The Worry Tree

The Worry Tree

by | May 14, 2021 | amber flag, News

The Worry Tree

Last Thursday 13th of May, we introduced our new Wellness initiative for this year “The Worry Tree”.

The main goal of this initiative was to make pupils aware of the importance of talking about and sharing their worries with other people.

On the day, each class visited the “Worry Tree” and wrapped a ribbon around the tree to mark their first visit. Then, each class took time to say the Worry Tree rhyme together.

 

Fundraiser for Pieta House

As part of this initiative, we raised funds for Pieta House. We were delighted to receive a total amount of €315.50. Many thanks to all who contributed to this very worthy cause.

Thanks to all the Amber Flag Committee for their wonderful ideas and work in preparation for Wellness Week including this lovely new addition to our school.

Also, a very special thanks to our very own Niamh McDonald who painted the worry tree rhyme. It is a wonderful piece of art.

Please see a snapshot of some of the classes visit to our Worry Tree on this day.

Senior Infants

2nd Class

4th Class

5th Class

6th Class

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Active Week Activities 2021

Active Week Activities 2021

by | May 12, 2021 | Active flag, News

Active Week Activities 2021

Active Flag Week 26th – 30th of April

Last week we celebrated Active Flag week in our school. All the children will took part in lots of different activities in school and at home.

 

Orienteering

As part of Active Flag week – All our classes took part in orienteering around our school Grounds and Active Walkway!
Tremendous fun was had by all! We used our Active Flag Walkway Worksheets for all Activities!

Danceathon

As part of Active Flag Week, we took part in a sponsored ‘Danceathon’.
Every Class took part in our ‘’Danceathon’ and all proceeds went to the charity ‘As I Am’.

It was a fantastic success and well done to everyone! It was a great success and a total of €367.22 was raised. Thank you for your continued support.

Run Around Ireland Challenge

As part of Active Flag Week, we took part in the ‘Run Around Ireland’ Challenge!
All classes did their daily laps which accumulated into a huge number overall!!

We as a school, completed over 17,000 laps of our school track for ‘The Run around Ireland Challenge’ and as a result have won a prize from Active Flag !

Active Breaks

All our classes take part in Active Breaks daily, which continued throughout Active Flag Week!

Morning Yoga, Circuit Classes, Simon Says, Pupil-led activates and many more occurred throughout Active Flag Week!

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Active Week 2021

Active Week 2021

by | May 11, 2021 | Active flag, News

Active Week 2021

Active Flag Week 26th – 30th of April

Next week we celebrate Active Flag week in our school. All the children will take part in lots of different activities in school and at home.

 

  • Circuit in your class every morning
  • Walk around Ireland Challenge Every Day. In this challenge: each class will aim to reach a particular destination around Ireland. The distances from Knockskeagh to the chosen locations are measured. Then, each class will walk or run the laps to reach the various locations. 
  • Visual Art – Design an Active Flag Week Poster for Thursday 29th April.
  • Orienteering around School.
  • DanceAthon on Thursday April 29th. We will attempt to dance non-stop from 10-12.30. Each class will go out on rota and dance for their allocated time. It will be freestyle dance!!!
  • ASW21 – Active Every Day Challenge
  • At home: nightly challenges set by our teachers and some famous Sports stars!!
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Local Hero Day

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by | Apr 30, 2021 | Active flag, News

Local Hero Day

Local Hero Day Friday – Active Flag 2021

We are so lucky to have received 16 videos from our local hero, Irish Olympian Phil Healy for our Active Flag Challenge!

Phil has taken time out of her extremely busy training camp in Europe to send our kids some fantastic challenges in Sprinting !

All the children at Knockskeagh are currently in training for our own Knockskeagh Olympics from June 8-11!

We want to say thank to Phil for her videos and wish her all the best at the Olympic Games this summer in Japan.

Pleas click on the link and have a go !!

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Active Week Home Challenge

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by | Apr 26, 2021 | Active flag, News

Active Week Home Challenge

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!

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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.

We are sure that she will help Cork contest another All Ireland this year.
Thanks for your contribution, Martina!!
Please click on the link below and have a go at tonight’s exercise!

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!

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Tech Week 2021

Tech Week 2021

by | Apr 23, 2021 | News, primary science

Tech Week 2021

We marked ‘Tech Week’ from Monday 19th of April to Friday 23rd of April this year.  We are presently working towards the Discover Primary Science Plaque of STEM Excellence which is awarded to schools in recognition of their extensive work in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.  

There were many technology-related activities throughout each class during the week.

IPADS

Our school is very lucky to be in a position to have a set of 30 IPads. Each class had their usual IPad class during the week, where pupils engaged with many educational applications to help with numeracy, literacy, and other areas throughout the curriculum. 

Some Tech Week Activities from around the school

5th Class were busy coding during the week creating their own “Dance Party using code.org. This proved a great hit with all pupils.

Also, 5th Class designed their own parachutes and tested them to find the time they took to hit the ground from a specific height. 

3rd Class planned, designed, and executed their experiment to move a range of model vehicles using battery power fans. Also, they completed projects on interesting inventors from history. Well done 3rd Class!

2nd Class designed their own Pet Apps, there were some amazing design suggestions from these budding app developers. Also, they completed some problem solving and literacy-based activities using Ipads. 

Check out the pictures below, more will follow very soon. 

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5th Class “Dance Party” Coding and “Parachute Testing”

3rd Class Battery-Powered Vehicles and Inventor Projects

2nd Class Ipad App Design

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