Fermanagh GAA Schools Sports Days
During the summer term, Fermanagh Coaches Teresa McNabb, Owen Mooney and Catrina Rodgers have been running Alternate Sports days throughout their schools. The focus of these special days are on fun and maximum participation for all pupils of the school.
One of the Sports Days took place in St Josephs Donagh on Wednesday 23rd June. The older pupils were the Captains and they were the mini coaches/referees and teachers rolled into one. Before P1-P5 pupils came to the field Owen and Teresa had the P6 and P7 pupils out to explain and demonstrate each game and activity so that they could explain it to their group when they got to that particular game. There are 69 pupils in the school that the whole school took part in. After the 14 Alternate Sports day activities in the morning there were Fun races, Penalty Shoot Outs and Shooting for Points.
Mr Cormac Jordan, principal of St Joseph’s Donagh said “This day is a fantastic way to finish the school year for all the children, parents and staff from the school. The effort and preparation Owen and Teresa have put into today has been excellent. It was lovely to see the younger children willing to learn and listen to the older pupils about what each game entailed. Some of the teachers mentioned that it was an excellent way of using the older pupils by giving them responsibility. It also links in well with the Revised Curriculum in that it encourages pupils to self asses and to improve social skills between Foundation and Key Stage 1 & 2”
