Mr Moriarty’s First Class had a fantastic time recently taking part in a skipping workshop with Mark McCabe. The children learned lots of new skipping skills, from basic jumps to fun routines, and showed great enthusiasm throughout the session.
There was plenty of laughter, movement, and teamwork as everyone gave it their best effort. Skipping is a great way to stay active, and the class really enjoyed challenging themselves and encouraging one another.
A big thank you to Mark McCabe for such an energetic and enjoyable session. It was a wonderful experience and one that the children will be talking about for a long time!
We took part in a skipping rope workshop yesterday!
It was so much fun!
The instructor showed us plenty of new tricks to use for our solo skipping and we tried out the long skipping rope too.
We will definitely be doing some more skipping rope sessions together.
We felt so energised afterwards!
Our 5th and 6th class students recently took part in the Marathon Kids Ireland programme, supported by Olympian David Gillick. This 8-week initiative, run by Fingal County Council, Dublin City Council, the Irish Life Dublin Marathon, and local sports partnerships, encourages students to build healthy habits through regular exercise.
Each week, the classes completed four running sessions, gradually working their way toward a full marathon. Along the way, they also learned about the many benefits of staying active, including:
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Healthy Hearts
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Physical Benefits of Exercise
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Mental Benefits of Exercise
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Social Benefits of Sport
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Community Benefits of Being Active
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Hydration
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Nutrition
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How Exercise Supports Learning
The programme finished up with a special celebration run, where students completed their final mile at Irishtown Stadium in Ringsend.
Well done to all our students for their fantastic effort and enthusiasm throughout the programme!
Now in our second year, Belmont has its panel of Active Schools representatives up and running in St. Mary’s. Their role is to help encourage all students to stay healthy and active.
We have two representatives from each First Class and one from each Senior Infant and Junior Infant class. Each representative now has their own Active School badge so everyone can easily see their role in the school. So far, they have helped organise yard equipment for all classes during yard time and have supported our Skip Around the World challenges.
Well done to all of our representatives. There are exciting times ahead for our active students in Belmont!
We are completing the Marathon Kids challenge in Ms. O’Gara’s 5th class. We are very exciting to attend the Marathon Kids Final Mile event in Santry in two weeks.
We really enjoyed doing our skipping for the Active Schools challenge!
We tried skipping on our own and skipping with others. We got better each day!
On Friday morning, parents joined our 5th and 6th Class students for a Daily Mile run around the Mount Eden campus. It was brilliant to see pupils, teachers, and parents running, chatting, and laughing together.
The energy and encouragement on display showed what great community spirit we have at St. Mary’s NS. A huge thank you to everyone who took part and helped make the morning so enjoyable!
Our runners are now looking forward to what should be a fantastic day out at Irishtown Stadium in Ringsend as part of the Marathon Kids Programme. We can’t wait to cheer them on as they cross the finish line! 🏅
