Active Schools

LEARNING PATHWAY: We are revising our spellings as we walk around our learning pathway. 04/11/25

ACTIVE SCHOOL: OCTOBER DAILY SKIPPING CHALLENGE 2026

GYMNASTICS: We have started 8 weeks of gymnastics this month. 06/10/25

ACTIVE SCHOOL: LEARNING PATHWAY: We have been using our learning pathway to test each other on our vocab definitions from our novel. 10/10/25

OCTOBER SKIPPING CHALLENGE: We are skipping for 10 mins a day as part of our Active School skipping challenge. 06/10/25

LEARNING PATHWAY: We used our learning pathway to test each other on our spelling words today. 5th and 6th: 18/09/25

ACTIVE SCHOOLS: Skipping Challenge is continuing each day. September 2025

Movement Breaks: September 2025

SPORTS DAY 2025

COLOUR RUN: ACTIVE WEEK 2025: 13/06/25

TABLE TENNIS TAKEOVER: Active Week 2025: Well done to Martin from 6th class who won our Table Tennis competition. 12/06/25

ACTIVE WEEK 2025: CLIMBING WALL COMPETITION 12/06/25

LEARNING PATHWAY: MATHS 11/06/25

ACTIVE WEEK: PARACHUTE GAME: Movement Monday

FOOTBALL BLITZ: ACTIVE WEEK 2025: TRY IT TUESDAY

TABLE TENNIS TAKEOVER: Active Week 2025

ACTIVE WEEK 2025: SUMO WRESTLING: Try it Tuesday 10/06/25

Fundamental Movement Skills with Dylan Connor from Evolve Academy: Wellness and Active Week 2025: day 1 - 09/06/25

LEARNING PATHWAY: The junior classes had great fun solving riddles today on our Learning Pathway. Thank you to Mr. Curly for organising the trail. 09/06/25

ACTIVE SCHOOLS WEEK 2025: Tug a War : day 1 09/06/25

09/06/25: ACTIVE SCHOOL: MACARENA DANCE LED BY PLAYGROUND LEADERS. Whole school participated in a dance today as part of our Active Schools Week 2025.

PLAYGROUND LEADERS: Thank you to our playground leaders who set up a variety of games for structured yard time. We had loads of fun! 05/06/25

PARENT SURVEY: We are conducting a survey for Active Schools this week to get feedback from our parents.

04/06/25: ACTIVE SCHOOLS: SENIOR RIDDLES: Our senior pupils used our Active Walkway for a riddle hunt today. Great fun was had by all!

CLIMB THE HEIGHTS: SKIPPING CHALLENGE: We have completed our four weeks of the skipping challenge in all classes. It's is great to see such an improvement in our skipping and the amount of skips we can do. 09/05/25

ACTIVE SCHOOLS: Playground leaders organised structured games today for the rest of the school. We rotated the games. We played dodgeball, rounders, bench ball, hockey and basketball. 08/05/25

Our Learning Walkway: We are learning on the move using our Active Schools Walkway Challenge Charts. Our teachers will guide us on using our walkway for cross curricular learning opportunities this term.

Daily Movement Breaks in 5th and 6th class

Active School Homework: We are continuing with our Active School Homework each night for April.

SKIPPING AROUND EUROPE: We all took part in our morning skipping challenge today. We have made it as far as Lithuania today!! 10/04/25

ACTIVE WALKWAY: What a fabulous day to walk with our friends around our Active Walkway. 10/04/25

TRY IT THURSDAY: We rotated between different games today. Thank you to our sports committee for setting up the basketball, dodgeball and game stations. 03/04/25

Playground Leaders organising games: April 2025

Active Schools: SKIPPING AROUND EUROPE CHALLENGE 31/03/25

ACTIVE HOMEWORK: We are all working on our Active Homework for our Active Flag this term.

PLAYGROUND LEADERS: Our playground leaders organised structured games for the other classes as part of our Active Schools. 26/03/25

GAMES STRAND: JUNIOR INFANTS. SENIOR INFANTS, 1ST AND 2ND ARE PARTICIPATING IN A BLOCK OF GAA AND FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT SKILLS: MARCH 2025

ACTIVE SCHOOLS HOMEWORK: We are doing Active homework for the month of March and April. 20/03/25

DANCE STRAND:As part of our Active Schools we are all covering the dance strand for the month of March. Here we are during Seachtain na Gaeilge dancing through Ballaí Luimnigh. 12/03/25

Tag Rugby: 3rd to 6th class are participating in tag rugby sessions every Friday. We look forward to taking part in a tag rugby tournament later this year. 07/03/25

DARE TO BELIEVE: DANCE WEBINAR WITH OLYMPIAN RHYS CLENAGHAN, AN OLYMPIC GYMNAST: 07/03/25

Active Schools: DANCE: We are covering the dance strand in our classes this month. Our senior pupils were teaching the junior classes the Ballaí Luimnigh today. March 2025

ACTIVE SCHOOLS: Daily Movement Break: We are continuing with daily movement breaks as part of the Active Schools. 10/02/25

Rugby: 3rd-6th class are participating in tag rugby every Friday for February

CHRISTMAS JUMPER WALK AND MOVEMENT BREAK: 19/12/24

Active Break Challenge: four weeks of active movement breaks have been completed. December 2024

WELLBEING: WE HAVE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT OUR BODIES AND THE VARIOUS ORGANS AND SYSTEMS. WE ARE LEARNING THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING FIT AND HEALTHY. THIS IS INTEGRATED WITH OUR STEM PROJECT WORK. 28/11/24

Week 2: ACTIVE BREAK CHALLENGE: We are completing our daily movement exercises in all classes. Our sports committee are recording the activities in each class.

NOVEMBER MOVEMENT BREAKS: 100 jumping jacks

27/11/24: Active School Walkway: The fog and frost won't stop us from completing our movement breaks here in Garrafrauns NS

22/11/24 ACTIVE BREAK CHALLENGE: WEEK 1

ACTIVE BREAK EVERY DAY CHALLENGE: November 2024 : We are incorporating daily movement breaks in our school for the next four weeks to adjust energy levels, restore concentration and self-regulate emotions.

DARE TO BELIEVE OLYMPIC WEBINAR: 15th Nov: We were so lucky to participate in a webinar with Kellie Harrington, Philip Doyle and Dara Lynch!

Active Schools: brain breaks and movement with Coach Gelardi. Here are 1st and 2nd class enjoying their dance break. 25/10/24

ACTIVE HALLOWEEN 2024: We all took part in the Wizard Walk today as part of our Active Schools initiative.

ACTIVE SCHOOLS RELAY: 1st - 4th class: 23/10/24

SKIPPING IN 5TH AND 6TH CLASS : 22/10/24

ACTIVE SCHOOL SLOGANS: October 2024

ACTIVE SCHOOL NOTICE BOARD 2024-2025

ACTIVE SCHOOLS: Active School Walkway: "Caint agus Siúl" 17/10/24

As part of our Active Schools initiative, the 3rd and 4th class incorporated movement into their morning Gaeilge comhrá time today. We are encouraging more movement during learning this year!

RELAY TAKEOVER: September 2024

GAA: 3rd to 6th class: working on developing our GAA skills

GYMNASTICS: Every Wednesday for October and November

MOVEMENT BREAKS: We are trying to incorporate daily movement breaks as part of our Active School initiative. Here are 5th and 6th moving between lessons. Even Ms.Mc Loughlin is giving it a go! 10/10/24

ACTIVE SCHOOLS 2024-2025: We are working towards our first Active Flag this year. Here is our enthusiastic Active Schools committee made up of pupils from each class to capture our student voice.

ACTIVE FLAG: MOVEMENT CIRCUITS: Our senior pupils organised and led the younger classes in circuits this month focusing on running, throwing, jumping and games. Everyone had such fun! Sept 2024

JOGGING/WALKING CHALLENGE: We are setting a goal to improve our fitness and to jog the bog road this term. We are in our second week. Have a look at what we have achieved so far! 30/04/24

COMMUNITY GAMES SWIMMING: Well done to all our swimmers who participated in the Community Games swim gala at the weekend

14/03/24 P.E Dance : whole school: Ballaí Luimnigh and Shoe the Donkey

P.E: DANCE- 5th and 6th class are teaching the other children the Ballaí Luimnigh ceilí dance 06/03/24

BOYS SOCCER TOURNAMENT: Shiven 27/02/24

GIRLS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT: Shiven, 22/02/24

AQUATICS: We have started 5 weeks of swimming this month from 1st-6th class starting on 11th January.

ACTIVE FLAG: Daily Movement Breaks: As part of our Active Schools we will be participating in the Dare to Believe Daily Movement Breaks for Nov/Dec 2023. We will follow the demonstration videos and tick off when we have completed them.

GYMNASTICS: WEEK 5: 25/10/23 5th and 6th class: paired balancing, body strength and flexibility, improving cardio.

GYMNASTICS: WEEK 3: 18/10/23

DARE TO BELIEVE: OLYMPICIAN VISIT ON MONDAY 16TH. We are very excited to meet an Olympic diver Oliver Dingley on Monday. We cannot wait to learn all about his life and are preparing our questions. Stay tuned for more updates!!!!

THE DAILY MILE: We have started the Daily Mile in the senior classes. Our whole school hope to complete the Daily Mile as part of our Active Schools. 10/10/23

BOYS 7-ASIDE GAA BLITZ: 06/10/23 5th and 6th class

JARLETH'S GAA BLITZ: 5TH AND 6TH CLASS 11/10/23

ORIENTEERING: 5th and 6th class showed 1st and 2nd class how to use a map and key for orienteering. We had great fun completing the course and building friendships also! 29/09/23

GYMNASTICS: We have started a block of 8 weeks of gymnastics. 04/10/23

ACTIVE FLAG: TABLE TENNIS TAKEOVER DAY: 29/09/23:
The whole school participated in the Table Tennis Takeover Day as part of Active Schools. We had great fun and really improved our hand-eye coordination.

THE DAILY MILE: We have signed up to the Daily Mile. Today was our first day walking and jogging around the yard. We look forward to improving our social, mental, physical and emotional health! 03/10/23
Some benefits of the Daily Mile:
1. reduce anxiety and stress
2. Increase fitness and energy levels
3. improve concentration in class
4. enjoyment of being outdoors
5. build confidence, self-esteem
6.develop relationships with others
7. develop greater resilience and determination
8. promote self care

WALK A MILE: ACTIVE FLAG 15/09/23

Table Tennis: Our new table tennis sets have arrived and we look forward to using them in our classrooms in preparation for Table Tennis Takeover Day on 29th September. 14/09/23

ACTIVE SCHOOL: WALK A MILE WITH A SMILE: daily walking challenge for September. We have clocked up an amazing 21.93km in total since we returned to school. We calculated the average distance walked each day to be 3.13km. We converted miles to km. Well done everyone! We are aiming for our Active Flag this year! 08/09/23

ACTIVE SCHOOL: TABLE TENNIS: We have invested in four retractable nets for use in the classroom in preparation for Table Tennis Takeover Day on the 29th September as part of our Active School. We watched a video to learn about correct grip, drills to improve our hand-eye coordination and forehand/backhand drive. We set up our outdoor table tennis for use at lunch. 04/09/23

Movement skills in Junior class: We had loads of fun on our climbing wall today. Here we are seeing who can hang on the longest!! 04/09/23

ACTIVE SCHOOL: WALK A MILE WITH A SMILE: For the month of September we will be walking each day (weather permitting) as part of our Active School initiative for 2023/24. We have clocked up 7.8km in three days! Well done everyone! 04/09/23

SPORTS COMMITTEE 2023/2024
Our new sport committee for the year ahead has been set up in 5th and 6th class. Our duties will involve collecting and storing sports equipment, leading the other classes in the Fyffes Fit exercises and organising tournaments. 31/8/23

P.E: WALKING: We have started our weekly "Walk a Mile with a Smile" initiative for September. We are working towards our Active Flag this year. 30/08/23

SCHOOL TOUR: 3rd to 6th class: BAYSPORTS 06/06/23

JUNIOR AND SENIOR INFANTS ORIENTEERING: 5th and 6th helped the junior classes to navigate our orienteering course today. We had loads of fun sounding out words and counting! 07/06/23

P.E: Games Stations 02/06/23

3rd to 6th class have been participating in Games Stations this week developing a range of skills.

Hit the Target throwing station
Basketball station
Hockey station
Volleyball station

GAMES STRAND: Volleyball 01/06/23 (3rd to 6th class)

Hockey and Basketball Games 30/05/23

The students from 3rd to 6th played both basketball and hockey today. We worked on our skills of shooting, dribbling, passing, footwork and shooting the puck. 1st and 2nd class worked on their hockey skills last week.

BOYS GAA TOURNAMENT ON 10/05/23

GIRLS GAA TOURNAMENT ON 25/05/23

TABLE TENNIS DAY!!! We had great fun today playing table tennis in our school. Thank you t the 5th and 6th class for organising the day and demonstrating the rules to the younger children. #tabletennisireland 28/04/23

COMMUNITY GAMES: Well done to all the pupils who participated in the Community Games handwriting, art and swimming competitions last week.

ORIENTEERING: We have started the orienteering strand in P.E. We had such fun today outside in the sunshine! April 2023

GIRLS SOCCER TOURNAMENT: Tuesday 07/03/23 will take place in Shiven. for 5th and 6th class.

BOYS SOCCER TOURNAMENT: Wednesday 08/03/23 will take place in Shiven for 5th and 6th class.

P.E: Games: Handball with 1st and 2nd 03/03/23

AQUATICS: SWIMMING: Swimming lessons began in January and ran for an eight week block. 10/01/23

GYMNASTICS: 15/12/22: We had loads of fun using the block and vault today!

WEEK 9: Fyffes Fit Squad: Our sports committee are continuing to lead our school in the daily exercises....even in our Christmas jumpers!! We currently have 1350 banana points! Well done on the fantastic effort everyone! :)

Well done on your sports achievements! 25/11/22

GYMNASTICS: 10/11/2022: Jumping, squats, block, trampolette.

WEEK 6: FYFFES DAILY EXERCISES: We are continuing with our daily exercises to gain banana points! Keep up the great effort everyone! :)

WEEK 5: FYFFES FIT SQUAD: We are still going strong in week 5! Our sports committee have been leading the other classes in their daily exercises! 28/10/22

GAA will be starting on November 8th for 3rd- 6th class. Don't forget your sport gear on Tuesdays!!!!!!

GYMNASTICS WEEK 3: Cardio and bunk-bed lifts 20/10/22

WEEK 4: FYFFES FIT SQUAD: We are continuing our daily exercises to collect valuable banana points! Keep up the great effort everyone! 19/10/22

WEEK 3: Fyffes Fit Squad: We have been doing daily exercises with the whole school in order to gain extra banana points! Thank you to our sports committee in 5th and 6th for demonstrating the moves. Keep up the great momentum everyone! 13/10/22

GYMNASTICS: 13/10/22: We were jumping, rolling and tumbling this week using the air mats. (WEEK 2)

GYMNASTICS HAS STARTED EVERY THURSDAY!!!! 06/10/22

WEEK 2: FYFFE'S FIT SQUAD: We have 300 banana points so far! Keep up the great work everyone! Our sports committee are doing a super job of leading the other classes in daily exercises. WEEK 2: 07/10/22

WEEK 1: Fyffes Fit Squad: Sports Committee: Our sports committee are leading the Fyffe's Fit Squad exercises in the other classrooms. Well done to the whole school for participating! Week 1: 30/09/22

IRELAND'S FITTEST SCHOOL 2023: Fyffes Fit Squad: We are looking forward to our whole school participating in this years competition for Ireland's Fittest School. Beginning on the 26/09/22

Congratulations to the girls who won the shield for 7-aside soccer: Well done to all involved! We are very proud of you all! :)

SWIMMING COUNTY FINALS / COMMUNITY GAMES: Congratulations to our swimmers who took part in the backstroke and front crawl in Tuam. We wish them all the best when they travel to Limerick for the Nationals!

WELL DONE TO ALL WHO PLAYED IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL ON 28/08/22!

SWIMMING: 6 weeks of swimming lessons will commence after Easter. We are all looking forward to getting into the pool again! :)

/RUGBY: 3RD- 6TH CLASS: We have been participating in tag rugby training this month. Learning many new skills such as passing backwards, going to ground, communicating clearly with our team and presenting the ball correctly. Having loads of fun! Jan/ Feb/ Mar 2022

P.E: Running: Hurdles : 07/09/2021

P.E Athletics: Sprinting in 5th and 6th class 03/08/2021

5th and 6th have been working on our athletics strand in P.E this month. We have been doing sprints and relay. We have also been following the Paralympics daily in class and becoming following our Irish athletes who have been participating. Well done to the Irish Paralympic team! We are all very proud of you!

P.E games in 3rd and 4th 03/08/2021

Athletics in 1st and 2nd class: Everyone having loads of fun! :) 03/08/2021

ACTIVE WEEK 2021: 8TH- 11TH JUNE

We are taking part in Active Week from the 8th- 11th June. The whole school are participating in various activities such as basketball, soccer, relay, climbing wall, circuits, Joe Wicks Workouts, yoga, games, bowling, Bricí Spraoi and games. We are having a great week....even though some days we have had rain! That won't stop us in Garrafrauns N.S! :)

GYMNASTICS 12/11/2020: We were doing cartwheels, tumbles and jumping today on the air tracks.

DAILY MOVEMENT BREAKS 2020: We are doing daily movement breaks to increase focus and productivity, decrease stress, improve attention and most importantly to have fun!!

Circuits and relays on 16/10/2020

GYMNASTSICS 15/10/2020

P.E: Circuits and relay with 5th and 6th class 02/10/2020

YOGA SESSION: As part of National Fitness Day 2020 we took part in a yoga class. We were so relaxed afterwards that some of us nearly had a little nap!!!! 24/09/2020

NATIONAL FITNESS DAY 24/09/2020: We took part in an exercise video led by Andy Moran

CLIMBING FRAME: Fundamental Movement Skills in all classes Aug/ Sept 2020

BASKETBALL: The junior and senior infants are enjoying playing basketball this month! September 2020

Well done to everyone who made an effort to be active last week! Keep up the momentum and effort! June 2020

ACTIVE SCHOOL WEEK 2020: ACTIVE HOME WEEK

The children of Garrafrauns N.S have been engaging with the Active Week activities which were assigned by teachers this week. Children kept an activity log of their daily exercise and submitted photographs of their homemade obstacle courses and hopscotch challenges they took part in. Well done to all who participated and keep up the 60 mins of physical activity daily!

P.E: Manipulative Skills in all classes: 04/03/2020

This week we have been focusing on the areas of:

throwing and catching
rolling
bounce pass
striking with the hand
striking with the hand at a target

INTEGRATION WITH MATHS: We have integrated length in maths with the long jump in P.E. Well done to Lily who jumped a distance of 2m 09cm and Aoibhinn who jumped a distance of 2m 28cm.

Games: Basketball drills with 5th and 6th class 02/03/2020

P.E: Dance Strand: The Junior and Senior Infants are engaged in movement breaks with Ms. Cawley

28/02/2020: Functional Movement Skill: Locomotor skills- sidestepping and dodging, Stability Skills- balancing. Mr. Curley used a game based approach to reinforce these key points with 5th and 6th

DANCE STRAND: 1ST AND 2ND CLASS: the children in 1st and 2nd shake out some dance moves during their movement breaks 19/02/2020

SENIOR CLASSES: 3rd- 6th class Fundamental movement skills session today with Mr. Curley working on balancing, correct jumping and throwing techniques, running techniques and coordination skills. 14/02/2020

FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT SKILLS: SESSION 2 in the Junior classes. 14/02/2020

ACTIVE 30: The whole school completed 30 minutes of active time this week focusing on the Games strand of the curriculum incorporating basketball, soccer, rounders and hula hooping. 12/02/2020

GAMES: BASKETBALL: We were working on our skills of striking with the hand, dribbling and overhead volley. 5th and 6th: 10/02/2020

Fundamental movement skills: Junior classes: We are working to improve our fundamental movement skills by focusing on our locomotor, stability and manipulative skills. We covered skipping, balancing and throwing. 06/02/2020

HURLING: senior classes are practising their hurling skills under the guidance of Roscommon hurler, Mr. Curley 24/01/20202

P.E: AQUATICS STRAND: the children from 1st to 6th will complete 8 weeks of swimming lessons this term. Jan- Feb 2020

DANCE STRAND: P.E: DECEMBER: The dance strand of the P.E curriculum is being covered in most classes this month including hip-hop, brush dancing, hip-hop, Irish dancing and line dancing.

P.E: Throwing, catching and kicking skills: all classes.......working on improving coordination and trying to stay on target! 28/11/19

P.E: Gymnastics Strand 21/11/19: We have finally mastered the pyramid!

Gymnastics strand: 07/11/19: We are moving onto more compicated lifts in all classes

GYMNASTICS STRAND 24/10/19: tumbles, rolls, cart-wheels, core exercises,

Orienteering Strand: Maths Trail 1st and 2nd class 22/10/19

Gymnastics Strand: 17/10/19 Lifts

P.E STRAND : Orienteering: September 2019: We completed an orienteering course using maps of our school grounds

Gymnastics Strand in the Junior Classes 09/10/19

03/10/19 Gymnastics: Gymnastics has started every Thursday and we have been working on our jumps and rolls

GAA: The children from 3rd- 6th class have been participating in the GAA Mini 7's Tournament. We are also taking part in GAA training every Monday to improve and develop our skills

GAA boys 03/05/19

GAA girls 10/05/19

Basketball Blitz Dunmore 02/05/19

Basketball training in preparation for the Basketball Blitz in Dunmore on 02/05/19

Walk A Mile 08/04/19

Fantastic GAA training session today working on all our skills! Well done 5th and 6th class for the huge effort put in.

GAA 5th and 6th class: 05/03/19

A frosty Walk a Mile! Well done to 1st, 2nd, 5th and 6th who took part in a buddy walk around the school grounds. December 2018

Gymnastics: rolls and cartwheels 22/11/18

GAA 22/11/18 5th and 6th class

GYMNASTICS 15/11/18

GAA 5th and 6th class 13/11/18

Halloween Walk a Mile 26/10/18

BEAT THE TEACHERS: The 5th and 6th class children challenged the teachers to a basketball match on Friday.

WALK A MILE SEPTEMBER 2018

GYMNASTICS: lifts OCTOBER 2018

Congratulations to our County Champions : 3rd to 6th class girls 2018

Walking Week 2018

Dunmore Basketball Blitz.....mixed team came 3rd, girls team came 4th place and the boys team came 2nd. Our quiz team came second. Well done to everyone involved!

HURLING: 3RD AND 4TH CLASS

SHIVEN GIRLS SOCCER COMPETITION: 20/03/18

Well done to the 4th, 5th and 6th class girls who made it to the final in the soccer competition in Shiven today! Great skill and determination were showed by all. Best of luck in the final after Easter.

TAG RUGBY BLITZ: The 3rd - 6th class children participated in the rugby blitz in Dunmore on the 14/03/18. Well done to all involved!

5th and 6th Class Final Gymnastics Performance! 01/12/17

Gymnastics skills are progressing well in 5th and 6th class

Tag Rugby 3rd- 6th class 2017

TAG RUGBY:
Due to poor weather conditions our tag rugby blitz has been cancelled tomorrow 20/10/17. We will continue with tag rugby every Friday.

GYMNASTICS: forward roll and cartwheels 19/10/17

Congratulations to the boys from 3rd-6th class who played in Claregalway on Wednesday...Well done! 18/10/2017

KEEPING ACTIVE IN 2017:
We are keeping active in Garrafrauns N.S in 2017! Keep up the great work everyone! We have been busy with GAA, gymnastics, Walk a Mile and lots more! These are photos from the boys GAA competition on the 11/10/17.