Active School Week
Active School Week 2024/25
Although the weather was not on our side, we had a great week of activities for Active Schools Week. #activeschoolflag pic.twitter.com/4jmMDa6sO3
— SN Iorball Sionnaigh (@UrbleshannyNS) June 14, 2025
Active School Week
29th April 2024 - 3rd May 2024
2023
Active School Week
Monday 24th - Friday 28th April 2023
Monday
We kicked off Active Schools Week with an energetic whole school outdoor workout this morning!
Ms. Burke's Class enjoyed a fun afternoon of table tennis.
Tuesday
Active Week continued today with dancing lessons, a lunchtime disco, an outdoor workout and the inaugural welly-throwing championships. An enjoyable day was had by all!
The Girls Mini 7s team had a great day out in Cloghan. The sun was shining and the girls played three very competitive games. They were unlucky to be beaten in the last match.
We were blessed with the weather this morning. Well done to everyone who is walking/cycling to school.
The Homework Club were enjoying the good weather today too.
Wednesday
Today’s Active Week activities included table tennis, athletics, skipping, dance lessons, a lunchtime disco, circuits, GAA training, hula-hooping, animal tag, pupil vs teacher challenges and orienteering!
Well done to all of the cyclists!
Active maths in Senior Infants
Senior Infants enjoyed learning about length today.
Mrs Mc Crudden's 5th Class
Penalties against the teacher, Run the Earth, 10@10 and Go Noodle.
Ms. Quinn's First Class were out and about today.
Table Tennis in 6th
Junior Infants had great fun playing animal tail tag.
3rd Class enjoyed Dance and running today.
Mrs. Lally's group enjoyed an active session on the play area.
Dance and a skipathon in 3rd/4th.
Mrs. Duffy's class enjoyed an outdoor lesson. They had to collaborate to find matching pairs of words.
10@10 in 4th Class
Ms. Larkin had a race against her class....Who was the winner?
Other activities in Ms. Larkin's room.
Ms. Burke's Class enjoyed a lesson using the Walkway.
Damhsa: Rang a hAon
Thursday
Active Week continued today with GAA coaching, orienteering, our daily lunchtime disco, dancing, teacher vs pupil penalty shootouts, running, pogoing and games in the PE hall!
Senior Infants played their own version of musical chairs......musical maths!
Teacher against pupils challenge in Ms. Fitzpatrick's room.
Ms. Lynch's Second Class were busy taking part in a Walkway Challenge.
They were also learning map skills.
Ms. Mc Manus' class working up a sweat!
Mrs Mc Nulty's Class enjoyed a game of animal tag.
Orienteering in 5th using The Walkway
Thomas brought in his pogo stick.
Mrs Trappe's 5th and 6th Class GAA
Thank you to Brian, for providing a fun and energetic afternoon of GAA. Everyone will sleep well tonight!
Homework Club
Friday
Zumba, teacher challenges and basketball in Second Class.
Flying kites in Senior Infants!
Lots of fun in 3rd Class today!
Senior Infants enoying the music on the yard.
Mrs Donohoe's class enjoyed the 'beat the teacher' challenges!
Soccer in 6th Class
Thank you to David for providing a fun afternoon of soccer to Mrs Little's class.
Orienteering in Junior and Senior Infants
Hula hooping in First Class
5th Class
Thank you to Shane for providing a great fitness sesssion for Mrs Mc Crudden's 5th Class today.
Active School Week 2022
Active School Week took place from the 2nd - 5th May 2022. Some of the activities that the pupils enjoyed this week were, walking/running around Ireland challenges daily, 10@10, outdoor lessons, active homework and extra movement breaks.
Active School Week 2021
Junior Infants exercising, walking in the locality and transport tally.
Sports Day June 2021
Sports Day was held on Monday, 14th June and marked the start of Actitve Schools Week 2021. For the Senior Infants, this was truly a special occasion as Covid-19 school closure last year in 2020 meant they didn't experience Sports Day. Thankfully we could proceed safely this year and have a fun day.
Junior Infants to 2nd class used the facilities on the school premises while 3rd class to 6th class were on the Scotstown GFC grounds. Stations were marked out for each event and teams moved seamlessly to each activity when the horn was blown. The activities for the seniors ranged from an obstacle course, indoor soccer, Gaelic, Olympic handball, Tug of War, Rounders, hurdles, relays, novelty races including egg and spoon races and sack races to skittles. The junior classes had a variety of activities to experience also and you can see from the many images below that it was a most enjoyable day. Many thanks to Mrs Lavelle for organising and coordinating the day's very active event and to the volunteers who helped on the day. Thanks also to Scotstown GFC for the use of their facilities for Sports Day 2021.
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Walks in Active Week June 2021
How fortunate are the pupils of Urbleshanny NS to have interesting and safe walks on their school doorstep. This week various classes have walked to the village green, around the church grounds, the Mass Pad and the Wildlife Park directly behind the senior school playground. The Millenium Wildlife Garden behind Urbleshanny NS was the brainchild of the late Fr J. Gilsenan,PP. He had a great love of nature and wildlife and was passionate about the need to preserve and observe it. The garden or park occupies a two acre site and lies along the traditional Mass Pad to Urbleshanny church. Pupils from the school, back in 2000, helped to plant trees and pupils today regularly check that the garden is litter free.
Mrs Lally's 2nd class visited the garden this week with Mr Brennan as did Mrs McClave's 1st class who also took in a walk around the old graveyards and the site of the original school, built in 1791 after the relaxation of the Penal Laws, at the foot of the avenue. Mrs Donohoe's Senior Infants and Mrs Duffy's 4th class visited the village green also today. Mrs McCrudden's 5th class combined their walk with some litter picking. The late Fr Gilsenan would have surely smiled at that. It's been a very active week so far!
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Active School Week 2019
https://urbleshannyns.com/cil-mr-june-2019
Active School Week 2018
Monday 11th - Friday 15th June 2018
Jungle Body
https://urbleshannyns.com/jungle-body-active-schools-week-june-2018
Junior Infants Walk to the Fair Green June 2018
As part of Active Schools Week, we like to include an historical walk in the area which encourages our pupils to look at their surroundings and learn about their locality. There are many interesting places of historical interest within walking distance so we regularly encourage classes to walk there making contact with not just the natural but the historical outdoors of their area. Junior Infants walked to the Fair Green on Scotstown to see the Village Pump. They rested under the shade of the beautiful old Horse Chestnut tree which overshadows the pump. The pump, which is over a well, was fully operational until the 70s when it was disconnected and it is hoped it will be restored in the future development plans for the village. The village green itself held a Fair Day on the 17th of each month. Vegetable plants were sold in front of the pump. Cattle were shown on the green, in front of Beggan's house which can be clearly seen in some photos, and up as far as McCague's pub. Years ago all pubs in Ireland closed on St Patrick's Day except Scotstown village which was granted a special license to open on that day as the Fair would be held on the Green. However, the publican wasn't allowed to trade from his or her normal premises but from an outhouse or shed. Horses were shown in Moyna's yard and pigs in front of where Ann McAree's house is now in the village.
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Active School Week 2017
Active School Week took place in S.N. Iorball Sionnaigh from Monday 12th - Friday 16th June 2017. ASW was a busy week with lots of enjoyable activities. Well done to all the children and parents who made an effort to walk/cycle to school.
Monday
All classes took part in a skipathon. We skipped using hoops or ropes all day on Monday. Each class played their part taking a 30/40 minute slot. Some children used ropes and others used hoops.
Tuesday
We were very excited on Tuesday morning as we knew that we were going to learn some tennis skills. Deidre Winters visited our school and provided some useful skills to us. It was great fun! Thank you, Deidre.
Wednesday
On Wednesday each class went on a history/nature walk in the locality. Mrs Meehan's fourth classs took their bikes to school. Martin Connolly from Killylough Cycling Club came in to talk to them. He spoke about cycling safely, the importance of wearing a helmet and he showed them how to change a tyre. Thank you, Martin.
Thursday
We couldn't wait for Thursday to come. Each class had previously carried out a penalty shoot out with their classmates and had chosen the top boy and girl. The whole school gathered together on the top yard. It was time for penalties against the principal. It was very exciting! Well done to Conor Keenan and Katie Mullen who emerged victorious.
Friday
On Friday we had our Lá Spóirt. We had a great day and everyone was exhausted on Friday evening!
Some of the other activities carried out during the week were:
- 10@10 every monrning co-ordinated by the active commitee
- Active homework
- Go Noodle exercises
- The 60 minute physical activity challenge chart
It was a great 'active' week. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped out on Friday at Sports Day. We look forward to doing it all again next year!
