1st Year: 1 double period per week. A class period can be 35 or 40 minutes long depending on the time of day.
2nd Year: 1 double period per week. A class period can be 35 or 40 minutes long depending on the time of day.
3rd Year: 1 double period per week. A class period can be 35 or 40 minutes long depending on the time of day.
TY: 1 double period and one single period per week. A class period can be 35 or 40 minutes long depending on the time of day.
5th Year: 1 double period or two single periods per week. A class period can be 35 or 40 minutes long depending on the time of day.
6th Year: 1 double period or two single periods per week. A class period can be 35 or 40 minutes long depending on the time of day
All classes are mixed ability. Classes are usually taught in their own class groups but where two or more classes from the same year are timetabled together. Teachers may mix the groups and divide them into two or three activities. These groups will then rotate between the activities.
At Blackwater, we pride ourselves on our facilities. We possess a state of the art sports hall located beside an astro-turf pitch, both of which were built in 2003.Our GAA pitch opened in the Spring of 2007.A P.E notice board lies in the main building exiting towards the P.E hall. We as a P.E. department continuously update these articles. We also store P.E. material (books, journals) in our library.
Invasion
Olympic Handball
Tag Rugby
Basketball
Ultimate Frisbee
GAA
Net Games
Volleyball
Badminton
Striking and Fielding
Rounders
Apparatus
Travelling
Jumps
Rolls
Balances
Floor
Contemporary
Haka
Hip Hop
Aerobics
Movement to dance
Running
Short Distance, Intermediate and Long Distance, including hurdles
Throwing
Shot, Javelin, Hammer
Jumping
Long Jump, Triple Jump & High Jump
Principles of Warmup & Cool-down
Cardiovascular Fitness (Aerobic & Anaerobic)
Muscular Strength and Endurance
Principles of Fitness (FITT, Use & Disuse, Overload etc.)
Nutrition and Hydration
The school Sports Day is a whole school event, with a full day’s activities organised for all year groups. For the last number of years the event has been timetabled around three locations:
Organisation of the day followed two year groups being timetabled per location, and supervision by teachers was organised by the physical education department. The day has proved to be a huge success but we have decided to change and freshen things up for 2016. This year the Sports day will be combined with the Colour Run and the day will be the focal point of ‘Active School Week’. The sports day will run from 9 until 12.30, with the Colour Run beginning at 1.30pm. This year the Sports Day will be confined to the Astroturf and Sports field. It has been decided to discontinue using the sports hall as the increase in the number of pupils in the school has caused Health and Safety concerns.
Each year the school holds one major fundraiser which supports Local/National and International charities. Local/National organisation like the Irish Kidney Association, Trekkin Eegits, The Bumbulance, St Carthages House, Cappoquin Day Care Centre and Padre Pio Rest Home. Internationally we have links with the Sisters of Mercy, Soweto through a Knockanore connection with Sr Agnes Geary who works with deprived kids in Soweto. We also have built a Water Well in Malawi in connection with Self Help Ireland. We have donated to charities in Calcutta through the Hope Foundation and Chernobyl Fund helping children in orphanages.
The Mini Marathon idea originally came from one of our past pupils of our amalgamation schools, St Annes, Cappoquin. John Treacy who won a Silver Medal in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics went to this school. John lived in Villierstown and ran to Cappoquin every day approximately 5 km.
Last year we had our Mini marathon and introduced the 5k Colour Run which was a huge success.
2015 saw the school hold its inaugural Active School Week. The week involved holding an activity each day at big break. The initiative is about providing fun and inclusive physical education opportunities for all members of the school community. The aim was to show that not only is physical education good for you but also fun and enjoyable. Some of the fun events in 2015 included a Skippathon, soccer competition, Chariots of Fire and Uptown Funk dance routine. The two highlights of the week were the teacher against students (5th) Gaelic football match and teacher against students (6th) basketball match. The plan is to hold some new events for 2016, with a timetable to be drawn up closer to the week.
2015 saw the school participate in the Aviva Fitness Challenge for the first time. The aim of the challenge is to highlight the importance of fitness to our future health and to encourage our students to adopt a healthier and more active lifestyle. Fitness for enjoyment is central to the initiative. We want to help improve fitness levels and increase awareness about the importance of being fit in Ireland. The goal of Aviva Health’s Schools’ Fitness Challenge is to reward schools for taking part and not to highlight or embarrass schools, teachers or pupils. Classes participated from first to transition year. The aim is to register even more classes to partake, and hopefully to see an improvement in students test scores over the six weeks.
