Active School

Active Spies

We decided to reward children who were being extremely active during lunch time on the yard. We introduced our ‘Active Spies’ who go around at break times and become inspectors on both the Junior and the Senior yard. The three girls were chosen from the Active School Committee.

Ms. Fitzgerald’s Speed Stacking

1916 Dance Ceremony/Seachtain na Gaeilge

Many children showed out their dancing talents at our recent 1916 flag raising ceremony and Seachtain na Gaeilge . It highlighted the huge talent we have for dancing in the school. Our main dancer was two time world champion Kellie in 6th Class.

1 Mile Run Wristbands arrive!

We were delighted to receive our wristbands which will be given to every child during Active Week. The wristbands will highlight the 1 mile run around the school which each class will do at some stage during the week.

Duleek 5k Fun Run 13th March 2016

A huge turnout for the school’s 5k run.Over 800 participants in total.

Pocket Planners

Children from 2nd – 6th Class received pocket planners as part of a four week programme. It is used to give extra ideas to the children to get active at home. Certificates will be given to the children at the end of the four weeks.

Ms. Ní Chuinn Dance Classes

Ms. Ní Chuinn’s class regularly do dance classes to music. Abbie sometimes leads the class with stretches and some free style hip hop dancing. Recently Mr. Reidy’s class called in for a dance class. We all had great fun dancing to Major Lazer.

Equipment for Junior and Senior Yards

Recently, equipment has been now distributed to the yards at lunch time. This includes skipping ropes, basketballs, soccer balls, soft balls and hula hoops. The children are delighted to be able to use this equipment at lunch.

Active School Committee map out upcoming 1 mile Run

Children with the help of Mr. Reidy walked the 1 Mile Run today during lunch break. Mr. Reidy used his phone to calculate the mile distance. The children are looking forward to the event which will take place during Active Week. They will receive wrist bands once they have it completed.

Ciara gets selected to play at half- time in Meath Vs Tyrone National League Match

Well done to Ciara in 6th Class on representing Duleek GNS at the recent Meath Vs Tyrone National League match is Páirc Tailteann. A huge moment for any girl to put on the county jersey. Ciara has played outstanding football all year and truly deserved her chance on the big stage. Ciara played very well and enjoyed the experience in front of huge crowds.

5th and 6th Class Soccer Tournament

The girls played very well throughout the tournament and narrowly lost in the final. Well done to all the girls involved.

7 a side Gaelic Tournament

A panel of 10 footballers made the trip to St. Pat’s football pitch in Stamullen for the annual 7 a side competition last Wednesday. In freezing cold Spring conditions, the girls displayed brilliant football skills and great determination in all their games. Excellent performances were put on show all over the pitch from every girl and the girls thoroughly enjoyed the day. Well done to all the girls!!

Junior End Colouring Competition

The Active School Committee recently held a colouring competition for the junior end of the school. With such a high standard in the quality of pictures received, it was difficult to pick a winner in each class. Each winner received a prize for their picture.

Active Line of the Week

The Active School Committee decided to reward classes who are most active in their line after each lunchtime. Reward cards were designed and are given to classes at the end of each lunch. Totals for every class are calculated on Friday evenings and 1st, 2nd and 3rd places are announced over the school intercom. The class is presented with a certificate to their class.

We also have ‘Active Inspectors’ who reward children with sport keyrings in recognition for being active during lunch.

Active Reward Card for Line of the Week

Basketball Tournament

Congratulations to the girls on our school basketball teams who participated in a Primary Schools Basketball Tournament on Monday 15th February in St Joseph’s Secondary School Drogheda. The girls from 4th 5th and 6th class have been training really hard over the past couple of months and pulled out all the skills they have learned to put in an amazing performance in their first competitive matches. 6th class reached the semi final stages and placed 3rd in their group. The 4th and 5th class team reached the final and placed 2nd in their group. Keep up the great work girls!!!

Active School Notice Board

Duleek G.N.S. are proud to display their Active School Board upstairs in the school. The board is updated frequently by the Active School Committee. Recently we included a ‘Well Done Wall’, ‘Speed Stacking Activities’ and a ‘Food Dudes’ display. We also have a ‘Sports Star of the Month’ section and we have included the winners of the Junior End Active School Colouring Competetion.

New Football Jerseys

Duleek GNS are delighted with their new football jerseys, kindly sponsored by ‘Jelly Tots Daycare and Montessori’. A big thank you to Lyndsey Tighe, owner of Jelly Tots for her generosity. The jerseys will be used throughout the year in many sporting activities that take place in the school. These sporting activities include, gaelic, soccer, spike ball, basketball and athletics.

Speed Stacking World Record

Children from the senior classes once again took part in the annual ‘Speed Stacking World Record Day’ event. Over 4,000 schools from as many as 33 countries across the world registered for the STACK UP event. Thanks to Ms. Byrne, Ms. Fitzgerald and Ms. Ní Chuinn for teaching the kids and facilitating the event today. The children had great fun!

Lunch Time Games

On Tuedays, children from Sixth Class come to the Junior Yard to teach and play playground games to the infants. All the younger children had great fun and enjoyed getting active with the bigger girls.

Active Lunch

We decided to make sure very child was active in some form during lunch time. The Active School Committee picked one exercise that every child would do at lunch. The bell was set to ring during lunch and all children had to stop and perform the exercises. We all had great fun moving together, even the teachers!

Active Lines

Children in each class perform exercises for five minutes after small break and lunch each day. Members of the Active School Committee coordinate the exercises. For November, we decided to do three exercises, jumping jacks, knees to elbows and bunny hops. We hope to have new exercises each month.

Active School Committee

Children from Mr. McGovern’s 1st Class to Ms. Byrne’s 6th class were chosen to be members of our new Active School Committee. The children are eager to become role models for our school and help promote the importance of being active everyday.

Active School Launch

Our school is currently working very hard towards updating our Active School Flay which expired recently. An Active School is a school that strives to achieve a physically educated and physically active school community.

While children get 60 minutes of a Physical Education lesson every week, it is now recommended that children should be engaged in some form of physical activity for this time every day. However, from recent findings, it has shown that well over half of children are not achieving this daily requirement.

This Active School initiative hopes to help children become more active throughout their school day at any given opportunity. Below is the launch of our active school where children took part in a ‘Halloween Fun Run’.