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Reducing Sedentary Time

April 26, 2021
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…

Our School Yard

April 22, 2021
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’…

Running on yard

April 22, 2021
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…

Active Walkway- Feel Good Friday

April 20, 2021
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…

Active Break Challenge 2020

December 14, 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…

60 Minutes a Day Physical Activity Challenge from home!

March 24, 2020
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…

Playground Leaders 3rd and 4th Class

March 24, 2020
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…

60 Minutes a Day Physical Activity Challenge

March 1, 2020
  Senior classes will begin their third 60 Minutes a Day Physical Activity Challenge on Monday 2nd March. This will encourage all pupils to look at their own physical activity…

Physical Rewards

March 1, 2020
Our ASF commitee have developed an ASF- Physical Reward Chart to promote positive behaviour in all classes. Each class now have a chart in their classroom and teachers are providing…

Playground Leaders 2020

February 10, 2020
  Playground Leaders have been set up in Junior Infants, Senior Infants, 1st Class and 2nd Class yards in connection with our Active Flag application. Our leaders have been chosen…

Drop Everything and Dance!

February 10, 2020
  To kick off our focus on the strand of Dance for the coming two months the whole school took part in D.E.A.D (Drop Everything and Dance) at midday today.…

Final Active Committee Meeting of 2019

January 13, 2020
Our final committee meeting took place on December 13th. We discussed all jobs that had been assigned in our previous meeting and assigned one final task that is to be…

Active Walkway

November 11, 2019
       Our Active Walkway is ready to go and has been tested out by a couple of classes over the last week. Today 4th Class used it for an…

Spooky Stations 2019

November 4, 2019
In connection with our Active Flag renewal Spooky Stations were set up in the hall for all classes to avail of. Pupils completed a number of activities such as gathering…

Mayo Trials -Cross Country Running

October 20, 2019
Well done to all our runners who competed in dreadful conditions  at Beleek, Ballina in the Mayo trials. Once again, each and every runner showed great determination and team spirit.…

Active Committee 2019-2020

October 8, 2019
Today, we had our first Active School's meeting and welcomed our new members. We discussed the role of our committee and what we need to work on to begin. We…

Active Week 2018-2019/The Daily Mile

May 21, 2019
We had a very successful and fun filled Active Week here in St. Aidans from May 7th-10th. In order to maintain and apply for our new Active Flag a number…