Physical Activity

Physical Activity Our school facilitates the use of playground equipment. The Active School Flag Committee are responsible for bringing out and returning the P.E. equipment for each break time.  Our school trains playground leaders Meenkilly Active School Walkway Our Active School Walkway is situated along our school yard and around our play tunnel. In June […]

Active School Flag

https://youtu.be/B-3eax8ASU4 Meenkilly National School is fortunate to have the support of prominent sports figures like Greg O’Shea in the quest for our first Active Flag. Greg is a native to Limerick and an Irish rugby union player. He played for the Ireland national rugby sevens team, usually as a fly-half. Active School Flag What is an […]

Partnerships

Active School Slogan We worked together as a school and agreed an Active School Slogan. The outcome of the whole school competition was: ‘Let’s get actice, Let’s get fit, We can do it bit by bit’ 1st and 2nd class edited Shakira’s song ‘This Time for Africa’ to incorporate our Active Slogan. Active School Committee […]

Active Schools

Active Schools Active School Flag Award We are currently working towards the Active School Flag Award. The Active School Flag is awarded to schools which strive to achieve a physically educated and active school community. In November as part of working towards achieving the Active School Flag, we held our first Active School Month. Throughout […]