Well have you ever pushed back the tables and chairs and played it sitting / crouching with a balloon and a piece of wool? What fun the kids had as it was raining and we couldn’t get out for PE. So after doing some floor exercises and stretches we tried this out. We will be …
Well done to all the girls who recently received camogie county medals. It’s great to see more and more girls participate with the local club.
‘We have been very active in Junior Infants and love to partake in out of seat activities throughout the day to keep our minds and our bodies fresh and ready to learn. First of all we find our space bubble. This ensures the children are safe in the classroom and have their own space to …
Storm Erik prevented us going out to yard on Friday, February 8th so to keep active, we worked on our creative dance moves in the classroom!
So today we decided to ditch the soccer balls and to get skipping. It was a pleasant change to see the children try out alternative activities for Lunch breaks. The children enjoyed their skipping break and many of them were asking when we would be doing it again, so that’s a positive response. “Let’s move …
We have come up with some good ideas to help promote more movement during break times. We are hoping to have a February Football Free Friday where everyone brings in their skipping ropes and we have a class challenge. We will break the yard up into grids according to each class. Should be fun! More …
3rd class listened to “Carnival of the Animals” and responded through some fabulous creative dance moves
So, we tried out a simple African Folk dance using the points of the clock as a guide. It was good fun. Then we tried our own version using a Bodhrán to get our own rhythm going!
“As part of active flag initiative the boys and girls have been very busy getting active in the classroom, particularly on rainy days. We do zumba and yoga in the classroom and especially love when we get to go up a level on go noodle. We are getting fit and healthy in Junior Infants!” …