We were delighted to celebrate receiving our Active School Flag on Wednesday 27th February after lots of hard work and dedication from all our pupils and staff to achieve a more physically active and physically educated school.

The Active School Flag (ASF) is an initiative from the Dept of Education & Skills to get more schools more active, more often, and here at Killurney we have achieved this through activities such as Irish dancing, tennis lessons, gymnastics, athletics, games and the Super Troopers programme, to name but a few!

The occasion was marked by a visit from Tipperary football legend Declan Browne who gave a short talk to the pupils on the importance of sport and exercise to our physical and mental well-being. With sport playing such a huge part in his own life, Declan highlighted how crucial it is to be happy, healthy and active, and how being part of a team has helped him to forge friendships and connections for life.

Also present was Anne Murphy from the Slievenamon Ladies Football Club inviting pupils to join up and get involved with the club.

We were delighted to return from the mid-term break to see our new goalposts had been installed. Many thanks to James and Stephen for all their hard work removing the old and putting in the new posts, and to Trish and Pat O'Donnell for facilitating it all.

And of course our huge thanks to the Local Community Lotto and Kilsheelan GAA for donating the funding to buy this much needed addition to our sports field.

We couldn't have done it without all the community support!!

So our old goalposts are gone, and the foundations are being dug for our fantastic new posts to be set in. Watch this space!