On Thursday 16th March we held a Lá Glás in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day! On the day we held a whole-school ceolchoirm which seen many of the children perform dances/songs for their peers. Well done everyone!
Lá Glás
Aistear
We are delighted to have Aistear back in action in the infant classroom after moving!
Incredible Edibles
Our infants are delighted to be taking part in the incredible edibles programme this year. On Friday 3rd March they planted strawberries, tomatoes, as well as various different herbs. We are very excited to watch our seeds grow!
Student Council
Our student council have been working very hard over the past month. After discussions with their class, the student councilors brought many fantastic ideas forward.
Firstly, they felt that birthdays weren’t being properly celebrated in St. Michael’s and came up with the idea of purchasing a birthday badge for each class so that people could feel more special on their birthday. They decided to write a letter to our board of management to request money to purchase birthday badges and thankfully, our board of management agreed. Luke and Katelyn travelled to Carrick to purchase the badges and the children are now delighted that they feel a little extra-special on their birthday!
Secondly, the children felt that it was time we brought back our pre-covid Pancake Tuesday tradition. The student council wrote a letter to our Parent’s Association asking if they would be available to come in on Pancake Tuesday to make pancakes for the children. We had a wonderful day and were very grateful to our Parent’s Association for making this happen.
Finally, our student council took a key role during our enrolment evening on 23rd February. They helped the teachers set up on the night and gave tours of our school to parents on the night.
The student council are now working on an Easter Raffle, as well as a collection for Carrickmacross Food Bank. We are very proud of the work that they have put in over the past month, we’ll done everyone!
St. Brigid
Our infants learned all about St. Brigid this week. We then created our own St. Brigid’s Cloaks using fabric and fibre.
Science in the Infant Classroom
In Science this term our infants are learning all about forces. We discussed ‘push’ and ‘pull’ forces and where these can be seen in our daily lives. We then explored the different ways that a toy car can move, and tested how different types of cars needed different amounts of pressure to move. Finally, we raced the cars to see who could apply the most force to make their car go faster!
Student Council
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.
Christmas in the Infant Classroom
We have been very busy in the lead up to Christmas in the infant classroom. We spent lots of time preparing for our musical ‘School of Rock’. Considering that it was many of the children’s first time on stage, we couldn’t believe the amazing show that they put on!
We learned all about Daidí na Nollaig as Gaeilge, and recited some Christmas counting rhymes in Maths. In religion the children learned all about the Christmas story, and they performed the story in small groups during our drama lessons. You can see one of our performances here: https://fb.watch/hv_tLbWLpv/. We also created some beautiful Christmas themed art and had a hot chocolate movie day!
Finally, we were very lucky on Friday 16th December to have a very special visit from Santa Claus! All of the boys and girls got a special present from Santa – thank you to our parent’s association for arranging this!
Well done boys and girls on all of your hard work this term. Wishing you all a safe and peaceful Christmas!
School of Rock
After weeks of rehearsals, we were delighted to perform our school musical ‘School of Rock’ for the community on Thursday 8th December.
We are incredibly proud of the hard work and dedication of every child in our school. From designing posters and tickets, to learning lines and perfecting dance moves, no task was ever too much for the children. They were determined to put on a good show, and what a show it was – we were blown away by their incredible performance! Such a wonderful display of talent and energy!
As always, there were many people behind the scenes who helped us put on such an amazing show. Thank you to Tara McAuley, our musical director, for her dedication over the past number of years. Thank you to Karen McDermott for her beautiful backdrop, and to Mark McDermott for videoing the show. Thank you to everyone in Lisdoonan Community Centre for going above and beyond to help as always. Thank you finally to the parents who donated prizes for the raffle, your unending support doesn’t go unnoticed!
What an amazing end to 2022 in St. Michael’s National School!
Halloween 2022
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!