Physical Education

Physical Education:

Cobh Mixed National School works to provide high quality Physical Education to all pupils. All classes receive 60 minutes of time tabled P.E. every week. Currently pupils are attending the local swimming pool Coral Leisure Centre in Cobh for aquatic lessons. We teach all the P.E. strands including Athletics, Dance, Games, Gymnastics and Outdoor Adventure Activities. Both class teachers use a variety of resources to help them deliver their P.E. lessons including the PSSI lesson plans and the Move Well, Move Often Programme which both teachers are fully trained in. We have decided to focus on our Gymnastics strand for the school year 2019/2020.

Priority Strand- Gymnastics:
Over a 6 week period the entire school of 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th class and the 2 class teachers worked together on focusing on our priority strand.- ‘Gymnastics’.

Skills: Movement:
1.We performed symmetrical movements & sequences on the floor & transferred them to our apparatus (bench).
2. We selected & linked a range of gymnastics actions to travel on the floor & on our apparatus.
3.We performed balancing and counterbalance movements on the mats.
4.We were committed to improving quality in body performance, body tension & body shape.
5. We practised & performed a range of skills: forward roll, backward roll, handstand & cartwheel.
6.We discussed movement & asked & answered questions about it.

Some other activities we used to reinforce these skills:
Physical literacy: ‘Move Well, Move Often’-Fundamental Movement Skills:
Locomotor Skills: Hopping- Poison Circle
Stability Skills: Balancing- Shape Detective, Crab Race, Group & Balance

Resources: School Hall/ Mats/ Bench/ PSSI Lesson Plans/ Physical literacy: ‘Move Well,
Move Often’- PDST Manuals.