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O'Connell Primary School, North Richmond Street, Dublin 1

Our Priority PE Strand

21st Jun 2022

As part of the Active School Flag we are focusing on one strand each year. Our Active Committee and school staff have discussed various ways that we can improve our approach to teaching the PE curriculum. Over the last year we have prioritized the dance strand. 

  • We have found the PSSI website to be a fantastic resource. We also had to think outside the box and invited two local dancers into the school (Hip-hop and performance dancers) to teach the boys some new cool hip hop dance and performance moves. They really enjoyed both the hip hop and the performance dancing.    
  • We have included dancing activities to our Active breaks and wet breaks. In having the interactive whiteboards in our classrooms, just dance, go noodle and cosmic kids are accessible during the day. 
  • There is an after school dance club. 
  • We also play music on the yard each lunch break which has encouraged the boys (and the teachers) to bust a few dance moves on the yard.