After School Events
After School Timetable
After School Timetable: January - March 2012
After-school activities committee phone number for general enquiries: 085 774-8687
After-school activities are provided outside school hours and are organized by a sub-committee of the Board of Management working on a voluntary basis. The term for after-school activities will run from 23rd January until 23rd March (excluding the week of the mid-term break, 13th – 17th February).
Courses will run through the year but are charged per term. At the beginning of the 2nd and 3rd term places will be offered to other children should vacancies arise. For that reason it is imperative that you let a committee member know if your child has stopped attending a class. A waiting list will be put in place for each activity should the need arise.
Swimming
Swimming is offered again this year as an after-school activity for Junior Infants to Sixth class in the pool at St. Joseph’s on the Navan Road. It will run from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. In order to keep costs down there is no bus provided, so children will have to be collected from the school by their parents / minders and brought to the swimming pool. Parents will have to stay at the pool in case they are needed during the lesson. The Tuesday class is for 1st to 6th class, and the Friday class is for Junior and Senior Infants. However, children in the infant classes who have older siblings in the Tuesday class can join the Tuesday class.
Art, Jr
Art, Jr is taught by Claire Moloney and Annemarie Kilshaw, who are parents in the school. They do a wide variety of fun art activities with children from first to third class.
Basketball
John Shevlin, formerly of Tolka Basketball Academy, will provide training that aims to improve the group’s core fitness, technique and teamwork. Basketball classes are offered to children from third class upwards.
Drama
Christine Hughes structures the drama classes to include a range of different activities such as games; mime; role play; improvisation; story development and poetry. She has designed the classes to enhance each child's concentration, communication, observation and narrative skills.