Active Achievements
Parents were encouraged to send in pictures of their children involved in a physical activity. The children loved seeing their picture up on the noticeboard in the gym
Active Walkway 2025
We used the maths trail and riddles sheet provide on the Active flag website and the children loved figuring out the various riddles.
Active Tammy
Every week the Active Tammy teddy goes home with one of the Junior infant children and they take her on exciting adventures over the weekend. Tammy has been to the playground, matches, beach, parks etc. and always has a great time!
Indoor hurling blitz
Every year 3rd and 4th class have an indoor hurling blitz in November with Donoughmore school
Feel Good Fridays
Every Friday over the intercom, 2 members of the Active Flag committee do a Feel Good Friday activity. This could be drop everything and dance, joke time while joggin on the spot, some gross motor activities i.e. jumping jack, squats etc. This is a nice break in the day for children and you can hear the excitement around the school when it comes on.
Partnerships: GAA coaching
The local GAA Club South Liberties provide GAA coaching to the children every Wednesday over a period of 8 weeks.
Partnerships: Golf Lessons
Golf lessons were provided for the senior classes. This was the first time playing golf for a lot of the children and they really enjoyed it.
Team Teaching (Seniors and 6th)
We did this for 6 weeks and both classes loved it. 6th class were divided up into pairs and each pair had to come up with their own activity. 6th class loved the idea of having ownership over this and being able to teach the younger kids.
Walk a mile with a smile
6th Class Maths Relay
6th class students recently took their maths lesson into the playground. They joined to make teams and partook in a "Maths Relay" which mixed problem solving with PE. They thoroughly enjoyed themselves! They raced to compete five addition and subtraction word problems which was a lot more challenging than they expected!
P.E. Homework Activities
Welly throwing competition
As part of Active Week, we did a welly throwing competition. This was really good fun.
Active Stations
During the year we set up active stations. Ms. Kirby divided us into groups and each group had to come up with an ativity for our station. We were allowed to use the equipment in the store room. It was great fun coming up with the various games. We did the active stations with 1st class and they really enjoyed the activities we set up for them.
Dodgeball match 6th class v staff
In the last week of school, we had a dodgeball match v the staff. This was a hard fought contest with the staff winning the first round. We were under pressure but managed to win the next two rounds to win the match. There was great celebration at the end as we were the first class to beat the staff in dodgeball.
Active Walkway
In Term 3 I set up an Active Walkway around the school. This involved ten stations where the children and staff had to do a physical activity at each station i.e. jumping jacks. There was also a riddle that children had to figure out at each station. Everyone really enjoyed it and we will do it again next year.
Land PAWS
2nd Class completed the Land PAWS program and found it very informative.
Different Types of Excercise
Fun Activities
According to Safefood, four out of five children in Ireland do not get the recommended 60 minutes of exercise on a daily basis, and it is no surprise that as a result, one in four children is carrying extra weight.
Benefits of Exercise
Benefits of Exercise