During the month of March, we have been learning some hip-hop moves with our dance instructor. A massive thank-you to Emma Courtney who has been absolutely fabulous with the children. The children really did enjoy every moment!
Active Breaks 2025
Our Active Schools Committee of 2025, have been busy planning, organising and playing lots of games with our pupils on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at lunch-time. They are great leaders and the children are all having a ball!
Cumann na mBunscol 2024
Congratulations to our boys team on winning the semi-final of the competition on Wednesday 23rd October. Well done also on your fantastic display of football in Castleblaney in the final! Although we were defeated, you should be super proud of the quality of play on the day. Well Done Boys!!
Move to Improve 2024
All classes in our school engaged in the MOVE TO IMPROVE PROGRAMME, over six weeks from September to October.
Move to Improve is a fun based, active program that focuses on the development of kids vital motor and social skills. Move to Improve also promotes kids involvement in multi sports, many of which are not given enough exposure. This will help to increase the ratio of kids who continue an active, healthy lifestyle into their teens. A massive thank-you to Ryan Burns and his colleagues, who provided fantastic P.E. lessons for all our pupils!
Sports Day 2024
On Wednesday 5th June we travelled to Donaghmoyne Fontenoys GAA club for our annual Sports Day. The children had great fun taking part in various races and stations. A huge thank you to our past pupils who helped organise the day. Well done everyone!
W.O.W.
As part of our ACTIVE SCHOOL Campaign and our HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOL Campaign and as part of our ‘Transport’ Theme in our GREEN SCHOOL’S Campaign, our whole school take part in WOW (Walk on Wednesday)on the first Wednesday of each month. It’s a great way to come together as a school community, getting some exercise and having a chat with our friends before school commences. Look at some of the pictures below!
Cumann na mBunscol
There were fantastic celebrations among our brilliant footballers here in Saint Michael N.S. school this week as they progress to the final of the Cumann na mBunscol school league, which will take place on Saturday 22nd October in Castleblayney.
We would like to say a massive thank you to our coach Darren Fox for helping prepare the boys for the competitions.
Conor McSkeane Memorial Cup
Well done to the boys in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Class who won this year’s cup in the Conor McSkeane Memorial Tournament!
Yoga Bears 2022
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.
Mid-Term is approaching in 1st and 2nd Class
On the Wednesday before our mid-term break we learned how to play tag rugby. We had so much fun!
