Active Schools Week
Active Week 2022
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Active Week 2021
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Active Home Week 2020
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Active School Week 2019
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The Department of Education and Skills and Healthy Ireland encourage ALL schools to organise an Active School Week (ASW) as part of their annual school calendar.
The ASW initiative is about providing FUN and INCLUSIVE physical activity opportunities for ALL members of the school community. It allows schools to reinforce the message that not only is physical activity good for you but it also very enjoyable. It provides schools with an excellent opportunity to raise awareness about the physical activity opportunities that are available in their locality and to work collaboratively with students, parents and members of the community.
At St Margaret’s N.S. we hold our Active Schools Week in June to run in conjunction with our annual school walk and sports day. Take a look below to see what we got up to this year!
Active Week 2023
Our challenge and theme for this years Active Week was to promote good sportsmanship. As a whole school initiative each class and sports team were awarded tokens for showing good sportsmanship on and off the playing field and during yard times. This ran over a 4-week block and the tokens received for each team which contributed to our Sports day which took place in St Margarets GAA club. This was in collaboration with each child engaging in a minimum of 60 minutes of physical activity each day. The children took part in physical activities throughout the week including GAA, dancing, skipping, tennis, orienteering, relay races, circuits, obstacle course and yoga. Instead of our usual homework, some familiar faces assigned active challenges for pupils to complete each evening.
Active Week 2022
We were awarded our third Active Flag in 2022. In 2022 we were delighted to be able to return to our annual events such as our Sponsored School Walk in Malahide Gardens, Sports Day in St. Margaret’s GAA complex and swimming lessons for 2nd – 6th class. Our challenge for Active Week 2022 as always, was to get everyone moving. The children took part in physical activities throughout the week including GAA, dancing, taekwondo, tug-of-war, orienteering, relay races, circuits, obstacle courses, pool noodle activities and much more. Instead of our usual homework, some familiar faces assigned active challenges for pupils to complete each evening.
Active Week 2021
Our challenge for Active Week was to get everyone moving. All children in St. Margaret’s N.S. were asked to engage in a minimum of 60 minutes of physical activity each day. The children took part in physical activities throughout the week including GAA, dancing, tennis, orienteering, relay races, circuits, obstacle course and yoga. Instead of our usual homework, the Active Squad assigned active challenges for pupils to complete each evening. Click here to see our active challenge videos and slideshows.
Active Home Week 2020
Due to the Covid-19 school closure, Active Week 2020 was a little different. The children participated in a virtual Active Home Week Challenge. Our challenge like always, was to get everyone moving. To take part in the challenge the children had to engage in a minimum of 60 minutes of physical activity each day at home. See below for one of our school’s challenge charts or click here to view more details about our Active Home Week 2020.
