We said a sad goodbye today to Ms. Henry. We got to do lots of fun learning with her the last 4 weeks. We wish her well for the future.

Today we welcomed the five children who will be the junior infant class 2026-27. They had a lovely time in Ms. Toolan's room. Her class were very welcoming and enjoyed playing with the new pupils.

5th and 6th Class are enjoying learning all about the Kingdom of Benin with Ms McGowan. We are writing a report on Benin to share with the class. We enjoyed making the Aztec masks last week.

We are continuing to read our class novel The Extincts. We created new covers for the book.

The children of 2nd class will make their First Holy Communion on Saturday May 16th at 11am. Like other years, we are asking Parents from other classes to help out with the party in the Community Centre following the ceremony. Here are a few ways you can help: Bring the following items into the GP room at the school next week- Biscuits, bars, buns sweets, cakes, brack, crisps, 7up or Miwadi Bring home-baked goods to the Hall on Friday 15th or on Saturday morning Help set

Thank you so much to Ms Toolan for setting up a free book fair for us this week. There were lots of books to choose from. We are delighted with our new books and can’t wait to read them 📚

The sheep had a great first day of school today. They learned lots about taking turns and having fun! They really enjoyed the lovely weather all day too ☀️ Ms Whitehead would like to thank “ewe” all for taking such great care of the sheep for the day. They’d love to come back to visit St. Michael’s again soon 🐑

We created a beautiful May garland yesterday with Martina. It was a very enjoyable afternoon! https://canva.link/t7i1snphxh2o7en

Martina visited the classrooms yesterday. We enjoyed looking at all the living things in our school yard. https://canva.link/lmb3tfs7elqqz49

Our chapter on fieldwork coincided nicely with good weather! We used hula hoops to focus our attention on a small area.

We had a lovely morning with Martina. We looked at flowers and used sticky tape to make brooches and bracelets!

We spent a lovely morning working outside with Martina from Heritage in Schools making bracelets and badges using flowers from our school ground.

Today we had an unusual art lesson. We took a walk up the lane near the school. Each pair had a colour card with six different shades. The challenge was to find a matching item for each colour from nature. There was lots of discussion and changing of items! https://canva.link/zw933sf6ke5ykgr

Ms Whitehead organised the loan of Lego Spike kits for our school. We have enjoyed our fortnight using them. https://canva.link/zn7imfm62exsr1k

The senior room presented assembly for us today. https://canva.link/i98jss29sngeu4b

Our art is unusual as we used white markers and pencils on a black background. We sponge painted the rabbits before putting them on the background.

Our Student Council and the children of the senior room organised a lovely community celebration yesterday. https://canva.link/7hr16ed27avixya

5th and 6th Class enjoyed some outdoor painting today to finish off our Famine Cottages. We are eager to finish our novel “Under the Hawthorn Tree” by Marita Conlon-McKenna tomorrow. It is based on life in Ireland during the Famine.

Well done to all who participated in the Cumann na mBunscol games today in Dromore West. The end score line was 9:7 in the girls game who are now through to the Quarter Finals. The boys are through to the Shield competition as runners up after their tight game with an end result of 14:11. Well done to everyone!

Pat has started coaching with us. Today we concentrated on getting away from our marker, control of the ball and being able to move away quickly.

We had fun using the Lego Spike kits this week. https://canva.link/9mrgxm9e3m287gj

We had a fire drill today. Everyone exited the school calmly and assembled in the yard. Well done to those who remembered to close the classroom doors!

5th and 6th Class had lots of fun today using the Lego Spike kits. They used their teamwork and engineering skills to design, make and code their creations. Some great work in a short space of time! Jack also showed us his own robot that he has designed and programmed to open and close its mouth to play music and it also has a laser eye! This was all inspired by the Lego Spike kits. Maith thú!

Easter greetings from 1st & 2nd!