Scoil Naomh Muire
We are applying for our first Active Flag! Keep up to date with all our Active News from around the school during the year!
Our roles as Active Committee members:
As committee members, we have a role within our school to encourage our friends to get active and to make sure everyone has fun whilst being active, in whatever way they can. We chose Athletics as the PE strand that we wanted to focus more on as a school. We felt that our school already had lots of practice with sports such as hurling, soccer and rugby, but that other children who do not like playing those sports, really liked playing athletics games that involve running, jumping, throwing and catching games. We incorporated these and other games into our lunchtime breaks by buying lots of different equipment for our Astroturf pitch so that everyone felt included and got active! Our Junior classes have slides and seesaws to play on and each lunchtime we organise activities for the Junior and Senior Infants. We play What time is it Mr. Wolf?, penalty shoot out, skipping, throw and catch games, and we even have a disco on Fridays!
Check out our gallery here to find our Active Flag events, or check out our instagram to keep up to date with what is happening in school every day!!
September 2024
As we return to school, we have invested in some new equipment for the Astro Turf!! The boys and girls have had so much fun getting to use all the new equipment at break times, whether it is the slides, basketball nets, goals for each class, swing ball, see-saws or the giant connect 4, there is something for everyone! Our junior yard section has some fun mirrors, games and chalk boards for everyone to play at break times!
Maths on the Move!! Some of Senior Infants making the most of the sunshine this morning using Polydrons to build a house!
Athletics games for PE 2nd class started off this year's PE lessons with our chosen strand for the Active Flag! They had some great fun playing some relays ad a few target games. Great teamwork from everyone!
Rugby training skills weekly lessons have started for 3rd to 6th classes for the next few weeks! 6th class started off today with the basics of how to pass the ball back to a teammate!
We got a rock climbing wall! To add to our equipment on the Astroturf and to encourage our interests in exploring different activities, We have installed a rock climbing wall! Check out Senior Infants having a go!
Maths Week! We combined our activities this week with Maths week and got moving while we learned aout maths! Check out 3rd & 4th getting active during maths week.
Our 3rd and 4th class footballers enjoyed a fantastic blitz last week. The blitz organised by our GDAs David and Peter from @limerickgaa and hosted by @AskeatonGAA was a huge success. We look forward to taking part again later in the year. @askeaton_ballysteen_kilcornan
Active Break Challenge! Over the next 4 weeks we will be taking part in the @active_school_flag Active Break Challenge!! We will be moving everyday for 4 weeks, it keeps our minds focused and helps towards our 1st ever Active Flag!! Check out 6th class joining in on the fun with a Just Dance video!
Second class enjoyed their soccer training lesson with Pat today in the warmth of the GP room! It was muc too cold to go outside today, so we made sure we didn't miss out on training by moving it indoors!
As we get ready for our Christmas holidays, we made sure to get outside for our last penalty shoot out of the year against Mr. Hayes!
As part of our Active Flag Application, we have partnered with UL, big welcome to our new hurling/camogie coach Conor McKelvey who will be joining us every Wednesday for the remainder of the school year! Check out Junior and Senior Infants having great fun yesterday morning practicing their dribbling and getting out in the fresh air!
3rd Class got active for their Maths lesson today, they were measuring each other’s height and calculated the distance of the school yard to help see how we might mount our Active School Walkway!
As part of our Active Flag, Our special classes have started going to horse riding! Liskennett Equine Centre in Granagh. Ms Hayes’ and Ms Sharpe’s classes have taken up horse riding as part of the Active Flag to ensure inclusion in our active intiatives. Equine therapy is a fantastic way for Autistic people to regulate and get active!
Ms Sharpe’s class taking part in the #activebreakchallenge today in school! @active_school_flag the pupils had great fun following an exercise video and bouncing on the trampoline to burn off some extra energy!
2nd class have also been busy this week taking part in the #activebreakchallenge. Getting moving ahead of their First Confession this week, 2nd class have been enjoying the chance to burn off some extra steam each day!
Ms. Nolan’s 1st Class heading into Week 3 of the #activebreakchallenge At 10am each morning we drop our pencils and take a trip to the Astro turf to run some laps of the Astro turf pitch. 5 minutes of movement between our lessons helps us stay healthy, concentrate & focus and have lots of fun! @active_school_flag
Senior Infants got active for their lesson today! They went in search of signs of Spring in the Rememberance Garden and enjoyed a lovely walk around the Labyrinth.
We've started rounders lessons! To encourage inclusivity in our sports activites we have invited local coach Michael Sheahan to support every class each week in learning how to play rounders.
April 2025: Active Schools week:
In April we organised an Active Schools week. Each day we had a set school-wide active activity, and then each class teacher swapped their daily lessons for active alternatives! With the help of Ms Carroll, we spent a whole day outside on our wonderful Astro-turf playing games and being active! We combined our activities with our Green Schools & Amber Flag committees, promoting environmental issues and mental wellbeing, all while being active! We walked to our local river, the River Deel, and learning all about water conservation as part of our Green Flag! While we walked we talked to our friends and made sure we had lots of opportunities to stop and take a moment to be mindful of our mental health for our Amber Flag. We took plenty of mindful movement breaks throughout each day during the week and we always danced our way through the last few minutes of each day!
Junior Infants have taken their learning outside with all the good weather and completed an active art lesson! They used paint brushes and containers of water to draw their creations on the tarmac! They made sure to leave in the containers in one spot, however this meant they had to act quick to run between their drawing and their container before the water dried up! A great activity to make the most of the sunshine!
After school Athletics. Our Active Committee is hosting an after school Athletics programme every Tuesday for the next few weeks to support us in extending our skills in our chosen PE strand of Athletics. The committee will be on hand each week to support progression of skills and to help out at each station. Here are the stations we decided on to target our athletic skills:
Skill Focus: Overarm & underarm throwing
Station 2: Jumping for Distance
Skill Focus: Standing long jump
Station 3: Catching Challenge
Skill Focus: Catching (reaction and coordination)
Station 4: Throwing for Distance
Skill Focus: Overarm power throwing
Station 5: Relay Races
Skill Focus: Running, teamwork, basic sprint
Station 6: Catch Me If You Can (Chasing & Dodging Game)
Skill Focus: Agility, spatial awareness, catching in motion
Each week for June our Active flag committee will be posting Learning on the Move activities for the classes to engage with throughout the week! These will be fun activities that will get use moving and make the last few weeks of school even more active than we have already been!
Week 1: Maths Eyes
Week 2: Science facts
Week 3: Riddles
Week 4: Guess the teacher
