There are 6 strands in the P.E. curriculum:

1) Games

2) Dance

3) Athletics

4) Gymnastics

5) Aquatics

6) Outdoor & Adventure 

 

Here in Ballyconnell NS, we cover 5-6 of these strands (no aquatics this year due to Covid!), each year in all classrooms. Each class teacher's timetable allocates at least 1 hour of P.E. every week for their class, while all children are aware that they require at least 60 mins every day!

 

We consider P.E. to be a vital subject and we follow a school P.E. policy for teaching the various strands. Our teachers are always sharing different P.E. ideas and activities with each other, with some of us completing different courses on P.E. to make our lessons more fun and interesting! 

 

Some of the teachers use the PSSI lesson plans to guide their delivery of the Primary PE Curriculum If you wish to take a look at the PSSI lessons, click here: pssi.pdst.ie/clickme.html