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Accessibility by all pupils
All PE lessons/activities are accessible by all pupils. In each teacher’s fortnightly plan they are required to include differentiated activities for each lesson. Differentiation occurs through the use of various…
April 29, 2021PSSI plans and Move Well,Move Often
All teachers have been using/have been encouraged to use PSSI lesson plans throughout the ASF application process.The link to these lesson plans were saved on all teacher’s desktop for quick…
April 29, 2021PE progress feedback
Pupils strengths and challenges in PE are discussed at PT meetings as well as on children’s end of year reports.
April 28, 2021Active Stars
Well done to all classes who have taken part in our Active Stars initiative over 6 weeks.All charts were displayed on the Active Star board each week and Mr.Butler announced…
April 28, 2021
Reducing Sedentary Time
For the month of April all classes have chosen 3 activities that they will take part in to reduce sedentary time throughout the school day.Take a look below to see…
April 26, 2021Our School Yard
St.Aidans yard is divided into zones. The yard is divided by class groupings with various activities spread throughout these zones which include such activities as football, basketball, ‘Walk and Talk’…
April 22, 2021Running on yard
St.Aidans encourages all pupils to move as much as possible on yard.Some schools have no running rules but that is not the case here.Luckily we have plenty of space to…
April 22, 2021Active School’s Slogan Competition Result
In April 2019 classes submitted suitable slogans to our Active School Committee. As submissions were so good a line or two were chosen from a variety of classes and put…
April 21, 2021
PE Policy
St. Aidan's policy ensures that at least 5 strands are covered each year by all classes and a balanced time is given to all strands. Please see the attached policy…
April 20, 2021
Active Walkway- Feel Good Friday
All classes took part in completing the Walkway at least once between March 24th and 25th. Classes varied in how they completed the Walkway with most taking the opportunity to…
April 20, 2021
Teachers V Pupils Novelty Event
On Friday last all pupils and teachers in the school took part in a novelty Active School's event to promote physical exercise within the school in a fun way. Pupils…
December 22, 2020
Active Break Challenge 2020
We have successfully completed our four week Active Break Challenge thanks to all staff and pupils. Each class took part in one Active Break per day since November 16th…
December 14, 2020
Active Stars!
Our Active Star's Achievements Board consists of six Active Stars from each class throughout the school. Each week the teacher chooses the Active Stars or classmates nominate six pupils from…
December 14, 2020Safe Cycling Programme
Well done to 6th Class pupils who have been participating in the Safe Cycling Programme in association with Gerry Butler of Safe Cycling Ireland and Mayo Co. Co. The main…
October 11, 2020
Active Home Week 2020
Active HOME Week (April 27th – May 3rd) National ‘Active SCHOOL Week’ takes place every April and is a really enjoyable part of the school year for many children. This year, because…
April 26, 202060 Minutes a Day Physical Activity Challenge from home!
All Senior Classes have now completed two weeks of their challenge within school while all Senior Classes have now been advised to continue the challenge from home. All pupils are…
March 24, 2020Dance Focus
As a staff we chose to strengthen our delivery of Dance this year over the months of February and beginning of March. We have successfully completed our focus by; Assigning…
March 24, 2020ASF Parent and Pupil Questionnaire response
Our ASF Parent and Pupil surveys have all been returned and analysed. Our pupil responses were very positive and the following are the main findings from these; Majority enjoy PE…
March 24, 2020
Land PAWS Water Safety Programme
3rd Class have completed the Land PAWS Water Safety Programme and 4th Class are in the process of completing it. We are currently waiting on response for certificates to show…
March 24, 2020
Playground Leaders 3rd and 4th Class
Last week saw us enjoying our 5th week of Playground Leaders in the Junior-2nd Class yards led by our volunteers from 5th and 6th Class while on Wednesday 11th Playground…
March 24, 2020