Active Schools week took place from April 24th to 28th 2017 in Barna N.S. Students and staff enjoyed loads of fun physical activities throughout the week. Take a look at how we got active throughout the week!
Here is a copy of our ASW timetable which was sent home with pupils.
| Senior Pupils | Junior Pupils | ||||
| Monday | Wake up Shake up | Yoga @ 2.pm
Yoga is a type of exercise in which you move your body into various positions in order to become more fit or flexible, to improve your breathing, and to relax your mind. |
Soccer Tournament | Soccer Tournament | |
| Tuesday | Wake up Shake up | Orienteering
Orienteering is a competitive or non competitive recreational activity in which participants use a map and clues to navigate between checkpoints along a course. |
Soccer Tournament Final | Soccer Tournament Final | |
| Wednesday | Wake up Shake up | C.O.W (Cycle On Wednesday)
Pupils from Juniors to 6th can bring their bikes to school. Pupils from 2nd to 6th will be taken on a supervised cycle in the locality. Juniors, Seniors and 1st class will be cycling their bikes around the school yard. Helmets and Hi-Vis Jackets Mandatory |
Rounder’s Tournament | Bean Bag Target Practice | |
| Thursday | Wake up Shake up | Rounder’s Tournament Final | Bean Bag Target
Final |
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| Friday | Walk On Friday | W.O.F (Walk On Friday)
Pupils and their Families are invited to walk the “Triangle” together @9.10am |
Presentation of Active Week Certificates | ||
Active Travel Systems
This is our WOF active travel system (Walk on Friday) where the entire school went for a walk on Wednesday. Some family members also joined us for the walk. The children wore high-visibility jackets to ensure that they could be seen.
This is our C.O.W. initiative (Cycle on Wednesday) where students from Juniors to Sixth Class were allowed to bring in their bikes. Juniors to First class students cycled their bikes in the yard while the Second to Sixth Class were taken on a supervised cycle in the locality.
ASW Activities
During ASW we also tried some Yoga, which is a type of exercise where you move your body into different positions. Yoga helps you to become more fit and flexible but it also helps you to focus on your breathing and relax your mind.
Children from the Senior Classes enjoying a Nature trail in Curraghchase
Active School: Running Initiative 2017
Children from Ms.O’Dwyer’s Class measuring the field to find its exact perimeter before beginning the whole school Running Initiative. It was an excellent way for the children to incorporate some physical activity into their everyday Maths work!
The Active School Committee launched their Running Initiative in 2017. The pupils of Barna NS decided to run from Thomond Park Limerick to Croke Park Dublin! That’s a distance of 221km! It was a whole school running challenge and every pupil worked together to add up all their kilometres to run from Limerick to Dublin. Over 6 weeks the pupils of Barna NS ran at every opportunity and added their distances together to complete their running challenge! Congratulations Barna!
Wake Up Shake Up
Each morning before school, the children participated in Wake Up Shake Up. We found these exercises helped us to improve our concentration and also made us feel great! This was a fantastic start to the day!
Certificate Presentation
At the end of ASW the children were delighted to have their certificates presented to them by Colin Ryan, a member of the Limerick U21 hurling team . A great end to a fantastic week.
We are already looking forward to ASW 2018!!