Category Archives: Active School
Olympian – Marcus Lawler’s Visit
We were delighted to have a truly inspiring role model, the Olympian sprinter Marcus Lawler, visit the school on Wednesday, 13th March last. This was as a result of Ms Kinsella’s and Ms Rochford’s 2nd classes winning a national competition organised by Dare to Believe to host an Olympian.
Only 50 schools nationwide (from primary and secondary schools combined) won this award. We had a wonderful day thanks to Marcus’ generosity and to Dare to Believe.
On arrival, Marcus was welcomed by 2nd classes at Reception.
How to train like an Olympian and more …
Then Marcus was welcomed by the whole school in the hall. He spoke about his life as a professional sprinter and about the Tokyo Olympics.
After our time in the hall, Marcus met with 2nd classes. As it was his birthday recently, we sang happy birthday to him in French. Pupils who speak a language other than English and Irish also wished him happy birthday in those languages. Of course, we also gave him cards.
Then Marcus gave an inspiring, age-appropriate presentation on Olympic values.
Getting tips from the expert!
After that, 2nd classes went back to the hall for some sporting activities with Marcus.
Marcus then took 5th and 6th classes for the same series of sessions as he did with 2nd classes.
Now for a look at our Olympic art in preparation for the visit:
Active Slogan Winners
Well done to the boys and girls in Ms. Waters 4th class whose slogan was chosen as the overall school winner. Their slogan encourages us to avoid staying inside too much and to get out and be active ‘Avoid the crazy, don’t be lazy’. Their prize was a fun filled day of activities in school which they got to pick themselves. Highlights were HITT, dance, dodgeball, badminton, hurling skills session given by Wexford Cian Molloy and to finish it off, we had a penalty shoot out against Mr. Cronin. Also, we would like to thank Dara from Cullen’s Fruit Farm who donated each child pots of yummy fruit and juices.
Active on World Book Day
Well done to all classes participating in our Active walk on World Book day. Some classes managed to correctly guess all the book quotes that were stuck all around the school grounds. Thanks to the Active Committee for their help in creating the walk route and picking the quotes.
Leinster Finalists
On Monday March 4th, St. Josephs had 4 teams that travelled up to Gormanstown, Co. Meath to compete in the Olympic Handball Leinster finals. Each of our teams played three matches and showed great skill and team work. A stop into Burger King on the way home was one of the highlights of the day. We look forward to competing again next year.