Sports in our school 2017-2018
Golf 'Tees Off' in School
It was great to witness the enthusiasm of 6th Class girls for their first session of the School Golf Programme which was held in the hall on Monday evening. They worked on grip, stance posture and swing and already have displayed quite a lot of ability and talent for the game of golf. Thanks to those parents who volunteered to share their golf knowledge and expertise with the girls and help make it such an enjoyable evening. Here's to continued success with the programme over the next weeks.
Monday Joggers with a mission !
Well done to the Monday Joggers for their weekly commitment to fitness and special thanks to Mrs McGovern for organising this activity with the assistance of Ms Doyle.
Tennis Love!
Thanks to the commitment of Ms Parkinson, Our Lady of Mercy has two teams playing in division three of the Leinster Primary Schools' Tennis League. Both teams will play a series of matches at home in Elm Park and away to other schools.The girls have been training hard and are all geared up to 'serve it, smash it and love it'
Best of luck girls!
Best of luck girls!
General Sports in our School
Here in Our Lady of Mercy, we understand the importance of PE as a subject and endeavour to provide a balanced curriculum that allows children to develop their physical skills and maintain a healthy active lifestyle from Junior Infants right through to 6th Class.
We hope to provide children with the physical skills and knowledge needed to participate in sports and also to ensure children enjoy lessons and continue to keep active when they leave.
Specialist coaching is offered in a variety of modules throughout the year as part of our in-school PE progamme. These modules include GAA, Playball, Gymnastics, Tennis and Yoga.
A Cycling Proficiency Course takes place every year for pupils of 5th class. This course is run by the D.L.R.D. Council to promote safe cycling habits and encourage cycling as a sustainable mode of transport.
As a Green School, we are delighted to encourage safe, green travel amongst our pupils.
As a Green School, we are delighted to encourage safe, green travel amongst our pupils.
After school hockey is organised by our PA and is offered to all pupils from 3rd to 6th. It takes place on a Thursday in UCD straight after school and is hugely popular among our girls.
Pupils from 3rd -6th are encouraged to get involved in our Santry Sports Athletic Programme coordinated in the school by Mrs McGovern and Ms Parkinson. This is the athletics division of Cumann na mBunscoil Dublin which organizes an athletics event for primary school children in the Dublin region usually around May. Training for the Santry Athletics takes place mainly after school hours and we are very proud of our success to date.
Thanks to Ms Parkinson for her time and commitment in co-ordinating the Tennis programme in the school and for entering the girls into the Leinster Primary Schools League. The girls get to play a number of matches at home in Elm Park and away in a variety of venues and always do us proud with their behaviour and sportsmanship both on and off the courts
For the past 13 years, Pupils from 5th and 6th class have been invited to get involved in our annual golf Training Programme coordinated by Mrs Henry. As well as competing in the Primary Schools' Golf Outing held in the Castle Golf Club, Rathfarnham we also organise an inter- schools Fun Scramble with the boys from St Marys BNS.
Every year around the month of June during Active Schools Week, Mrs Parkinson organises Sports Day where all pupils get to participate and enjoy a range of fun- like sports activities and games and there's even a race or two that could result in a winning medal!! Its a sports for all event highlighting the importance and the place we give to physical activity in our school.