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It is Active School week and while the children have been busy with Playball, Ultimate Frisbee, yoga, tennis and dance, the staff have been very active too. The wellbeing and social committees organised a trip to Taney Lawn Tennis Club … Continued
All classes have spent the past four weeks completing our active break challenge. They have focused on being active for at least one hour a day, and spending less time sitting, especially during the school day. When it rained … Continued
We have been really fortunate to have Paul from DLR Sports Partnership working us over the past month. He has been helping both first classes to develop their basketball skills. The children have really enjoyed these sessions with Paul and … Continued
As we are working towards our second Active School Flag, we have been lucky enough to have been sent a Walkway pack. You will probably see blue and green signs with letters, numbers, patterns and flags on them attached to … Continued
As part of our Active School Flag, all classes are participating in the Run Around Ireland Challenge 2022 for 4 weeks from 14th March until Easter. Everyone runs every day and classes count the number of laps they complete. Some … Continued
In the last month our classes have been given some new skipping ropes and elastics to play with in the yard. We have individual ropes and larger ropes for groups to play together. Classes have taken some time to learn … Continued
6th Class have been very excited to begin their Cycle Safety course. Last week we had a theory lesson in the classroom where we learned about rules of the road, safety measures etc. Here is Mr. Ross’s class enjoying their … Continued
From 4th – 20th February all of our classes participated in “Run to Beijing”. This challenge, which coincided with the Winter Olympics, involved them recording their active minutes at home, running every day in school and focusing on being active at … Continued
The senior classes have been lucky enough to take part in a cricket training programme. Here’s sixth class enjoying their first session!
Both 6th classes have been taking part in a daily mile challenge. We run a mile every day which has really helped improve our fitness and concentration levels in school. This week Mr. Ross’s class received medals and other merch … Continued
In the final week of the Active Challenge, the pupils of Taney Parish Primary School travelled an impressive 2,416.635 km! This brings our total over four weeks to an astounding 8,912.585 km! Altogether, we travelled just beyond Brazil. Brazil is located … Continued
After nine months of no after-school sports for the children in Taney, we are finally back on the pitches. While it is not the full programme, it is a great start. How lovely it was to see the hockey sticks … Continued
We had a great time playing volleyball outside in P.E. this week!
The pupils in Sixth Class have been focusing on Procedural Writing and the use of “instruction verbs” in English and Irish. In PE, each pod created a game using some equipment. Using the procedural writing genre, we wrote some fantastic … Continued
The children this week are focussing on orders in Irish and English. In P.E. class today they had to plan a game with their pod using a small amount of equipment and then tonight they will write up the game … Continued
Active School Week is a really enjoyable part of the school year for the school community. This year, because of COVID-19, it was not possible for it go ahead. Instead, we invited families to participate in the national “Active Home … Continued
Some 6th class members taking on the teacher reins to teach 3rd class some PE games!
Six Taney teams comprising of both boys and girls from 4th Class took part in the annual Habitat for Humanity Fundraising 6 a-side hockey tournament on Tuesday 4th February in Wesley College. It was a fantastic afternoon, with plenty of … Continued
Sixth Class recognise that being physically active is extremely important. However, it is also vital that we have a balanced diet as our bodies need a variety of foods so that they can grow, repair, give us energy etc. We … Continued
Over this term coaches from Leinster Rugby have come to give the children of 4th, 5th and 6th classes Tag Rugby coaching sessions.
Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Classes had great cricket sessions with coaches from Cricket Leinster over the Autumn Term!
Third class had a really energetic start to a crisp Thursday morning learning and improving on lots of GAA skills.
National Fitness Day (Thursday 26th September 2019) was a physical activity filled day for the pupils of Taney Parish Primary School! All classes took part in various activities throughout the day including: Active Brain Breaks Active Spelling and Tables … Continued
On National Fitness Day Sixth Class taught their games to the Junior Infants much to everyone’s delight! In preparation for working with the Junior Infants during National Fitness Day, Sixth Class prepared some games and taught them to each other! … Continued
We love activity and keeping fit in First Class. Thanks to 4th Class for designing some fantastic obstacle courses for us on Fitness Day!
Mr Ross’ third class enjoyed a very busy Active Week this year, swinging from bars with the Bar Monkey team and running their races in the sunshine at Marlay Park at Sports Day!
There was lots of physical activity throughout the school for Active School Week which took place from 27th to 31st May 2019. There were fitness classes with Luke where we were put through our paces with lots of exercises, challenges, … Continued
6th class have been combining their Irish skills with P.E. at the moment. Firstly each group was given a fitness circuit in Irish. They had to figure out what to do and what equipment they needed. Then each group completed … Continued
Taney Cricket started with training before Easter. We had a great take up this year with 36 boys and girls participating from 6th Class. The 4th Class entered the Cricket Leinster Schools competition for the first time and played Matches … Continued
After the success of receiving our Active Flag we held a Mascot competition to celebrate. We were delighted to see so many entries from Second to Sixth Class. The standard was so high, it made it extremely difficult to choose … Continued
Watch your back Simone Biles! Ms. Hanbidge’s fifth class have been working in partner balances and travelling as part of our gymnastics unit in PE. Take a look at some photos.
During an accreditation visit on 12th June, the Junior Active School Committee, spearheaded by Ms. Audrey Coe, delivered a powerpoint presentation about the team effort from pupils, parents and staff along with the numerous events organised to promote activity in … Continued
Senior Infants have had a active few months, taking part in various school initatives; Walk for Water, National Fitness Day, and a fun visit from Olympian Gymnastic Club for Active School Week. Don’t delay, be active today!
Our Irish Dancing Display was held on Thursday evening last week and the children from 1st to 6th classes gave us a great show of all the wonderful dances they have learned this year. We had a special presentation at … Continued
Active School Week culminated with our annual Sports Day which took place in Marlay Park on Friday morning. A big thank you to the dozens of parents and teachers who helped to organise and coordinate the event, and to Paul … Continued
Active School week took place last week, 28th May to 1st June. Everyone was encouraged to wear their favourite active gear in order to take part fully in Active School Week. Coaches from Olympian Gymnastics and Irish Ultimate Frisbee provided taster … Continued
Brave First Class practising their forward rolls and balancing!
The children from 2nd and 3rd classes showed off all the skills they had learned this year at their Swimming Display held Loughlinstown Swimming Pool last week. They back to school wearing their shiny medals!
Fifth class enjoyed a movement break inside due to the rain. We danced along to a GoNoodle video! In PE we practised balancing in pairs during our gymnastics lesson. Well done 5th Class!!
In Ms. Hanbidge’s class we held a talent show recently. It was all organised by our resident class band “The Creeps” who had the idea, made the application forms, completed the running order, judged and even bought treats for the … Continued
Fifth class enjoyed some fun maths this week as we used m&ms to explore theoretical and experimental probability. Having them as a snack at the end was very welcome too. Making the most of our fabulous weather we moved outdoors … Continued
Well done to everyone in Taney Parish Primary School, we have ran around Europe! As a school we ran over 4,700km, which is the same as running from Dublin all the way to Nicosia in Cyprus. Congratulations to every class … Continued
This Easter, the Active School Committee designed a wonderful Easter Number Hunt and Obstacle Course. Both 2nd Classes had a great time searching for their numbers inside the eggs which were hidden around the playground. When they found their number, … Continued
Sixth Class have been very active in recent weeks, having fun at the Sponsored Walk in Marlay, starting the first week of their Cycling Course. In the classroom too…painting Salvador Dali themed “Spring Birds” and performing a Jackson Five “I … Continued
We’ve been very lucky in Taney to have great coaches from Ballinteer St. John’s GAA Club to come and show us some skills this term. Fourth, fifth and sixth classes were also treated to a day of cricket skills from … Continued
On Thursday, 19th April, 272 pupils along with their parents, younger siblings, grandparents and canine companions replaced the recently-required snowboots for shades as they participated in the Fun / Sponsored Walk at Marlay Park. It was a great turnout and … Continued
Everyone in Fourth Class has been having great fun over the past few weeks! We have been very active with Movement Breaks, Adventure Trails and Walk for Water on Your Funky Feet! Check out some of our funky shoe designs.
During February and March, the Active School Committee conducted a “What Club Are You In?” survey. We compiled the results and they are displayed on the Active School Notice Board. We realised that the children are involved in numerous forms … Continued
In the Spring Term the Drama group was busy rehearsing in the hall for their play “Dragon Days”. They worked very hard, not only to learn their lines, but to learn songs and actions too! Here’s a sneak peak of … Continued
The Taney community spirit was out in full force on Sunday afternoon as a large group of parents answered the call to help ensure safe passage for the children to school on Monday morning. Armed with shovels, brushes, and rakes, … Continued
The pupils at Taney Parish Primary school have been very busy getting organised for Christmas. There is lots of singing, actions and drama going on and there is a lovely atmosphere in the school. In assembly, First Class taught, not … Continued
In Assembly recently Mrs Carpenter congratulated our Active School Challenge Winner and Active School Quiz Winner.
On Saturday, 21st October 2017, we had lots of visitors to our Active School Stall at the Taney School Fair. Children had to complete a very tricky quiz to test their Active School knowledge and our winners had very impressive … Continued
Taney School marked National Fitness Day, 29th September 2017, with a host of initiatives. Many physical activities were organised both in classrooms and outdoors throughout the day to celebrate physical activity. All of the children were encouraged to be active by wearing … Continued