Active School Flag. All classes are involved.
Meitheamh 5
We are delighted to be awarded The Active School Flag ! We did a lot of work during the year to try and earn it.
May 26 17.
Liam Hyland from Active Schools called to us today. He was very impressed with our activities and our website. He even came with us to Donamon for our tournament. We were awarded the Active School Flag. We were delighted.
Physical Activity
May 23 17.
After swimming we went on a local history tour. We visited Roscommon Park, Castle and Fuerty Abbey.
May 2 2017
P E
Swimming classes start today in Roscommon pool for all classes from First to Sixth. We will be attending for seven weeks. This is a very important part of our PE programme and we will also be learning about water safety in our PAWS programme.
Active Schools Week: April 2017.
Sincere thanks to Raymond, our student-coach, who assisted the teachers in drawing up lesson plans and in implementing them for each class, each day of our Active Schools Week. Míle Buíochas! Here we are in action in some of our activities! We engaged in various activities each day.
Day 1: Infants/First:
2/3/4 Classes:
Warm up activities - Stretch and mobility activities, working from ankles to head.
Jumping activities: high jump, forward/backward jumps, jump and twist in the air. Circle runs using cones, hurdle runs, side jumps race, relay race, javelin with beanbags, zig zag relay, long jump.
Concluding activity. (All).
Senior Classes: warm up and mobility exercises.
Dribbling exercises (soccer), passing exercises (soccer), shooting games (soccer), possession game (soccer).
Soccer game.
Concluding activities.(all)
Day 2:
Infants /First
2/3/4 classes.
Warm up/Mobility exercises.
Soccer dribbles/cones/passing/trap ball with foot.
Passing drills/games, dribble through cones and shoot. Passing games 5/6 players. Dribble relay.
Soccer game.
Senior Classes: Warm up and mobility exercises.
Hurdles and ladders/motor co ordination exercises.
Passing drills. (basketball).
Dribbling drills. (basketball).
Basketball game.
Day 3: Warm up and mobility exercises. (All)
Infants/First. Dance themed session.
Travelling in various directions/levels.
Body shapes/movements/different limbs.
Travelling in different patterns/forms.
2/3/4 Classes: Ladders and hurdles activities: various movements : high knees/side steps.
Hockey game.
5/6 Classes; Passing Drill (Aussie rules).
Follow the ball in a square passing drill.
Kriss cross hand passing drill.
Aussie Rules Game.
Concluding activities.(All)
Day 4: Warm up and mobility (All).
2/3/4 Classes
5/6 Classes
Ladders and hurdles to incorporate dynamic movements.
Passing drills.
Running and passing drills.
Two handed tag rugby game.
Infants/First:
Activity Circuit:
soccer dribble.
front roll on mat.
side hop over hurdles.
basketball dribble.
obstacle course. etc
Concluding activity (All).
Day 5: Swimming.
Classes from First to Sixth went swimming in Roscommon.
Infants: Warm up/Mobility Exercises.
Travelling in various directions/levels.
Various animals/shapes
Various spaces: big/little/high/low etc.
Relay races.
Wheelbarrow races.
Sunshine children used our own Hydrotherapy pool.
Our Hydrotherapy pool.
Pictures of some of our activities during ASW
Aussie rules
Passing
End of Active School Week pictures.
Partnerships.
March 31 Our local Garda Brian talked to us about all aspects of safety.
P E Games Rounders.
P E Games Tag Rugby.
P E Games Tag Rugby.
March 28 Back from The Aviva Ireland v Iceland.
March 28. Fashion Show! On the cat walk. Physical Activity
PE.
Games. Hockey.
PE.
Games. Hockey.
March 27 2017. Partnerships
Rugby blitz in Creggs to promote The Women's World Cup ln Rugby 2017 which will be held in Ireland . Representatives from Connacht Women's Rugby were present. All pupils from 2 to 6 class took part.
March 23 2017. Physical Activity
5 and 6 class at a soccer tournament in Lecarrow.
March 25 . Celebrating the success of our five boys in the rugby blitz in Ballina.
P E. Dance
March 1 - 17. Seachtain na Gaeilge. We did ceilí dancing every day for Seachtain na Gaeilge. Here we are doing The Siege of Ennis and The Walls of Limerick.
Physical Activity
March 14 2017 Soccer Tournament in Lecarrow.
March 15 2017. Duck, Duck Goose ! Lunch time games.
March 8 2017. Donkey. Lunch time games.
Partnerships.
February 18.Some of us got to play at the interval during the Connacht v Newport Gwent Dragons match. Here we are with Pat Lam asking about our availability for the future.
February 21
We are still doing our Super Troopers each day. Here the crab is being demonstrated.
February 20 2017. Partnerships/Physical Activity
Futsal Finals were held in our school. We enjoyed participating.
PE Soccer
Physical Activity/Partnerships.
February 10 Operation Transformation.
We did the 10@10. We walked to the GAA pitch, then to the rugby pitch, ran around it a number of times, walked to the old Presbyterian church, onto the Parnell Museum and back to the school.
February 9.
We are doing the 10 @ 10 tomorrow. We have made the posters and are ready for the challenge!
Partnerships.
Active and making St Brigid's crosses. Passing on Irish Traditions.
P E
Basketball.
Partnerships.
Someone got a green karate belt. Well done!
We played hurling today. February 2017. Prionsias assisted and demonstrated the necessary skills. We will now be able to practice these and implement the skills we learned in our future games with our teachers.
Partnerships.
We hosted the Special Olympics Regional Motor Activities Training Programme in our school in February 2017. People came from Mayo, Galway, Roscommon and Sligo to participate. We have been involved with the Special Olympics for 8 years since we set up our Sunshine Class. Children from our school took part. The rest of the school went to cheer and support them. Here we are at the event.
Physical Activity.
We keep busy during breaks. January 2017. Running.
P E Throwing and catching the ball. January 2017.
P E We love our football.
Partnerships
Karate Expert. Well done.
Physical Activity.
We are implementing our Super Troopers programme in all classes.
P E
Golf . January 2017.
Pat demonstrated the necessary skills, holding the club, the swing etc. We can now implement these skills when playing the game.
P E Golf
Running Initiative / Physical Activity
Infants and 1st class students taking part in a 10 week session of Agility, Balance and Co-Ordination skills (ABC)
P E Athletics.
P E Games: Infants and First class Golf
Pat demonstrated the necessary skills and we now know how to implement these when playing the game.
Super Trooper tasks
Physical Activity
Partnerships / Physical Activity
In Ballygar participating in an active day set up by the Transition Year students.
P E
Golf
Here we are putting our new skills into practice.
P E
Physical Activity. Science Activity
Inflated balloons under the table. Balance.
Partnerships
John Tobin who climbed Croagh Patrick in a wheel chair called to tell us of his experience. He is an inspiration!
Physical Activity.
Having fun in the snow January 2017
Partnerships / Physical Activity.
Elaine Curley Tournament
We invite other schools to participate.. All are involved..
PE.
Games. Soccer
P E
Playing soccer and practising our skills.
Celebrating success.
Physical Activity
We celebrate our victories.
Preparing for the tournament. Exciting !
PE Gynnastics.
PE
Gymnastics.
PE. Soccer.
Physical Activity.
He asked us to do some bowling to celebrate his birthday. Thank you Joe !
Partnerships
Food Dudes, trying some healthy foods.
Celebrating success!
Karate winners. Well done.
Food dudes.
Partnerships/ Physical Activity
Traditional games for Halloween.
Keeping traditions alive!
We had lots of fun !
Ducking for apples.
Taking a bite from the apple. No hands!
Partnerships
Harvest festival. 1916 Street Theatre. In conjunction with local History Society.
Our own Karate experts at the Harvest Festival.!
Partnerships. Physical Activity.
Maths trails for Maths week.
P E Basketball.
Running Initiative ! Physical Activity
Running around the astro turf every day to get super fit! September - June 2017.
P E
Hurling
P E Hurling
Physical Activity.
Ring a Rosie with Dympna and Joe at lunch time.
Physical Activity.
Tournament in Donamon
Celebrating success.!
St Ciaran's winners.
Partnerships/ Physical Activity.
Planting a tree in the Wild Life Park for Lá na gCrann.
PE
Soccer
Skills and then a game.
Having fun at lunch time. Running games.
Soccer Tournament.
Mark Fitzmaurice Football Tournament.
Partnerships
John Tobin
Physical Activity
Soccer Tournament.
Partnerships
In Ballyhaunis for the GAA skills competition with Gerry Morris.
Partnerships.
Sean and Martin (cycle Safety trainers) funded by Galway Co Co. came to train us today in cycling safety.
Partnerships / Physical Activity
Meeting Ciaran Murtagh at the finals of the Gaelic in Ballyleague. We were in the final.
Ciaran is captain of the Roscommon senior team.
P E
Gaelic football.
Physical Activity
Glinsk Tournament
Physical Activity
Glinsk Tournament.
Creggs Hurling Champions!
Winners against Mt Talbot/Feevagh
Partnerships.
Transplanting our summer seedlings. These will be used to enhance our area.
P E
Gaelic football
Creggs GAA pitch
Partnerships
Tasting foods from E U countries at our Bluestar E U food fare. Learning about food and nutrition.
Physical Activity.
We went on a Nature walk in Derryhippo, Oughtagh and Tonamaddy.
Physical Activity
Sowing wild flower seeds.
Sowing wild flower seeds.
Partnerships/ Physical Activity.
Mark Fitzmaurice Tournament in Donamon.
P E
Soccer game.
Partnerships.
Creggs boys competing in the 5 aside Spar FAI Primary schools soccer finals in Castlebar.
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Warming up! |
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Team talk |
Physical Activity.
Enjoying the wildlife Park in Springtime.
P E
Athletics using the treadmill, steps and trampoline in the school.
Partnerships / Physical Activity.
National Spring Clean
We did a spring clean in the school grounds and in the village.
Partnerships. Physical Activity
As part of our Junior Science Project we had an exhibition in the school hall to show our experiments. Actively exploring!
Physical Activity
Congrats to the boys who won the soccer tournament in Shiven. They beat Granlahan, Brideswell, Curraghboy and Lisaniskey. They scored 21 goals in total. They are through to the Connacht final in Castlebar.
Partnerships
Proclamation Day
15th of March 2016
Physical Activity
Our boys and girls taking part in a soccer tournament in Lisnamult on Tuesday the 8th of March. Creggs A team won all of their matches and are through to the final in April.
Partnerships
Green School EXPO
On Thursday the 25th of February 5th and 6th class attended the Green Schools' Expo at the R.D.S in Dublin.
PE
Soccer game.
Physical Activity
Galway Atlantaquaria
In February we visited Galway Atlantaquaria. Our tour guide Ian taught us all about the different sea creatures. We even got the chance to feed and touch some of them! We walked around and saw all the creatures.
We got to hold a Starfish. Ian told us to hold it upside down so the starfish wouldn't stick to our hands!
We also got to hold a Spiny Spider Crab!
Partnerships / Physical Activity
Pancake Tuesday
Learning how to make pancakes.
Partnerships/Physical Activity.
Celebrating Grandparents' Day with the Army Band.
Physical Activity
Active at making St. Brigids crosses from rushes for February the 1st.
Physical Activity
Soccer tournament Ballygar and Basketball tournament in Dunmore.
PE basketball.
Physical Activity
Congrats to the boys who won the soccer tournament.
Physical Activity
Active at Art.
Thanks to Dean Flynn (T.Y) Ballygar for cutting all the logs for us and bringing them in. We made Yule logs.
Physical Activity/Partnerships
Science Week
Actively working on our science experiments.
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Waiting for liquid to expand when heated |
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Physical Activity/Partnerships |
October 2016
Soccer tournament held at the school
Ballaghlea and Lisaniskey schools came to take part
Physical Activity/Partnerships
Maths week
5th and 6th class children taking part in a maths trail.
Physical Activity/Partnerships
Soccer Tournament in Donamon
Well done to our boys who won the competition.
Physical Activity/Partnerships
Six Nations Cup
Physical Activity/Partnerships
Pictures of the 4th 5th and 6th class boys and girls taking part in the eleven aside soccer tournament.
Our Active School Flag
Our Active School Flag. Number 1. June 2014.
We were awarded our Active School Flag. We invited Jim Higgins MEP to help us raise it.
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