S1-3 Inter House Sports Day

Clubs start back next week!

Our sports clubs start back next week! Please come along and get involved! Clubs will run from 3.05-4.35. 

Mr O’Hanlon - S1-2 Football

Mr MacCorquodale - S1-6 Athletics and Running Club

Mr MacKenzie - S1-6 Shinty 

Mr MacKay - S1-6 Badminton and S1-6 Table Tennis.

Olive selected as Netball Ambassador

Congratulations to Olive S4 who was selected as a Netball Scotland Ambassador. She was one of 15 girls selected out of over 60 applicants. Olive has been a fantastic ambassador for Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu over the years and we have no doubt that she will be excellent in her new national role! Congratulations Olive! 

https://www.netballscotland.com/get-involved/ambassador-programme/

Sponsored 5km 2021

Hello,


You are invited to take part in the Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu Sponsored 5km 2021. This 5k is to be done within your local area, following Government guidelines, at any time during 30th April to 3rd May. We would like as many people as possible to get involved - staff, pupils, parents. Please encourage your friends and family to sign up, get out training and fundraise over the next 6 weeks. Pace does not matter; you can go as fast or as slow as you like, it is up to you how you complete the distance.


We are raising money for the following charities:


Trussell Trust - stop UK hunger - https://www.trusselltrust.org/what-we-do/
MacMillan cancer support - https://www.macmillan.org.uk/
SAMH - for Scotland's mental health - https://www.samh.org.uk/

Asthma UK - asthma research and support - https://www.asthma.org.uk/scotland



All four of these charities are close to our hearts and we feel they play a crucial role in helping provide support for people in times of need. The total raised will be split equally between the four charities. I have attached a sponsorship form for you to record your donations. I have looked into options to donate electronically however the only feasible way to do this is with cash.


Please bring all money raised to me on Tuesday 4th of May in an envelope marked SGG 5K with the participants name and total. I will be in the tàlla spòrs from 8.45 am - 9.00 am, morning Interval 10.50-11.05am and lunchtime 1.00-1.20pm.


Here are a couple of websites to get you ready for the big day:
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/couch-to-5k-week-by-week/
https://www.runnersneed.com/expert-advice/training/12-weeks-to-fitness-beginners-5k-training-plan.html


To record your training you could download strava onto a smartphone for free. Our online club is called Glasgow Gaelic School which you can join. Another app for recording time, distance and speed is mapmyrun.


https://www.strava.com/

https://www.mapmyrun.com/



We would love to create a display of all the 5km participants on our notice board so please send me your photos by email or take them along with your sponsorship money.




If you have any questions about anything then please don't hesitate to contact me.


Have fun and good luck


Moran Taing


Mr MacCorquodale gw12maccorquodaleia2@glow.sch.uk

Our fantastic O'Neills PE and Sports Kit is here!

We have an amazing selection of PE and Sport kit for you guys to buy from the comfort of your own home. We are really pleased with the range and the quality

of the products is excellent! Here's the link to our online shop! 

https://www.oneills.com/uk_en/shop-by-team/education/schools/sgoil-ghaidhlig-ghlaschu.html

Happy shopping! 

Personal Development Programme 2

Here is the next lot of training for you which will last you until we get back to school. Follow the programme that suits your fitness best. If you do find something too challenging at any time then do the easier programme option. Alternatively, if you find something too easy then do the more challenging option. Base what you do on how you feel on the day. As ever if you have any questions please get in touch. Let me know how you’re getting on. It’s been great to hear that so many of you are keeping active during lockdown. Keep up the good work!

Personal Development Programme

Happy New Year to all our pupils and staff at SGG!

We’re sad not to be in school as normal but we will be back to normality soon.

To keep you going over the next few weeks I have set out 3 personal development programme options for you to follow. Select programme A, B or C depending on your current fitness level. If you follow this programme you will develop your fitness in preparation for coming back to school PE, extra curricular club sport and any practical performances you may have if you’re doing SQA PE. This has been sent to you on Show My Homework too. 

If you have any questions about this then get in contact via glow. 

Good luck! 

Rest, Nutrition and Hydration

 Rest, nutrition and hydration are the three most important things for recovery. The more you train the more food you need to eat, the more water you need to drink and the more sleep you need to take. If you train regularly and you don't top up your food, water and sleep every day then this is very bad for the body and you will soon start to see some adverse effects of this. Your body relies on these from you so it can perform at its best for you. 

Core PE will be moving on to do Cross-Country Running in the New Year

Hello everybody,

Just a reminder for you that all Core PE classes will be moving to Cross Country Running. But why I hear you ask? Well there’s a number of reasons, including:


It makes us mentally tougher and more resilient. Having to run each step, through mud, tackle hills and cope with challenging weather conditions. This will equip you to you tackle tasks you find challenging in and out of school and throughout your life.

It increases physical fitness. Not only does cross-country build cardio respiratory endurance - running also develops core stability, speed endurance, flexibility, and muscular endurance too

If makes us become better decision makers. Yes, it really does. Deciding which route to take, how to tackle course obstacles, when to go faster, how fast to run reps or laps, when to save energy, when to make a final push for the finish...these and more become a mental workout in addition to the physical exertion. These will help you out in other subjects and in future employment.

It allows each pupil to set challenging but achievable targets and during the block everyone is active all the time for the full duration of the session which is important for us most other sports cannot guarantee this.

You learn how to progressively overload your training - useful to know so when you leave school and want to develop your fitness in your own sport or physical activity.

Increases your self confidence - you will see results quickly and this will build your confidence and you will become more of an I can person and have more belief about your self.

It builds emotional control - we all have busy lives and are troubled with unhelpful thoughts, being active is a coping strategy for a lot of difficult emotions such as anxiety, anger, guilt etc. Using positive self talk, visualisation, process thinking and deep breathing will help you through a cross-country training session and in other challenging aspects of life.

Running is a cheap and very easy form of exercise and at the Gaelic School we want you to experience a lifelong sport sport which will benefit you no matter your age, size or experience level.

Extra Curricular Clubs are back - update!

We are delighted to announce that we have some extra - extra curricular clubs on during the week! Here's the clubs you can attend:

Monday - S3-6 Netball & S1-6 Athletics - 3.05-4.35 

Wednesday S1-6 Badminton 3.05-4.05 & S1-6 Athletics 3.05-4.35

Friday - S1-6 Running Club 8.15-8.50 am & S1-2 Netball 3.05-4.35

See you there! 

Extra Curricular Clubs are BACK!

Starting next week we will be starting up our after school Athletics Club on a Monday and Wednesday from 3.05-4.20pm. In addition, the Friday morning running club will also start next week which takes place from 8.15-8.50am. All S1-6 pupils welcome! 

Personal Development Plan for the Summer Holidays.

Give it a go folks. You've been working really hard over the last 3 months so keep it going over the summer holidays. Come back to school fit ready to go!