Over the course of this week, we will celebrate Active Week in Knockskeagh. We will release a series of sports videos from local sports stars and some of our staff. They will include a variety of sports exercises and skill challenges. Please keep a lookout for updates on this post for the daily challenge during the week.

Day One of our Active Week Home Challenge

First up is Clonakilty and Cork Senior footballer Liam O’Donovan! Liam is a fantastic talent and will have a huge impact on the All Ireland series this year with Cork!

Thanks for your video Liam!

Please click on the link below and have a go at tonight’s exercise!

Day Two of our Active Week Home Challenge

Today we have Cork Senior Ladies Captain, Goalkeeper and All-Star!! – Martina O’Brien

Martina is a fantastic player and has won multiple All Ireland medals with Cork.

Day Three of our Active Week Home Challenge

Today we have some teacher challenges from teachers in Knockskeagh NS!!

Please click on the link below and have a go at tonight’s tasks !!

Day four of our Active Week Challenge !

Today we have the talented Cork Senior Camogie Captain footballer Linda Collins !

Linda Is a fantastic talent and will have a huge impact on the All Ireland series this year with Cork! Thanks Linda !!

Please click on the link below and have a go at tonight’s exercise!

Today, the Irish Cancer Society’s annual Daffodil Day Fundraiser took place in school.

All children were invited to wear yellow or orange on the day. Also, this year we decided to take on the challenge of running 100k around our track.

We’d like to thank everybody for their generous donations to this  very worthy cause. We raised a total of 1740 euro during the day, which truly is an amazing result.

As Daffodil Day coincided with the day of our Easter Holidays, we even had a visit from the Easter Bunny who generously gave Easter Eggs to all pupils of our school.

The Easter Bunny and his very able helpers provided great fun and laughter in all the classes. Thank you kindly for your visit.

Check out the gallery below for a snapshot of our Daffodil Day fundraiser including our dash around the track and the Easter Bunny visit 🌻

Fitness Fridays at Knockskeagh have proved a great hit in our school recently since our return to in school education

Every Friday our school has a whole school policy providing and promoting exercise on a Friday. We’ve adopted the name “Fitness Fridays”.

During lunchtime, we play music throughout the school using our new speakers to encourage the dance strand.

Also, each pupil walks or runs a mile using our track during various times of the day.

We encourage exercise and outdoor activity on Friday as much as possible on “Fitness Fridays”.

Just another reason why Fridays are our favourite day of the week in Knockskeagh 😊

This year’s St Patrick Day celebrations were a bit different than others but it was a day that we’ll certainly remember. 

Our school took part in the local virtual parade organised by the Clonakilty Mayoral Town Council. The theme for this year’s parade was “Heroes”. 

As part of our parade, all our classes danced to the song “Jerusalema”. The pupils had fantastic fun and made a huge effort with dressing up to mark the occasion, either in the emerald green of St Patricks Day attire or as they’re chosen “Hero”. It certainly was a colourful affair. 

The school was paid a visit by current Clonakilty Town Mayor Padraig O’Reilly on the day who video recorded our contribution to the virtual parade. Thank you Padraig for visiting our school and for your patience on the day. 

Well done to all pupils and staff who made this such a special day.

The virtual parade is available for viewing below and Knockskeagh National School can be seen around 12.53 seconds into the video. Also, our gallery displays a snapshot of pictures from our school’s St Patrick Day parade on the day of recording.

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh go léir ☘