Our school HEADSTRONG committee have started their journey for another year to further promote positive mental health and resilience in our school. The first event was a spinathon with a series of fitness challenges and HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) sessions. This event was held on the 24th of October and the main aim of the event was to illustrate the links between physical exercise and positive mental health. Students from each year group were able to participate and a total of €230 was raised for the Zambia 2020 trip.
Thank you to Louise Shanley who led the HIIT sessions, Ballybough Kickboxing Club who sponsored our raffle prize, Glanmore foods for all of the healthy treats and Darragh Hanaphy Fitness for giving us the spinning bikes!
Winners on the day:
Longest Plank in session 1: Finn Phillips, Greg Harford and Thomas Bannerman (1st Year)
Fitness Champion session 2: Lee Cadwell (6th Year)
Longest Plank session 3: Karl Byrne (2nd year) and Brandon Tracey (TY)
Longest Wall Squat: Kevin Trefas (5th Year) and Callum Fay (2nd Year)
HEADSTRONG Champions: Joseph Curran (6th Year), Cillian Gavin (3rd Year) and Shane Nugent (3rd Year)
Thanks to everybody for your support and patience on the day, especially to the staff members who participated!(Mr. Lawlor, Ms. S Costello, Ms. N Costello, Ms. McDonnell and Ms. Ryan!)
