Chess Club
Chess Club takes place in the school hall every Thursday and Friday morning. Children from 4th, 5th and 6th classes are welcome to attend.
STEM Activities
The children enjoy working on STEM projects in School. This is a great opportunity to work together and come up with ideas and solutions. We are learning to think scientifically and creatively to overcome problems. We are learning to become critical thinkers!
Hurling
Hurling coaching takes place throughout the year every Friday for all classes. Senior classes take part in Cumann na mBuncscol blitzes in hurling, camogie and football.
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We are Writers
We Are Writers is a great project that the children love to take part in. It is wonderful way to inspire children to write and offers them a unique opportunity to see their own writing, published in a real book. There is always great excitement when the class receives their books that they helped create!
Music
Mr. Dunne and Ms. Cowdrey teach music to the children in St. Joseph's NS after school. There are lots of instruments that the children can learn to play such as flute, clarinet, drums, keyboard, trumpet and guitar. We have a school concert each year where the school orchestra play together.
Gardening
Glenealy NS is very lucky to have lots of outdoor space for the children to work, learn, play and relax in. The wild flower garden was planted by the children and has added so much colour and life to our school garden and the children enjoy working in it.
We also have a wonderful herb garden where the children from the school enjoy playing or relaxing in. It is filled with lavender, lemon verbana, peppermint, spearmint, dill, chives, rosemary and thyme.
Incredible Edibles
The Incredible Edibles Project teaches us all about food origins and provides opportunities to grow our own fruit and vegetables in our school vegetable patch. We plant seeds in the class and then replant them in our garden. Last year we grew lettuce, tomatoes, potatoes, chives and strawberries. The children work on watering, weeding and maintaining the garden.
The children prepare dishes using some of these ingredients. This gives the children and understanding of food sustainability by growing their own food from seed.
Picker Pals
Picker Pals is a very popular campaign where the children learn about the effects of littering and pollution on our local environment. They read a book and complete an activity book. The children then take it in turns to bring home the Picker Pals pack which includes 2 litter pickers, gloves and bags.
They go out with their family and friends in their local area to pick litter and report back to the class. This creates a great sense of excitement and awareness among the children and gives them an opportunity to do something practical to look after their community.
'Write a Book' Project
The children each write their own book which is sent to another school to read. The children work very hard to complete their unique books and love reading books from another class in another school!