DAY 2-STRETCH 'N' GROW FOR THE JUNIORS AND ARCHERY FOR THE SENIORS

Today, for something entirely different! 

In the morning, Junior Infants, Senior Infants, 1st & 2nd class had a Stretch 'n' Grow session in the centre which was enjoyed by all!

 I wonder how many inches they grew by? :)

At 12 o'clock, Gabe Cronnelly, a parent member of our Active School Flag committee, began archery lessons with the senior classes! We had a really cool time learning how to hold the bow and aim our arrow for the balloons! 

Thanks so much to Gabe for coming in to teach us this cool new skill. We had an awesome time!

On Tuesday, Gabe Cronnelly came in and gave us a chance to do some archery!!

ACTIVE SCHOOL WEEK DAY 1-ULTA FLEX DANCE

What a fantastic start we've had to our Active School Week! 

The weather is ABSOLUTELY glorious, which is a super bonus! 

Yesterday, Aoife from Ultra Flex Dance came in and taught us some real funky moves that we can use for our D.E.A.D (Drop Everything And Dance ) sessions. We had a brilliant time dancing and performing for our classmates!

We had dance on Monday, Check out the videos below

Judo Champions

Well done to our two Judo stars in Junior Infants. Both boys won medals at a recent event. The boys told their friends in school they love the sport and really enjoy the games they play in class.

We love learning about different ways to stay active. Did you know that Judo means "gentle way" in Chinese? Judo involves lots of throwing moves and is good for developing fitness, strength, balance, posture and stamina.

Super Troopers Launch

Here are some professional photographs taken on the day the Super Troopers team came to our school. 

They said that they were really impressed with our skills, enthusiasm and dedication to their Super Troopers programme! 

This was the perfect oppportunity for 3rd & 4th class to show our dance moves, gymnastics skills,  how we can hoola hoop, and also, how strong we are...we loved the tug of war!

These photographs will be used for the official launch of the Super Troopers programme and they were also uploaded to the Athenry Facebook page.

Well done to every single boy and girl in the school for having fun while following the programme this year!

Keep going and keep active!

Drop Everything and Dance in Sixth Class (15th-4th-2015)

We were in the middle of a Maths test today when we got a great surprise. Ms Giblin announced over the intercom that everyone was to drop everything and dance. She played Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson. It was much better fun than the Maths test! Ms treacy taught us the Macarane dance and we had great fun. We love being active and we are really looking forward to Active Scool Week next week.

We spread out all over the room and danced ourselves dizzy!

This is fun!

Boys get down and boogie!

The girls made up a dance.

I love dancing with my friend.

Lift your arms in the air!