The children have been enjoying every minute of their horse riding lessons in Athlone Equestrian Centre and are getting more and more confident with each lesson.
With horse riding lessons on Friday mornings and swimming lessons in the afternoon, some of the children have had a very eventful first month back to school!

There was great excitement today when some of the members of the Fr. Dalton’s team came in to show off their cup, following their recent victory in the Westmeath Intermediate Hurling Championship.

We were so delighted to have the Sam Maguire Cup in our school today, in advance of the big match next Sunday between Dublin and Mayo. May the best team win!!!

The kids (and staff) had such a fabulous day today at Mollie Moo’s Pet Farm, Kingdom of Sports and Rock ‘n’ Bowl. They were so well behaved, polite and grateful. They are always a credit to the school when we take them on school outings. This was the last trip for this school year but we’re already looking forward to our bus trips to horse-riding and swimming lessons during our first week back in September.

Congratulations to all our children who participated, with such great enthusiasm, in this week’s fantastic Sports Day activities. Everyone got involved and thoroughly enjoyed the wide selection of events. The children were a credit to the school, showing great team spirit and cooperation skills. It was so lovely to hear to them encouraging and complimenting one another.

Well done to everyone who participated – you are all winners!

2017 has been a very active year so far in Drumraney N.S.
Since our full participation in the events of Operation Transformation, we have continued to maintain high levels of physical activity during each school day. We have started running ‘The Daily Mile’ each morning which is a 15 minute burst of activity to start the school day.
We have also applied for the Active School Flag (ASF) initiative which is being run by the Department of Education and is supported by Healthy Ireland. An Active School Flag is awarded to schools that strive to achieve a physically educated and physically active school community.
Schools wishing to be awarded an ASF must organise an Active School Week. We have decided to hold ours from the 24th-28th April this year. Looking forward to all the activities already!!!

Active School Flag

The Daily Mile

Healthy Ireland

All our pupils are taking part in a series of horse-riding lessons. The Junior Room took to the saddle for the first time on Friday, 2nd September! Most of the children had never been on a horse before so there was great excitement (and some trepidation!) as we made our way to Athlone Equestrian Centre in Moydrum. Claire and her staff were on hand to introduce the children to their ponies and get everyone set up before we took to the arena. We are now learning to control our ponies and we have even started trotting!!! Yee Haw!!