Halloween 2022

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We had great day on 28th October 2022 celebrating Halloween in St. Michael’s National School. The children dressed up and each class had a Halloween party. We also held a whole-school Halloween disco. We took part in ‘Trick or Treat for Sick Children’ and raised almost €300 for this very worthy cause, well done everyone!

We also held our monthly assembly, where numerous children were awarded with certificates for their hard work this term.

Wishing you all a happy and safe Halloween!

 

Halloween in Mrs. Mc Guirk’s Room

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM FIRST AND SECOND CLASS!

This week we have been busy learning about Halloween Safety, Halloween Traditions, singing Halloween songs in both Irish and English and reciting Halloween Poetry. We had great fun making our own SPOOKTACULAR SPIDERS and AMAZING MASKS too.

We all had FANGTASTIC FUN on Friday when we showed off our talents at our Whole School Assembly. We got to display  our Halloween Costumes, as we danced, all in support of Temple Street Children’s Hospital.

Maths Week 2022

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We celebrated Maths Week this week in 1st and 2nd class.  We played lots of maths games, answered maths questions on story books and tested out our maths eyes by answering and posing maths questions based on photographs. Well done boys and girls for your active participation.

 

Annual Admissions Notice

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St Michael’s National School
Annual Admission Notice
in respect of admissions to the 2023/2024 school year
 

Admission Policy and Application Form: 

A copy of the school’s Admission Policy and the Application Form for Admission for the 2023/2024 school year is available as follows: –

To download at: www.stmichaelsns.ie

On request: By emailing stmichaelsnsdonaghmoyne@gmail.com

Or on request: By writing to St Michael’s National School, Donaghmoyne, Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, A81EA37.

 

Part 1 – Admissions to the 2023/2024 school year

Application and Decision Dates for admission to 2023/2024

The following are the dates applicable for admission to Junior Infants:

The school will commence accepting applications for admission onNov 7th 2022
The school shall cease accepting applications for admission onMarch 1st 2023
The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application isMarch 12th 2022
The period within which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission isTwo Weeks

Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period mentioned above may result in the offer being withdrawn.

 

Note: the school will consider and issue decisions on late applications in accordance with the school’s admission policy.

Number of places being made available in 2023/2024: 

The number of places being made available in junior infants20

Autumn

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In first and second class, we have been learning about changes in autumn and all about trees, their life-cycles, their parts and the functions of these parts. We enjoyed using pointillism to create lovely autumnal trees.

 

Growing Up Fast!

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We have been busy in 1st and 2nd Class in our History lessons. We have learned about different stages in the human life-cycle and engaged in various sequencing activities. We also learned some important facts about our own life-cycles to date and created our own booklets entitled ‘My Family – A Booklet All About Me’. We had great fun playing a game of ‘Guess the Baby’ by looking at and guessing who was in the baby photographs.

 

Rainforest Animals

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In Second Class, we have been learning about different animals that you would find in the rainforest. The children then did some research of their own, using the tablets to find out facts about a rainforest animal of their choice. This was a great activity for them to test out their report writing skills.

Getting to Know Our Class!

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Our first week back in 1st and 2nd Class, has  been all about getting to know one another.  Look at some of the lovely art we did around the theme of ‘Friendship’.

 

Welcome Back Everyone!

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Good Afternoon everyone,

It’s hard to believe that we are returning to school on Monday. The Summer has gone by so fast. I hope you all had a very enjoyable break and are well rested. We are very excited to welcome you all back, and we are looking forward to another amazing year in St Michaels.

Before returning, here is a quick reminder of a few school rules:

  • Gates open at 9.15 am, students are not insured to be on the premises before this time.
  • Junior Infants/ Senior Infants, 1st & 2nd Class, all enter the school via the main front door to the left when they enter the yard. 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th class will enter via the bottom door to the right  when the enter the yard. They will be directed by myself/ Debby / Nicola  so no need to worry.
  • Junior Infant parents are more than welcome to take their children into their classroom , for the first day. However, with limited space and lack of the middle yard (as building work on our new classroom has commenced), we would urge parents to enter and leave the building as soon as possible. Photographs can be taken in the yard before entering the classroom. Junior Infants will finish at 12pm for the first two weeks. This will allow them the time they need to adjust to the school life gradually, without exhausting them.
  • We are a health promoting school and would ask parents to refer to our healthy eating policy regarding appropriate school lunches. Due to several children with nut allergies, no products containing nuts are permitted on the premises.
  • Please ensure your child has all books/ copies etc with them on their first day. This will allow teachers the opportunity to get their classrooms set up and will enable  teaching to take place as soon as possible. Please label everything for your child!!!!!!
  • We are very excited to see our lovely new school jumper and we would ask parents to adhere to the school uniform. Plain grey tracksuit bottoms (not leggings) and grey polo t- shirt.
  • While we are no longer required to adhere to Covid 19 guidelines, we would ask parents to continue to promote and encourage good hygiene etiquette, as we will within the school.
  • School finishing time will return to 3pm for all classes, with students leaving via the same gate they enter from.

 

If there are any queries, please email stmichaelsnsdonaghmoyne@gmail.com

See you all Monday,

Ms Whelan.

Yoga Bears 2022

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As part of our Active Schools Campaign and also our Mental Health Initiative, the Junior Classes in the school enjoyed participating in some yoga based lessons with Mrs. Mc Guirk. We learned how to relax and unwind and also explored techniques to help us stay focused. Everyone enjoyed the Yoga Bears sessions.