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Physical Activity

Run Around Europe Update

The distances ran this week are:
Ms. Dunne's class - 57km
Ms. Terry's class - 87km
Ms. Hyde's class - 138km

Ms. Dunne's class have 339 km left to reach Paris.
Ms. Terry's class have 172 km left to reach Paris.
Ms. Hyde's class have 97 km left to reach Brussels.

Run around Europe will finish on the 12th of April. We are very proud of the effort all the children have put into our running initiative.

Smart Moves

We run the Smart Moves Programme in school throughout the course of the school year. This is a motor skills development programme and each class receives 15 minutes of instruction once a week. The focus of this is balance linking activities, methods of travel, send and receive, dodge and chase.  A selection of children are also taken for sessions Thursdays and Fridays.

Above is an example of an Smart Moves activity with Rang a 4, Rang a 5 and Rang a 6.

Run Around Europe

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We have been putting in a lot of effort with Run Around Europe the last few weeks.

Congratulations to Ms. Dunne's class who have ran 698km in total and this week reaching London. They are now continuing on to Brussels.

Congratulations to Ms. Terry's class who have ran 810.8km and have reached London. They are now continuing to Paris.

Congratulations to Ms. Hydes class who have ran 1151.24km and have reached Paris. They are now continuing to Amsterdam.

Water Action Day

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​Today we combined out Active Schools and Green School Initiatives and completed a Water Walk. The Junior and Senior Infants walked to the ESB and back. The rest of the school completed a 5km walk. We were delighted to welcome a selection of parents with us on the walk.

As part of this walk we also fundraised for Friends of Kieran. The total raised will be announced after the weekend.

Above are some pictures from todays event.

Run Around Europe

Well done to everyone on their running last week.
Ms. Terry's class only have 59km left to run to reach London.

Week ending 08/03/19:
Ms. Dunne's class ran 82km
Ms. Terry's class ran 75km
​Ms. Hyde's class ran 116.61km

Run Around Europe Update

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Run Around Europe is still ongoing in our school. Ms. Dunne's class are continuing to London. Ms. Terry's class should arrive in London this week and Ms. Hyde's class are over half way to Paris.

Week ending 15/02/19:
Ms. Dunne's Class ran 103 km
Ms. Terry's Class ran 130km
Ms. Hyde's Class ran 91.83km

Week Ending 01/03/19:
Ms. Dunne's Class ran 83km
Ms. Terry's class ran 82km
​Ms. Hyde's Class ran 142.5km

Run Around Europe Update

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This week we continued with Run Around Europe.
Ms. Dunne's Class ran 88km.
Ms. Terry's Class ran 85km
​Ms. Hyde's Class ran 122.5km

Well Done Ms. Dunne's Class

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Junior Infants, Senior Infants and First Class have ran all the way to Dublin.
Well Done on reaching your first destination. They will now continue running to London.

Run Around Europe Update

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We are still running  as part of our Run Around Europe Challenge. Due to the weather last week, the classes were not able to get out each day. However we are still well on the way to our chosen cities. Last week:
Ms. Dunne's Class ran 42 km.
Ms. Terry's Calass ran 77 km.
Ms. Hyde's Class ran 62 km.

Well done!

Run Around Europe Update

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This week the children continues with the Run Around Europe Challenge.
Ms. Dunne's class ran 121km
Ms. Terry's class ran 99km
Ms. Hyde's class ran 149km

​Well done everyone!
Above are some of the displays on our yard to give the children different ways to be active during break times..
All children are encouraged to 'Do your talking while you're walking'. 
There are also two Numeracy trails on the yard. For the junior children there are activities such as 'make a triangle out of sticks' and 'find 2 pots'. For the senior children there is a tally mark trail.

Active Breaks

The weather prevented the children from going out for the first break today. However, we are committed to keeping our breaks active so each class completed activities on GoNoodle. Above are 4th, 5th and 6th doing Pop See Ko and 2nd/3rd doing Run the Red Carpet.

Run Around Europe

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All classes have been taking part in the Run Around Europe Challenge. We have been running laps of the school for 10 minutes each day, 6 laps of the school is equivalent to 1km.

The cities each class are running to are:
Ms. Dunne - Dublin (244km)
Ms. Terry - London (597km)
Ms. Hyde - Paris (1,073km)

Zoning of our Yard

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We have zoned our yard to promote different activities during break times.

The front yard has been split into two zones. One zone will promote creative play swell as use of the skipping ropes and hole hoops. The second zone will be used for a playground games, to be changed each week. This week the children have been playing Bulldog.

The back yard has also been zoned. The pitch area will be used for soccer/football. The track, marked by cones, will be used by children to "Do your talking as your walking". They is also grass and bark areas to promote creative play. Equipment has also been made available to the children to promote active breaks

Active School Walkway

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Our Active School Walkway is up and in use. The children have been using it during their break times as well as part of PE lessons.

Our Active Calender 2018/2019

Here are some of the events the children will be taking part in the coming school year:
September - Welcome Walk
October - Sciath na Scol
December - Dancing for the Christmas Play
January - Run Around Europe
February - Run Around Europe, Orienteering
March - Run Around Europe, Water Action Day/Sponsored Walk
April - Run Around Europe, Active School Week
May - Super Troupers
June - School Tours
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Children from 4th-6th took part in the FAI Primary School Soccer Tournament on March 12th in Midleton FC. They were very successful and won 4 out of 5 matches. They got through to the next round played on April 12th. Though they didn't win overall they displayed fantastic soccer skills and scored many goals. They should be proud of themselves for representing the school so well.
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3rd and 4th class entered a Futsal Soccer Competition this year in October in Midleton FC. They won many games and scored lots of goals. We are very proud of them
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A Staff Challenge took place in September. Infants to 1st beat the staff in an obstacle race, 2nd and third drew with staff in catch ball and 4th-6th class beat staff in soccer. We had great fun.
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