Active School Week 2018

We held our first Active School Week three months after registering for Active School Flag. We had a fun sports day, using all of our new athletics equipment, with a focus on participation and fun (no medals). 2nd Class were treated to a taster swim in our local Meadowbrook DLR swimming pool. 6th Class had a basketball blitz with our neighbouring Our Lady's Boys' National School. The children had PE homework only throughout Active School Week. We hope to build on our Active School Week each year! Teachers integrate physical activity in a cross-curricular way during ASW such as integration with art (see above) or science (pulse taking activity) etc.

Active School Week 2019

During Active Week 2019, all classes in the school had active breaks each day. Each child was given the Physical Activity Chart  from Active Schools website, where she could record her levels of activity each day. We designed a special Physical Activity Chart for the Infant classes (shown here) as we felt that it was a little easier for them to understand it. We encouraged everyone to try to be active for 60 minutes each day. Room 7 had a swim in Meadowbrook Swimming Pool and Rooms 6 and 7 had a taster yoga lesson which was taught by yoga expert, Rebecca's mum in Room 7.We had Sports Day during Active School Week too! We had frisbee and tug o' war taster lessons and a whole school Run A Mile event in the weeks before and after Active School Week as couldn't fit them in during the week itself. We tried to organise a Run A Mile for the whole school during Active School Week in Marlay Park but organised it 2 weeks after Active School Week instead. See our fabulous Run A Mile photos in the 'Physical Activity' section of our website.

Active Home Week 2020!

We had Active Home Week  in our school from 11-17 May. It was a massive success, thanks to everyone engaging fully with the importance of being active. Teachers emphasised the importance of 60 minutes of physical activity each day in their plans and teachers integrated physical activity in a cross-curricular way during AHW. See just one teacher's plan at  https://www.ourladysgns.ie/uploads/5/6/8/2/56828447/11_may_ahw_5th_plan.pdf  . We included three challenges-to learn a Foot Shake Dance, a Scarf Dance or to do our Principal's Toilet Roll Plank Challenge! We also included many well-being activities in our plans, so that the children would develop an understanding of the importance of physical activity for wellbeing and mental health. The above images and videos are just a few samples from the many photos and videos that were sent to the teachers. Please look at or School Blog to see about 200 photos and videos that were uploaded during Active Home Week. Just click 'Active School' in the blog, so that you only see Active School posts.

More Information:For more information on Active School Flag, please visit our Active School Flag,  Physical Education,  Physical Activity and Partnerships pages.