European school sports Day 2021-2022
Whole school dance
Over the past few weeks, the whole school has been very busy learning a dance to Waka Waka by Shakira. The girls performed the dance all together outside in their class bubbles as a whole school. The girls loved busting some moves!! Check out the videos below.
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Marathon Kids
This year 5th and 6th class took part in Marathon Kids, while the rest of the school continued on with the Daily Mile. 5th and 6th class worked extremely hard over the course of 8th weeks to improve their fitness and stamina while having lots of fun along the way. Each week, they increased their distance, running a total of 42km over 8 weeks- the length of a marathon. On Friday the 11th of December, the girls completed Marathon kids by running their final mile around the school, wearing their Marathon Kids t-shirts. They all received a lovely medal at the end too. The girls should all be SO proud of themselves. What an amazing achievement!!
Active Break Every Day Challenge
As a school we have pledged to complete an active break everyday for the next 4 weeks. We can choose to run, walk, dance or workout if not all of the above, every day for the next 4 weeks. First class have been super active this week, we love ticking our active challenge chart each day. Today we had lovey weather for our daily mile, everyone did so well!
European School Sports Day 2020
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Today we took part in ESSD we completed lots of fun activities such as drop everything and dance, mindful walks, games, hurdles, meditation, art and so much more. We had a great time!
European School Sports Day’s mission is to kick off a lifetime of health. We were one of 9,000 schools in Europe that took part✨
European School Sports Day’s mission is to kick off a lifetime of health. We were one of 9,000 schools in Europe that took part✨
Week 5
Well done senior infants! Such a great effort this week!
Week 4
WOW!! Three in a row for 1st class! Well done girls, amazing work!
In 2nd place was 2nd class, followed by Senior Infants in 3rd place.
Don't forget to email your distances to your teacher every Friday! This week is a short week so you only have 3 days to track!
Best of luck and enjoy your walks and runs!
Stay Active and stay safe!
In 2nd place was 2nd class, followed by Senior Infants in 3rd place.
Don't forget to email your distances to your teacher every Friday! This week is a short week so you only have 3 days to track!
Best of luck and enjoy your walks and runs!
Stay Active and stay safe!
Daily Mile Club Week 3
1st Class are on an Active Streak!
The Daily Mile Club
Week 2
Some of you are always out cycling, scooting, walking and even running. We want you to track your weekly distance for us!
This is how it will work!
Best of luck!
This week’s winners were: 1st Class.
You have won an extra PE or Yard time voucher for your class to use when we get back to school.
Well done to all the girls who took part this week.
Let’s see who this week’s winner will be!
This is how it will work!
- Start on Monday. Try and run your daily mile. Usually this means running for roughly 10 minutes. If you go for a walk, cycle or run you can track how far you went too. (TIP: A good way of tracking this is to use a Fitbit if you have one, your phone or google maps. I use the Nike Running app. Which is free and you can enter the distance or time you want to walk/run for and it will tell you how far you have gone along the way!)
- Stick a piece of paper to the fridge or somewhere you will remember to find it. Each day write down your total distance in KM or MILES, whatever works best for you.
- Repeat until Friday.
- On Friday add up your distance from Monday to Friday and send it to your teacher!
- Your teacher will add the distances from everyone in your class who has emailed and taken part.
- The winners will be announced on the Active school page every Monday.
Best of luck!
This week’s winners were: 1st Class.
You have won an extra PE or Yard time voucher for your class to use when we get back to school.
Well done to all the girls who took part this week.
Let’s see who this week’s winner will be!
The Daily Mile
(Home Edition!)
With the gorgeous weather we have been having, we thought we would start a little challenge between the classes!
We want you to record the distance you run (walk some if you have to!) each day and send us your total weekly distance every Friday.
We will add up your class's scores and see who the winning class will be each week!
You can track your distance on google maps/a fit-bit / your phone or your parent's phone!
We have attached a chart below that you can fill out to record your distance or make your own- make sure you send us on a picture of your chart or just your total distance each Friday to help your class win!
The winning classes will get active vouchers to use when we get back to school, take a look at the poster below for more information!
We want you to record the distance you run (walk some if you have to!) each day and send us your total weekly distance every Friday.
We will add up your class's scores and see who the winning class will be each week!
You can track your distance on google maps/a fit-bit / your phone or your parent's phone!
We have attached a chart below that you can fill out to record your distance or make your own- make sure you send us on a picture of your chart or just your total distance each Friday to help your class win!
The winning classes will get active vouchers to use when we get back to school, take a look at the poster below for more information!

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Well done to everyone who took part and thank you for helping us get an Active School Flag.
Remember to send in your chart so that we can show all the effort you have put in. Email it to: msshaughnessysjog@gmail.com or mssherwin.stjohnofgodartane@gmail.com And they will send you on an Active Home Week Certificate! |
Active Home Week
Minutes exercise a day!
RTE Home School Hub EXTRA would love to hear from you!RTE Home School Hub would love to receive videos from children all over Ireland showing how they have gotten active during #ActiveHomeWeek.
How to Submit your Video:
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Check out our slideshow below of pictures you have sent us so far this week ! We love seeing and sharing your wonderful ideas. Don't forget to keep filling out your chart and email it back to us when its completed on Sunday!
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Beyond the classroom
CThe PDST have created a new resource called beyond the classroom to help parents engage in their child’s physical literacy journey. They will be uploading videos to show children different activities that they can do at home to continue to develop different skills.
Check out the videos below for some great games and activities you can practise at home. Don’t forget to take some pictures and videos!
Throwing
https://vimeo.com/211489230
https://vimeo.com/400896888
https://vimeo.com/402212771
https://vimeo.com/402220846
Running
https://vimeo.com/211489161
https://vimeo.com/404404521
https://vimeo.com/404409956
https://vimeo.com/404412589
Balancing
https://vimeo.com/214481395
https://vimeo.com/409588960
https://vimeo.com/409589413
https://vimeo.com/409589781
Catching
https://vimeo.com/211488363
https://vimeo.com/412274551
https://vimeo.com/412280738
https://vimeo.com/412282658
Check out the videos below for some great games and activities you can practise at home. Don’t forget to take some pictures and videos!
Throwing
https://vimeo.com/211489230
https://vimeo.com/400896888
https://vimeo.com/402212771
https://vimeo.com/402220846
Running
https://vimeo.com/211489161
https://vimeo.com/404404521
https://vimeo.com/404409956
https://vimeo.com/404412589
Balancing
https://vimeo.com/214481395
https://vimeo.com/409588960
https://vimeo.com/409589413
https://vimeo.com/409589781
Catching
https://vimeo.com/211488363
https://vimeo.com/412274551
https://vimeo.com/412280738
https://vimeo.com/412282658
Get Active and Creative
Hi girls,
We hope you are all staying safe and well at home. We wanted to remind you that it is still important to try and get your 60 minutes of exercise each day. You could go for a short walk/cycle, do some jumping jacks in the garden, GoNoodle, or do some Yoga. There are also lots of ideas on this page of activities that you could do to keep active at home. We would love if you could be creative and come up with new ways of keeping fit at home. Here is a very simple example of an outdoor active board game- all you need is some paper, pens/markers and a dice ( you could make one if you don't have one at home). We would love if you could get creative and send some pictures onto mssherwin.stjohnofgodartane@gmail.com or msshaughnessysjog@gmail.com so that we can share them here for others to use!
We hope you are all staying safe and well at home. We wanted to remind you that it is still important to try and get your 60 minutes of exercise each day. You could go for a short walk/cycle, do some jumping jacks in the garden, GoNoodle, or do some Yoga. There are also lots of ideas on this page of activities that you could do to keep active at home. We would love if you could be creative and come up with new ways of keeping fit at home. Here is a very simple example of an outdoor active board game- all you need is some paper, pens/markers and a dice ( you could make one if you don't have one at home). We would love if you could get creative and send some pictures onto mssherwin.stjohnofgodartane@gmail.com or msshaughnessysjog@gmail.com so that we can share them here for others to use!
Simon Says with an active twist!
Junior and Senior infants try this activity at home!
A nice way to relax is to play some calming music and move through the yoga alphabet, hold each pose for as long as you can, aim for 10 seconds on each pose. ✨
⭐️PE at home, starting on Monday 23rd ⭐️
⭐️ Give this activity a try ⭐️
Our gorgeous Astro and running track are almost ready to use 🏃🏽♀️
Junior Infants checking out our new playground!
Check out our ‘What club are you in?’ data chart!
Turns out our school loves GAA, followed by dance in a close second place! If you want to get some ideas of clubs to join in the locality come take a look at our board!
We love our new fitness spots!
10 @ 10
Check out our warm up!
Fundamental Movement skills
We are working on...
Catching for fun!
Catching for fun!
⭐️Well done Senior Girls⭐️
Dance Queens
Our suggestion box was over flowing this week with lots of song requests for dance Friday!
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Active Lines
Well done to all of the girls for getting involved In our active lines.
Making every minute count.
Great to see so many smiles!
Making every minute count.
Great to see so many smiles!
Clontarf Tag Rugby Blitz
The girls in 4th, 5th and 6th class went to Clontarf rugby club on Friday to participate in a rugby blitz. It was a great day!
On Friday’s, we dance!
We have implemented our new yard equipment rota at lunch times. The active school committee have come up with a great idea to bring music to the yard on Fridays and get creative with some free style dance moves. If anyone has song requests don’t forget to pop them in the active school suggestion box!
Daily Mile
What a lovely morning for our daily mile!
Yoga Fridays
The girls are loving their yoga practice with Maura.
They derive so many benefits from yoga. Physically, it enhances their flexibility, strength, coordination and body awareness. In addition, it is great for concentration and relaxation!
They derive so many benefits from yoga. Physically, it enhances their flexibility, strength, coordination and body awareness. In addition, it is great for concentration and relaxation!
Yard Equipment
Our new equipment has arrived and is ready to use on Monday. How exciting!
Dancing into Christmas!
Before the holidays, our Parents Association held a junior and senior disco in our school hall. We had great fun dancing and spreading the Christmas cheer. Take a look at some of our moves!
SJG gone GAGA!
(Get All Girls Active)
The Dublin City Sport and Wellbeing Partnership invited us to go GAGA as part of their GAGA Day today, Wednesday 4thDecember 2019.
What is GAGA?
GAGA stands for ‘Get All Girls Active’ programme which runs throughout the year aiming to enable and inspire girls to become more physically active. GAGA Day is a special initiative stemming from the programme. It is held once per year and consists of a series of sport and physical activity events held on the same day across Dublin City. The girls took part in a HIIT session today and had lots of fun! Take a look!
What is GAGA?
GAGA stands for ‘Get All Girls Active’ programme which runs throughout the year aiming to enable and inspire girls to become more physically active. GAGA Day is a special initiative stemming from the programme. It is held once per year and consists of a series of sport and physical activity events held on the same day across Dublin City. The girls took part in a HIIT session today and had lots of fun! Take a look!
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Yoga In Senior Infants
Senior Soccer Blitz
5th and 6th class went to partake in a Soccer Blitz today Wednesday the 4th Of December. They really enjoyed their afternoon.
Our Active School Motto
Congratulations to Abbie from 5th class who created the winning slogan chosen by the Active School Committee. Well done!
Soccer with Keith
Every Friday each class work on their soccer skills with our trainer Keith. The girls love competing in soccer games against each other!