Junior & Senior Infants took part in Súgradh le Chéile today.
Ag Súgradh le Chéile, or “Playing Together” is a workshop to encourage active play between parents and children. Adults and children took part in a variety of activities including ball games, rhymes and traditional games, and finished off with a healthy snack and well earned cup of tea!
Many thanks to Kirsty our tutor and to all the parents and children for their participation. Great fun was had by all!
Here is our Active Flag Committee – made up of pupils from throughout the school, helped by Mrs Gavigan and Grainne Oates. We are working with the whole school to promote physical wellbeing and hope to be awarded the renewal of our Active Flag soon!
We are covering the gymnastics strand in P.E. at the moment. The pupils of 1st & 2nd Classes are learning how to do their rolls, in P. E. Class.
Our Active School Committee drew up a rota for the use of P.E. Equipment in the playground at lunchtimes.
The Active Agents in each class brought out the equipment every day and ensured that it was brought back inside afterwards. The children had great fun playing with the hoops, beanbags, scoops and balls and their skipping skills have improved immensely!
Mrs Gavigan announced the winner of our Active Flag poster competition at our Active Assembly today, while committee members informed everyone about initiatives such as ‘The Daily Mile’ and ‘Do Your Talking While You’re Walking’.
November 2018 – We had an Active School Flag Assembly to introduce our Active School Committee to everyone. Our Active Agents explained the Active School Flag process to everyone. Lucy got everyone up and active doing jumping jacks and star jumps – well done Lucy!
BECAUSE OUR DIFFERENCES ARE WHAT MAKE US GREAT
March 21st is World Down Syndrome Awareness day and the day is marked by people wearing mismatched socks. We invited all the pupils and staff to wear mismatched socks to school – ‘Because our differences are what make us great’. Ryan and Alana came to school with rice krispie buns for everyone which were made by Ryan and Alana, with the help of Mum Paula and sister Amy. Thank you for the lovely treats!
As part of our Active School Flag process, we invited a coach from our local GAA Club, St. Naul’s, to come along and provide coaching in gaelic football for all classes. As you can see from the photographs, the children had lots of fun while learning new skills. Thank you Donie!
The coach from our local Golf Club in Murvagh came to the school to teach some golfing skills to the children from 3rd-6th Classes. They learned how to hold the golf club, the correct stance and how to hit a ball! Great fun had by all. Thanks to Leslie for coming in.
In January the pupils took part in a poster competition to design a character and motto to represent the Active School Project we are undertaking. Well done to our winner Lucy, who designed ‘Gary Grape’ and came up with the winning school motto – ‘Keep Fit At Least A Bit!’
