Enjoy, Explore, Experiment
Ms Blaney’s Junior class had a brilliant day exploring Ballyare woods on their nature walk today as part of Active Schools Week. The kids got a chance to explore the natural reserve and learn about the variety of mammals and diverse bird life that habitat Ballyare woods. They were so lucky to have the sun… Continue reading Nature walk in Ballyare woods
We kicked off our Active Sports Week with a school walk to the old Tully school and Ballyare woods. Tully school was the original school in Ballyare before Scoil Cholmcille, Drumman. Having explored the history of the locality in class, it was great for the students to explore the local area on foot. The senior… Continue reading Walking around Ballyare
Well done to our school football team who competed in the SPAR FAI Primary Schools 5s in Ballyare pitch this week. The SPAR FAI Primary Schools 5s Programme is one of the largest primary schools’ competition in the country. Both teams had a great day of competition playing against Downings, Drumfad, Dromoghill & Kerrykeel. The girls… Continue reading SPAR FAI Primary Schools 5s
Well done to our senior class who completed their four week “Cycle Right” cycling course with Fergus and Gemma McDaid of Cycling Ireland. Over the course of the last 4 weeks they learned the rules of the road as well as becoming competent in cycling on the road. They were taught about safety equipment, rules… Continue reading Cycle Right Training
Our classes have been busy doing lots of active exercises in school today. Some of the exercises included the following: 1. Throw your Treats – How many treats (beanbags) can you get in the bucket? 2. Pumpkin Roll – Pencil roll across mat (one person at a time) 3. Trick or Trampoline – 10 jumps on mini trampoline,… Continue reading Active Halloween
Congratulations to our six athletes who travelled to Buncrana to take part in the Donegal Primary Schools Cross Country Championships. Well done to our students for representing the school so well. We had Ruaidhrí who had a great finish in the U-9s, Tessa who had a top 15 finish in the U-11s and the U-13… Continue reading Cross Country County Finals
Congratulations to Ireland’s Women’s Football team on their incredible achievement of qualifying for the World Cup. We are delighted for Amber Barrett who scored a magnificent goal.🇮🇪In what has been a dark week for Donegal, Amber paid a wonderful tribute to the victims of the Cresslough tragedy by dedicating the win to them.What a great… Continue reading Congratulations to Amber Barrett & the Women’s Irish Football Team
We had a great Sport’s day today in Letterkenny with our Friend’s in Castletown and Portlean National School as part of the Peace IV initiative. What a day we had! It was a brilliantly organized event by Letterkenny Community Centre. From the moment we arrived it was all go. The children were put into four… Continue reading Sport’s Day Fun
Our Active School committee is working hard to get all staff and pupils in Drumman NS moving and enjoying physical activity in many different ways. What do the Active School Flag Committee do?•Attend ASF meetings.•Encourage everyone to become active. •Set up equipment for whole school activities, •Organise competitions like the slogan and poster competitions. •Come… Continue reading Active Schools Committee 2022/2023
Our active leaders keep the classes fit and healthy by doing lots of different exercises with us as they line up. Look at what they do: Junior Room 1. March on the spot 2. Reach or the sky, touch your shoulders, reach for the sky 3. Weight lifts 4. Shoulder circles 5. Heel touch 6. Toe touch 7. Jumping jacks Middle &… Continue reading Active Lines
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