Amber Flag News

Well done to the winners of the Amber Flag art competition! Everyone who took part made a great effort and cheered up their classmates and judges by reflecting on What Makes them Feel Good.

In February, all classes engaged in Wellness Wednesday.

The Amber Flag Committee is currently analysing the results of class surveys they recently carried out, and will display results on the special Amber Flag Notice Board asap!

We look forward to March - when the Homework Pass will be introduced. This means that all pupils have one homework pass per week, to use on a day of their choice.

The Committee members: Aoibhínn, Ellie, Weronika and Ava are all doing great work, linking in with class teachers and sharing their fantastic ideas.

We will post photos and more news on the blog and also on the Amber Flag page, and on Twitter.

Slán go Fóill

Debating Team Reach the Final!

Congratulations to the school debating team from 6th class, who under the guidance of Mrs Walshe, reached the FINAL of Concern Debates in Kilkenny Education Centre.

The girls had been working extremely hard throughout the competition.

These are some of the motions the girls had to argue:

‘School uniforms should be a thing of the past’.

‘All schools should be Gaelscoileanna’.

‘Fines should be implemented for households wasting food’.

‘The voting age should be lowered to 16 in ROI/NI’.

‘If we really care about climate change, we should all fly less’.

The speakers on the team were Rachel, Eva and Farrah. The Chairperson, Time-Keeper and Sub were Katie, Ríonach and Ellie - Mae.

Reaching the final of Concern Debates is a wonderful achievement and a testament to their hard work and dedication of the pupils and their teacher.

Thanks to the Education Centre for hosting the debates.

5th and 6th class made the journey into the Centre to support the team on the day. Well done to Newtown Dunleckney N.S. who won the debate.

Jump into January: An Active Flag Skipping Challenge

When challenged to skip as high as the tallest mountains in Europe, the pupils of Pres Comer confidently grabbed their skipping ropes and hula-hoops and went for it!

January 27th was the date set for the Active Flag's #FeelGoodFriday event.

Each jump is the equivalent to a metre in height. We studied the heights of Europe's peaks.

This picture is from activeflag.ie website.

Each pupil counted his/ her skips.

The concentration was palpable but the fun was even more so! The skipping sessions made everyone feel great. Even if you didn't want to skip too much, you could turn the rope with a partner, and a third person could skip. or you could help a friend to count and record their skips!

Some classes used hula hoops for their skipping challenge.

Our next step was to add our skips together. What mountains did we scale? How many metres had we climbed, with our class' skips combined??

We will update our blog with the Skipping Challenge Results, asap!