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The ASC did 12 different exercises with the Junior and Senior Infants. They were Christmas themed activities.

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ASC organised a great Halloween disco for the whole school. They created a timetable, played fun games, picked the best dancer in each class and did Halloween dances with the everyone.

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The 5th and 6th class buddies up with Junior and Senior Infants and went on a walk around the walkway. They read quotes from their favourite books and played guess who?. They had to guess the character on the walkway sign. Learning and moving on WBD!

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Galway Sports Partnership - Athletics Equipment

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Connacht Development Officer Mick helping us work on our gaelic and hurling skills this year. 

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Green and Beige Ilustrative Christmas Market Poster

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The ASC did 'Wake Up, Shake Up' every morning. They did exercises and danced along to music. This was a great start to the day!

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School Fitness Ireland did gymnastics with the children. They did balancing, tumbling and rolling activities.

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Active Movement Walkway Stickers. We were delighted to receive a set of walkway stickers. The ASC put the the stickers down on the hallway. The children were delighted to try out the different exercises.

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Bizzy Breaks for Active School Week

For Active School Week we have developed a number of exciting new resources for use in the classroom and at home.

Bizzy Breaks is a collection of activities for primary school pupils designed to support children to move throughout the day.

On this page you will find Bizzy Breaks interactive PowerPoints and challenge ideas to try during Active School Week.

Scroll to the bottom of the page to find our full Bizzy Breaks Programme and Bizzy as Gaeilge resources.

Sign up here to receive free resources and updates on our primary school activity programmes.

New for #ASW22

Bizzy Breaks Moves Board Game

Interactive - no equipment needed

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Bizzy Breaks Beanbag Board Game

Interactive - 1 beanbag per pupil

Download here

Bizzy Breaks

Find all the resources you need for movement breaks and linked curriculum activities.

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Bain triail as ceacht a dheanamh trí Ghaeilge le do rang.

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Tá an t-inneachar seo cosanta ag pasfhocal. Chun rochtain a fháil ar an leabhar, cuir an pasfhocal cuí isteach sa bhosca thíos:

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Bizzy as Gaeilge - Sosanna Spleodracha - Irish Heart

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Tháinig na ranganna le chéile chun an damhsa a dhéanamh i rith Seachtain na Gaeilge. 

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Bizzy Breaks Interactive Resources

Movement Breaks for your classroom

Bizzy Breaks are fun, engaging and a great way to get your class moving throughout the day. Display these interactive resources on your whiteboard and follow the included instructions for an enjoyable active break.

Bizzy Breaks is ideal for movement breaks throughout the school day and helps pupils achieve the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity a day.

Bizzy Breaks is co-designed with teachers and has the flexibility to be used in a way that works best for your class. All Bizzy Breaks activities have been adapted for compliance with the COVID-19 Response Plan for the safe and sustainable reopening of Primary and Special Schools (Department of Education and Skills, August 2020).

Bizzy Breaks activities require minimal equipment.

Perfect for use indoors and in small classrooms.

All activities adapted for COVID-19.

The ideal transition between subjects.

Improves concentration.

Many activities could also be done outdoors.

Each activity lasts 5 to 10 minutes.

All activities are designed to link with your class curriculum.

Designed to help busy minds bring stillness and calmness into every day.

Activities and games for the whiteboard.

Bizzy Breaks can be used as part of your wellbeing programme in primary schools, with curriculum links across SPHE, PE and more.

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Interactive Resources for the classroom to introduce movement breaks throughout the school day. Free primary school PowerPoints.

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Bain taitneamh as bheith ag bogadh as Gaeilge.

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Bizzy as Gaeilge - Sosanna Spleodracha - Irish Heart

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Folk dance is an important element of the dance strand of the PE curriculum. The PDST Primary PE team have developed and collated video demonstrations and written descriptions and links to accompanying music for a selection of folk dances across class levels.

Folk Dances

Dance steps

Many folk dance contain specific dance steps which can be taught in advance. Remember to keep the emphasis on enjoyment and support all pupils to participate in the dance even if they have not yet mastered the steps in question. Use the videos below to help pupils learn 3 common steps.

Further Support

For further support download the PDST folk dance resource. This resource contains warm up activities for dance, tips for teaching a new folk dance, activities and progressions for a variety of folk dances including sean nós, information on supporting pupils motivation for dance, examples of how FMS can be embedded in folk dance and a link to an accompanying Spotify playlist with music for each of the dances.

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Join Múinteoir Emer from Home School Hub for Exercise with Emer as she gets everyone moving! This is the place to see all the Active Hub classes.

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Bringing mindfulness into the classroom can be beneficial for both teacher and pupils.
Benefits can include:

Increased focus and attention

Stress reduction

Decreased anxiety

Emotional balance

Resilience

Calmness

Our mindfulness guide contains 10 mindful movements that help pupils to pay attention to the different parts of their bodies as they move in different ways. The focus is on tuning in to body sensations and noticing any effects on the mind and emotions as they are happening in the moment.

We have created a teaching guide, flashcards (to print or display during practice), a do not disturb door poster and a Spotify playlist to accompany your mindful practice. We have also included a mindfulness booklet with an introduction to practice and a series of mindful activities. Please see below.

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Benefits can include: Increased focus and attention Stress reduction Decreased anxiety Emotional balance Resilience Calmness Our mindfulness guide contains 10 mindful movements that help pupils to pay attention to the different parts of their bodies as they move in different ways.

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Welcome to the Body Coach TV where I post weekly home workouts to help you get, stronger, healthier and happier.

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The initiative focuses on participation, inclusion and fun with lots of learning opportunities along the way.  All classes, at all class levels are challenged to build a ‘Run a Day’ in to their daily routines across the 4 weeks of the challenge.  Working together as a class, and as a school, your combined km will bring you to many of the capital cities across Europe. 

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The initiative focuses on participation, inclusion and fun with lots of learning opportunities along the way.  All classes, at all class levels are challenged to build a ‘Run a Day’ in to their daily routines across the 4 weeks of the challenge.  Working together as a class, and as a school, your combined km will bring you to many of the capital cities across Europe. 

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Taking part in the challenge brings many benefits

Fitness Levels

Concentration and Focus

Running Technique

Learning on the Move

Team Work

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Rinne rang a 3 go rang a 6 Ionsaí na hInse freisin le haghaidh Seachtain na Gaeilge. Go raibh math agat Clare. Bhaineamar an-taitneamh as.

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Our ASC deciding on positioning of walkway signage.

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Discussing and agreeing on next steps in getting our Active Walkway set up.

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Senior infants enjoying some yoga.

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We had such fun playing the drums with Drumadore on Monday! Our arms were tired though!

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It was raining outside so junior infants did some relaxing yoga inside!

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On Tuesday of Active Week Junior Infants learned some soccer skills and played a soccer game. It was great fun!

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On Wednesday the stations in the hall were such fun. Can we do them again please!!

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23 reactions | Following on from the success of the Irish Athletes, the students in St. Joseph's NS particated in the #relaystakeover event today. A huge shoutout and... | By St. Joseph's NS | Facebook

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Following on from the success of the Irish Athletes, the students in St. Joseph's NS particated in the #relaystakeover event today. A huge shoutout and...

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6th class leaders guided all 330 pupils on our whole school sports day at our local GAA pitch.

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Rope Free Activities Week 1

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Skip Around the World. The Junior and Senior Infants buddied up with the 5th class and did rope free activities. They spent 10 minutes each day completing the following.

1. Helicopter Jump

2. Skipping on one leg / two legs

3. Jumping over the rope

4. Hoola Hoop Jumping

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Skipping Challenge Information for teachers

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Skipping Challenge Information for teachers