Student Council

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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!

Sacrament of Penance 2023

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Thirteen special pupils celebrated the Sacrament of Penance on Tuesday 21st of February in St. Lastra’s Church, Donaghmoyne.

Well done and congratulations to the seven boys and six girls in second class for their respectful and prayerful participation on the evening of their First Confession.

Every one of them should feel very proud of their efforts, both in preparation for and during the ceremony. The occasion was a memorable one, enhanced by beautiful singing and readings.

A huge thank you to Father Daly for celebrating this special occasion with us.

 

Happy Valentine’s Day from 1st & 2nd Class

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We have been busy learning about Valentine’s Day traditions and the history of Valentine’s Day. We played various Valentine’s games and completed some Valentine’s art.

 

Six Bricks in First & Second Class

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Six Bricks is one of the LEGO® Foundation’s tools to introduce learning through play into different settings.

Through fun and short activities with sets of LEGO® DUPLO® bricks in six bright colours, children can practice their memory, movement, creativity and more. You can adapt activities and of course make your own activities to match the children’s skills and interests.

Have a look at our children enjoying learning through play.

St. Brigid

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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

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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

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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.

Happy Christmas from 3rd and 4th Class

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What a busy time we have had in 3rd and 4th class in the lead up to Christmas!

Kicking off with our fantastic production of ‘School of Rock’ – we could not be prouder of the boys and girls!

In Maths, we have spent lots of time exploring fractions and decimals using different games.

 

 

We have been like elves creating lots of Christmas Art, with our Funky Reindeer, our beautiful Christmas wreaths, as well as recycling old Christmas cards to make new ones!

Finally, we had a visit from Santa himself and the boys and girls were all on the nice list to receive a beautiful gift.

To end an extremely cold week, we brought our procedural writing to life, as we made a lovely cup of Hot Chocolate topped with marshmallows!

It has certainly been a busy term and as we approach the holidays, I would like to wish everyone a very happy and safe Christmas.

From Mrs Lennon.

 

Christmas in the Infant Classroom

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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! 

 

Term 2 in 5th and 6th Class

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The second term has been a hive of activity in 5th & 6th Class. The pupils engaged in Procedural Writing in both English and Irish. Dramas were created in groups as part of our Irish learning on ‘Bia’ agus ‘Sa Bhialann’ which were quite the entertainment!

 

A lot of planning, research and learning took place with the compilation and presentation of the children’s projects on World War 1 which were assessed by their peers.

In recent weeks 5th & 6th class had fun with fantasy poems and even wrote some amazing fantasy poems themselves.

Of course the highlight of this term has been taking part in our highly successful school production, ‘School of Rock’. Next stop-Hollywood!! The excitement has been mounting in our classroom also for the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas songs & dances have permeated classroom activities for days now and the pupils made some beautiful Christmas Tree paper plates using skilful weaving.

 

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Enjoy all the festivities!