School Fun
Westmeath Sports Partnership encourages children of all ages to get more active and enjoy physical activity in schools.
We promote several different courses and initiatives to support schools, pupils, and teachers in developing physical activity skills and exercises in a fun environment.
The events that we are able to provide can vary from year to year, and depends on funding and the interest shown in hosting courses and programmes.
Primary Schools
Some of the most recent activities at primary level include:
The Daily Mile, promoted by Athletics Ireland, is a 15-minute walk, jog, or run primary school initiative.
The aim of the programme is to get children moving, improve the physical, social, emotional, and mental health and wellbeing of children and encourage them to be aware of their health. It is social, noncompetitive, and fun!
It is fully inclusive, no equipment or change of clothes required, no cost and no paperwork involved for teachers/schools. The programme can start at any point of the school year, the frequency is at the discretion of the teacher/school, it may start off once a week progressing to 2/3 times a week to doing it every day, it really depends on what suits the teacher and their class.
The Daily Mile can be adapted to make it more fun and challenging for children, for example, relays, obstacle courses etc., again, it all depends on what suits the teacher and the class.
Skipping
We have several video resources to encourage children to take up skipping and enjoy this fun high intensity activity. You can find them in the VIDEOS section of the website by clicking this link.
Teacher Training days
We provide courses and opportunities for teachers to upskill all year round. In 2023 so we provided Olympic handball training and Tri Heroes training to encourage children to learn more about running and cycling as part of Triathlons.
Playground Stencils
Westmeath Sports Partnership also has playground stencils available if this is something a school would like. We loan the stencils out to groups/schools to use and its up to each group to lay the stencils. If you would like more information on the playground stencils please let us know.
Active Schools’ Week
The Active School Flag promotes the physical activity of school-going children between the ages of five to 18 years. In operation since 2009, Active School Flag now reaches 670+ schools across Ireland.
🤗🤗Lots of smiles and happy faces at Holy Family Primary School in Mullingar as part of Active School Week.
🤾♂️🤾♀️Tutor Damien showed the children Olympic Handball and everyone had a wonderful time.@ActiveFlag @IrelandHandball @HealthyIreland #ASW23 pic.twitter.com/qZKdFkYc9F
— WESTMEATH SPORTS PARTNERSHIP (@WESTMEATHSPORT) April 27, 2023
Secondary School
Some of the most recent schools’ activities at second level include:
Get Going Get Rowing
“Get Going .. Get Rowing” is an initiative by Rowing Ireland to develop and encourage young people in schools and beyond to try indoor rowing.
An interactive programme has been developed by Rowing Ireland specifically for teachers and their students to encourage kids to try indoor rowing and benefit from the obvious health and well-being that comes with rowing.
Skipping – see above
Dance
Water Sports
Teacher training days – See above
For details of future courses or more information, please contact info@westmeathsports.ie