Monday, April 27, 2009

Dancing Star

I won 3 medals for my Irish dancing last weekend. I got 2 first place medals and 1 third place. The competition was on in the Raheen Woods Hotel in Athenry.

This is a wonderful achievement - well done to you!

Friday, April 24, 2009

GAA Celebration -125 years old

To celebrate 125 years of the GAA we celebrated by having a GAA day at school.

Local GAA players and celebrities came to our school and we had fun learning GAA skills.

A BIG thank you to Billy Caulfield, Joe Rabbitte, Cathal Moran, Eamonn Keogh and PJ Molloy who all came to school today. They made the day very enjoyable and we thank them for all the time they gave to our school today.


We learned how to control the sliotar with the hurley.

We learned how to hit the sliotar.



We used the hurleys and sliotars.

We were able to control the ball with the hurley.


Joe Rabbitte was on hand to help us with some tips and tricks of good hurling.


We had a great day of fun.


We were jumping really high over the jumps.


We stood in line to wait for our turn.


We had to concentrate on our jumps.
We ran in between the steps of the ladder.


Billy Caulfield was a great teacher. He showed us what to do.
PJ Molloy helped us too.


We ran really fast.
We were very busy getting through the obstacle course.

We had a great time.


Thank you very much for all who made it such a fun day.