Physical Activity

Our school is working towards the Active School Flag. This is a record of the work that we have undertaken.

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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, 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’…

April 22, 2021

Running 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, 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

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

60 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, 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

60 Minutes a Day Physical Activity Challenge

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…

March 1, 2020

Physical Rewards

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…

March 1, 2020

Playground Leaders 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…

February 10, 2020

Drop Everything and Dance!

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.…

February 10, 2020

Final Active Committee Meeting of 2019

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…

January 13, 2020

Active Walkway

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…

November 11, 2019

Spooky Stations 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…

November 4, 2019

Mayo Trials -Cross Country Running

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.…

October 20, 2019

Active Committee 2019-2020

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…

October 8, 2019

Active Week 2018-2019/The Daily Mile

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…

May 21, 2019