Coláiste an Phiarsaigh generally has 3 classes of 30 students in each year group

PE facilities consist of one small hall with a storage container for equipment, a changing rooms and a swimming pool. There are 3 small outdoor basketball courts and a playing pitch. The school makes use of a nearby gym in the community, Evcore. 

The junior cert short course is not in use and leaving Cert PE is no longer required yet available in the school. 

JC students 

Those in the junior cert cycle were mostly aged between 12 and 15 and are of mixed gender. Interest levels were surprisingly  high with many involved in extracurricular teams and clubs outside of school. Those who do not participate in club sports were keen and eager to learn new skills. 

All students had high levels of thinking, reasoning and remembering thus making cognitive ability high. 

All were proficient in locomotor fundamental skills, with all but a few with high levels of stability and object control skills. 

First and second years were fully engaged with the activity and rarely needed added motivation or discipline, which was not the case with third years, whose affective domain was poor and classroom management was tough. 

In terms of the learning needs of students, it was made clear to me that students needed more educating in relation to sport such as health related activity, physiology and basic rules of various sports. 

with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act 2004
The Government Department which governs education in Ireland
Department of Education and Skills The Government body which devises curriculum

National Council for 

Curriculum and Assessment

Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST)

Department of 

Education and Skills – The Inspectorate

The PE Inspectors for this region 

Tony Weir

DES - National Educational 

Psychological Service (NEPS)

Which body coordinates the professionalism of teachers in Ireland? 

The Teaching Council

Centre for Talented Youth 

Ireland (www.giftedchildren.ie)/  Dublin City University

www.JCPE.ie and ncca.ie

State Exams Commission (SEC)

NAPD represents Principals and Deputy Principals at post-primary level. 

The Association aims to provide a united voice nationally for Principals and 

Deputy Principals on issues of common concern
SDP  

School Development Planning

Children First – National 

Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children

Physical Education Association of Ireland

Mr Gareth Coyle

All Island All Active

The AIESEP conference will be held Banff, Canada in 2021.

The EERA Conference will be held in Glasgow in 2020

Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland 

(ASTI), Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) and Irish National Teachers 

Organisation (INTO)
International PE research journals

a.   Journal of Teaching Physical Education (JTPE)

b.   Sport Education and Society (SES)

c.   European Physical Education Review (EPER)

d.   Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy (PESP)

Adventure activities, 

Aquatics, Athletics, Dance, Games, Gymnastics, Health Related Activities

All of previous Six 

excluding HRA

60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity each day that 

is developmentally appropriate and involves a variety of activities

 

Vygotsky, LS (1978) Mind and Society: The Development of Higher Mental Processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.