​Physical Education

​Run, Jump, Skip, Play,
Let's exercise everyday!

There are six strands within the Primary School Physical Education Curriculum.  There are athletics, dance, gymnastics, outdoor and adventure activities, games and aquatics.  Here at Killadooley National School the children receive physical education lessons in all these areas. One hour per week is set out for Physical Education in the Primary School Curriculum.  We encourage all pupils to participate in Physical Education.
5 out of the 6 strands are covered each year, with Aquatics being taught both in the classroom (water safety) and in the swimming pool (lessons begin in 3rd class).

If you wish to take a look at the curriculum, it can be found on the NCCA website.

Physical Education is allocated 1 hour per week of overall teaching time.

Teacher Planning

All teachers undertake careful and detailed planning every year for Physical Education within their classes.  All the different strands are covered within these plans.  A variety of resources are used such as PSSI lesson plans and Move Well, Move Often books are used. There are many other resources available in the school for teachers as well as information learned from CPD which can be used as part of teacher planning.  A variety of activities to ensure the children keep physically active are planned as well as warm up and cool down activities for every lesson.

P. E. Resources

We have a large collection and variety of P.E. resources in the school.  These resources are used in P.E. lessons as well as on a daily basis on the yard during break times.  The resources are arranged in the press to ensure ease of use.  Pupils from the Active School Committee regularly check to ensure everything is kept neat and tidy. An inventory of the P.E. resources was compiled and can be found on the inside of the press.

​Games

We teach a broad range of games in Killadooley N.S.  The younger classes are taught fundamental movement skills as part of their P.E. lessons.  A wide variety of games and sports are provided as part of our games curriculum.  These include: Hurling/Camogie, Gaelic Football and Tag Rugby.

​Gymnastics

We have prioritised Gymnastics for the school year 2024/25. We teamed up with School Fitness Ireland and took part in gymnastics lessons for 6 weeks with a focus on developing gymnastic skills such as balance, landing and movement within the gymnastics strand. The skills are developed and built upon as the pupils progress through the school.

​Dance

We also teach the strand of dance in Killadooley N.S.  The children love getting up and moving.  We even try to incorporate dance into the daily life of the classroom by using GoNoodle and Just Dance as part of our Active Breaks which all classes do on a regular basis.  

Third and Fourth Class even did some yoga in their classroom for a few weeks.  It was a great way to stretch and explore different ways in which your body can move.

Outdoor and Adventure Games

We love creating and playing some outdoor and adventure games every year.  We are fortunate in that our school is situated in a beautiful part of the Laois countryside and we have lots of space to explore the world outside.
 

Aquatics

We ensure the children undertake lessons about water safety every year as part of the aquatics strand.  These lessons are so important in teaching the children safety around water.

We have organised for Third to Sixth Classes to go to swimming lessons in Roscrea Swimming Pool.  The pupils will receive six swimming lessons in the pool.  Developing the pupils skills in the water will be the focus of these lesson.  The children love the lessons and each week their are improving and learning new skills.

Active School Walkway

Our Active School Walkway has been in place for a few years now. We decided to add some extra interest to it by putting up some Walkway learning Charts which help us to learn some Polish while we walk.
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