Partnerships

Visit to Naul Community Centre

The children in 3rd and 4th class were invited to the Naul Community centre to meet some senior members of the community. They were kindly taught how to play Boules by some of the members.

Many thanks to the community members for their hospitality. The children had great fun socialising with them and learning a new activity.

The children also enjoyed the lovely walk down to the community centre. The weather was beautiful and the children enjoyed talking to one another as they walked.

Learning to play Boules

Active School Playground Leaders

A huge thankyou to our Active School Playground Leaders who are a great help to the teachers, SNA’s and the Active Line Leaders.

The Active School Playground Leaders are an important part of the Active School Team.

This year we appointed Active School Playleaders to help the Active School Committee. As the Active Line Leaders are doing exercises with their class lines, the Playleaders collect and tidy playground equipment.

They also bring equipment out to the yard. This ensures that the Active Line Leaders can focus on their class lines. The role of the Active School Playleaders is to help ensure that playtime equipment is organised and tidied efficiently.

Naul N.S would like to thank the Active School Leaders for their great help and dedication which

helps drive the whole school effort towards achieving the Active School flag.

We are lucky to have such a wonderful team!

 

Fingal Gaelic League

As you can imagine there was huge excitement amongst the team and their supporters!

Congratulations to an amazing team!

 

All the children made banners, headbands and flags with the Clann Mhuire colours to make sure their team could see their supporters as they cheered them on.

The Naul supporters!

The school children from 1st to 6th class went to cheer on our team in Parnell park.

Well done for such an outstanding win.

We are very proud of our team.

Yesterday (May 31st) the 5th and 6th class team played in the final of the league and won the match. 

Congratulations for playing so well all season and for winning the trophy. All of us at Naul N.S are delighted for the team.

Skill and determination at play

Each week Ms. Moore and the team for that week travel to matches. The team of 5th and 6th class have great sportsmanship and a positive attitude towards each game.

5th and 6th Class have been taking part n the Fingal Gaelic League over the past few weeks. They have been playing matches each week. They have played against St. Margarets, Toberburr, Kilcosckan, Corduff and Milverton.

They have been playing superbly and have won every match. 

The children at Naul N.S continue to enjoy weekly GAA lessons from the coaches at Clann Mhuire.

They look forward to this time and their skills are truly benefiting from the fantastic coaching they are receiving.

Sponsored Walk and Skipathon April 29th, 2022

The children in Áthas and Sonas also took part in the sponsored walk.

They did some laps of the yard and the football pitch behind the school.

 

The combined skips taken by every child was equal to climbing to the top of Croagh Patrick.

Well done to all the children for their energy, fitness and stamina!

1st and 2nd class putting 100% effort into their skipping.

1st and 2nd Class. Ready to begin their half hour of skipping

Senior Infants and 1st class. Excellent skipping!

Great skipping! A huge effort was made by the Junior Infants

  

Junior Infants during their half hour Skipathon

The Junior end of the school took part in a Skipathon for their fundraiser. 

There was  great community spirit on the day.

Thanks to the parents for their participation. Their involvement gave the children great encouragement and support.

It was a super achievement for everyone who took part in terms of physical activity and fitness. 

It was also brilliant to fundraise towards a school hall and donate funds to Autism Ireland in such a healthy, fun way.

It was a wonderful experience for the children to enjoy walking together in their locality. They had great fun chatting as they walked.

5th and 6th class – Sponsored walk

 

3rd and 4th class beginning their 5km walk with Mr. Duggan

The School Fundraiser was a huge success. The children, staff and parents all got involved.

 

Naul N.S Fundraiser to take place.

Juniors to 2nd class are doing a Skipathon.

3rd to 6th class will be doing a sponsored walk. Leaving from the school and walking down to Clan Mhuire and doing their sponsored walk there with their parents. 

More details will be posted soon.

Sponsorship forms have been handed out to all the children.

This will be a fun filled, physically active day in aid of a good cause.

Gaelic football coaches from Clan Mhuire are currently coaching the children from every class in Naul N.S.

Naul N.S has had a long established link with the local GAA Club and many of the children are also involved with the club outside of school hours. 

 

The coaches are excellent and the children are enjoying their training lessons. 

Learning and practising skills and drills. 

Juniors to 2nd class are doing a Skipathon.

3rd to 6th class will be doing a sponsored walk. Leaving from the school and walking down to Clan Mhuire and doing their sponsored walk there with their parents. 

More details will be posted soon.

Sponsorship forms have been handed out to all the children.

This will be a fun filled, physically active day in aid of a good cause.

In order to help the smooth running of Active yards, the playground leaders help the teachers and SNA’s bring out, monitor and collect P.E equipment for Active Yard breaks.

There is a rota for P.E equipment.

The yard and football pitch is zoned into areas.

Each class plays in a designated area and is assigned different P.E equipment on different days so that it is rotated fairly and so that it can be sanitised before use by the next group.

Many thanks to our Playground Leaders and our Active Line leaders who help ensure that playtime filled with a choice of equipment which encourages increased physical activity and fun!

5th and 6th classes are taking part in Gaelic football league.

They are playing excellently and are really showing off all the skills they have learned over the years.

Many thanks to Alex and Lauren who are coaches from Clann Mhuire. They come to the school to coach each class for half an hour every week. 

In order to help the smooth running of Active yards, the playground leaders help the teachers and SNA’s bring out, monitor and collect P.E equipment for Active Yard breaks.

There is a rota for P.E equipment.

The yard and football pitch is zoned into areas.

Each class plays in a designated area and is assigned different P.E equipment on different days so that it is rotated fairly and so that it can be sanitised before use by the next group.

Many thanks to our Playground Leaders and our Active Line leaders who help ensure that playtime filled with a choice of equipment which encourages increased physical activity and fun!

Children from 3rd to 6th class walked down to Naul village and helped pick up litter with their teachers. They did a great service to the community. It was wonderful for the children to be involved in taking care of  and taking pride in their locality. 

The Tidy Towns committee kindly lent the school their litter picker tools. The children got great physical activity doing their clean up as well as their walk to and from the school.

Juniors to 2nd class did a tidy up of litter around the school grounds. 

Doing gardening, manual work, cleaning, etc is also a form of exercise.

All the children did a great job. Well done everyone!

The children in 5th and 6th class participated in a survey. 26 children took part in the survey. 2 children were not members of a club.

The purpose of the survey was to find out:

• How many children were a member of a Sports club.
• How many were a member of one or more clubs.
• What types of Sport clubs were most popular.
• The reasons why they enjoy being a member of a Sports club.

The results were analysed and these were our findings.

How many children were a member of a Sports club.

Bar chart sports club survey

From the bar chart it can be seen that Gaelic football has 18 members.

Soccer is the 2nd most popular club with 7 members.

Both Horse riding and Swimming clubs have 3 members.

2 children are members of a Rugby club.

Both Karate club and Basketball club have 1 member in each.

2 children were not members of any Spots clubs.

 

How many were a member of one or more clubs

club membership pie chart

10 children were members of more than one club.

Out of these 10, 2 children were a member of 4 clubs and 8 children were a member of 2 clubs)

14 children were a member of one club.

2 children were not a member of any club.

What types of Sport clubs were most popular.

Pie chart most popular clubs

It is clear from the pie chart that Gaeilic football was the most popular Sports club.

Here is a list of the most popular Sports clubs in order of popularity.

1. Gaelic football – 18 
2. Soccer – 7
3. Swimming – 3       Horse riding – 3
4. Rugby – 2
5. Karate – 1           Basketball – 1

The reasons why they enjoy being a member of a Sports club.

Here were the reasons given by the children.

• It’s great fun/ enjoyable
• Meeting and making friends.
• Get exercise
• Improve fitness
• Learn new skills.
• Take part in matches and competitions
• Be part of a team
• Improve social skills
• Feel healthier

The teachers in the younger classes also did a short survey. They found that in addition to the sports clubs mentioned above that gymnatics and dancing clubs were very popular amongst the younger pupils. 

Many of the children attend clubs in the local community or parishes close by.

Active School Week is scheduled to take place on the week beginning June 13th 2022 have a very proactive, helpful and enthusiastic Active School Committee here in Naul N.S.

The children take great pride in their roles as Active School Leaders.

They are doing a fantastic job helping the teacher’s to promote Physical Activity in our school everyday.

They are responsible for and  perform several duties such as:

• attending Active School Meetings and sharing the information with their Teacher’s and classes
• organizing and tidying P.E equipment for Active Yard breaks 
• helping the class teachers to initiate Physical Activity Initiatives
• act as Active line Leaders to promote, encourage and motivate the children by demonstrating exercises to be performed by each class.

 

The Active Line Leaders keep the class lines exercising before their return to class.

All this extra physical activity adds up towards achieving the 60 minutes physical activity recommended by the HSE.

There are also children in charge of organising, monitoring and tidying up P.E equipment at breaktimes.

This auxiliary team help the Active School Committee and the class Teachers to operate Active Playgrounds smoothly and efficiently.

5th and 6th classes are taking part in Gaelic football league.

They are playing excellently and are really showing off all the skills they have learned over the years.

Many thanks to Alex and Lauren who are coaches from Clann Mhuire. They come to the school to coach each class for half an hour every week.