Active School

Our newly elected Student Council are an essential component of our Active School mission. Charlie, Jamie, Michaela, Ellen, Aislinn, Mia, Shay, Michael, Ciara and Lauren were all democratically elected by the children from 1st-6th class, after they bravely spoke in front of the school community as to why they would be good representatives for their fellow students. They will be busy in the coming months developing ideas for a more active school and communicating activities and initiatives to the classes.

Active Halloween

All the classess took part in 'Active Halloween'. They had a wonderful time playing Duck, Duck Boo, Spooky Sack races, moving to Halloween inspired dances and much more!! Check out some of the fun we had!

Olympic Movement Break

The children took part in the 'Active Break Every Day Challenge' from November the 13th- December the 8th. This year Active Schools teamed up with Olympic Athletes to promote the athletes competing in the Paris Olympics 2024 while encouraging children to move more. Teachers, SNA's and pupils all enjoyed this challenge! Have a look at some of our videos and pictures!

Active School Slogan

Run Fast, Run Slow,
It doesn't matter, just go!

The children from each classroom came up with some wonderful ideas for an active school slogan. After much deliberation one created by Hannah Ormonde in First Class, got chosen. It's so catchy and effective!

Our School Walkway

Our School Walkway is approximately 600 metres long. It starts at the school gate and heads around the new modular building (Autism class)follwoing numbers 1-14 until you reach the shed at the back of the school.The children from each classroom completed a Seachtain na Gaeilge challenge where they paired up and answered each of the questions at each signpost. Bhí an-spraoi ag gach duine!

Rosenallis Running Challenge!

We took part in the Laois Sport Partnership couch to 2k initiative. We began our running challenge on the 18th March and finished on the 3rd of May. Every class ran outside in the middle yard every day to build up to the final event which took place in Rosenallis GAA pitch. A representative from Laois Sports Partnership was present for the fun occasion. Well done to all the children and staff for bringing such enthusiasm to this event.

Active Schools Week 20th-24th May 2024

We had so much fun for Active Schools Week. There were different activities every day to look forward to.

On Monday we had a corrective gymnastics coach 'Mirak' from Laois Sports Partnership in to do a 45 minutes session with every class. The children loved it so much we organised two more sessions for the following week!
We also had our regular GAA session with coach Aoife.

Tuesday we did dancing with the whole school in Miss Scott's room (as it was raining). The Student Council learned the dances with Ms Purcell first and then demonstrated them to the rest of the school. We danced 'An Dreoilín, Rock the Boat, Popsico and the Macarena'.

Wednesday we did a 'Wednesday Workout' in the middle yard with the whole school. The Student Council picked four exercise and we did these for 20 seconds on 20 seconds off for two rounds. It was great fun!

Thursday Miss Wheeler organised an olympic style fun day for each classroom. Each session took an hour and the activities included basketball, soccer, races and many more team events. Many children reported it was their favourite activity of the week!

Friday we had two Laois players, Paddy Purcell and Ellen Conroy, in to do a coaching session with each class. Paddy and Ellen gave some great tips and played some really fun games. We wore Laois colours to show our pride in our lovely county.

Each classroom also completed a 'Learning on the Move' lesson outside using our School Walkway. It was a very busy and fun week of activities.
Have a look below at some of the activities.

Sports Day Tuesday 18th

We had so much fun on Sports Day this year. The students were divided into colour teams. We had dearg, glas, oráiste, buí, gorm, bogha báistí, dubh agus corcra. Our events were egg and spoon race, sack race, three legged race, relays, long distance, relays, over/under and tug of war. Points were awarded for each event for first, second and third place. Glas had the most points by the end of the race so they were the very worthy winners. An-mhaith glas agus gach duine!