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ASF Survey – What Club are you in?

Partnerships                   Survey – What Club are you in?
The members of the Active School Committee have put together the information received from parents and children. They presented the results to the school at Assembly.
The results show that the children are very active after school and at the weekends.
After school and weekend activities include :
Running  walking  swimming  flicker  hurling  football  Playing outside trampoline  cycling  roller-skating  scooter  soccer  choir  music hiking with the family  tag  basketball
walking my dog  skateboarding  Going to matches  Dodge ball  Boxing bag  jogging
horse riding  Run around the track  Playing in the park  rounders American Football  music  Bouncy castle
Most popular clubs – Junior Infants, Senior Infants, First Class and Second Class
1. Soccer
2. GAA
3. Dancing
4. Taekwondo
5. Gymnastics
6. Swimming
7. Camogie
8. Cubs and Scouts
Most popular clubs – 3rd Class, 4th Class, 5th Class and 6th Class
1. Soccer
2. GAA
3. Camogie
4. Cubs and Scouts
5. Rugby
6. Swimming
7. Dancing and Taekwondo
The children attend a wide variety of clubs –
Murroe/Boher Bord na nÓg GAA Murroe/Boher Camogie Club
Murroe/Boher Gaelic for Girls Will Power – Taekwondo Academy
Murroe AFC Irish Dancing – Murroe Nicole Sweeney School of Dance
Murroe/Boher Cubs and Scouts Frontline Stage School Newport RFC
Aisling Annacotty AFC Garryowen Rugby Club Limerick FC
Leaps and Jumps Gymnastics GemStars Acting and Drama Caherconlish
Nenagh Equestrian Centre Ceoltas Cappamore GAA U.L. Running Club
U.L. Arena – Swimming Grove Island Swimming Club
Ballykisteen Leisure Club Limerick County and District Gaynor Cup Squad
Limerick Generation Music – Drums Shannon R.F.C. Galvone AFC
Limerick County and District Soccer League Murroe Community Games – Draughts
The Dance Academy Southside Boxing Club Newport Athletic club Limerick Athletic Club Air Time Gymnastics Club Boskell Horse Riding Club

Triple for Trócaire

Many thanks for €433.30 donated to Trócaire.  Happy Easter to all.

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Each class did three activities over 30 minutes and made a donation to Trócaire.

Easter Egg Hunt April 2019

First, Second and Third had great fun on their Easter Egg Hunts with the help of our playground leaders from Fourth, Fifth and Sixth. They all finished up with an egg and spoon race!

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Food Dudes

The Food Dudes Programme which is run by Bord Bia provided the children with tastings of fruit and vegetables over 16 days in the first term and a further 5 days in April. They all enjoyed trying out peppers, cucumber, carrots, mangetout, baby corn, apples, strawberries and blueberries!   

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Robotics Competition

Well done to our team of Laura Flynn, Luke Hartnett and Sarah Nicholas on reaching the final 16 teams in this competition held in Analog Devices European Research & Development Centre last Saturday.  Points were awarded for their teamwork, their robot design and innovation and how well their robot competed in the challenge.  Although this was a competition, our three team members enjoyed their day.  

Analog Devices Primary Schools Robotics Competition

The pupils of Fifth Class enjoyed a robotics workshop today where they were given the opportunity to work together as engineers, researchers, analysts and designers.  The boys and girls took measurements, analysed data, made predictions, solved problems and designed solutions as they worked in teams to build and test their projects.  The children who will go forward to the final of the competition on Saturday March 2nd are: Laura Flynn, Luke Hartnett and Sarah Nicholas.  The runners up were: Darragh Cummins, Eve-Ann Shanahan and Kyle Gow. 

5-a-side Indoor Hurling

East Limerick 5-a-side indoor hurling blitz

Well done to the 3rd and 4th class boys who competed in the East Limerick Cumann na mBunscol indoor hurling blitz at Caherconlish Hall on Tuesday the 5th of February.

The boys competed very well and showed great skill, heart and determination throughout the competition.  They defeated Donoughmore, drew with Castleconnell and lost to Nicker.  A big well done to all involved.

Panel: Cillian Holmes, Cian Long, Joseph O’Brien, Adam O’Riordan, Tadhg McElligott, Peter Ashe, Alex Woodland, Zinedine Laihem.