Glasnevin Educate Together

Sport’s Day 2023

By Get Teacher • June 8, 2023

Sports Day was filled with lots of fun and laughter and our Junior & Senior Sport’s Day were a great success! Classes had a great time taking part in all the different activities around the school. We did obstacle courses, sack races, potato & spoon relays, high jump, parachute games, basketball and we had fun with space hoppers too! The senior classes particularly enjoyed our water & sponge relays! Please find lots of photos below!

UCD Athletics Event 2023

May 31, 2023

We were very proud of all of our fantastic athletes who competed in the UCD Cumann na mBunscol Athletics event this year. They showed great commitment and dedication and they all gave it their best effort! We loved seeing how supportive they were of one another and the team spirit shown was wonderful! Congrats to Jack who won gold in the long distance running event; Tadhg who got a silver medal in high jump and the boys relay team, Ryan, Tariku, Lewis and Conor, who all won a medal for coming 4th!

Primary Cross-Country Event April 2023

April 20, 2023

Well done to all our fantastic athletes who competed in the Dublin Primary School’s Cross-Country event with yesterday in Albert College Park. Congratulations to the following students who won medals and plaques in their races. 3rd Class Plaques 🏆 Ben: Féilim: Harry Clodagh (Well done Clodagh for being such a good team spirit when a mix up at the end meant she lost out on her plaque!) Medals 🥇 Erik Ariya Georgie Marla Lara Robin Lola Alex M. Harry S. 4th Class Plaques 🏆 Seán Sheehan Ellen Dónal Belle Medals 🥇 Eve Keegan Sam Howley Isabel M.Dias Ethan Stack Reo Lily 5th Class Plaques 🏆 Anna Medals 🥇 Oliver Bobby Éanna Teyana 6th Class Plaques 🏆 Eoin Eliza Tariku Jack Medals 🥇 Marcus Charlie Robert Lewis Tadgh Matthew We are so proud of all our students who raced, and it was so great to see pupils trying their best and giving each race their all! The team spirit, enthusiasm and camaraderie displayed was fantastic and every student should be very proud of themselves, regardless of where they finished. A big thank you to John Mac Donald, our Dublin City Sport’s Officer for inviting us to part and to Athletics Ireland for organising.

November Active School Update

November 24, 2022

This month’s Active School Flag challenge is take take fun active breaks each day. Our active school flag committee representatives are responsible for filling in the active chart and making sure that each class has active breaks every day! Our current PE strand is gymnastics. Each class is enjoying exploring how movement can be developed sequentially as well as different actions such as jumping, turning, swinging and balancing with the control and management of body movements in increasingly challenging situations.

Active School Flag

June 10, 2021

June 2021 We are proud to have officially been awarded our Active School Flag! The ASF is a Department of Education and Skills initiative and is awarded to schools that strive to achieve a physically educated and physically active school community. A huge thank you to pupils, staff, parents and the whole school community for their enthusiasm for all of the activities & initiatives, and to parents for being such active role models for your children! The Active School Coordinator was very impressed with everyone’s efforts, in particular for Active School Week and he commented on how our school seems like a very positive, happy environment. Well Done everyone! We will have a little Active Flag Raising Ceremony this month. Until then, please find a photo of each class celebrating with our Active Flag!

Feel Good Friday!

June 17, 2025

The children had a great time being super active at our yard disco today when we blasted out their favourite songs in the yard! They showcased their dance moves and it was wonderful to see everyone so engaged and enthusiastic. Well done to all the children for getting involved anad dancing their socks off! After all the positive feedback we will be having yard discos regularly from now on!

Active School Update

June 17, 2025

Active Home Week! 27th April – 3rd May

By Get Teacher • April 26, 2020

Active School Week’ was planned for this week and promised to be a really enjoyable week for all students. However, because of the circumstances we find ourselves in, it is not possible for this to go ahead so we are asking you, the families of our school to participate in the ‘Active HOME Week’ challenge instead! This is a good opportunity to focus on the importance of physical well-being, taking some time to have fun and be active! To complete the challenge children have to find four different ways of being active every day making sure that this add up to 60 MINUTES, or more. Children are encouraged to try something NEW, have FUN with a family activity and to ENJOY the week! You will find some ideas and videos to help you under the Physical Activity section of our Active School website: https://get.ie/active-school/physical-activity/ Please find the challenge worksheet and ideas word cloud below. Please return the completed challenge chart to your teacher. There are a few different ways you can return your challenge chart at the end of the week: Complete the GETNS Challenge Chart in Word and send it back as an attachment in an email to class teachers: Download here: GETNS Challenge Chart Hand drawn chart – Completed, photographed and sent back as an attachment to an email to class teachers Printed out chart – Completed, photographed and sent back as an attachment to an email to class teacher Fillable PDF – Saved as a file, completed and returned as an attachment to an email to class teachers. If you complete the 7 day challenge, you will receive a certificate! We would also love to see photos of you in action, being active & having fun! Active HOME Week – Challenge Chart. Click on the image to download

Active Lines!

By Get Teacher • February 14, 2020

T he children are having lots of fun being extra active every day! When the bell rings after big break, the children from each class line up and our teachers & students from the Active School Team lead them in fun exercises. Well done everyone for participating so enthusiastically!

Road Safety Awareness Week

By Get Teacher • February 10, 2020

As part of our Road Safety Week, Garda Martin kindly visited our school and discussed how to be safe on our roads with students from 2nd-6th class. Garda Martin spoke about how to be safe as a pedestrian, a cyclist & a scooterist! He emphasied how imperative it is to wear a helmet when cycling or scooting! As lots of our children walk, cycle and scoot to school this discussion was very important.

Active Yard

January 21, 2020

Our students are really enjoying being active in the yard at lunch time. Our team of playground monitors from 6th class, supported by the active school coordinators, set up activities for the children in the yard on Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays. Our active school monitors got feedback from each junior class about what their favourite playground games were. Based on this, they compiled a list of games they felt would be suitable for the yard. The playground monitors choose three games to focus on each week. As well as playground games, there is also an area set up with hoola hoops, skipping ropes and a parachute which the children love playing games with! Our playground leaders are doing an amazing job to make our playground more fun & active!

12 Active Days of Christmas Challenge

January 12, 2020

The whole school had great fun partaking in the 12 Active Days of Christmas challenge. Each class carried out these active breaks in addition to the active breaks they are already having! The children had lots of fun completing each activity.

Active School Committee

January 12, 2020

Our new active school committee have been working hard so far this school year. Here are some of the things they’ve been doing: Getting feedback from every class in the school on how to make our school more active Encouraging each class to take part in our Tour of Europe Challenge Organising our PE store room Helping with an inventory of new equipment needed Helping to organise playground games Reminding each class to make sure they have active breaks every day Spreading the message about the importance of engaging with our Super Trooper journals every evening They meet on a regular basis and discuss lots of different things. Their aim this year is to help everyone in our school to be more active and to make sure we have fun while doing so!

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