Our cross-country season began with the Brother/Clonliffe Schools Meet in Santry Demense on Wednesday 10th October. In October, 5th and 6th class were working on the Athletics Strand of the PE curriculum. One of the objectives is to develop in the children ‘an understanding of the rules of athletics and apply them in suitable competitive settings’. To this end, all of the children from 5th and 6th took part in trials to select 20 boys and 20 girls to enter as competitors. The rest of the children came as supporters to experience this exciting event. There was a field of over 150 in both the boys and girls 1,000 m races. All of our athletes did us proud with our fastest boys and girls holding their own in the top 30 against the elite athletes from the top Dublin running clubs. For many of our athletes it was their very first competitive race and we were very proud of them for completing the course. Thanks to Ms Deery, Ms O'Neill and Mr Dunne for all of the organisation that went into this. Well done to all our athletes!
Our girls' captain Rapha sprinting out at the start.
Boys' captain Ciarán cruises home.
