Welcome to Our Active School Flag Site for 2022/2023

We are working hard towards our Active Schools Flag!  Our school community has been busy making improvements and introducing lots of new physical activity!  Follow us here on our journey of becoming more active at school. We are aiming to be active for 60 minutes at school everyday. 
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We like to run, jog, walk and move everyday as part of our movement breaks. The lap of the map is free, fun and good for our health and well being. This year we will record how far around Ireland we have run over the course of the year.
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Active breaks: 10@10. Ag Gaeilge nó as Béarla.

nEWTOWN N.S. ACTIVE SCHOOLS FLAG PROGRAMME!

Newtown Active Schools week 2019

we have been awarded the active flag!

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded the Active Schools Flag!  We will be having our flag raising ceremony very soon and will post pictures of the event as soon as possible!  Many thanks to everyone who helped us in our efforts in this worthwhile programme! :-) _
We are working hard towards our Active Schools Flag!  Our school community has been busy making improvements and introducing lots of new physical activity!   Here are just a few of the things we have done so far!  


  • Annual Active Schools Week!  This is now an annual event in our school's calendar.  Our Active Schools Week takes place in late June every year.  We hold a range of fun events to promote physical activity in our whole school community.  Previous events have included a Fun Run, a Gaelic blitz in Syddan GFC, Sports/Fun Day, parachute games, dance competitions, in-school soccer leagues, Camogie and Hurling blitz, Bizzy Breaks, Physical Activity Logbooks, poster competitions and sports-related guest speakers including Meath star Joe Sheridan and representatives from Drogheda Utd.  We are busy planning and preparing for Active Schools Week 2014 which takes place from June 16th-20th.  Watch this space for more details and pics!

  • Cycling Safety initiative! We have introduced a new Cycle to School Policy, installed a new bike rack, and welcomed Meath Local Sports Partnership's Cycling Safety lessons for all children in 3rd- 6th Class.  We encourage children as much as is safely possible, to walk or cycle to school.  
  • Extra-Curricular Activities! We currently participate in inter-schools tournaments and blitzes in Gaelic and Tag-Rugby.  Children from 3rd-6th participate in Hurling and Camogie courtesy of Ms. McKeon.  Children in 1st & 2nd Class take part in the Be Active After School Activity Programme also.  We are very lucky to have such great support from our local GAA club, Syddan GFC, who help us out with buses to matches and provide an excellent coach to train every child from Junior Infants to 6th Class.  
  • Lunchtime Play Boxes!   We introduced these boxes, full of different games and fun things to play with at breaks.  This is to encourage the children to be active at lunch breaks.  Our PA kindly donated new equipment to our school last year which has added to the lunchtime fun! 
  • Integration with other curricular areas!  Social, Personal & Health Education: Bike Safety, Road Safety, Healthy Eating awareness and education.  Music: Dance  Gaeilge: Céilí dancing, set dancing.  Art: Poster competitions.  


We are proud to participate in the Active Schools Programme and we thank all our Pupils, Parents, Staff, and members of our local community for all their help and support!