To launch Shanbally N.S. as an Active School, the Active Schools Committee held a competition in each classroom.
The infants were asked to illustrate what the word ‘Active’ means to them.
Junior Infants winner
Rachael McGee
Senior Infants winner
Seamus O Mahony
Language Class Winner
First & Second Class designed an Active School Flag Poster.
Second Class
Isobelle Coughlan
Third and Fourth Class wrote SHANBALLY acrostic poems with an active theme.
Third Class
Sean Cuthbert & Erikka Jordan
Fourth Class
Faye O Reilly
Fifth and Sixth Class created a motto for Shanbally to promote increased productivity in the school and at home.
Fifth Class
Emma Nyhan
Sixth Class
Aisling O Mahony & Abbey McLoughlin
The overall winner was Emma Nyhan with the motto. “Everyone is on the run, Now get up and have some fun!”