Holy Family N.S. Rathmore Co.Kerry P51 N290: Active Schools

Active Schools

Our school has begun the process of working towards achieving the Active School Flag this year. This process will involve a number of active initiatives during the year culminating in an Active School Week in the early Summer. As some parental involvement would be required, we would be grateful if all parents could be supportive of our attempt to obtain the Active Flag.

The Active School committee for 2015-2016:

Macarena 6th Class

Active Schools Launch Day

We had the Launch Day for ASF on Friday the 11th of December. Thank you to our sixth class pupils who taught each class the Macarena the previous day. Any time the Macarena came on over the intercom throughout the day, students teachers and visitors had to stop everything and dance! Well done to all! We had a great day!

Wake Up, Shake Up

Great start to our morning exercise this morning. Each class will get active in the morning for 5 to 10 minutes to wake up our bodies and brains before the school day begins! Well done to all!

Active Ideas

Don't forget to let us know if you have any ideas on how our school could be a more active place. Our ideas box is placed just inside the entrance of the school.

1km Run/Walk 1st and 2nd Classes

Cycling Initiative

As part of our Active Flag initiative cycle training was organised for the students in third class to highlight road safety while cycling. Training was provided over three days in February. Pupils learned many important skills and the training was greatly enjoyed by all who participated. Certificates were awarded on course completition. A special thank you to Cycle Sense and well done to all involved!

Day 2

Day 3

Senior Infants Nature Walk

First Class Nature Walk

Holy Family National School is holding our 'Active Schools Week' next week from the 25th to the 29th April. Our aim is to get all our school community as active as possible. A number of events are going to be held in school during the week including:

Drop everything & Dance, Tug of War, Parents Association activity, Sports Quiz,Limbo, visits from local Tae Kwon Do & Cycling clubs & Staff vs Students Dodgeball (See Active Schools newsletter for full list of activities).

Our week begins with a launch activity in the GP room at 9.10 on Monday morning where we will all take part in a whole school launch dance. Parents are welcome to attend this launch event as well as our Walk on Wednesday (WOW). In addition,if parents wish to get involved in any other activities please let us know.

So make sure you remember to get even more active next week & remember the school motto to 'Get on your feet & feel your heart beat!'

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Today each class competed in class penalty shoot outs! Two winners from each class then had the opportunity to take part in a penalty shoot out against Mr. Dineen. We had great fun. Well done to all involved especially Jakub and Ciaran who won! A special thank you to Mr. Dineen for agreeing to take part!

Today Master Bobby from Peak Performance Personal Training came to talk with us about Tae Kwon Do.

A big thank you to our wonderful parents association for organising a great day.

Parent association active schools from hfnsrathmorekerry on Vimeo.

A big thank you to Donie Kelleher from Sliabh Luachra Cycling Club who visited HFNS today to tell us about cycling clubs, safety and cycling skills. We learned a lot!

Junior infants to Second class took part in a welly throwing competition this morning.

Thank you to Miss Murphy who organised our Sports Quiz today. We had great fun and the winners from third/fourth and fifth/sixth teams won a place on the students team for Friday's game against the teachers! Well done to all!

Today we had our final event of Active Schools Week - Dodgeball. Two teams of students competed against the teachers! Great fun was had by all!!

We had great fun last Tuesday with our visitors from Kerry Stars. Coaches Joan O Connor and Tom Joe O Donoghue came to visit us and tell us about all they do at Kerry Stars. Athlete Mattina McCarthy also gave a wonderful speech about the skills she has learned while training at Kerry Stars. She also demonstrated some of the fun activities they take part in for second class.