General School Activities

Rugby

Thanks to Damien and Munster Rugby for the block of Rugby training over the last few weeks! All in the Senior Room learned some great skills and teamwork and we are looking forward to putting them to good use.

Athletics

Athletics

Members of Doheny Athletic Club visited us last week to do some Track + Field activities with us. We already have many successful members of the club but after this taster session I'm sure many more will be considering joining up too. We got to try out hurdles at...

Sciath na Scol

Sciath na Scol

There is a proud tradition of GAA players in our school and each year we participate in Sciath na Scol competitions in both hurling and football.  This year we played in the West Cork Sciath na Scol football blitz in Bantry and after 2 wins and 2 losses we narrowly...

Zumba

Zumba

Today we welcomed Robin to the school and she did Zumba lessons with us.

Biodiversity

Biodiversity

As we work towards our Green Schools Biodiversity Flag we welcomed local environmentalist Ted Cook to the school twice during the year. He is working with us to increase the biodiversity of our area by planting trees, a wildflower garden and creating areas for...

Senior School Tour 2022

Senior School Tour 2022

The Senior Room had a fantastic day out at Ballyhass Adventure Centre in Mallow last week. We had time at the AquaPark and at the Archery range in the morning, went zip-lining across the quarry lake after lunch and finished with some team building exercises. A great...

St. Brigid’s Day 2022

St. Brigid’s Day 2022

To celebrate St. Brigid’s Day we made traditional St. Brigid’s Day crosses with rushes that were gathered locally.  

Wellness Week 2022

Wellness Week 2022

This year we celebrated our inaugural Wellness Week. It was a week filled with mindul, relaxing activities including a Confidence Building workshop on Monday, Autism Awareness Day on Tuesday, Yoga with Lisa on Wednesday and Mindfulness with Eibhillin on Thursday. The...

Orienteering

Orienteering

As part of Active Schools Week, we enjoyed a great day out in Gougane Barra for an orienteering workshop with Seán Cotter from Orienteering Ireland. Seán had been out early in the morning setting up the course and it certainly challenged some of our teams. One team...