Sporting St Paul’s

It has been a very active and exciting summer term for sport within St Paul’s. Well done to all the girls who are giving of their time, energy and skills on all the different teams in St Paul’s.

Badminton

Transition year students got the opportunity to visit the National Indoor Arena at Abbottstown to watch the Irish Open alongside a training session with 3-time Olympian Chloe McGee. The girls really enjoyed the day out and learned loads. As a result of this the girls now have the opportunity to receive a coaching course through a new programme “Badminteen” in which the girls will receive a coaching qualification, along with a goodie bag which will include a badminton racket and t-shirts. We some students as it was there first time playing for the school.

Our U-16’s team put up a valiant effort against Dublin schools. Each game saw them grow bigger and better than the last and it goes to show that they are born leaders. It was fantastic to see team sporting events return to St. Paul’s. Our students enjoyed acting as mentors to court younger 3rd year students, supporting them on and off the court. TY’s also attained valuable numeracy skills through keeping the scoreboard in check. There is no question that they will come back fighting twice as hard next season. As for the 1st and 2nd years they had some very close games and was a great experience for

Volleyball

Volleyball in St. Paul’s started up again with the introduction of a lunchtime club due to demand. The club ran every Tuesday lunchtime with big help of our 2 sports prefects Niamh Kelly and Alex Senior and was a massive success with 20 plus students turning up weekly. It’s great to see such interest in Volleyball at Paul’s. We had the wonderful coach Miriam in for 6 weeks on Wednesdays for coaching with 20 plus students turning up weekly. We hope to continue this next year and also hope to form a school team.

STUDENT LEADERSHIP - A CELEBRATION OF HARDWORK!

As the year drew to a close, we celebrated the huge impact of our Student Leaders by hosting a Pizza Party. All the Class Captains, Vice- Captains, Sports Prefects, Student Council, TY Buddies, Student Mentors, Senior Prefects and Ember Team were given a certificate of Student Leadership. The contribution of the student leaders to our school community is immeasurable and we really value their commitment to their roles. We wish Bronagh Farrell and Shauna Fox the best of luck as they embark on their roles of Head Girl and Deputy Head Girl next year.

ACTIVE SCHOOL FLAG - ACT OF APPROVAL!

This year is our second year to take part in the active school flag programme. This year is the certificate year, if given the opportunity and passing the programme a school can move onto year three, which is the flag year.

Our schools mentor came to visit us on Friday 5th of May. She met the student team, co-ordinators and management. She was extremely impressed with the school and also by how the students got on with the programme. After seeing all of the work done by the school and our walkway, we were approved to proceed to the The current Transition year students will pass on the baton to the incoming Transition years of 2023/2024 and there will be big shoes to this year organised the school’s first active school flag week, set up a badminton club, organised a whole school tug of war were the on Sports Day against the teachers and a crazy/silly sock day to promote our active school walkway. St. Paul’s looks forward to the next school year of active school flag.