Providing our pupils with an opportunity to become fit and healthy by engaging in exercise is high on our list of priorities in The Harold.

All classes attend a 30 min P.E class each week with a specialised coach - Cormac Connor.

Cormac covers a wide selection of physical activity tasks including: individual functional movement, fitness, fun games/activities, team sports and skills.

We are also very lucky to have a specialised Gymnastics coach in The Harold also. Gee runs a 20 week programme with all our pupils. They focus on key gymnastics skills which are laid out in the Gymnastics strand of the P.E curriculum.

GAA Workshops

Our Junior Infant – Second classes participate in Gaelic Workshops with Ken from Cuala throughout the year. The children have great fun learning to play Gaelic football and a bit of hurling/camogie too!

Team Sports

The Harold School has lots of different teams across a range of sports – should your forte be in tennis, rugby, hockey, GAA, swimming, etc- it is likely that you will have an opportunity to represent our school in competitions during your time in The Harold.

Cycling Workshops

Our 6th Class pupils complete Cycling Workshops each year. These workshops are run in partnership with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. Apart from learning the rules of the road, our pupils are getting an opportunity to practise their cycling skills under the supervision of the experts.

Tag Rugby

4th-6th classes will be participate in Tag Rugby workshops in the field on Hudson Road. Leinster Rugby are kindly providing a community development officer to work with our pupils for an 8 week period.

Swimming

As part of the Aquatics strand of the P.E curriculum, our 3rd to 6th class pupils participate in swimming lessons in Castle Park swimming pool, Dalkey. Our pupils travel to Castle Park swimming pool on a weekly basis for 6 weeks and they enjoy swimming lessons and lane training.

Dont forget…Grandstand Sports give 10% of every purchase back to our school in the form of P.E equipment

Grandstand Sports, Patrick's Street, Dun Laoghaire are continuing to run their loyalty scheme with The Harold. Mention The Harold at the checkout and they will give 10% of every purchase back to our school in the form of P.E equipment. Thank You Grandstand!

Sports for All Days

Our pupils have the chance to participate in fun sports activities and team games at the school grounds. They compete in running races, relay races and a broad selection of novelty races in the Hudson Park field. We have received some very positive feedback about the days from our pupils, parents and staff. Great fun is had by all.

A huge thanks to all our staff and to our 6th class pupils for their hard work on these days each year.

Thanks to our parents for their support of this initiative too.