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Inclusive Games Training
The Inclusive Games Training programme is a two hour practical course available to SNA’s, parents, carers, coaches and leaders. This course will show you how to play and organise various games that are suitable for all children. You will also be shown how to adapt the games to suit people with disabilities. The course gives practical examples of ways to include people with disabilities in any sport and physical activity programme. All the equipment needed is outlined and you will be shown how to make your own equipment.
At the end of the course each participant will receive a manual detailing all the games, activities that were taught so that you will be able to organise activities with your own group. The manual contains copies of resource cards showing the warm ups, games and activities that you will be taught.
Disability Awareness and Sports Inclusion Training for Transion Year Pupils
The Disability Awareness programme recommenced for secondary schools in the Louth area in 2011. 10 secondary schools participated in the programme since 2009 with great success.
The Disability Awareness programme provides teenagers in transition year with an understanding of what the term disability means. The main aim of the programme is to provide teenagers with an understanding of the difficulties faced by individuals who may sufferer from a disability. It is hoped that this experience will help them develop a more positive, respectful and understanding attitude towards the issues faced by individuals with a disability.
The Programme consists of a one and half hour theory session, followed by a two hour wheelchair practical session, where the pupils get to participate in games and activities aimed at individuals in wheelchairs. The Session can be split in two or run over one day.
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Buntús Start
Buntús Start is an Irish Sports Council programme which was set up in County Louth by Louth Local Sports Partnership and Louth County Childcare Committee. For further details of the work that Louth County Childcare Committee are involved in please click on their website www.louthchildcare.ie Buntús Start is a comprehensive physical activity programme for children aged 2-5 years old. It has been designed for use in pre-school settings so that pre-school and playgroup leaders can provide a wide range of learning opportunities for young children to develop their fundamental motor skills, manipulative skills, co-ordination and balancing skills and develop a positive attitude to physical activity.
Buntús Start helps adults working with children to establish positive attitudes to activity and a healthy lifestyle through enjoyable activity with children. Buntús Start offers a combination of adult-initiated and child-led activities and enables adults to choose and plan appropriate activities as well as giving children opportunities to freely select and explore. Whilst using Buntús Start children have opportunities to develop naturally through individual involvement in physical play, small group activity and to participate in whole-group activity.
The aim of Buntús Start is:
To extend the physical, creative, personal, social and emotional capabilities of pre-school children through enjoyable, planned, physical development play activities in the areas of spatial awareness, basic motor skills, co-ordination and control skills and aiming, predicting and estimating skills.
Buntús Start offers a wealth of physical learning opportunities to enable children realise their potential and to become active and independent learners through play. Buntús Start activities help children’s learning in other curriculum areas by supporting and developing the following:
- Personal, social and emotional well being
- Social and creative skills
- Attention skills and persistence
- Language and communication
- Reading, writing and maths
- Knowledge and understanding of the world
- Creative development
Childcare facilities that have completed the training to date are:
- Absolute Angels Creche and Montessori, Drogheda
- Ages & Stages
- Aladdins Cave, Ardee
- Annaglog Pre-School
- Aunty Paula's
- Ballapousta Pre-School
- Bright Beginnings, Lower Point Road, Dundalk
- Calas Cabin
- Cead Céimeanna
- Children' World
- Cheeky Monkey Montessori School
- Connect Family Resource Centre
- Cooley Community Playgroup
- Cool 4 Kids
- Cuidiu Louth/Meath Parents & Toddler Group
- Dawn
- Ferndale Creche, Drogheda
- First Impressions Pre-School
- Footprints Pre-School
- Greenacres
- Haggardstown
- Happy Days Payschool
- Happy Days Pre-school
- Holy Family
- Ivy Cottage
- Jelly Tots Creche
- Just Kids
- Kidiwinks
- Kool Kidz
- Ladybird Lane
- Life Style Development Group Ltd.
- Lis na nOg
- Little Devils
- Little & Big Rascals
- Little Friends
- Little Munchkins Creche
- Little Partners
- Little Rascals, Main Rd., Tullyallen, Dgogheda
- Little Tresure Pre-School
- Moneymore Childcare Centre
- Naíonra Dhún Dealgan
- Nanny Boppers Creche
- Playmates Montessori School
- Play 2 Learn
- Peter Pans
- Pugwash Bay
- Ready, Steady, Grow
- Realt na Mara Pre-school & Afterschool
- Redeemer Creche
- Right Start
- Sandpit Playschool
- Scoil Beag, Kilcurry
- Scallywags Creche
- Scribbles & Giggles
- Stepping Stones Communtiy Creche
- Stepping Stones
- Tallenstown Montessori Pre-School
- Termonfeckin Playschool
- Tir na Nog Montessori Pre-School
- Tús Maith
- The Magic Kingdom
- Tiny Tots Creche
- Tiny Tots Nursery
- Tiny Tots Montessori
- Toddler Hill
- Tots and Co. Playgroup, Monasterboice
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Buntús Sport Specific
The Irish Sports Council has linked with the FAI, IRFU, Badminton Ireland, Junior Golf Ireland and Basketball Ireland to deliver the Buntús Sports Specific Programmes aimed at 7-11year olds to Primary and Special Needs Schools in all Local Sports Partnership areas. All schools entering the programme will receive the Buntús Play and Buntús Multi-sport programmes prior to receiving the Buntús Sports Specific Programmes.
These Buntús programmes offer:
· A large resource pack of equipment.
· Resource cards that offer a range of skill developmental and fun activities.
· In-service training to assist the teachers implements the programme.
The equipment is designed to be child-friendly and is also used in the National Governing Bodies (NGB’s) underage development programmes. The training is provided by the Regional Development Officers from the NGB’s and specially trained Buntús tutors.
The teacher-training module aims to provide teachers with ideas and confidence to plan and deliver safe, relevant Buntús lessons as part of the Physical Education Programme of the National Curriculum. The games are designed as a progression from fun skills activities to mini games in each of the sports.
Louth Local Sports Partnership has offered Buntús soccer in conjunction with the FAI and Buntús Golf in conjunction with Junior Golf Ireland. Schools that have availed of the free training and equipment are:
Buntús Soccer
| St. Francis NS (Blackrock) |
| Louth NS |
| Realt na Mara Snr. (Dundalk) |
| St. Peters (Dromiskin) |
| Aston Village ETNS (Drogheda) |
| St. Pauls SNS Rathmullen (Drogheda) |
| St. Josephs Mell (Drogheda) |
| Callystown NS (Clogherhead) |
| ABACAS (Drogheda) |
| St. Patricks BNS, Bothar Brugha (Drogheda) |
| Dun Dealgan NS |
| Scoil Eoin Baiste (Dundalk) |
| St. Brigids School (Dundalk) |
| Scoil Bhríde, Dunleer |
| Scoil Naomh Lorcan, Omeath |
| Scoil Naomh Bhríde, Faughart |
| Castletown Girls School |
| Scoil Muire na nGael, Bay Estate |
| Scoil Naomh Bríd, Ardaghy, Omeath |
| Marymount, Drogheda |
| St. Peters N.S. Bolton St. |
| St. John's N.S. |
| Ballapusta N.S. |
| St. Mary's B.N.S., Congress Ave |
| Scoil Naomh Feichin, Termonfeckin |
| Scoil Aonghusa |
| Mell N.S. |
| Le Chéile E.N.T.S. |
Buntús Golf
Louth NS
Realt Na Mara
St. Pauls SNS
Faughart NS
St. Peters NS Drogheda
Aston Village Educate Together NS
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Girls in Action
GIRLS IN ACTION is a joint initiative funded by the HSE and Louth Local Sports Partnership . The programme was offered to all secondary schools with female pupils in Co. Louth and is currently running in 10 secondary schools in the county. The Girls in Action programme provides a model of good practice which encourages young girls to participate in physical activity. The main aim of the programme is to provide more opportunities for teenage girls to participate in non-competitive activities. It is hoped that this experience will help girls develop a more positive attitude towards sport and physical activity.
The programme coordinators liaise directly with the participating shcools, the pupils and their teachers and the activity instructors. Activities offered to the girls include yoga, aerobics, zumba dance, fencing, kickboxing, circuits and self defence.
To celebrate the end of the second year of the project, Louth LSP and the HSE organised a Girls in Action activity day which took place in The Ice Dome, Dundalk on 14th April 2010. The girls were give skating lessons and got to try out activities on the ice. The event proved very enjoyable for all participants with new skills learned by all the girls involved.
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Programmes
