Active Yard Breaks
Getting physical activity in at breaktime. Plenty of fun, fresh air and physical activity. The children love to be active during yard time. Sports equipment and games are provided at the big lunch break.
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Thank You To The Active School Leaders
Priority P.E Strand for improvement 2022 As part of the Active School Flag process, we at Naul N.S choose a strand of P.E learning each year and focus on improving how we teach lessons in that strand. We aim to improve the learning opportunities and experiences provided to the children. Each year we choose another […]
Continue ReadingCéilí Dancing for Seachtain na Gaeilge and in Celebration of St. Patrick’s Day 2022
The children in 3rd and 4th class, and the 5th and 6th class practised and rehearsed the “Siege of Ennis” céilí dance with their teachers separately. For two weeks the children practiced their dancing with a view to performing in an outdoor céilí with the 4 classes combined together. They did a couple of rehearsals […]
Continue ReadingSwimming Lessons
Swimming Lessons are beginning again in Aura Leisure Centre for 4th, 5th and 6th classes on March 2nd. This is a fantastic opportunity for the children to learn how to swim with their peers.
Continue ReadingFriday: Dancing to music at big break
Since January we have introduced playing music during the big break so that those children that like to dance can enjoy experimenting with inventing and performing their own dance moves and routines to their favourite pop music.
Continue ReadingP.E. Lessons
Over the coming weeks the children will participate in a variety of taster sessions of games in their P.E lessons. Soccer, basketball, tennis and hockey will be experienced by every class. The children worked on their ball handling skills and hand-to-eye coordination skills. Basketball Soccer skills and drills Hockey Tennis
Continue ReadingStrand – Aquatics
For the previous 2 years Naul N.S enabled the children to access the Aquatics strand of the Curriculum providing the children the opportunity to attend swimming lessons in Aura, Drogheda during the school day. This was hugely beneficial to the children.
Continue ReadingCreative Dance
The children working together to to invent their own Creative dance sequence
Continue ReadingActive Break In Class
Here are some children enjoying an active break in class. The children love dancing to Go Noodle and Just dance. They learn dance moves demonstrated on the Interactive Whiteboard. This gives the children a well earned movement break and re-energizes them for their next lesson. Keeping fit, having fun and having a “Brain Break” […]
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