P.E. homework grid

On P.E. days , every child has P.E. homework. Below is a copy of the grid each child in school has received, which is like a menu. Every child can choose and combine a variety of activities to make up at least 20mins of exercise. Lots of fun if all of the family join in. Let’s get fit together!

P.E. – Dance – Junior Room

This month  we are focusing on the strand of Dance in P.E.

We had lots of fun today exploring all the different ways our bodies can travel/move.  We had fantastic suggestions from the children which included hopping, walking, crawling, bum shuffling and skipping to name but a few. We also moved with some parts of our bodies awake and some asleep. We had to use our magic dust for this one! We discussed and explored changing the level, direction and pace of the way we moved also and finished up grooving out to smooth criminal… so much fun!!

Active Flag Initiative – Great start to the year!

Below is just a little snapshot of the level of activity in school today.

Our Playground leaders kept Junior And Senior Infants super busy with stations at lunch time. They will now  plan new activitites themselves for each station next week . Playground leaders should be very proud of themselves because their words of encouragement and patience with the little ones was admirable!

We also had Finn from 2nd class keeping the entire school fit with our active line after break exercise. Finn chose Jumping Jacks as today’s exercise and everyone joined in.

The entire school also did the K a day so we have all certainly contributed, if not exceeded ,the recommended 60mins a day!

Well done everybody.

 

K a Day on our Walkway

We had  lovely weather today for our ‘ Km A Day’ which the school will do for the month of January. We are all trying to increase our level of fitness to stay healthy and increase our concentration, while having fun at the same time! We did our talking while we were walking! Did you know that all children need at least 60minutes of exercise every  day? Have you exercised today? Let’s get fit and healthy together. A healthy body = A healthy mind!

Active week 2019

 

Thank you to everyone who helped make Active Week such a success.. participants, volunteers and spectators. Well done to all of the children who participated in every activity. You are all superstars! Until next year…

Active week 2019