Gymnastics is Back Again

Every Wednesday in our school for six weeks, we do gymnastics. This week was our first week. The gymnastic teachers are Kenny, Micky and sometimes Maria. They showed us some moves in gymnastics and routines because on the last two weeks we are going to make up our own routine by ourselves. We did gymnastics for three years and this is our fourth year I think. We learned how to do the donkey kick, the shoulder roll, the tumble and we did a routine that involved three people, one person was lying down, the next person was sitting on the legs of one who was lying down and the last person was putting their legs on the person who was sitting down’s lap. Then the one sitting would help the person with their legs on his/her lap to tumble over.

Written by O.N.C
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Stradbally Ladies Junior Football Champions 2012

Ladies Junior Football Champions on a visit with the cup

County Champions 2012

My School in Stradbally

This is a story about my school, Our Lady of Mercy N.S in Stradbally. There are loads of jobs after being done to the school since I started there. The two classrooms have been painted, new floors, new sinks and new lights everywhere. We have new toilets and a new office, a lovely new floor in the hallway and display boards to display our work.

Our school is really safe. The doors close at nine-thirty and after that no one can get in unless they use the buzzer. We can see on a monitor who is at the door. In the playground there is a softplay area. You can run around and if you fall you won't get cut. On the tarmac we have pictures of snakes and a compass.

Bus parking under construction, October 2011.

My school is a two teacher school. Mrs. Crowley teaches Junior Infants, Senior Infants, 1st and 2nd. Mr de Burca (that's my teacher) teaches 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6thclass. We do loads of fun things. We have our own vegetable patch where we plant our own vegetables. Last year the big girls did cooking with Mrs. O'Mahony. Hopefully we will be doing it this year. 5^th and 6^th class do French with Mrs. Crowley after school for six weeks. We also do football, drama, tin whistle, computers and buddy reading. At the moment, the builders are doing a bus bay. This will make it safer for everybody.

Written by BK.

Karate Classes in Stradbally

Louise got this from a poster they gave her.

On Sunday I was doing Karate. Sensei Hiroshi Ken Hassel was training. Sensei Ken Hassel was doing Karate for 40 years. Sensei Ken Hassel is on his 7^th Black Belt. Sensei Ken Hassel has taught us new things. Sensei Ken Hassel is from the UK. Sensei John Kelly is my teacher. Sensei John Kelly is on his 4^th Black Belt. In 1997 Sensei Kelly had an accident but now he is up and running. My club is called M.S.K.A and I am a Green Belt.

Written by LC. Typed by school secretary. Uploaded by TF and AD.

Jersey Day in Stradbally

Children wore their favourite jersey for Jersey Day.

Football blitz

On Monday last, our football coach David organised a mini football blitz in the football field. It was meant to be on on Friday but it was raining on Friday so we moved it to Monday and luckily enough it didn't rain for a while. We played two matches and then it started to rain on us so we had to go back to school to do work. The teams were mixed with boys and girls from different schools. There were many teams and they were all equal because there were seven or eight on each team. We enjoyed it a lot until it started to rain. 

Posted by K.F senior classes.

U16 Stradbally Girls Come In With The Cup!

The u16 girls won their Co. Final against Roanmore a few weeks ago. They all did great work and we're all proud of them. On Thursday morning, the 23rd of June, some of the girls came in with Kieran and their manager Johnny. There was the captain Angela,Valerie, Sheila, Dawn and Cara. Also, the u12 manger Amy came in too! Angela brought in the cup that they won and they also brought in the Winter League Cup. Amy took a picture of all the school and the girls with the two cups, and afterwards all the children in the school were given a bag of crisps and a carton of orange juice!

Posted by RM, Senior Classes.

Primary School Sports

On Thursday the 12th May 2011 was the school sports. There were lots of people in there. It was held in St. Augustine's Collage. There were three relay teams U9, U11 and U12. The under 9 team came 7th , under 11's came 3rd and the under 12 team came 2nd. The sprints were before the relays and after the relays were the long races. Lousie and Zoe ran for the under 9 sprints, Tara and Abby ran for the under 11 and Clodagh and Rebekah ran for the under 12s. Abby came 1st in her race. In the long races were Sheena and Emily for the under 9 and Chloe and Rachael under 12. Unfortunately Rachael couldn't run, so Taylor ran instead of her and she ran very well. The next time we will be running is in two weeks.

Posted by C.F, senior classes.

Camogie In Stradbally

This year we played camogie with the school. We played away matches. We travelled to Abbeyside to play a blitz against Abbeyside and Scoil Garbhán and they had two teams so we played the two of them. We also travelled to Fews school and we played Fews and we beat them by 3 goals. It was 7 a side. It was 10 minutes a side. We had some subs and they were rolled on and off. We all took up different positions during the matches. Most people had their own gear but if not the school provided it for us. It was great to learn about a different sport because mostly we play football and soccer. We are also going to play Villierstown on Thursday. Well done to everyone involved and thanks to all the parents for driving us to the matches when they were available and thanks to the teachers.

Camogie In Stradbally

This year we are entering in a camogie league. We have been doing some training for it with Katrina Parrock and Trish Jackson. Katrina plays on the Wexford camogie team and Trish plays on the Waterford camogie team. They did skills with us and played a little match at the end of each session. Usually the match would have something to do with what training we did. We did things like long puck, hitting the ball out of your hands, passing, hand passing, catching, blocks, and we also played games like no mans land, baseline and king in the ring. It was very fun. We are entering in a little fun blitz in Abbeyside football pitch on the 11th of April at 10am. It will be fun!

Posted by RM, Senior Classes.

Stradbally Winter League

This year the Winter League will be held on the 24th February. At the winter league we play matches against other teams. The teams are made by our age and our class. So a team would be mixed with all different classes. Your team could be called by any county in the country. You pay €15 for registration a week before it starts. It goes on for ten weeks.

Camogie Coaching in Stradbally

All Smiles For Camogie Coaching Lessons

Swimming Lessons In Clonea

We go to Clonea Strand Hotel for swimming lessons each year. Fourth, fifth and sixth class have gone in January in previous years, but since the girls in fifth and sixth have Confirmation this year we will be having the lessons in February. Last year Caitriona, Rachael, Niamh, Chloe, Abby and Tara were in the deep end and their swimming teacher was Peter. The rest of the pupils were in the shallow end with Ann. We did swimming for six weeks. The cost was around €32 and we went on a bus too. This year third class will be coming with the other classes as the rooms have been changed. We hope everybody enjoys it as much as they did last year!!

Posted by RM, Senior Classes

Stradbally Olympic Connection

Robert With Pupils

Today we had a visit from Olympic cyclist Robert Power, and so we wanted to include other famous Stradbally sporting connections. Included here are granddaughter of Cyril, who was four-times Irish long-jump champion. The Irish jersey was brought to school with pride last month when we learned about "My Family" as part of our history lessons. Also, nieces of Martin, professional cyclist and 1989 Tour de France stage-winner. 

Kilmacthomas Karate Club.

In September 2010 we started karate. Louise and Natasha were nervous at first. Natasha knew her uncle John was teaching karate so Natasha and I were not that nervous. He has a black belt. He has been teaching for twenty-eight years and he is really good. A couple of the others in Mrs. Crowley's class went too. There were Beckie, Orna, Kellsey, Cormac, Dara, Conor and Donnacha. The teacher, John, teaches in Kilmacthomas, Dungarvan and Stradbally. In Stradbally it is on Wednesdays and Fridays. A couple of weeks ago we were grading and we got our orange belts. There are nineteen belts. Natasha and I think it is great fun!!
Posted by NG and LC.

Stradbally School Gymnastics Programme 2010

Gymnastics Really Is Good Fun

For six weeks each year over past two years Kenny and Mikey have been doing gymnastics with us. It is great fun. We do all sorts of things. We do handstands, cartwheels, donkey kicks, head stands and shoulder roll. It is only €1! They come every Friday for 6 weeks. Kenny is the man in charge but Mikey does the instructions. They bring blue mats so we don't hurt ourselves. Rachael had to do instructions one day because she knew how to do the headstand (elephant stand). They work for DKMT Sports. Thanks Kenny and Mikey! We appreciate you coming to do gymnastics with us!
Posted by RM, Senior Classes.

Our Lady of Mercy Pupils Win Gold

Under-9 Girls Athletics:

It was a sunny day in the Friary Dungarvan. I was running in the Munster B’s. I was running for my club West Waterford. There were 5 girls on my team. I came 12th and I got a individual medal. My club got the gold and the county got the silver medal. Altogether West Waterford U-9 girls got three medals that day. Two girls got three Munster medals, two girls got two Munster medals and one girl got one Munster medal.

Posted by SM, Senior Classes.

Gymnastics in Our Lady of Mercy School

For the past two years Kenny and Mikey have been doing gymnastics with us. It is very fun. We do all sorts of things. We do handstands, cartwheels, donkey kick, head stands, shoulder roll. It is only €1! They come every Friday for 6 weeks. Kenny is the man in charge but Mikey does the instructions. They bring blue mats so we don't hurt ourselves. Rachael had to do instructions one day because she knew how to do the headstand (elephant stand). 

Thanks Kenny and Mikey! We appreciate you coming to do gymnastics with us!

Posted by RM, Senior Classes. 

Stradbally Girls Claim Back-to-Back Wins

School League Winners 2010