ACTIVE SCHOOL
Active School CommitteeOur Active School Committee is made up of 2 students from First, Second, Fifth and Sixth classes.
We meet most weeks on a Friday and work hard to retain our Active School Flag in Castlesampson! With the help of the committee, the whole school- staff and students- are kept informed on our quest! |
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Athletics
Castlesampson National School loves Athletics!
September and October covered the Athletic strand.
The day was a great success with all students who participated trying their best!
November, December and January saw us build on this training with the commencement of our Daily Mile Run.
September and October covered the Athletic strand.
The day was a great success with all students who participated trying their best!
November, December and January saw us build on this training with the commencement of our Daily Mile Run.
Games
Children are covering many different games in PE including soccer, gaelic football and hurling with outside coaches. We love learning from these experienced coaches from our local clubs. We also have a coach who works on Fundamental Movement Skills with us too.
Swimming
Students from First to Sixth Class have finished six weeks of swimming lessons. We have loved the whole experience, from travelling on the bus, teaming up with our partners and of course, learning how to swim.
We have learned many skills including different strokes, diving, entering and leaving the pool and even life saving skills!
We love swimming!
We have learned many skills including different strokes, diving, entering and leaving the pool and even life saving skills!
We love swimming!
PAWS Training
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We had a very interesting visit from Rosie who works with Water Safety Ireland in April. She taught us lots of water safety tips on how to keep ourselves and others safe in and around water. We learned how to put on a life jacket and use a ring buoy. Thank you Rosie!
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GYMNASTICS
We love gymnastics!
We are learning sequences involving a bench and mats. These sequences progress in difficulty as we go along. It was fun as they include symmetry, which we have learned about in maths! We learned lots of new rolls and the teddy bear roll is our favourite!
We are learning sequences involving a bench and mats. These sequences progress in difficulty as we go along. It was fun as they include symmetry, which we have learned about in maths! We learned lots of new rolls and the teddy bear roll is our favourite!
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
We always try to encourage everyone to be as active as possible and to get their 60 minutes of exercise each week. Each strand and strand unit of the curriculum is covered in line with our P.E policy and we love being active in Castlesampson! We also eat very healthily and took part in Food Dudes!
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Activity of the WeekEach week the Active School Committee chooses an Activity of the week for the whole school to play together at small lunch.
So far our favourites have been the bean game, domes and saucers, pass the hula hoop, duck duck goose and stuck in the mud! |
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Playground LeadersEvery Thursday, at big break, the senior room act as playground leaders.
They set up activity stations for the Junior Room. The stations make use of the vast array of equipment we have in our storage shed. Each week they create new, innovative stations to engage the Junior Room and work towards the all essential 60 minutes of physical activity. Stations have included our parachute, skipping, hula hoops, balls, cones, goals, bean bags.... the list goes on! The students spend about 5 minutes at each station before moving to the next one. This is proving to be a great way to spend a lunchtime- as the pictures show! |
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Active BreaksUnfortunately this year has seen a lot of wet breaks where we have had to stay in and when we have been forced to stay inside, we have stayed active by having active breaks!
This included dancing, Go-Noodle, exercises and active games and table tennis! This way, even when the weather doesn't allow us to go outside, we can still reach our 60 minutes of exercise a day! |
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PARTNERSHIPS
Cycle Right with Roscommon Sports Partnership
We were very lucky to have cycle training in our school.
We learned all about cycling safely on our roads and how to care for our bikes and ensure they are road worthy. Thank you Damien and Darragh!
We were very lucky to have cycle training in our school.
We learned all about cycling safely on our roads and how to care for our bikes and ensure they are road worthy. Thank you Damien and Darragh!
ACTIVE SCHOOL WEEK
MondayWe kicked off Active Week with a bang!
All classes had a visit from Olympic Boxing Finalist and Roscommon ladies footballer, Lisa O'Rourke! We were so excited and even learned some cool moves from her. Thank you Lisa! In the afternoon, the Junior Room had a competitive games of hockey before the thunderstorm and the Senior Room headed off to Pitch and Putt in Bealnamulla. |
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TuesdayOn Tuesday, we had a visit from Charlene who did some cool dancing and games to music with us. Charlene works with Roscommon Sports Partnership and we loved her outdoor workshop. Each room had an hour of games and movement to music which was accessible to everyone. We had such fun...we only have 2 photos!
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Wednesday
Wednesday was another day of fun and sports. The Junior Room enjoyed dancing with Ms. Goulding. We were learned some cool dance routines while the Senior Room headed off to Ballinlough to the Cumann na mBunscol Rounders competition. A great day was had by all!
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ThursdayOn Thursday, we took to the roads of Castlesampson! Loaded up with drinks and lots of sun cream, we walked all walked a 5km loop of the village of Castlesampson. We saw so many animals including donkeys, cows and sheep and also the ruin of Castlesampson Castle.
A huge thank you to Benny, Catriona and Eileen for our lovely picnic and healthy oranges along our trail! We arrived back to school tired but satisfied of our 5K achievement! |
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FridayFriday was our big finale and sports day!
In the morning we had active stations including an obstacle course, a throwing activity, tug of war and yoga Between breaks involved jumping games and parachute games. After big break we had our fun runs with the egg and spoon race, sack race, wheelbarrow race and sponge race! We had a very entertaining game of soccer between 6th class and the staff.....the kids won but the ref was very biased!! It was a great day and finished off an amazing week! |
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