Friendship week took place this year between 18th -22nd September. We took time to reflect on the importance of friendship in our school. We identified qualities of a good friend, learned a friendship song and made friendship bracelets.
Zippy’s Friends is a universal school-based programme for in primary school. The programme is designed to promote the mental health and emotional wellbeing of all young children by increasing their repertoire of coping skills and by stimulating varied and flexible ways of coping with problems in day-to-day life. Miss Whelan, takes children from various classes, once a week for this wellbeing activity.
In January 2023 we seen the establishment of the first student council in St. Michael’s National School. The aim of the student council is to provide students with greater involvement in the decision-making procedures of the school and learn about the democratic process. We believe that students have a vital role to play in creating a positive and welcoming school environment conducive to learning and happiness. We predict that our Student Council will play a requisite role in achieving this.
Two children from each class were elected by secret ballot on Friday 13th January and will retain their positions on the council for the duration of the school year. Infant classes are represented by the two elected pupils from 6th Class. Well done to everyone who applied to be part of our first ever student council. You have worked very hard and we are very proud of you all.
We are delighted to introduce our new Student Council to you all. The children elected for the 2022/2023 school year are as follows:
1st Class – Kylah and Eoghan
2nd Class – Katelyn and Luke
3rd Class – Saoirse and Kyle
4th Class – Amy and Oisín
5th Class – Lucy and Ben
6th Class – Zara and Isobel
Our first student council meeting will take place on Wednesday 18th January at 2pm.
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 on | Nov 7th 2022 |
| The school shall cease accepting applications for admission on | March 1st 2023 |
| The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application is | March 12th 2022 |
| The period within which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is | Two 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 infants | 20 |
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.
Huge congratulations to these girls who took home Bronze medals from the All-Ireland Community Games Dance Competition. A massive achievement girls and we as a school are very proud. Well done!
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.
Each week, a child is chosen in either First Class or Second Class to be our SUPER STAR!! They can be chosen for lots of reasons, such as, being kind to someone, showing good manners, showing good listening skills or improving at something they have found to be difficult. The SUPER STAR of the week is chosen each Friday, gets to bring home our class trophy for the week and returns it the following Thursday. The Trophy will be sanitized before it is sent home with each child. Have a look at our SUPER STARS below!!
Well done to all of the boys and girls who took part in our Read-A-Thon. You raised an incredible €1400 to purchase books for our school.
Every child who returned a sponsorship card was then entered into a raffle for a €50 Smyths Voucher. Congratulations to our winner Seán – happy spending!!
Food Dudes is an award winning curriculum-linked evidence-based healthy eating programme, developed to encourage children to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables. It is based on repeated tastings of fresh fruit and vegetables, rewards and positive role models.
The boys and girls were delighted to take part again this year, and enjoyed plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. Well done everyone!
