Kilmacrennan NS recently raised their 3rd Active School Flag much to the delight of both staff and pupils in the school.
The Active School Flag is awarded to a school for striving to ‘achieve a physically educated and active school community’.
The guest of honour on the day was former Donegal GAA All-Ireland winner Mr Christy Toye who indeed is a member of the teaching staff in the school. He raised the flag with members of the student council.
A lot of hard work went into achieving the flag under the leadership of Mr Mel O’Donnell (coordinator) along with members of the student council from the senior classes who were voted onto the committee by their peers.
Over the course of the two year programme, a huge number and range of activities were provided for the children in Kilmacrennan NS including an Active School’s Week. Some of the many fun activities they engaged in included:
-School House Leagues in GAA, soccer and basketball
-Gymnastics
-1km run daily
-Outdoor Adventure and Orienteering
-Circuits
-Swimming
-PAWS Water Safety Programme
-Active Homework
-PE Art Slogan competition
-Fun Run to Lapland
-Fun Day Fridays
-Annual Sports Day
-Cumann na mBunscol
-FAI soccer
-Cross Country
-Track and Field athletics
-Tag Rugby
-Basketball
