Gilson National School, Oldcastle Co. Meath
is Ireland's Fittest School in 2022/2023
Fyffes ambassadors, David Gillick and Phil Healy visited the school to present the award of €5,000 worth of sports equipment before educating students on nutrition and wellness and putting them through their paces with an exercise session!
Read moreSign-up today with your school information. Once complete, you will enter your school dashboard where you will find exercises, classes and other helpful resources to interact with.
Use the exercises designed by our Fit Squad coaches Phil Healy & David Gillick to workout with your students each week. A different combination of exercises can be used depending on your preferences.
In the ‘Submit Exercise’ section, log how many days in the week your students complete the chosen exercises and what % of the school took part. There are 10 different exercises that schools can part take in to earn banana points. Submit an image or video to validate these activities.
Earn banana points for the exercises submitted weekly. The number of students involved, and the selected exercises completed will determine the banana points awarded. Banana points can be earned from September 26th, 2022 to March 31st, 2023.
Keep up to date with your school's progress on the Fyffes Leaderboard.
The winning school will be crowned ‘Ireland's Fittest School’ and will be rewarded with €5,000 worth of sports equipment and a visit from Fit Squad coaches Phil Healy and David Gillick.
Monthly rewards of Fyffes merchandise and bananas will be up for grabs.
Keep an eye on Fyffes’ social media to be in with a chance of winning some great prizes.
The Fyffes Fit Squad is returning following a two-year break during Covid with live school visits commencing in September 2022. Originally conceived as a means of introducing children to the importance of physical exercise and healthy eating, the upcoming schedule will see some 7,500 pupils from schools throughout Ireland, North and South, participate in an interactive Fit Squad session between September and March next year.
Delivered by Irish health and fitness expert, Sharon Flanagan and carried out under the eye of teachers present, each 45-minute session includes an active workout plus talks and tips on healthy eating, all designed to improve children’s general fitness through engaging and fun-filled activities.
Prior to going online when schools were forced to close, the multi-award-winning children’s fitness programme has been introduced to over 20,000 pupils in a countrywide series of school visits since its launch just four years ago.
Schools interested in participating are asked to register below.
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