Active School Committee 2023/2024
Co-ordinator: Mrs Kelleher
Pupils: Aaron Keane, Evanne Hynes, Jonathan Barry, Sophie Whiriskey, Hannah O'Neill and Aoife Creavan
Links: Active School Flag: http://www.activeschoolflag.ie/
Get Ireland Active: www.getirelandactive.ie
Our Active School Motto
By Kerrie and James
'If you sit down everyday
You will tire in everyway
But if you hop, skip, jump and run
You will find out that it is fun!'
Active School Flag Winners!
Ballyglass NS was awarded it's second Active School Flag in June 2022. Our school was also selected as an exemplary school for our Creative Walkway which will be showcased nationally in September 2022. The school was presented with an outdoor speaker from Active School Ireland for our achievements. Well done to all involved; Mrs Kelleher coordinator, Mr Monaghan and pupil committee of Mai O'Sullivan, Cathal Morris, Ciara O'Neill, Kyle Linnane, Hannah O'Neill and Iarla Keane.
Calendar of Events 2023 - 2024
September: Cross Country, Cycle to School Day
October: Rugby Blitz, Hurling, Camogie and Gaelic Football 7-aside competition
November: Marathon Challenge, Irish Dancing for the Junior classes
December: Christmas Fun Run and Marathon Challenge
January: Swimming, and Lunch time training.
February: Swimming, lunch time training, Soccer tournament
March: Soccer tournament Basketball Tournament and Irish dancing for the classes.
April: Basketball Tournament and Irish dancing for the classes. Active School Yard Leaders Games and Irish Dancing. Cycle Right training.
Active School Week 29th April to 3rd May
May: Hurling/Camogie, Gaelic Football Tournaments and promotion of cycling to school; COW Day (Cycle on Wednesday)
June: Orienteering, School Walk, Sports Day and Athletics (County Sports).
Picture to the left from 'Christmas Fun Run' December 18th 2021.
Active School Week Timetable 29th April to 3rd May 2024
Timetable Active week 2024.docx
Congratulations to Evanne Hynes and Amy Stankard in 6th class who were members of the Ardrahan U15 camogie team who won Division 3 of the Féile competition on the 12th April 2024
Congratulations to Honor Mannion and Anna Mannion who both won bronze for Ardrahan Parish in the Galway Community Games Gymnastics competition on the 13th April 2024.
Cycle Right!
Cycle Right training commnced on the 15th April 2024. The pupils in 4th, 5th and 6th classes will participate in the training over the next four weeks.
Soccer tournament
Well done to the girls and boys who participated in the FAI 5 aside soccer competition in Kiltullagh on the 20th and 21st of March.
21/03/2024
Marathon Challenge
Congratulations to the pupils in 4th, 5th and 6th class who completed a marathon on Friday 22nd December by running 1km each day. The school ran the program in conjunction with 'Marathon Kids Ireland' and 'Galway Sports Partnership' and was supervised by Mrs Kelleher.
The pupils ran 1km per day for the past ten weeks, weather permitting. On completion they were each awarded a medal and t-shirt by Principal Mrs Lynskey. Well done to all the pupils!
22/12/2023
Christmas Fun Games
As part of Christmas Jumper Day and Wellbeing program pupils participated in fun cooperative games. The pictures speak for themselves!
08/12/2023
Garda 7s Football Competition
Well done to ours boys and girls who competed in the Gard 7s Football competion in Gort . The team made to the Division C semi-final and lost only by 2 points against North Hampton NS in a very closely contested match.
18/10/2023
Athletics
Well done to all our pupils who competed in the Galway and Connacht club cross country competition in Galway and Westport, Co Mayo.
Well done to our camogie team who competed in the Cuman Na mBunscoil 7 aside competition on October 4th 2023.
Well done to our hurling team who competed in the Cuman Na mBunscoil 7 aside competition on October 5th 2023
Galway Cross Country Final
Super running by our 3rd and 4th class girls who competed today in the Co Galway Cross Country Final. Thanks to the parents who provided lifts.
Well done to all the girls we are very proud of you!
03/10/2023
Rugby Festival
Fantastic success at the World Cup Rugby Festival!
Well done to the Ballyglass NS Girls and Boys Rugby teams who had great success today at the Gort Rugby Blitz; the girls team won three matches and the boys team won two matches. Ballyglass togged as as the Italian team for the event!
Thanks to Mrs. Kelleher, Aisling Hefferenan and Sinead Fordham who accompanied the pupils and to the parents who provided lifts.
Well done to #gortrugby and #gortcommunityschool for organising the event. A super day was had by all!
03/10/2023
Well done to Noel our caretaker who completed another half marathon, this time in Athlone on Sunday 25th Sept 2023
Well done to Anna, Kate and Ericka, Kian and James who all competed for their athletics club South Galway AC in the Galway Cross Country final on Saturday the 24th Sept 2023.
Well done to Sean who was awarded player of the season in Coole FC for his age group at the weekend
25/09/2023
Cycle to School Day!
Well done to all our pupils and parents who cycled to school on Friday 8th September 2023
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Active School Week 19th to 24th June 2023
We celebrated Active school Week from 19th to 24th June. Pupils took part in the following activities - Orienteering, cycling, tennis, 5km walk, Sports day, soccer tournament and yoga. The week was co-ordinated by Mrs Kelleher
County Sports
Well done to our 18 pupils that participated in the County Sports on the 8th of June in Dangan. Congrats to Adele Casserly who made the U13 girls 800m final and to Kate Whiriskey who made the U11 girls 400m final. Also the U13 girls relay team ran superbly with excellent hand overs of the baton to finish 3rd out of 8 teams, narrowly missing out in a place in the final.
The athletes were coached every Wednesday by Mrs Kelleher throughout the school year.
Active School Leaders
Taught the Junior and Senior Infants Playground Games
For Six Weeks.
Well done All!
Hurling Garda 7s
Well done to our hurling team who participated in the Garda 7s hurling blitz today. They competed very well in all of their matches and had a very enjoyable day.
19/05/2023
Girls Gaelic Football
Well done to our girls who played in the Cuman Na mBunscoil Gaelic Football competition in Beagh on the 26th April 2023.
COW Day
Well done over 62 pupils who cycled to school on Wednesday 19th April as part of our Well being Wednesday!
19/04/2023
Basket Ball Tournament
The pupils from 3rd to 6th class played their annual Basketball tournament over the last three weeks. There were very exciting semi-finals played today, both ending in penalty shoot outs!
Team 5 and Team 6 in the final were captained by Caylum Linnane and Breen Gilmore respectively. Team 5 won in a very close contested game. The medals were presented by Mrs Lynskey, Principal and the event was organised by Mrs Kelleher. The players of the tournament were Caylum Linnane and Kerrie O'Neill.
31/03/2023
Marathon Challenge!
Congratulations to the pupils in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class who completed a marathon on Friday 3rd March by running 1km each day. The school ran the program in conjunction with 'Marathon Kids Ireland' and 'Galway Sports Partnership' and was supervised by Mrs Kelleher.
The pupils ran 1km per day for the past nine weeks. On completion they were each awarded a medal and t-shirt. Well done to all the pupils!
03/03/2023
Chess Tournament
This week Mr. Healy brought a Chess team to The Holy Family Senior School in Ennis to take part in the Masters category for 5th and 6th Class. There was 8 on our team and they played 6 rounds each.
Well done to Kerrie O'Neill, Breen Gilmore and James Horrigna from 6th Class and Caoimhe Mortimer, Ciara O' Neill, Maria O'Neill, Jude Whiriskey and Luke Kavanagh from 5th Class.
Christmas Fun Run!
The pupils and teachers in Ballyglass NS had great fun today taking part in their annual Christmas fun run as part of their Active School Programme.
09/12/2022
5th and 6th class pupils meet Irish International Rugby Star Ailsa Hughes!
5th and 6th class pupils meet Irish International Rugby Star Ailsa Hughes!
The pupils from 5th and 6th class attended the Gort Rugby Club Primary School's Tag Rugby Blitz today the 7th November 2022. The pupils were coached by Ailsa Hughes and the Gort Rugby team of coaches. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the coaching, matches and refreshments afterwards.
Girls Football Team
Football Blitz 07/10/2022
Boys Football Team
Football Blitz 07/10/2022
WOW Day!
On Wednesday the 21st September the pupils and teachers walked to school as part of the 'National Walking Week'. As you can see from the pictures they had great fun.
21/09/2022
Cross Country Competition
Pupils from 3rd to 6th class competed in the Galway Primary Cross Country competition in Renmore, Galway on Tuesday the 20th June. They all ran brilliantly! The pupils were accompanied by Mrs Kelleher and Mr Healy.
20/09/2022
Active School Week
Date: 13th to 17th June
Schedule:
Monday: Yoga
Tuesday: Orienteering
Wednesday: County Sports Day and Tennis
Thursday: School 5km walk and School Sports
Friday: 3rd to 6th Class school tour to Bay Sports, Athlone and Junior Infants to 2nd class school tour to Bunratty Castle and Folk park.
As well as the above activities the pupils will have hurling, camogie, Gaelic football and athletics during lunch time breaks.
Active School Leaders
During break time today our Active School Leaders from 1st class to 6th class commenced teaching the junior and seniors infants playground games.
They all had great fun!
They will continue with this program every Tuesday and Thursday for the next sixteen weeks.
Leaders Group 1: Emma Flynn, James Horrigan, Jude Whiriskey, Sophie Whiriskey, Dominic and Amber Carey.
Leaders Group 2: Amy Keane, Cathal Whiriskey, Robyn Carey, Kyle Linnane, Kyle Leahy and Emily Laffin.
Leader Group 3: Mai O'Sullivan, Breen Gilmore, Ciara O'Neill, Ben Carroll, Tori Gardner and Iarlath Keane.
Leader Group 4: Ryan Mullen, Kerrie O'Neill, Gloria Kaminska, Cian Fahey, Jonathan Barry, Kate Whiriskey and Conor Morris
02/02/2022 to 24/06/2022
Active School Leaders teaching Senior Infants Games with Hula Hoops
Active School Leaders teaching Junior Infants Games with bean bags and target boards
Ballyglass Walkway
Station 1: Irish Flag
27/05/2022
Ballyglass Walkway
Station 4: The Orchard
Ballyglass Walkway
Station 8: Long Jump Pit
Ballyglass Walkway
Staion 3: Old School Style
Ballyglass Walkway
Station 10: Cloughroake Castle View
Ballyglass Walkway
Station 7: Beech Corner
Soccer Tournament
The pupils from 4th, 5th and 6th classes all participated in a soccer tournament in Ballinderreen today the 23rd May 2022 which was organised by Doorus and Kiltiernan National schools. Congratulations to all our pupils, they all played very well and had great fun.
23/05/2022
Basketball Final
Well done to all the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class pupils who participated over the past four weeks during break time in our annual basketball tournament. The competition was organised by Mrs Kelleher as part of our Active School program.
Congratulations to the winners Team 4 - Cian Hynes (Captain), Gloria Kaminska, Ciara O'Neill, Cian Fahey and Jonathan Barry. The runners up was Team 2 - Emma Flynn, Breen Gilmore, Ella Lynskey, Robyn Carey and Kyle Linnane. The players of the tournament were Amy Keane and Kyle Linnane.
13/05/2022
Garda Cup
Congratulations to our hurling team who won Divison D in the Garda Cup competition on Friday 6th May in Gort.
Back row left to right: Mr Lynskey, Amy Stankard, James Horrigan, Cathal Morris, Caylum Linnane, Ryan Mullen, Luke Kavanagh, Ms Lynskey and Mr Monaghan.
Front row left to right: Aaron Keane, Ben Carroll, Cian Hynes (Captain), Breen Gilmore and Daniel Lynskey.
Hurling and Camogie Blitz
Our 5th and 6th class pupils participated in the Gort Community school Hurling and Camogie blitz which was run by the Transition Year students. The pupils had a fantastic day playing sport and making new friends! Congratulations to Breen Gilmore who was selected on the All Star team.
28/04/2022
Well done to the 1st and 2nd class pupils who competed in the Galway Indoor Track and Field competitions for South Galway AC and Craughwell AC.
10/04/2022
Well done to Chloe and Caoífa who won gold in the U10 girls Galway relay Indoor Competition with South Galway AC.
Basket Ball Tournament underway!
21/03/2022
Teams are made up of pupils from 3rd to 6th Class.
Two teams play
Who will be this year's champions?
Final to take place on Friday 8th April!
Pupils from 3rd class to 4th class participated in the Cycle Right Program in Jan and Feb 2022.
Learning to hand signal
Road Safety!
Marathon Challenge
Congratulations to the pupils in 5th and 6th class who completed their 'Marathon Challenge' on Friday the 21st January 2022. The initiative was set up by 'Marathon Kids Ireland' and 'Galway Sports Partnership' and it's ambassador was former Irish international David Gillick.
The pupils ran 1km per day for the past nine weeks. On completion they were each awarded a medal, t-shirt and neck scarf by Ms Loughrey-Lynskey, school principal. Well done to all the pupils and their class teacher Mrs Kelleher!
Irish Dancing Classes
Pupils from Junior Infants to 6th class have Irish dancing classes for 8 weeks. The pupils learn a wide variety of dances and thoroughly enjoy the classes with the Louise the dancing teacher.
Physical Education
PE consists of the following strands: Athletics, Dance, Games, Gymnastics, Aquatics and Outdoor and Adventure.
This year in Ballyglass NS we are focusing and developing the strand 'Outdoor and Adventure'.
Throughout the year we will have visiting coaches and teachers in the strands - Games(Hurling and Camogie), Dance and Outdoor and Adventure.
Partner with GAA
Partner with Galway Sports Partnership and Marathon Kids
