Help young children explore how physical movement keeps their bodies strong and practise essential daily hygiene habits including handwashing, teeth brushing, and cough etiquette.

Experience the joy of moving together through cooperative PE games, traditional Irish playground activities, and cultural dances.

Learners will explore what makes them unique, celebrate personal strengths and interests, and appreciate similarities and differences in others.

Learners will identify opportunities to be physically active throughout their daily life and take responsibility for staying active with family and peers.

Understand body parts, movement quality, effort (heavy/light), weight transfer, and speed control.

Learners will explore and practise self-regulation and co-regulation strategies to manage escalating feelings and nurture emotional wellbeing.

Build hand-eye coordination and correct hand positioning to catch slow-moving objects and balls of various sizes.

Understand stereotypes around gender roles and explore cultural diversity and empathy.

Learners will learn how to adjust equipment, space, and rules to create optimal movement challenges for themselves and their classmates.

Learn basic offensive and defensive concepts, simple tactics, sharing, fair play, and problem solving in games.

Identify how digital devices fit into daily life, practise safe online habits with trusted adults, and balance screen time with active play and rest.

Master dynamic movement while balancing objects, explore partner counter-balances, and practice balance recovery on challenging surfaces.

Equip children with practical calm-down strategies, growth mindset habits, positive self-talk, and appreciation for personal strengths.

Make responsible everyday decisions, recognise factors influencing choices, and evaluate risks confidently during adventurous play.

Understand everyday family roles, kind communication, and how family members show care for one another at home.

Identify and follow essential safety rules across daily environments, including roads, home, water, and sun.

Learners will understand their body parts, practise essential daily hygiene routines, and recognise how active movement keeps their body strong and healthy.

Develop foundational spatial awareness by exploring personal and general space and travelling along straight, curved, and zigzag pathways.

Understand the importance of game rules, practice honesty, and demonstrate respectful winning and losing behaviours.

Explore how family traditions, history, and media shape our identity and celebrate what makes every family special.

Introduce young learners to core gymnastics shapes, apparatus navigation, expressive dance, and basic track running.

Develop core object control fundamentals including smooth floor rolling, underarm tossing, and proper overarm throwing mechanics.

Develop core social skills for making friends, sharing, active listening, appreciating diverse families, and understanding others' feelings.

Learners will build healthy relationships with family, friends, and teammates, practice respectful communication, cooperation, and resolve disagreements peacefully.

Develop core stationary balance skills, explore wide and narrow bases of support, and maintain stability across various body levels and lines.

Develop core walking, running, hopping, and jumping mechanics alongside safe, balanced landing techniques.

Develop foundational kicking mechanics, foot dribbling, and ball control using the feet.

Develop hand-eye coordination and striking skills using open palms, short paddles, and bats.

Learners will discover, test, and adjust simple tactics and problem-solving strategies across cooperative and competitive games.

Understand how our bodies, emotions, and friendships evolve as we grow older, while building body positivity and communication with trusted adults.

Teach children to make balanced food and drink choices and establish restorative bedtime routines for healthy growth and energy.

Learners will identify nutritious foods, understand the value of sleep and rest, and learn everyday routines for nurturing physical and mental wellbeing.

Recognise the qualities of respectful, trusting relationships, manage peer influences, identify harmful behaviours, and understand diverse family structures.

Apply locomotor skills across different speeds, spatial pathways, and obstacle courses while maintaining body control and spatial awareness.

Master complex locomotor patterns such as skipping, galloping, dodging obstacles, and side-stepping in games.

Recognise the purpose of media and adverts, differentiate make-believe from real life, spot simple stereotypes, and seek trustworthy wellbeing advice.

Distinguish helpful substances from hazardous ones, follow medicine safety rules, and understand risks of tobacco, vapes, and alcohol.

Explore human body parts, the five senses, and the wide range of movements and skills our bodies can perform.

Name body parts accurately, understand body privacy, respect personal space, and practice assertive safety boundaries.

Help young children build self-awareness, recognise basic emotions in themselves and others, and learn to communicate their feelings.

Explore how families navigate life changes, handle difficult emotions, and find comfort and support from each other and trusted adults.

Build positive habits around balanced nutrition, hydration, sleep routines, and daily relaxation.

Practise taking responsibility for personal belongings, classroom tasks, and collaborative school projects to contribute positively to our community.

Develop orienteering, sequence building, multi-skill athletic circuits, and performance confidence.

Recognise the wellbeing benefits of fresh air, outdoor physical activity, and safe interaction with natural spaces.

Learn practical strategies to solve disagreements, stand up against bullying, celebrate differences, apologize sincerely, and build an inclusive class community.

Identify and appreciate the family members, school staff, and community workers who care for and support us every day.

Master foundational personal hygiene practices to protect against germs and care for teeth, skin, and hair.

Learners will identify safe and unsafe situations, understand personal space and safe touches, distinguish healthy from harmful behaviours, and know how to seek adult help.

Understand personal body boundaries, distinguish safe and unsafe secrets, practise digital safety rules, and know how to call for emergency help.

Observe, describe, and monitor the immediate and ongoing physical changes that happen when exercising.

Discover how active play, inclusion, encouraging peers, and shared school events build strong friendships and community connection.

Learners will reflect on their personal feelings, growth, and effort during physical activity, developing a positive movement identity.

Navigate obstacles, coordinate movements with partners, and perform structured movement sequences in shared spaces.

Approach challenges with curiosity, persevere through effort and coping strategies, and set manageable goals individually and in groups.

Help young pupils learn about protective rules, taking part in class votes, respecting differing opinions, and standing up for fairness.

Develop cooperative habits, celebrate schoolwide diversity and traditions, and build a shared culture of belonging and mutual support.

Engage in democratic class discussions, listen respectfully to different opinions, and plan joint actions to promote collective wellbeing.

Control body rotation, rolling forms, twisting actions, safe landings, and floating water safety basics.

Identify hazards, follow safety rules across movement, roads, and home environments, and know how to call for emergency help.

Explore supportive roles such as captain, referee, and equipment helper while collaborating with peers in games and daily life.

Take on different active roles such as captain, coach, referee, and movement leader to support fair play and group physical activity.

Explore the human life cycle from pregnancy and birth through infancy, understanding developmental milestones and what babies need to thrive.

Learners will explore how thoughts, emotions, and behaviours connect, reflect on what is within their control, and recognise patterns in their reactions.

Apply throwing skills by exploring trajectory and force, tossing with a partner, and hitting dynamic and moving targets.

Learn to trap rolling balls with hands and feet, adjust body positioning, and catch while moving and cooperating with a partner.

Learners will identify, label, and gauge the intensity of a wide spectrum of emotions and begin showing empathy towards the feelings of others.

Identify and understand various family structures, recognizing that love, care, and safety are at the core of all families.

Introduce young children to concepts of fairness, sharing, equity, and their fundamental rights to play, learn, and be safe.

Help young learners explore their classroom space, celebrate individuality, and practice friendly, inclusive behaviors with peers.