Irish Primary PE Association 9th Annual Conference.

The 9th Annual Irish Primary Physical Education Association (IPPEA) conference was staged in Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, on the 3rd March. The IPPEA was founded in 2002 has a number of aims, principally it is “dedicated to heightening awareness of PE issues in primary schools and it aims to promote physical activity in an educational context.”

This year’s event was a tremendous success and has noticeably grown year on year. This weekend an even greater number of primary school teachers arrived in Dublin for more work shops, both indoor and outdoor. In the morning the workshops covered areas such as Creative Dance, Outdoor & Adventure and Gymnastics.  In the afternoon the focus turned to workshops such as Disc Golf (no golf clubs !!) and Yoga for children.

As the IPPEA members made their way between the various workshops there was an obvious sense of excitement, participation and enthusiasm. Without doubt many valuable skills and practical PE activities will be incorporated into the various primary schools PE timetables around the country over the coming weeks.

A Big Thank you!

Fitness Functions would like to thank the IPPEA executive committee & members for the opportunity to attend its annual conference. We were made feel very welcome from the moment we arrived.  We would like to thank all those primary school teachers that came to visit our stand with queries on PE equipment, playground markings and services, hopefully our sales and marketing manager Niall Clancy was able to assist you.

We now look forward to the 10th annual conference and hope to see you all again.