All Junior and Senior Infants playing happily together on the first day of school!
First Day in Infants 2018
Reading Challenge Success!!
Well done to Jack (3rd Class) and Kellie (2nd Class) who successfully completed the Summer Reading Challenge in their local libraries. They both read eight books and were rewarded for their fantastic efforts with medals and certificates.
Well done to you both!
Sports Day 2017
Sports Day took place on Friday 2nd June and proved to be a huge success. The children took part in a number of relays, games and circuit stations. It was an active and fun-filled day for all!
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Confirmation 2018
Congratulations to all of the sixth class children in the parish of Donaghmoyne on making their confirmation on the 29th of April 2018 in St. Patrick’s Church, Broomfield.
Well done to the ten students from St. Michael’s National School who put in a fantastic effort in preparing for this special day.
Conor Mc Skeane Memorial Cup 2017
The Conor Mc Skeane Memorial Cup took place this year on Tuesday 20th June in memory of the tragic and untimely death of Conor Mc Skeane who sadly passed away on December 10th 2007 while in First Class in Aughnafarcon N.S. Two pupils from First Class travelled to Aughnafarcon for this annual event. (more…)
Confirmation 2017
Saturday the 20th May 2017 marked a memorable occasion for all sixth class children from the schools in Donaghmoyne parish as they, together with their families, relatives and friends congregated in St.Patrick’s Church, Broomfield for the Sacrament of Confirmation. (more…)
First Holy Communion 2018
The 5th of May 2018 was a momentous occasion for the first communicants in St.Michael’s N.S. The community of Donaghmoyne gathered together with pride to watch these twelve children (four girls and eight boys) make their First Holy Communion. The children’s participation on the day, combined with their artwork to decorate the Church made it truly memorable for all.
The school choir also enhanced the ceremony beautifully. This long anticipated day was a huge success. Well done to the first communicants and to their families for all their hard work on the journey that led to this day. Heartfelt thanks to our officiating priest, Father Daly, and to all those involved.
Aldi Rugby
Our senior boys took part in the Aldi Rugby this year. Dedication, hard work and good team play under the guidance of their coaches, certainly had its reward. The boys successfully made it through all rounds of the competition and the ultimate success lay in the team being chosen to play in the Aviva Stadium on 26th April. The highly esteemed Paul O’Connell was present to greet the team and their supporters! This was an astonishing achievement for the boys together with their coaches, families and the school that will be held in high regard for many years to come. (more…)
Active Schools Week 2018
As part of our Active Flag Campaign and to celebrate Active Schools week, we had a spring themed Sports Day on Friday 27th April 2018. These events were supervised by the staff and members of the Active Schools Committee. All these events were fun and encouraged physical activity in a fun setting! Please have a peek at the wonderful things our children got up to on the day.
Active Non-Competitive Running Initiative
This initiative proved successful in our school. We began our running challenge in March 2019 and have been doing it everyday. Weather didn’t stop our efforts! We used our walking track for this initiative, running ten laps or 1 km each day per classroom. This equated to 3km a day and 15km per week! Our challenge was to complete 60km in total, within the space of 4 weeks. We tried to do our running after lunch and this kept us awake and alert to complete our afternoon’s work. Before and after our run our Active Leaders lead some warm-up and cool-down activities. The children really enjoyed this initiative and we still get the children out for a jog as part of our active breaks!