Active Schools is a Department of Education initiative which aims to get the school children of Ireland more active on a day-to-day basis in school.

There are four main elements to this: Physical Education, Physical Activity, Partnerships and Active Schools Week / Active Home Week

Here in Ballyconnell NS, we began our process of making our school more active in September 2018 and this process continues apace. Ably led by by our Active Schools Committee (Coiste na Scoile Gníomhaí) and our Playground Leaders (Ceannairí Clós Súgartha), we have become a lot more active as a school in the last 18 months!

Hopefully, we will receive our first Active Schools Flag later this school year!

Here are some of the initiatives we have begun in school to make us more active, more often!