GAA
For the past 20 years, the children have been learning GAA skills in the school. We are lucky to have an excellent coach, Brian White, who visits the school every Thursday. He trains children from 1st – 6th class. He teaches both football and hurling/camogie.
Mary Doyle Athletics
The school has been working in conjunction with Mary Doyle to train the children in athletics for over 20 years. Children are taught the skills required to participate in all areas of athletics from distance running to shot putt. Mrs. Ryan trains the children after school on a Tuesday evening. The children attend Mary Doyle’s club every Monday and Wednesday evening.
Clonmel Swimming Pool
Pupils from 1st – 6th class attend Clonmel Swimming Pool once a week for 9 weeks to learn how to swim. The children are taught by caring professionals who ensure that all children enjoy swimming and develop their swimming skills.
PAWS
Our school the Land PAWS water Safety Programme to support the Aquatics strand. This is taught before the children begin their swimming lessons in Term 2.
Alison Cronin Dance
The children are very lucky to be taught dance by a qualified dance teacher. Alison Cronin has been working with the school for nearly 30 years. The children begin learning how to dance from Junior Infants and continue until 6th Class. This allows the children to progress and thrive each year.
Rockwell College
We are very lucky to have Rockwell College in our area. Their transition year students gave 5th and 6th class the opportunity to learn spikeball in our school hall. A spikeball tournament was run in their school hall after weeks of practise. Our girls played a number of different schools from the surrounding area. These were very competitive games which allowed the children to put into play the skills they had been taught. Rockwell College were very welcoming and made us all feel very welcome.
DKAM
The school has been very looking to work in conjunction with DKAM for the past 8 years. Kenny Hassett and his team have come to our school to orchestrate sports day activities and also to teach the children gymnastics and outdoor games throughout the school year.