5th and 6th Class enjoyed a hot chocolate this afternoon as a treat for their hard work this term ☕️🍫 Well done everyone! ⭐

We made simple bird feeders with Martina. The birds around St Michael’s NS will be happy! Look and see how to make them- https://www.canva.com/design/DAG7qVFNelQ/wnmZQvOYh-hcaUnpGB2J4w/watch?utm_content=DAG7qVFNelQ&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=hd49df3c149

We were delighted to welcome Santy to our classroom today. We sang songs for him and he gave us sweets and Christmas Annuals. We are looking forward to Santy visiting our homes soon. All he wants is a slice of apple tart & a carrot for Rudolph.

Santa visited our classroom today. We had great fun with our Christmas annual. We also got some sweets 😋

We organised a Santa visit today. The children were delighted to receive a Christmas annual from our dancing Santa! Thank you to all who helped, especially our Christmas elves!

Thank you to our Parents Association who organised a Santa visit today. Santa asked us to sing for him. He gave us all a lovely Christmas annual. We had great fun colouring, reading and playing games in the annual.

We watched Raahat, an author and illustrator, create a winter scene. She made it seem quite easy. Our cards turned out well too.

Thank you for the contributions to the food drive organised by the student council. The food has now been collected and will be distributed to those in need over the festive season.

5th and 6th Class enjoyed an interactive Christmas Maths Quiz on Zoom today with presenter Michelle Colloty. We really enjoyed the alphabet maths quiz and the dingbats!

Today we worked in groups of three. There were Christmas themed problems. Each group had a mix of 3rd & 4th. We worked hard together and enjoyed solving them.

Look at our beautiful winter display. We used pastels to create a background.

Thank you to Martina who came in to teach us all about our local area today. We had great fun making our Christmas Wreath using natural materials and also learned how to make a rush candle. We really enjoyed making the bird feeders too. We had a great afternoon in 5th and 6th Class.

Today, Martina Kilian came to do crafts with us. We used all natural materials. https://www.canva.com/design/DAG6iSj-zNs/2rvgVcqHHjwsKeM_5Eyouw/watch?utm_content=DAG6iSj-zNs&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=hbd6b22fdc8

The beautiful Christmas cards have arrived. Packs will be coming home this afternoon.

We received our pennant today for all of the wonderful farm safety work that our school has engaged with this term. We have received the first one for Animal Safety and Wellbeing from AgriKids. We hope to earn more pennants in the future towards eventually earning an overall Farm Safety Flag for our school. Well done to everyone for all of their dedication to farm safety in our school community! Keep up the great work! 👏 🐑 🐄

This week we are focusing on our spellings. We use our ‘words to watch’ wall for help.

Ciarán from Green Schools visited our school today to meet with 5th & 6th class. We are revisiting our travel theme for the 3rd time and we discussed safety improvements that we would like seen made to the roads approaching our school. All the children got a chance to talk with Ciarán and highlight their concerns. Ciarán spoke with our Principal Ms. Whitehead and Ms Toolan after the walkability audit. He will be in touch with us again in the new year to discuss his findings

Today we enjoyed a fun PE lesson with our TY student Émer working on our ball skills. Lots of fun was had by all the Infants. Thank you Émer.

Today we met a scientist who speaks to people about health. He reminded us about keeping ourselves healthy. Hygiene is very important. We also protect our classmates and the community when we are careful.