This year, as our classroom arrangements make doing "GoNoodl" every day impractical, we have decided to venture outside, using the school grounds to run the "Daily Mile". We aren't quite there yet, but we are already running for 8 minutes every day. It is "drop everything and run" when the heads start to droop and a break from the desks is needed! Find out more about it HERE. |
For the "Dance Strand" in our PE curriculum, this year we are dancing with Larry and Ita for 5 weeks. Larry and Ita are visiting us from Donoughmore and introduce us to "Folk Dances from around the World". With every new dance, there is an introduction to the country it originates from, with photos, maps, video clips and funny stories, before we practice the moves!
Our Active Week ran from June 8th to 15th and was a great success. We had golf lessons on 2 mornings; a skippathon; tennis tournament; sent a team to the Cork City Sports; a Tae Kwondo lesson from Dan and Anne of Warrior Tae Kwondo; 1st to 4th went for a parish Gaelic Blitz in Drimoleague; we went for a family walk to Drimoleague Walkways (We stayed off road on the Moyny Bridge Walk); the set dancing students Lisa, Laura and James bravely taught us our Threes, Sevens, a Military 2 step and the Hen Gone, and finished off on Friday with a full Sports Day! It was so busy, we took as many pictures as we could, but we sometimes forgot! Here are some of the best: We are Actively participating in the Active Schools Flag.
Below are links to active activities for your family including local clubs: (If we have left some out, let us know and we'll add them) Clann na nGael (The Scorchers), Drimoleague GAA Drinagh Rangers Soccer Club Dunmanway Rugby Club Dunmanway Swimming Pool Warrior Tae Kwondo (Classes in Drimoleague, Drinagh, Dunmanway) Drimoleague Walks Skibbereen Athletics Club Doheny Athletics Club (Dunmanway) Skibbereen Rowing Club Other: Get Ireland Active Website We use the GoNoodle website, with Maximo, KooKooKangaroo, Brainercise and Indoor Recess amongst our favourites. We have logged 690mins of exercise since September 2014!
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