Minister for Education and Youth Hildegarde Naughton and Minister of State for Public Health, Wellbeing & the National Drugs Strategy Jennifer Murnane O’Connor today congratulated all those taking part in national Active School Week 2026, which is taking place from April 27 – May 1.
The initiative, open to primary, post-primary and special schools, seeks to incentivise and
support schools to find ways to energise the school day, for everyone. All #ASW26 activities prioritise participation, inclusion and fun.One of the aims of Active School Week 2026 is to support schools to find ways to integrate physical activity with learning, as a means to decrease sedentary behaviour in line with Every Move Counts, Ireland’s National Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines.
A range of teaching and learning charts are available for #ASW26, supporting teachers to bring teaching and learning outdoors. These include charts sets focusing on the counties of Ireland, native Irish birds, junior parkrun, gymnastics and pitch and putt.
Minister for Education and Youth, Hildegarde Naughton said:
“I would like to congratulate all pupils, students and schools taking part in ‘Active School Week’ (#ASW26)
“Being active is incredibly important for physical and mental health and school is a fantastic place to start the habit of building physical activity into your day. Active School Week brings the whole school community together, to engage with physical activity, and try new activities - with the focus on participation, inclusion and fun.
“An active school day brings many benefits to teaching and learning. This message has already been embraced by teachers and schools across the country and I would encourage as many schools as possible to use the ready-made ‘learning on the move’ activities and skipping tutorial videos, both available in English and Irish, to provide teachers with inspiration during #ASW26.
“This year’s #ASW focus is on Crazy Golf. Designing and building a Crazy Golf course opens up a multitude of rich teaching and learning opportunities, while Crazy Golf is an activity that can be enjoyed by students and staff of all ages, and all abilities.
“I want to wish everyone that is taking part in #ASW26 a really great week.”
Minister of State for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Jennifer Murnane O’Connor TD said:
“The promotion of physical activity is one of my priorities as Minister for Public Health and Wellbeing. It is vitally important that we encourage children and young people to get into the habit of being active from an early age. Active Schools aligns with our Healthy Ireland goals in terms of improving children’s activity levels and promoting physical and mental health and wellbeing; it has been great to see it go from strength to strength and expand its reach.”
Active School Week is part of the Active School Flag initiative which aims to get more schools, more active, more often.
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