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A great day was had by all who travelled to Athlone on Wednesday 26th March to compete in the All Ireland Sports Hall final.  Well done to Sabia Doyle, Roisin O Reilly, Danika Gilshinan, Valerie Bulavinets, April Keeling, Mairéad Carroll, Nicole Scallan, Nicole Scallan O Brien, Lauren Kelly and Tara Cullinane.  The girls gave it all and were worthy winners in a number of their different heats.  A big thank you to Linda Keeling and Mr Gately for accompanying us and helping out.

We have been learning all about the farmer and the farm.

We read the stories ‘Farmer duck’, ”Dora’s eggs’, ‘The little red hen’, ‘The three little pigs’, ‘I love animals’, ‘The pig in the pond’ and many more!

We sang the songs, ‘The farmer has an orchard’ agus ‘Chuaigh mé go dtí an feirm’ as Gaeilge freisin.

We learned lots of new things about the farm during Aistear time.

You can see how much fun we are having below…

2 teams from the school recently participated in the Wexford Primary Schools’ Sportshall Athletics Competition under the guidance and training of Ms English.

The 3rd/4th class team performed really well and finished a close second to Adamstown. The pupils involved were: Aishling O Sullivan, Abbie Bolger, Nadia El Moussati, Somer Penwell, Ailbhe White, Sinéad O Reilly, Isabella Gainford, Aoife Washington, Sophie Mahon and Naoise Mc Manus.

The 5th/6th class team performed so well that they won the competition and qualified for the All-Ireland Finals in the National Indoor Athletics Arena in Athlone on March 27th. The team is: Liadh Dwyer, Nicole Scallan, Nicole Scallan O Brien, Valerie Bulavinets, April Keeling, Lauren Kelly, Tara Cullinane, Sabia Doyle, Róisín O Reilly and Danika Gilshenan.

Congratulations to Ms. English and to both teams for a great success. 

Today the girls successfully completed their cycling safety course. This was a five week course to develop the skills and knowledge required to be better, safer cyclists.

A big well done to our camogie girls who played so well last Thursday at Clonard pitch. We were narrowly beaten by Barntown and won against The Faythe. More importantly, we all had such fun. Many of our players were playing their first match. Keep up the practice girls, all the hard work since September is paying off!

Well done: Nicole Scallan (6th), Hannagh Hynes (6th), Aisling O’Sullivan (4th), Eve Scallan (4th), Annie Davis (3rd), Molly Donohue (4th), Ciara Carey (3rd), Amy Purdy (3rd), Lydia Browne (6th), Bronagh Reilly (4th), Chloe Maughan (5th) & Aoife O’Keefe (3rd).

We’re looking forward to the Rackard League now!

The first ever Wexford  Sports Hall Athletics competition took place in Adamstown hall  last Wednesday and Thursday night, 12th and 13th March.  The third and fourth classes competed in a number of different events on Wednesday night.  Events included relays, obstacle relays, javelin, standing long jump, vertical jump and medicine ball push.  The girls did exceptionally well and were pipped at the post into second place by a very strong Adamstown team.  A big thank you to all the parents and grandparents that travelled on the night and helped out.  The third and fourth class team was made up of

Ashling O Sullivan

Abbie Bolger

Nadia Moussati

Somer Penwell

Ailbhe White

Sinead O Reilly

Isabella Gainford

Naoise Mc Manus

Aoife Washington and Sophie Mahon

It was the turn of the fifth and sixth class girls on Thursday night.  The girls put in a terrific performance and were worthy winners at the end of the night, thus qualifying for the All Ireland final which will take place on Wednesday 26th March.  Once again a huge thank you to all the parents and supports that travelled out to Adamstown and helped out in any way.  The winning team was made up of

Lauren Kelly

Nicole Scallan

Nicole Scallan O Brien

Tara Cullinane

Liadh Dwyer

Sabia Doyle

April Keeling

Danika Gilshinan

Roisin O Reilly

Valerie Buevinatis

We wish the girls the very best of luck on their quest for All Ireland glory!  Photos of the two nights are available on the Wexford Athletics website.