We tasted oranges and peppers today in class.
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World Book Day Walkway Hunt
World Book Day Senior Infants
Paired Reading with 6th Class
World Book Day Disco
Our Book Cover Designs
Physical Activity
We have a designated Active School Flag Walkway around our school. The Active School Flag Student Committee helped to plan and map out the Walkway route around our school. We like to use our Walkway throughout the school week. We integrate our Walkway with other curricular areas.
Keeping Active to and from school
The children in Scoil Mhuire Murroe love to walk or cycle to school. The children also use their scooters to travel to school.
Active Break Everyday
We enjoy our Active Breaks everyday. The classes in Scoil Mhuire Murroe have been doing lots of different activity breaks during the year. These activity Breaks are both indoors and outdoors. The Active Breaks are a great way of getting our 60 minutes of exercise. We really enjoy learning yard games and exercise with our Playground leaders, the Active Break a day timetabled activities, pur P.E. homework and much more.
Pump up the Volume
P.E. Homework
Timetabled Active Breaks
In Class Active Breaks- Dance
Playground Leaders
Active Breaks
Feel Good Fridays- Skipping Challenge
Keeping Active in our Clubs
Santa Dash
Run Around Ireland Challenge
Feel Good Friday
The Active Schools Flag event today was Pump up the Volume. The children had a fantastic time dancing and jumping around to music on yard today. The children in our school love taking part in the Feel Good Friday events.
Active School Flag: Fundamental Movement Skills and Striking with an Implement
This year our school’s focus in P.E. is on Games and Striking with an Implement. Senior Infants had great fun today learning their skills using tennis balls and bats.
Pancake Tuesday in Senior Infants
Physical Education
| PE Timetable We love PE here in Scoil Mhuire Murroe. We ensure that all children get 60 minutes of physical exercise each and every week. Take a look at our PE Timetable. We also include Active Breaks throughout the day. |
Move Well, Move Often
Our teachers are dedicated to teach the Fundamental Movement Skills throughout the school year. This year, our focus was on Games and Striking with an implement.
PAWS Water Safety Programme
Our School will complete the PAWs Water Safety Programme in May. They will learn safety tips linked to the following topics: baths, paddling pools, emergency services, beaches, calling for help and life jackets. The children will complete online interactive lessons both in school and at home with their parents.
P.E. Resources, Facilities and Store Room
We are so lucky to have fantastic P.E. resources and equipment in our school. It is stored safely and labelled clearly in our store room. We are lucky with the wonderful facilities in our school also.
P.E. Timetable
We are ensuring that all students are getting at least 60 minutes of timetabled P.E. every week.
P.E. Curriculum
As part of Active School Flag the staff at Scoil Mhuire Murroe have enjoyed reviewing our P.E. curriculum. We have ensured that all students in our school get at least 60 minutes of timetabled P.E. each week. We have also ensured that all five strands are taught at each class level every year. We are teaching the P.E. curriculum in collaboration with the PSSI and PDST lesson plans and resources. P.E. has always been considered a vital subject in our school. We communicate the children’s P.E. progress at parent teacher meetings and in our Annual School Reports. See below a Whole School Plan including the strands and fundamental movement skills to be covered each month.
Teacher Training
Our teachers have completed numerous courses to further develop their ability to develop the P.E. curriculum. Some of our teachers will be attending a training day in the Athlone Education Centre next month. The training day will focus on integrating Games and Wellness into Physical Activity during the school day. The P.E. strand that we are focusing on this year is Games and Striking with an implement.
Games
Dance
Athletics
Gymnastics
Outdoor and Adventure
Feel Good Friday 24th February.
As part of our Active School Flag we are participating in the Feel Good Friday Challenge. This month’s Feel Good Friday theme is Pump Up the Volume. We will have our dancing shoes on for the day.
PARTNERSHIPS
Here at Scoil Mhuire Murroe we are so lucky to have so many people helping us to learn new and exciting movement skills.
Facilities in our Village
We are very lucky to have amazing facilities on our doorstep. We use the new Murroe Sports Centre regularly. We are very thankful to have access to the amazing all weather astro turf pitch in the centre and local pitches to teach our P.E. lessons. We also use the walking/running track. The playground is a great facility also. We use the local Murroe woods for nature walks.
The Scoil Mhuire Murroe Camogie Team
Scoil Mhuire Murroe Hurling team
The Scoil Mhuire Murroe Camogie team played the East Limerick Indoor Camogie in Caherconlish on Tuesday 14th February 2023. Well done girls.
