ACTIVE SCHOOL FLAG 2024-2025
Active School Flag 2024-2025
'Active Break Every Day' Challenge (November 18 - December 13)
About
The Active Break Every Day challenge is open to ALL primary and special schools.
The Active Break Every Day challenge is open to ALL primary and special schools.
The initiative is designed to incentivise and support teachers to build movement breaks in to their daily routines for the benefit of teaching and learning, as well as health and wellbeing.
For the 2024 Active Break Every Day challenge, we are delighted to partner with the Irish Heart Foundation to support teachers to build movement and mindfulness breaks into the school day.
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Registration
Schools that REGISTER will gain access to a wide range of school-friendly movement break resources, including interactive games, guided breathing exercises and short videos, with activities suitable for all ages and all abilities.
Challenge Support Webinars (06.11.24) Webinar graphic attached
These short (30-minutes) information webinars are for teachers and schools that may not have previously engaged with the 'Active Break Every Day' challenge but everyone is very welcome to attend.
These short (30-minutes) information webinars are for teachers and schools that may not have previously engaged with the 'Active Break Every Day' challenge but everyone is very welcome to attend.
Option 1: Wednesday, November 6 (3-3.30 pm)
Option 2: Wednesday, November 6 (7-7.30 pm)
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Participation Awards
Schools that register, participate and showcase their engagement with this 4-week challenge will be entered in to a draw where they could win a climbing wall.
Schools that register, participate and showcase their engagement with this 4-week challenge will be entered in to a draw where they could win a climbing wall.
Registrations for the ASF Application system for the 24/25 academic year will open at the beginning of October.
Wexford Schools
2024/2025
See below the schools awarded flags from September to date.
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14254K
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Danescastle National School
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16023B
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Rathgarogue N S
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16145P
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Bunscoil Loreto
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16841m
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Scoil Nmh Brighde
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18280I
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St Joseph's Primary School
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2023/2024
Danecastle NS, Carrig on Bannow, Co Wexford (2nd Flag)
2022/2023
| St Marys NS, Ballygarrett, Gorey, Co Wexford (2nd Flag) |
| Scoil Mhuire, Bearlough, Rosslare Strand, Co Wexford (3rd Flag) |
| Tara Hill NS, Tara Hill, Gorey, Co Wexford (3rd Flag) |
| S N Rath An Iubhair, Rathnure, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford (2nd Flag) |
| Courtnacuddy NS, Courtnacuddy, Co Wexford (2nd Flag) |
| Carrigduff N.S., Bunclody, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford |
| New Ross Educate Together National School, Barrett’s Park, New Ross, Co Wexford |
| St Aidan’s NS, Clonroche, Clonroche, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford |
| St. Patrick’s NS, Crossabeg, Sion, Crossabeg, Co Wexford |
| Kilnamanagh CNS, Oulart, Gorey, Co Wexford |
| St Iberius NS, Davitt Road South, Co Wexford (2nd Flag) |
2021/2022
| Castledockrell NS, Ballycarney, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford (2nd Flag) |
| CBS Primary Wexford, Green Street, Slippery Green, Wexford |
| Gaelscoil Moshiolog, An Chraobhach, Bthr. Charn an Bhua, Guaire, Loch Garman |
| Marshalstown NS, Marshalstown, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford |
| Riverchapel NS, Riverchapel, Gorey, Co Wexford (2nd Flag) |
| Scoil Ghormáin Naofa, Castletown, Gorey, Co Wexford (3rd Flag) |
| Scoil Mhuire, Coolcotts, Co Wexford |
| SN Cill Damhain, Cill Damhain, Inis Corthaigh, Co Loch Gorman (3rd Flag) |
| SN Olibheir Beannuithe, Duncannon, Co Wexford |
| SN Realta Na Mara, An Chill Mhor, Co Loch Garman (2nd Flag) |
SF remains valid for a period of 3 years. Schools awarded with the flag in 2020/2021 are invited to re-engage with the initiative during 2023/2024 to maintain their ASF status.
Active School Flag - Run around Europe Challenge
Run Around Europe Challenge
‘Run Around Europe’ is a whole-school running challenge open to all primary and special schools. The initiative focuses on participation, inclusion and fun with lots of learning opportunities along the way. All classes, at all class levels are challenged to build a ‘Run a Day’ in to their daily routines across the 4 weeks of the challenge. Working together as a class, and as a school, your combined km will bring you to many of the capital cities across Europe. See full details here.
Register for #RunAroundEurope Challenge Link: ‘RUN Around EUROPE’ Registration | Active School Flag
Booking for webinar link: Run Around Europe (2024) | Active School Flag
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Dear Colleagues,
The Active School Flag Programme is a Department of Education 'Physical Activity for Wellbeing' Initiative in partnership with the Education Support Centres of Ireland and Healthy Ireland. The Programme seeks to embed a culture of physical activity in schools using fun and innovative strategies, and drawing on the unique settings and cultures of the participating schools. The evidence shows that the benefits of participating in this programme for whole school communities extend far beyond the physical into mental health, school morale - both for staff and students-, student voice, student leadership, behaviour, punctuality and attendance.
Please note the Active School Flag Programme is a whole of school initiative. Schools that engage with the process will be supported by a series of online webinars, held at regular intervals throughout the school year. Schools that attend the webinars will receive a range of practical resources to support their work.
To find out more, ask questions and listen to practicing teachers' experiences of participating in the Active School Flag programme, click here to register for a one-hour information webinar.
Is your school ready?
The process incentivises schools to engage in a process of self-reflection, action planning and collaboration at whole school level.
Sitting in front of every teacher, every day, are children and young people that DO NOT meet the recommended daily physical activity level target of 60 minutes.
ASF is an ambitious whole school process. In order to succeed, and to ensure that the benefits of ASF reach into every classroom, it is important that management and staff commit to supporting, promoting and actively engaging with the process.
ASF encourages schools to strengthen their PE programmes and to promote physical literacy.
A broad and balanced PE programme is essential, at all class levels, to ensure that students have the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes that they require to live physically active lives.
October Webinars 2022
Please see the links below
Find out more webinar 19th Sept at 7 PM
Find out more webinar 20th Sept at 3:45 PM
Getting started webinars October 2022
Schools apply directly to ASF online if they wish to participate in the programme.
Will YOUR school be the first school to achieve ASF in your county during 2022/2023?
Local Schools who took part in 2021/2022
| Castledockrell NS, Ballycarney, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford (2nd Flag) |
| CBS Primary Wexford, Green Street, Slippery Green, Wexford |
| Gaelscoil Moshiolog, An Chraobhach, Bthr. Charn an Bhua, Guaire, Loch Garman |
| Marshalstown NS, Marshalstown, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford |
| Riverchapel NS, Riverchapel, Gorey, Co Wexford (2nd Flag) |
| Scoil Ghormáin Naofa, Castletown, Gorey, Co Wexford (3rd Flag) |
| Scoil Mhuire, Coolcotts, Co Wexford |
| SN Cill Damhain, Cill Damhain, Inis Corthaigh, Co Loch Gorman (3rd Flag) |
| SN Olibheir Beannuithe, Duncannon, Co Wexford |
| SN Realta Na Mara, An Chill Mhor, Co Loch Garman (2nd Flag) |
An Active School Flag Programme - ONE HOUR - Information Webinar
"Find Out More"
takes place ON Tuesday, 28th September at 3.45 p.m.
Active School Flag Programme
The Active School Flag Programme is a modern, fun and engaging programme with research (by D.C.U.) showing long term benefits for the whole school community including:
- More physically active school community (including teachers).
- improved concentration and focus for students in class.
- improved school atmosphere & pupil-teacher relationships.
- improved attendance and behaviour in school.
All primary schools, using the School Self-Evaluation (SSE) process, are required to review one area of Wellbeing by 2023.
The Active School Flag Programme is a Whole of School initiative which embeds 'being physically active' into the ethos of the school. It aligns with both 'The Wellbeing Framework' and the 'School Self-Evaluation' (SSE) process and can be used to help schools fulfil their commitments in this regard.
Currently there are 630 schools nationally with Active School Flag status, with 21 of these in Co. Wexford.
Applications for interested primary schools will open on Friday, 1st October at www.activeschoolflag.ie.