claddagh ns update feb 2016

1. Erasmus Plus HAPPENS
Claddagh National School
Staff Update Meeting
February 2016

2. First LTTA (Learning Teaching Training
Activities) Meeting in Athens in February 2016

3. Athens LTTA Dissemination
• Harokopio University EYZHN Research
and Teacher/School responsibility for
health/obesity monitoring and reporting
• (research on this area)
• Mediterranean Diet reduces heart disease
and other health problems (research on
this area)

4. Actions to Date in area of
Physical Fitness and Exercise
• Teacher/SNA, Parent and Student Survey (Analysis of Same, Priorities set)
• PDST Pilot Programme
• Bleep Tests, Fastest Kid on the Block, Claddagh Daily KM
• Favourite Sport Survey
• Elaine Barrett’s Yoga Sessions after school
• Outside Sports Coaches: Tennis, Irish Dance/Hip Hop, Hurling, Gaelic,
Swimming, Badminton
• Afterschool Sports Clubs
• DCD Movement Group
• Mindful Movement Breaks – Brenda
• Yvonne Fahy – Parent’s Couch to 5k
Planned Actions in area of
Physical Fitness and Exercise after LTTA
• Teach ‘Seven Stones’ Game to Classes
• Galway LTTA: Pilates, YoFit, Hurling Demo

5. Actions to Date in area of
Social, Emotional and Mental Health
• Teacher/SNA, Parent and Student Survey Analysis of Same, Priorities set
• Talk by Dr. Michael Hogan on Mindfulness
• “How I Relax” Shields
• Elaine Barrett’s Yoga Sessions after school
• Emotion Diaries with Jennifer Lee
• Inez Riordan – Friends Programme
• Mindful movements with Brenda
Planned Actions in the area of Social,
Emotional and Mental Health after LTTA
• ‘Islands of Emotions’ Lessons (AA, JL,
AP)
• Model Emotions Lessons (JL)

6. Actions to Date in area of
Nutrition, Sleep & Rest
• Teacher/SNA, Parent and Student Survey
Analysis of Same, Priorities set
• Take & Taste, Bring & Eat, Leave the sweets at
home
• Yvonne Fahy – Parent’s Nutrition Talk
Planned Actions in area of
Nutrition, Sleep and Rest after LTTA
• Creating a balanced meal/snack plan for a week
– lessons demonstrated in classes (AA/AP/JL)
• Handwashing Experiment

7. Dissemination
• Linked to on our school website
www.erasmusplushappens.com

8. Galway Learning Teaching Training Activities
(LTTA) Week
Monday April 18th
– Friday April 22nd
2016
Sunday 17th
Monday 18th
Tuesday 19th
Wednesday
20th
Thursday
21st
Friday 22nd
Arrival of
teachers.
Welcome
dinner in
McSwiggans
restaurant
7pm.
In school
•Assembly
•Tour by
Pupils
•Training:
YoFit and Zen
meditation
•Gary
Thornton Talk
(1st
-6th
)
•Lunch 3pm in
Lime
In school
•Training:
Dietician –
Portion Size
•Pilates
•Job-
shadowing /
Observation
•Roisin Joyce
Talk
•Lunch 3pm in
Massimos
Brigit’s
Garden
Dinner in
Artisan 7pm
Note: No Art
this day
In school
•Mindful
Movement
•Lesson
Demo-
Naming
Emotions
•Show in Hall
(Whole
School)
•Walking Tour
•Lunch in
Kitchen
Galway
Education
Centre
•Evaluation
and planning
of activities
Please note that the Hall will not be available for P.E. this week, except
on Friday.