Active Schools 2022 to 2025

Our Active Schools Slogan:

Well done to two Senior Room pupils designing our Active Schools slogan, maith sibh.

Physical Activity
Active Break Everyday Challenge

All classes participated in our Active Break Everyday Challenge for four weeks and really enjoyed them.

Climb the Heights Skipping Challenge

The pupils participated in a Climb the Heights skipping challenge for 4 weeks and are making fantastic progress. They are also promoting physical activity at home by getting others involved to help build up their skips for the week.

Congratulations also to the pupils in our slideshow for showing fantastic commitment throughout:

Active Schools

Walkway

We made a walkway route around the school to promote physical activity:

ENERGISING the school day
Supporting the PHYSICAL EDUCATION programme
Promoting ACTIVE LEARNING across a wide variety of subject areas

Active School Walkway

We use our Active Walkway route to promote physical activity and to complete the Run Around Ireland Challenge.

Run Around Ireland Challenge

This challenge involves the pupils monitoring their running distances and comparing them to the distance to locations on a map. The pupils can challenge themselves to run to various destinations around Ireland.
This challenge incorporates Maths, Geography, P.E., English, Gaeilge and History which is a fantastic way of learning for pupils in an integrated way.
This challenge is a great way for pupils to learn about Ireland’s most famous landmarks, and to bring learning outdoors.
It supports the Athletics strand of the PE curriculum and gives pupils the opportunity to develop good running technique.

Partnerships
Bike Week

We partnered with Laois Sports Partnership to do a cycle to school during Bike Week, well done to the pupils and the school community for the support in such a fantastic event.

Physical Education

In this section we explore some of the programmes we will cover as part of the Active Schools initiative.

PAWS Water Safety

Water Safety Ireland’s PAWS (Primary Aquatics Water Safety) outlines the essential life-saving guidelines that every child needs to know.

Written and designed for all age groups, with beautiful illustrations, a wealth of tips and advice, and all sorts of interactive games and puzzles to reinforce the lessons learned, PAWS offers simple common sense on how we can be safe around our waterways.
Water Safety Awareness (teachpaws.ie)

Active Schools Committee

As part of the Active Schools initiative we made our Active Schools Committee, consisting of pupils from 1st to 6th class.

It is a wonderful opportunity for pupils to take on a leadership role and work with the other pupils in the school.

Active Schools Week
May 3rd to 6th 2022

During Active Schools week written homework is replaced by active homework. The pupils picked activities to complete each evening and work towards a more active day.

Active Schools Week

We held our Active Schools Week from the 3rd to the 6th of May to promote physical activity and physical education.The whole school participated in activities throughout the week and it was incredibly enjoyable. :-)

Teachers V Pupils Activity

As part of Active Schools Week we had a pupils versus teachers activity. The school community participated in a basketball free throw competition. Each staff member did the activity against a class and it was great fun. The 6th class pupils then played a game against the teachers.