Senior Active School Tour
GAA Football Team
Thank you to Loreto College Cavan TY students who organised a fantastic Football Blitz in the 3G pitch in Cavan last Thursday.
A great day of football that was made extra special by having past pupils as our mentors.
Camoige Training with Miss Dourneen
Our senior girls are taking part in a programme called Marathon Kids this year.
it is an 8 week programme where students will perform four running sessions each week inching them closer to completing their first marathon as well as learning about the benefits of physical activity.
Daily Mile
6 Week Challenge
Commencing January 6th our school will be taking part in the Cavan Sports Partnership Keep Well Daily mile programme sessions are based on 15mins of active walking/jogging/running and can be anytime during school time. This does not include break time or PE time.
This Programme will run for 6 weeks and each class is provided with a poster to record the progress of each class.
Active Display Walls
Our Displays in school keeping us all up to date with a very busy Active Year!
Active Achievement Certificates
Our Active Committee have been busy preparing Certificates for all the boys and girls as a reward for all their hard work keeping active at home and in school.
Well Done Everyone!!
🏀🏉🏆🏈🎉⚽⚾
Our P.E Shed
Our P.E shed is well looked after by our Active leaders. Each class have their own equipment box looked after by leaders from their class.They keep a close eye that all equipment goes back to its designated area. Well done girls & boys!The children love having access to all equipment during breaks. This year we added more shelf and storage space and we hope to add extra fun equipment in the near future.😀
Parachute Fun Juniors
Laya Super Troopers Homework ChallengeChildren from 3rd - 6th Class are invited to take part in 10 weeks of 1 a week family
challenges to be completed at home. A wallchart including surprise ‘scratch and
reveal’ panels were sent home with each child.
Each week, children and
their families are encouraged to reveal a new challenge and complete it at home
together. They can also document their experience if they wish for sharing with
us on our Active Blog.
ACTIVE HOMEWORK
Well Done to the boys and girls who are keeping active at home and completing their Active Choice Board Homework!Here is some of our pupils who sent in their Photos 🏃🏃🏆🏆
EASTER
To celebrate our Active flag at Easter we held a novelty Egg (spud) & Spoon race with a twist!!A fun filled event and the weather didn't dampen the fun we had...🥚🥄🐰🐣
On Friday December 11th we had a Christmas Jumper fundraising day for Crumlin Children's Hospital. We had a Christmas Jumper Dash, listened and danced to Christmas music and danced all the way through lunch!!!
A very active day was enjoyed by all 😃🎅🎄
Our P.E shed is well looked after by our Active leaders.
Each class have their own equipment box looked after by leaders from their class.
They keep a close eye that all equipment goes back to its designated area. Well done girls & boys!
The children love having access to all equipment during breaks. This year we added more shelf and storage space and we hope to add extra fun equipment in the near future.😀
Children from 3rd - 6th Class are invited to take part in 10 weeks of 1 a week family challenges to be completed at home. A wallchart including surprise ‘scratch and reveal’ panels were sent home with each child.
Each week, children and
their families are encouraged to reveal a new challenge and complete it at home
together. They can also document their experience if they wish for sharing with
us on our Active Blog.
Active Breaks Challenge
On Monday 16th of November we kicked off our 4 week Active Break Challenge. The aim of this challenge is to decreased children's sedentary time in the classroom. Every class has enjoyed taking part in different activities such as; Dance, Running, Walking, Skipping and standing up while reading as Gaeilge and more!! Everyday classes complete between 1-3 different activities and fill out their classroom chart.
Active Breaks on yard
Lunch break each day every class is provided with their own box of equipment to use to make their break as active and fun as possible. The children enjoy using all types of equipment.
Every break is an Active one!!
Feel Good Tuesdays and Fridays
On a Tuesday & Friday pupils will take part at lunch time in Dance and listening to their favourite music.
The children select songs appropriate to listen and free dance to on yard.
Over the last three years music and dance have been one of the children’s favourite activities and one they voted to keep going.
Here is a video of the pupils and teachers taking part in our school 'Cha Cha slide' dance and the 'Twist'
The school is enjoying our Feel Good Tuesdays and Fridays.
'The Twist'
The girls in 2nd class are learning a new dance to the song 'Cheerleader'
What a fun and energetic dance !
Active Lines 20-21
The children continue to take part in Active lines. At each break the individual class bubbles lead by their Active Leaders take part in our Active lines. A bust of activity for a short time following a daily timetable. What a great way to keep active!!
Our School Yard Markings
Monster Mash Halloween Disco 2020
Active Lines 20-21
The children continue to take part in Active lines. At each break the individual class bubbles lead by their Active Leaders take part in our Active lines. A bust of activity for a short time following a daily timetable.
What a great way to keep active!!
Our School Yard Markings
Monster Mash Halloween
Disco 2020
They whole school came together for Halloween dress-up on yard. Great fun was had by both teachers and pupils. We listen to scary songs and danced our Lunchtime out!! But of course we could not have a disco without our school song/dance the "CHA CHA Slide"
Health and Wellbeing classes
We are all enjoying our
Health and Wellbeing classes 😊😊
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Christmas Jumper Day
Cha Cha Dance
On the 13/12/19 our school took part in a fundraiser for Crumlin Hospital. To make it more active the whole school took part in a dance and a train around yard led by our Principal Mrs Clarke.
Active Lines 19
At each break the whole school take part in our Active lines. A bust of activity for a short time following a daily timetable. This activity is lead by randomly picked pupils throughout the school.
What a great way to keep active!!
Old Playground Games
Senior girls will teach Junior/Senior infants and first class Old Playground Games on yard at lunch time on a Friday. This will be based on Playground Leaders explaining and monitoring the games.
Duck Duck Goose, Simon Says, Cat and Mouse, Traffic Lights and Red Rover are a few of what are being thought!
Health and Wellbeing classes
We are all enjoying our
Health and Wellbeing classes 😊😊
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Christmas Jumper Day
Cha Cha Dance
On the 13/12/19 our school took part in a fundraiser for Crumlin Hospital. To make it more active the whole school took part in a dance and a train around yard led by our Principal Mrs Clarke.
Active Lines 19
At each break the whole school take part in our Active lines. A bust of activity for a short time following a daily timetable. This activity is lead by randomly picked pupils throughout the school.
What a great way to keep active!!
Old Playground Games
Duck Duck Goose, Simon Says, Cat and Mouse, Traffic Lights and Red Rover are a few of what are being thought!
Spar FAI Soccer
5th & 6th Class
Girls from 5th & 6th Class took part in the Spar FAI Soccer Tournament on the 5/04/19.
Three teams took part and really enjoyed their experience.
Run Around Europe
Our Run Around Europe Challenge has kicked off for 2019. As before each class will run laps of the yard twice a week in a bid to continue the schools journey around Europe. Last year we used yellow pins to map our journey, this year we will use Red pins so all pupils can see the progression on our Map of Europe.
Let the running commence 😊😊
Music and Dance on Yard
The pupils having great fun listening to music chosen by them and performing their own personal dance routines. A great fun way of keeping Active!! We purchased a new Bluetooth Speaker that echos around the yard for all children to hear 😊😊😊
Halloween
Dress up/Disco On Yard
They whole school came together for Halloween dress-up on yard. Great fun was had by both teachers and pupils. We listen to scary songs and danced our Lunchtime out!!
Belturbet Cannoe Club
Local man Tommy McMahon came to visit the school to encourage the children to join the local Canoe Club. A workshop will run over the coming weeks a great way for our children to be active outside school and to learn about water safety.
Recommencing Tuesday May 29th @ 6.00 p.m.
(11 years and older)
Walk on Wednesday
National Walk To School Day/Week
Well done to all our pupils and their parents/guardians who walked or availed of Park & Stride to school this week and especially on Wednesday 16th W.O.W.
A great number turned out for the main day.
GAA Team
2017/2018
Well done to the senior girls who have been training in all weathers working towards building a strong team bond and skills for the season ahead!
Congratulations on their first game and win of the season.
Well done girls!!
Thank you to our committee member and parent
Paul Murphy for the commitment he has shown to our
Active school Flag and our Gaelic team.
Spar FAI Soccer
4th, 5th & 6th Class
Girls from 4th, 5th & 6th Class took part in the Spar FAI Soccer Tournament.
This is the first year that our school has competed. The girls enjoyed learning and improving on the skills needed to play soccer.
Camoige Training
Well done to our Camoige girls who are training hard every Friday with Ms. Hyland. Well done to the girls who have joined this year and wishing you luck in the games ahead.
Old Playground Games
Senior girls will teach Junior/Senior infants and first class Old
Playground Games on yard at lunch time on a Friday. This will be based on Playground Leaders
explaining and monitoring the games.
Juniors Infants
Ring A Ring A Rosie
Senior Infants
Statues
1st Class
Duck Duck Goose
Juniors Infants
Ring A Ring A Rosie
Statues
Duck Duck Goose
Together On Thursdays
In term 3 on Thursdays the whole school gets together for a workout!! We have a lot of fun!!! Two children from 6th class lead the aerobics lesson to the tune of a popular song.
Run Around Europe Challenge
In term 3 on Thursdays the whole school gets together for a workout!! We have a lot of fun!!! Two children from 6th class lead the aerobics lesson to the tune of a popular song.
Run Around Europe Challenge
Term 2 and Term 3
As part of P.E all children will take part in laps around
yard as a warm up to their P.E lesson.
These laps will be converted into Kilometres and the children will see
their journey pinned on a map of Europe.
We have travelled from Dublin to London and at present are running towards Paris!!
We have travelled from Dublin to London and at present are running towards Paris!!
Kilometre Kids
Term 3
On Wednesdays Fifth and Sixth class girls will run/jog 1 ½ KM. The route goes from school to
the railway station and back to the school again.
Two teachers will accompany the girls each week.
Playground Leaders
At lunch time ten senior girls are spread out between all yards to encourage and play games with all the children. The encourage the less active children to get involved and listen to ideas of games that each yard prefers.
Where appropriate they lead the children in different games old and new.
This is a great initiative for the junior & senior infants to build on team play and to play fairly with others while being active.
Easter Egg Maths Trails
Various classes throughout the school took part in Easter Egg Hunts/Maths Trails. The children had to work hard to figure out the clues to find the eggs. Great fun was had by all!!
Seachtain na Gaeilge
In preparation for Seachtain na Gaeilge and to encourage all children from 4th-6th class to get active through different activities, Our Principal Mrs Flynn ran an after schools 6 week programme teaching the girls Set Dancing. After the course was completed the girls performed their dance at our annual Ceoilchoirm in the town hall.
Walk While You Talk
During lunch breaks children who are less active or in active are encouraged to do their walking while their talking. It was noted by the playground leaders that the senior yards were less active more so than any other yard. By taking this into account we put in place the walk while you talk strategy. the girls enjoy doing a lap of the yard around our Active Walkway while having still having fun with their friends.
Peace Proms
RDS Dublin
The girls from 2nd class - 6th Class enjoyed taking part in this years Peace Proms. Along with learning the songs the girls also were active and learning new dance moves. A concert that they will not forget in a hurry!!
Pupil V's Teacher Challenge
RDS Dublin
The girls from 2nd class - 6th Class enjoyed taking part in this years Peace Proms. Along with learning the songs the girls also were active and learning new dance moves. A concert that they will not forget in a hurry!!
Pupil V's Teacher Challenge
As part of our staff taking part in a physical activity initiative it was agreed that it should include a fun activity with the children.
The children and teachers of the Convent of Mercy N.S took part in an active Pupil v's Teacher activity on yard.
Children from 2nd - 6th class went head to head in a three activity challenge. Obstacles, Dodgeball and Penalty Shoot Out were the three activities picked by the children.
A fun afternoon was had by all!!
Active Lines
At yard line up each break all children take part in active lines where the follow instructions from senior girls. These activities included 10 seconds of jumping jacks/Running on the spot/Squats/side to side jumps/ski jumps/high knees. This activity happens daily throughout the year.
Swimming Gala
Well done to the girls who took part in the Swimming Gala in Cavan Swimming Pool. The girls enjoyed taking part and some were delighted to receive medals for their achievements.
Halloween
Dress up/Disco On Yard
They whole school came together for Halloween dress-up on yard. Great fun was had by both teachers and pupils. We listen to scary songs and danced our Lunchtime out!!
Dance Shelter
Dancing Dudes
In term 2 on a Friday all children will take part at lunch
time in Dancing Dudes. The children
select songs appropriate to listen and free dance to on yard. Over the last three years this has been one
of the children’s favourite activities and one they voted to keep going.
GoNoodle
On wet days each class takes part in the interactive
activity GoNoodle.
GoNoodle helps teachers and
parents get kids moving with short interactive activities. Desk-side movement
helps kids achieve more by keeping them engaged and motivated
throughout the day. The children have great fun taking part in this
activity.
Our P.E Shed
Our P.E shed is well looked after by our playground/P.E leaders. They keep a close eye that all equipment goes back to its designated area. Well done girls!
they children love having access to all equipment during lunch breaks.
Bia le Spraoi
The pupils in all classes are provided with two healthy snack at 11 O'Clock daily.
It is a great way of introducing new tastes and foods while also making healthy choices.
