Active School Week

Run, Jump, Skip, Play,
Lets excercise everyday!

Active Schools Week 2021

Active Schools Week 2021 took place from the 26th to the 30th April 2021.  Everyone enjoyed being active and taking part in the many different fun activities that were planned for the week.

Active Home Week 2020

Normally Active School Week would take place at this time of the year however this year that is sadly not possible.  So the Active Home Week Challenge has been set up.  According to the World Health Organisation children and young people need at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day.  The aim of the challenge is for every child to do at least 60 minutes of exercise each day for a week.  You can keep track of the activity using the chart below.  Lots of ideas of how to keep active and more information about the challenge have been included below.

​Active School Week 2019

Our Active School week took place from Friday 14th June until Thursday 20th June 2019.  We had many fun activities planned to get all the children in the school active.  Have a look below to see what we got up to during our Active School Week.

​Active June

Despite Active School Week only taking place for a week in the school throughout the month of June we were very active in the school.

All the school tours this year provided a day of activity for the children.  Fifth and Sixth Class went to the UL Sport Adventure Centre.  Third and Fourth Class went to the University of Limerick.  First and Second Class went to a Let's Go Camp in Kilcullen. While Junior and Senior Infants went to Jump n Gyms in Nenagh.  Each school tour ensured the children were active all day. 

Our hurling leagues took place each classroom every Friday throughout June.  The finals of our hurling leagues kicked off Active Week.  We also started our Run Around Europe Challenge in June, with each class trying to run a kilometre each day which we finished during Active Week.  Fifth and Sixth Class also went to an Athletics meet in St. Abbans in Crettyard on Wednesday 12th June.  Every pupil participated in at least one race on the day.

So it is safe to say we have been very active this June.  Take a look at some of the active things we did this June apart from our Active School Week.

​Active Homework

Throughout the month of June all classes had Active Homework for their homework rather than written work.  Everyone really enjoyed this homework and were physically active everyday.

​Active School Week Timetable

We had many great activities planned for Active School Week.  Our Active School Committee along with 5th and 6th class helped in organising the process ensuring we had activities planned for every day during Active Week.  We put in a great effort to ensure we were physically active all week and bringing activity into other lessons where possible.  We distributed a timetable to each class so everyone would know what was happening.  The timetable was also on our Active School Noticeboard.

​Hurling Finals

We did not let the rain get us down, starting off our Active Week with a bang with the finals of our hurling leagues.  Despite the rain each class managed to play their finals.  Afterwards we had a ceremony and presentation of medals.  We were delighted to have Laois hurler and former past pupil of the school Matthew Whelan come and present the medals to the children.  It was a celebration of all the hard work the children put in all year and the new hurling skills they developed throughout the league and school year.

​Running Challenge

During Active Week we also finished our running challenge.  Every day during Active Week every class completed their kilometre.  On the final day of Active Week we managed to reach our goal of running to London which is 597km away.  As a school we managed to run 600km over the course of the entire challenge.  We kept track of how far each class had run by having a whiteboard outside each classroom with the total km run displayed on it.  Three pupils from Fifth Class were given the responsibility of tracking how many kilometres each class completed.  We used our Active School Walkway as part of the challenge.  Our walkway is 200 metres long.  So five laps of the Active School Walkway is 1km.  We were delighted that by the end of the challenge everyone was completing the 1km circuit whether through running or walking or a combination of both.  Have a look at the pupils completing the challenge during Active Week.

​Playground Leaders

Every day during Active Week our Playground Leaders set up games for the Junior and Senior Infants to play during break times.  The Playground Leaders ensured everyone stayed active for the entire break.  The pupils in Junior and Senior Infants love playing with the senior pupils.

Active Break

Everyday during active week every class ensured to have an active break for ten minutes.  Different resources were used to help the classes complete their active breaks such as GoNoodle and Just Dance.

​Tug of War

 On Monday the pupils in 3rd and 4th Class as well as 5th and 6th class took part in a Tug of War competition.  

Maths Trails

On the Tuesday of Active Week every class completed a Maths trail around the school for their Maths lesson.  The trails were designed by the teachers and were based around the school.  The children loved walking around and doing their Maths outside while being physically active.

Outdoor Lessons

To make use of the nice weather, the teachers tried to bring as many lessons as they could outside during the week.  Everyone made a huge effort to keep active as much as possible during the week.  Here are some pictures of First and Second Class completing an active lesson outside.

Fifth and Sixth Class took a break from lessons inside to play a game of rounders.  

Teddy Bears Picnic

On the Wednesday of Active Week the Junior and Senior Infants had a Teddy Bears Picnic.  The pupils all brought in their favourite teddy bear and went out for a picnic on the pitch.  We also invited the children from the creche who will be starting school with us in September.  After the picnic the children played some games together.  The children all loved the day.

​Annual Sports Day

To finish our first ever Active Week, we had a whole school fun Sports Day on the Thursday.  Two pupils from Sixth Class took the responsibility of helping to organise the events and stations while the entire of Fifth and Sixth Class helped ensured the smooth running of activities.  The pupils in Fifth and Sixth Class took charge of the different stations and ensured that everyone stayed physically active all the time.  Many fun events were organised for the day.  These included: obstacle races, parachute games, long puck, hit the target, penalties, three leg race, sack race, wheel barrow race, egg and spoon race, wellie throw, clothes race, sprints and long kick.  Take a look at some of the pictures from the day below.

​Hip Hop

We were delighted that we got a taster session with a local Hip Hop teacher.  Unfortunately due to timing we were unable to have the session during Active Week, instead having it just before Active Week.  Despite this the children loved the session and learned some new dance moves.