Wednesday 17 October 2018

Spring Glendalough Visit

2nd, 3rd and 4th classes had a super time in Glendalough on the 16th April. We took part in the Bug Safari Workshop and learned lots! Our trips to Glendalough are a great chance to get out and about and active. We did a scavenger hunt and looked for crossword clues. We also walked all around the lake area and tried to find as many bug, beetles and creepy crawlies as we could find! All in all we had a great day and really enjoyed the chance to get active while learning!


St. Saviour's N.S. are WOWing Rathdrum!

Now that the summer term has arrived and the weather is looking a bit brighter we are excited to start WOWing again! We decided that by encouraging children to walk to school every Wednesday it would be a good opportunity to get in some activity in the morning to help set us up for a day of learning in school! 



We have 2 meeting points in Rathdrum - the RDA Hall and the Mill and it is from here that we head to school. So far we have been really lucky and have had lovely dry and sunny mornings. We find that getting even a small bit of exercise in the morning really helps wake our brains up and gives us a great start to the day! If you're in Rathdrum on a Wednesday morning keep and eye out for our banners as we make our way to school!

Sport's Day 2018

We had a really fun sport's day in Avondale Forest Park this year. We began the day with some orienteering in the woods, the infants took part in a scavenger hunt. We then took part in co-operative games stations before finally having our races. Thank you to all the parents that helped out on the day and helped make it such a success. As always our sport's day is about taking part, working as a team and most importantly having fun and being active! 


























A Very Active First Term

We have started off the new school year on a very active note. We are lucky to have Noelly Cross from Leinster Rugby visiting our school every Monday to teach us some rugby skills. We hope to be able to take part in some blitzes this year. 










We have also taken part in two athletics days in Avondale so far this year. The first was the cross country relay event and we are super proud of how the St. Saviour's athletes got on. We had two teams bring home medals! Well done to the 4th class girls team made up of Charlotte Doyle, Sophie Rhatigan, Isabel Barrett and Emma Byrne and the 6th class girls team made up of Isabel Doyle, Aoife Fitzgerald, Edie Lorinczi and Lucy Rhatigan. We had a great morning running and well done to everyone who took part. 



















The second athletics event of the year took part on the 16th of October. This event was a 3km trail run. All of the children from 3rd - 6th took part in this and completed it however they chose. Some ran, some jogged and some walked. It was a really super event that we are delighted to have been a part of. Again we were so proud to bring home some medals. Congratulations to Isabel Doyle (1st girl overall and 1st 6th class girl), Charlotte Doyle (1st 4th class girl), Emma Byrne (1st 3rd class girl), Isabel Barrett (3rd 3rd class girl), Luke Joynt (1st 5th class boy), Turlough Devitt (2nd 5th class boy) and Rhys Tuckett (2nd 3rd class boy). We were also delighted to bring home a plate awarded for the best overall girls. This was a very long and challenging run, well done to all who completed it!

















Thank you to Wicklow Invitational Athletics who organise all the different events during the year. 

Our infant classes have also started back at GAA with Catherine and we are looking forward to the rest of the school starting again soon. 

5th and 6th class have been taking part in Pilates classes every Thursday with Zara Elkinson. They are really enjoying doing something a bit different for PE! 

We are continuing with Walk On Wednesday this term for as long as the weather allows. We have been really lucky to have been able to do it every Wednesday so far! As with last year we have two groups walking to school, one from the RDA Hall and one from the Mill. Hopefully we will be able to walk on a few more Wednesday's after Halloween also.