Junior Infants enjoying PE with some new equipment. Having enough equipment for each child to use during PE ensures maximum participation.
Tag Rugby training for 6th class provided by our local Rugby club in Gort- A lovely addition to our Games strand
Rainy days doesn’t disrupt our PE lessons. We often use our yoga mats to do yoga and improve our flexibility.
Rock, paper, scissors, hop- One of our newest games added to our PE lessons
Cooperative games and relays are a wonderful way to build on our class friendships.
Tennis lessons to explore the ‘Games’ strand of the PE curriculum. Our amazing coach Billy will give 6 sessions to each class in the school over the course of the year.
Our fourth class off to their weekly swimming lesson. We are so lucky to be able to offer 6 sessions per year for all classes from first to sixth class.
Our infant classes working on their gymnastics skills through obstacle courses. Jumping, crawling, moving in different pathways, balancing and creating shapes are all part of the gymnastics strand.
We are so lucky to have Forest School here at our school. It links in perfectly with our Outdoor and Adventure strand. Balance, coordination, team work and so many other fundamental movement skills are developed through play at Forest School.
Senior Infants out completing their very first orienteering course of the year. Such excitement and a lovely way to begin the 'Outdoor and Adventure' strand of PE.
Our wonderful tennis coach Billy is back to work with 1st to 6th class. Each class gets an opportunity to practise their striking skills while working on their fitness and learning the basic rules of tennis. Billy will be giving 4 sessions to each class level. Such a great opportunity!
Braving the cold this week, second class out enjoying Forest School while incorporating the Outdoor and adventure PE strand with structured games and lots of free play!
Senior Infants out practising their kicking, dribbling and passing skills as part of the Games strand in PE.
All of our classes took on active school tours, but sixth class took on the Outdoor and Adventure strand with style with an overnight action packed stay in Petersburg.
Second and Third class out practicing the 'Siege of Ennis' in preparation for Seachtain ne Gaeilge.
As part of our focus on the Athletics strand this year First and second class are taking part in the 'Road to Beijing' challenge where they record their physical activity which is then converted to Kilometers. They then map their way from Ireland to Beijing! A wonderful way to connect with this years Winter Olympics while working on our own physical fitness.
Aquatics
We are so lucky to have Kilcornan pool across the road from our school. Each class from 1st to 6th receives 8 weeks of swimming lessons each year from the wonderful swim teachers there.
We are so lucky to have Kilcornan pool across the road from our school. Each class from 1st to 6th receives 8 weeks of swimming lessons each year from the wonderful swim teachers there.
Fifth Class have been developing their dribbling and shooting skills in basketball through drills and games!
2nd Class out enjoying Forest School
Here at KETNS our Forest School programme complements the Outdoor and Adventure strand of the PE curriculum
5th Class PE Lesson- First Athletics lesson of the year
Completing the Beep Test so that they can measure their progress over the next few weeks!
Cen t-am e mac tire- Halloween games in the Forest with Senior Infants October 2021
Senior Infants practicing their Fundamental Movement Skills with bats, balls and beanbags!
Teachers CPD - Forest School Session
As we are focusing on developing the 'Outdoor and Adventure' strand of the PE curriculum we used one of our Croke Park sessions to explore our local forest with our two forest school leaders. We focused on activities that explored the 'Outdoor challenges' and 'Understanding and appreciation of outdoor adventure activities' strand units. This session also helped the rest of the staff understand more about the principals and benefits of Forest School.
First Class out orienteering while enjoying the sunshine!
Getting our step count up while exploring our beautiful surroundings!
This week during Student Led Conference week each class took part in the 'Walking' strand unit of our Outdoor and Adventure Strand.We explored our beautiful surroundings by taking on some new forest trails while investigating the signs of Spring.We also found time for some free play!
Junior Infants participating in the Outdoor and Adventure Strand of the PE Curriculum
Junior Infants experienced orienteering for the first time where they found and recorded controls using colors.
4th Class Photo Orienteering
4th Class took on photo orienteering this week where they used photographs to identify features of our school grounds and gather clues.
Getting organised for i-Orienteering with 5th and 6th Class!
Staff Forest Walks led by our Forest School Leader
This week our teachers were exploring walking routes in our local forest to facilitate the 'Walking' unit of our 'Outdoor and Adventure' strand.
Our Outdoor and Adventure Packs are ready!
Here are just a few examples of the lesson plans and resources ready for our Outdoor and Adventure Stand!These resource packs which were given out to each class also contain additional lesson ideas on co-operative games.
Swimming
Each class (1st class to 6th class) receive 6-8 weeks of swimming lessons from a qualified instructor in our local swimming pool here in Kilcornan each school year.
We strive to provide a broad and balanced PE curriculum.
We strive to provide a broad and balanced PE curriculum.
Our PE Shed- A work in progress
Our 5th and 6th Class Active School committee members have made a great start on the re organisation of our PE Shed. A spring clean was needed!
New shelving and hooks to hang our equipment! Great progress!
Junior Infants took on our Solar System Trail and completed exercises at each new planet!
This year we are developing our Outdoor and Adventure strand of the PE curriculum. Our Junior Infants completed an 'Active Walk' around our Solar System trail. Students from our Active School committee helped by explaining a new fact about each planet and demonstrating a new exercise at each planet that we visited. We had lots of fun!
5th Class Treasure Hunt!
Our 5th class pupils used map reading skills, team work and research skills to find and follow clues to the hidden treasure! This was a wonderful introduction to orienteering as part of our 'Outdoor and Adventure' strand.
Senior Infants Solar System Trail
Our Senior Infants completed our Solar System Trail in the beautiful sunshine today. Our 6th Class Active School Committee member Sasha led the group. She also demonstrated all of the exercises expertly, as well as explaining a simple fact about each planet on our route.
