Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion
Ms Molly Hynes:
I do, like Annie and Darragh. I play camogie, I am starting to play football and I also play soccer. There are many other sports, including basketball and all that, to get involved in and try out. I definitely love physical education. I was saying to the other students that it is my favourite class of the week. As Annie and Darragh were saying, it is relaxing. It is an opportunity not to think about whether I have the homework done for a particular class, if I have I learned something off or if the teacher is going to go crazy. There should be a greater emphasis on physical education. Our school has taken the opportunity to include physical education as a leaving certificate subject this year. With that comes two theory classes as well as a practical class per week. The two theory classes are like French, geography or any other class, in that there is homework and everything else. The practical class then is more relieving.
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