Wellbeing Week 02/06 - 05/06 2026

Our school celebrated Wellbeing Week from 02/06 - 05/06, a special time dedicated to promoting positive mental health, kindness, friendship, and healthy lifestyles.
Throughout the week, pupils took part in a variety of fun and engaging activities designed to support their wellbeing. These included mindfulness exercises, yoga sessions, outdoor games, creative arts activities, and class discussions about emotions, gratitude, kindness and being happy. Children also enjoyed opportunities to work together, build friendships, and reflect on ways to care for themselves and others.
A highlight of the week was our Homework Bingo, where pupils completed acts of kindness both in school and at home. It was wonderful to see so many thoughtful actions and positive interactions across the school community.
Wellbeing Week reminded us of the importance of looking after our physical, emotional, and social wellbeing. We are proud of the enthusiasm shown by all our pupils and would like to thank our staff and families for their support in making the week such a success. From our Healthy Bakes to our Sports Day, from our Relax Kids Yoga to our Gratitude tile making, from our parachute games to our Daily Walk 'n Talks, not to mention our amazing 'Show and Tell' - Wellbeing Week had it all. Roll on next Year
Together, we continue to foster a happy, caring, and inclusive school environment where every child can thrive. 

Mindfulness

Our Junior and Senior Infants took a moment this morning, while relaxing in the sunshine to restore calm and peace to their minds, to reflect on all that is good and to just be.  We started to worry that some had fallen asleep, they were so quiet! 

Well Being Week 20th - 24th Oct

Rathcor NS held another very successful Well Being Week just before the mid-term break.  During the week we had various activities and visits to help promote well being in our school.  We had a visit from the local Gardai providing the children with important Safety Advice for Halloween, we had a visit from the new First Division Champions Dundalk FC, we made Gratitude Chains, had Daily Walk and Talks, celebrated past and present students with a visit from the Cooley Kickhams winning U13 girls team, had a positive, mindful visit with Andrea from 'Relax Kids', celebrated our strengths and weaknesses, confirmed our aspirations and discussed our character strengths.  All was finished with  a Fancy Dress Assembly, dancing to songs that make us feel good and excercise for a healthy mind and body.  Check out our gallery below, showcasing another very successful Well Being Week - a big thank you to Ms Sheils and the Well Being Committee for organising.

Student Wellbeing Committee

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Our Wellbeing Committee 2024-2025
Student voice and wellbeing are of huge importance in our school.  Our wellbeing committee are focused on enhancing the wellbeing of our students and our teachers work closely with them to ensure that their voices are listened to and encouraged.  Our wellbeing committee is comprised of students from various classes and age groups, giving a voice to our whole school community.

Well Being Week 22/10/24 - 25/10/24

Over the last couple of years we have run very successful Wellbeing Weeks in which the children and whole school community have participated wholeheartedly in and have given very positive feedback to the school. We are therefore delighted to announce that this year’s first Wellbeing Week took place from Tuesday 22 nd October 2024 until Friday 25th October 2024. .
  The aim of the week is to empower children to become active participants in creating, maintaining and boosting positive mental health throughout their lives. For new parents this special week is very much in line with the vision of the Department of Education and Skills that the promotion of wellbeing be at the core of every school as cited in the Wellbeing Policy Statement and Framework for Practice 2018-2023. During this week we had have Thankful Tuesday – we  reflected on all things and people in our lives that we are grateful for.
Wellbeing Wednesday - we thought of things that make us happy and we completed a Wellbeing Profile. Thoughtful Thursday - we  focused on how we can be kind to ourselves and others. We shared random acts of kindness and reflected on the importance of friendship. Fun Fit Friday - we focused on keeping our bodies happy and healthy while having lots of fun at our Halloween inspired activities. We had visits from Pygmy goats, Healthy Bakes, Delicious Soups (made with ingredients grown in our own gardens), Guided Meditations, Yoga, Quizzes, Acts of Kindness, the list is endless.

Pygmy Goat Visit
We had a beautiful visit with some pygmy goats from the local Christmas family farm.  The Christmas family visited the school with their goats and the children learned how animals can heal with our mental and physical well-being, they lent a calming influence on all our students, the children were quiet, gentle, calm and very aware of the animals presence, they treated them with respect and thoughfulness, we would like to thank the Christmas family for this very special visit.
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Baking and Cooking
We did some cooking and baking with our students, helping them to understand how eating healthily can help your mind and body to feel better.  It always helps them to appreciate the effort their families go to each day to ensure they are nurtured and cared for.  The healthy treats were really tasty and greatly appreciated by all.
Guided Mediation
Ms. Sheils led the students in a guided mediation session on Wednesday, this proved a great success, allowing the children to calm their thoughts and emotions and just "chill out".  Many thanks to Ms. Sheils for a wonderful initiative which was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
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Staff Well-Being
Even the staff are taking part in Well-Being Week with our Tasty Thursday coffee morning.  Having a chat and a catch up over coffee and pain-au-chocolat will help the staff feel better and work better.

Yoga With Mary

Well Being Week 04/06/24 - 07/06/24

Well Being Week
​Another very sucessful Well Being Week was held in Rathcor NS from 04/06/24 to 07/06/24.  We had Thankful Tuesday, Well Being Wednesday, Thoughtful Thursday and Fun Fit Friday.  A wonderful week of events to promote our well being and mindfulness.
On Thankful Tuesday we had Mary from "Collective Yoga", who led yoga classes for all our students - thank you Mary for a wonderful day. On Well Being Wednesday we had a visit from Melissa Hayes who helped our students explore their feelings through music and art. Many thanks to Melissa for a great day. Thoughtful Thursday saw us having a look at the foods we eat to promote healthy bodies and minds and a wonderful outdoor picnic with our students enjoying a beautiful fruit platter donated by "Cheese & Cherries"
And on Fun Fit Friday we held our annual Sports Day, with ice-cream afterwards for all to enjoy.

Lá Glas 2024 

On Friday 15th March 2024 we held Lá Glas in school, we had green mint ice-cream, fruit smoothies, dressed in our best green garments and celebrated with Ceili dancing in the school hall.  It was a wonderful day full of fun and laughter and we would like to thank everyone who contributed to this special day, the past pupils who came in and taught the ceili dancing, those who sponsored our ice-cream and all the pupils and staff who gave of their time to hold this lovely event.

Well Being Week 2023/2024 

What a jam-packed week we had for Well-Being, our minds and bodies were very well looked after, we spent time outdoors in our school garden, we did some yoga, made healthy juices and even had a visit with some calming pygmy goats (I think one or two even tried to smuggle a goat home!!).  We started every day with a positive affirmation from our senior students and had a wonderful week embracing all these super activities. 

 - Getting Back to Nature With Our Garden -

  - Balancing Our Minds and Bodies With Yoga -

 - A Calming Visit From Some Pygmy Goats

 - Energising Our Minds and Bodies with Some Homemade Juice -

Well Being Week 2024