The Active School Flag (ASF)
Scoil an Chrío Ró Naofa Íosa are currently working towards attaining our first Active School Flag.
What is the Active School Flag?
Active School Flag is a Department of Education and Skills initiative supported by Healthy Ireland. The Active School Flag is awarded to schools that strive to achieve a physically educated and physically active school community. The process aims to get more schools, more active, more often.
This year we will be very busy in Scoil an Chrío Ró Naofa Íosa working on the following areas: Physical Education, Physical Activity and Partnerships. We also organised another Active School Week for April 2019. Please click on the mentioned headings to find out more.
Our Active School Flag Slogan
"Fitness is cool, amazing and fun!
Sitting on the sofa is where the damage is done"
Scoil an Chrío Ró Naofa Íosa are currently working towards attaining our first Active School Flag.
What is the Active School Flag?
Active School Flag is a Department of Education and Skills initiative supported by Healthy Ireland. The Active School Flag is awarded to schools that strive to achieve a physically educated and physically active school community. The process aims to get more schools, more active, more often.
This year we will be very busy in Scoil an Chrío Ró Naofa Íosa working on the following areas: Physical Education, Physical Activity and Partnerships. We also organised another Active School Week for April 2019. Please click on the mentioned headings to find out more.
Our Active School Flag Slogan
"Fitness is cool, amazing and fun!
Sitting on the sofa is where the damage is done"
While we feel a lot of physical activity goes on in our school, our challenge will be to encourage the whole school community to enjoy physical activity. The ASF requires schools to review and self-evaluate their current provision under three areas; Physical Education, Physical Activity and Partnerships. If we can say yes to all of the criteria in these areas we will be awarded a flag and we will have got the whole school more active. This is our aim for this school year to become more active.
Why get active?
Did you know that four out of five children in the Republic of Ireland are still not getting enough exercise, posing serious risks to their health and well-being? Being active helps release chemicals in your brain (endorphins), which have a positive effect on your mood, not to mention the benefits to your heart, lungs, muscles and bones. Getting out and being active is also a great way to manage stress.
10 Health Benefits: Physical activity helps a child to…
Why get active?
Did you know that four out of five children in the Republic of Ireland are still not getting enough exercise, posing serious risks to their health and well-being? Being active helps release chemicals in your brain (endorphins), which have a positive effect on your mood, not to mention the benefits to your heart, lungs, muscles and bones. Getting out and being active is also a great way to manage stress.
10 Health Benefits: Physical activity helps a child to…
- Improve agility, balance and co-ordination.
- Feel more energised
- Reduce feelings of stress, anxiety and depression.
- Burn and generate more energy.
- Improve their physical and mental well-being.
- Maintain healthy weight.
- Improve concentration.
- Improve self-esteem and helps them feel good about themselves.
- Develop friendships.
Our Active School Committee
To carry out our Active School application, we needed the help of our students. To facilitate this we set up an ‘Active Schools Committee’. Our Active School Committee consists of ten members of our teaching staff and we have two members from each class from 1st to 6th class represented on our committee who meet regularly throughout the year. They will be working with our teachers to carrying out surveys, sharing ideas and performing duties
To carry out our Active School application, we needed the help of our students. To facilitate this we set up an ‘Active Schools Committee’. Our Active School Committee consists of ten members of our teaching staff and we have two members from each class from 1st to 6th class represented on our committee who meet regularly throughout the year. They will be working with our teachers to carrying out surveys, sharing ideas and performing duties
Here are some of the changes we have made to make our school more active so far:
We launched Active School Flag in the school; all teachers explained what ASF is to their classes.
We sent a note home to inform parents and guardians about ASF.
We have set up an Active School Committee.
We have encouraged Active Homework throughout the year.
We have an Active School Flag Notice board in the school where we display our active events and active news.
We are undergoing a Self-School Evaluation in P.E this year.
Our staff filled out the self evaluation forms on Physical Activity, Partnerships and Physical Education.
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Check out our twitter page, we have an Active Flag twitter account: @sacredheartns |
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