PE

February 5, 2026

Active School Flag

Active School Flag

St Mary's have been very busy using Active Breaks throughout the school day! We are working towards earning a new Active School Flag. Stay tuned for more updates!

GAA Skills in St Mary’s

GAA Skills in St Mary’s

Junior and Senior Infants have been enjoying learning football skills with Noah from Cobh GAA.

All classes in St Mary’s are partaking in football training in partnership with Cobh GAA.

Camogie

Camogie

Cobh GAA have been coaching camogie in St Mary's NS. Our pupils really benefit from this coaching as it helps their motor skills, team work skills and confidence to grow. Sport and wellbeing are very important to us in St Mary's.

Cycle Right Programme

Cycle Right Programme

St Mary's is a Cycle Right School! Our pupils benefit from partaking in the Cycle Right Programme. Not only is cycling great exercise but it is also an environmentally friendly mode of transport! CYCLE RIGHT is the National Standard for Cycle Training and provides...

Community Centre Access

Community Centre Access

As St Mary's is located directly across from Great Island Community Centre, each year we block book access to their hall to enhance our PE lessons.  Classes from first to sixth go to the Community Centre on a weekly basis for the month of March.

Swimming

Swimming

In the second and third term each year, our third, fourth and fifth classes attend swimming lessons in Coral Leisure.  Lessons take place during the school day, meaning that school pick-up and drop-off times are unaffected.  Additionally, as we are located only 550...

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