Thank you to Ms Toolan and the Infants for a wonderful assembly this afternoon. All of the Infants introduced themselves to the whole school. They sang some lovely songs for us that link in with their September theme of Mé Féin and Autumn. We enjoyed listening to “Tá Teidí ag siúl’, and ‘The Leaves are Falling Down’. Ms Toolan reminded us about bus safety and the 6th Class Bus Prefects re-introduced themselves to the whole school. We spoke about the importance of wearing the

Today the boys & girls from Junior & Senior Infants presented our first school assembly. They introduced themselves in Irish, sang Irish songs & discussed their Autumn findings to date. They ended assembly with 2 fun action Autumn songs. Ms. Toolan talked about back to school safety and discussed future projects. Dolores from Green Schools was also in attendance and spoke to us all about projects she plans to work with us on this year. A lovely start to our week.

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

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 3rd & 4th classes were learning about the different ways energy is produced. More renewable resources are used now - solar panels, wind energy and hydro-electricity.