1st & 2nd Class

Classroom News & Events!

School Tour 2023

Staff and pupils were full of excitement on Friday 19th May 2023 as we set off on our annual school tour. Our destination was the ‘Crystal Maze Outdoor Activity Venue’ in Kilmainhamwood. The children got involved in several physical, mental, skill and water-based challenges, based around Ireland’s largest hedge maze. We had a wonderful day! […]

Exploring Our Friendship Garden in 1st and 2nd Class

First and Second Class explored our Friendship garden, using their different senses. They love getting to enjoy nature in the lovely summer sunshine.  

Sewing

This term, Debby has been teaching sewing to the children in all classes. We can’t believe how skillful they have become in just a few shorts weeks, and it’s clear how much they are really enjoying it!

First Holy Communion 2023

On Saturday the 6th of May 2023, our seven amazing boys and our six fantastic girls in Second Class celebrated their First Holy Communion.  This was a very special day for the children. Our entire school community is incredibly proud of each and every one of them. They did our school, themselves and their families […]

Autism Awareness Day 2023

Spirits were high on Friday 28th April 2023 in St. Michael’s National School as we celebrated our third annual Autism Awareness Day. The children in each class took part in various lessons to raise awareness of autism. They learned what autism is, how to communicate with someone who has autism and how we can make […]

Have an EGGcellent Easter from 1st & 2nd Class

First and Second class were ‘Busy Bunnies’ this week! We completed lots of lovely activities around the theme of Easter. In Religion, we looked at the history of Easter and the Easter Story. In Gaeilge, we learned lots of Easter vocabulary and made a lovely Easter card.  In English, we listened to some Easter poems […]

Accelerated Reader

Congratulations to our star readers for the month of March – Isobel, Kyle and Luke. Our class readers of the month were 3rd and 4th Class. Well done everyone!

Easter Raffle / Food Bank Collection

We are so incredibly proud of our amazing student council! They have worked tirelessly over the past few weeks organising our Easter Raffle and Food Collection for Carrickmacross Food Bank. We filled over 50 bags of groceries and treats for local families to enjoy over the Easter holidays. Thank you to all of the students […]

Celebrating Daffodil Day 2023

Wonderful Water in 1st and 2nd Class

This week we have been busy learning about water in Science. We learned what water is, what we use it for and where it comes from.  We listened to and joined in with the water-cycle song.  We also learned about erosion and carried out experiments using water and Smarties to show how erosion works!!