Football & Hurling

We like gaelic games in Rusheen N.S. We participate in Sciath na Scol Competitions, Indoor Hurling, West Muskerry Blitzs, etc.

Quizzes

We enjoy participating in all the local quizzes that take place during the school year such as the Library Quiz, Credit Union Quiz, Scór na bPáistí, etc.

Activities

Green School Program: The school has been awarded three Green School Flags for Energy Conservation, Waste and Litter Management and Water Conservation. These flags are awarded for outstanding achievement in improving the environmental quality of our school and environment.

Active School Program: The school has been awarded an Active School Flag. This program ensures the pupils are actively engaged in lots of physical activity throughout the year to combat obesity and to help keep our pupils fit and healthy.

Athletics

Every year we participate in the Cork Primary School Sports in C.I.T. Boys and Girls in both sprints and relays with great success. Some pupils prefer the West Muskerry Cross Country which is held in the athletic grounds in Umera every October.

Sacraments

Every year our pupils in Second Class receive the Sacrament of First Holy Communion during the month of May. Our 5th and 6th Class pupils receive the Sacrament of Confirmation every second year from the Bishop of Cloyne.

School Tours

Two School Tours are undertaken every year, one by the Junior side of the school upto 2nd Class and the other from 3rd to 6th Class.

S.T.E.M.: The school has been presented with a S.T.E.M. award of Excellence. This program entails the pupils participating in many science, Technology, Engineering and Maths activities during the school year.

Student Council: Our Student’s Council represents the views of pupils. It has undertaken many activities including painting our bridge in the garden, the purchase of new goals for the playing court and a cyclothon to help raise funds for Trócaire and to help the homeless. Further school activities can be viewed on other pages of our website.