What a fantastic day we had on Sports Day this year.  It was a beautiful sunny day and the whole

school went over to the Bray Emmets GAA club .  There was a wonderful timetable of events organised for the Junior classes and the Senior Classes.

We had sack races, water races, a funny hat relay, a fantastic obstacle course and we played bean-bag golf.

Thanks a million to Mary Collins and Ms Byrnes for organising the day, and to all the teachers and parents who helped us with all our activities.  We had a brilliant time.

Here are some of our photos from the day.
 

Junior Infants are doing Gymnastics

For the last two months Junior Infants have been doing Gymnastics in PE.


We are learning lots of different ways to travel using our hands and feet, we are learning different types of rolls - pencil roll, ball roll and the forward roll, and we are learning to use some gymnastics equipments like benches and mats.

It has been lots of fun.  Here is a video of us in our PE class.

Senior Wicklow Sports Day

3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class attended the Senior Wicklow Sports event this year.  It was a really wet day, and everyone was soaked and covered in mud, but we all had a super time.
Here are some photos from the day.

St. Philomena's Primary School is hoping to be awarded the Active School Flag.


The Active School Flag was launched by the Department of Education in 2009.

It is a non-competitive initiative which seeks to recognise schools (both primary and post primary) that strive to achieve a physically active and physically educated school community.

In order to be awarded the Active School Flag schools must:

1. Commit to a process of self evaluation in terms of the PE programmes and physical opportunities that they offer

2. Plan and implement a series of changes that will enhance PE and extracurricular provision and promote physical activity.
Learn more about the Active School Flag by visiting their website:
Active School Flag