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St. Michael's N.S. Cloonacool
Phone: (071)9185709 Email: pcloonacool@gmail.com
School Office: shaunasecretary@gmail.com
This is where you will find all the latest news for the whole school. If you wish to find out about the latest news from any one class please click on the class links above the first blog post below.
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Clay
A busy morning in the Infant classroom working with clay to make hedgehogs.
cloonacoolnational
1 day ago1 min read


Bairín Breac
We made a lovely brack at school this morning with Ms. Toolan & Emer. We got to put all the ingredients in a big bowl and mix, mix, mix. We also put 2 rings in the mixture. We cooked the brack in the oven and we got to eat it when it cooled down with butter & jam. It was very tasty.
cloonacoolnational
Oct 221 min read


Fire Drill
Well done to everyone today who successfully completed our first fire drill of the year. All classrooms remembered to close the door on their way out and everyone got out of the building calmly and safely. Thank you to Ms Toolan for organising this drill with Shauna’s help to keep us all safe.
pcloonacool
Oct 201 min read


So much maths fun!
We had such a lovely week playing lots of different maths games and using all our new maths equipment. Thank you to our wonderful Parents, Grandparents, extended family and the wider community for such generous donations last December during our Christmas concert. The teachers used this money to update our concrete maths materials and now each classroom has a lovely variety of bright new resources. Thank you also to Ms. Murtagh for creating a Maths trolley with equipment for
cloonacoolnational
Oct 161 min read


Maths Week 2026
A great start to Maths week in the Infant room. We made 2d shape monsters, played dice games and estimated how long Ms Toolan was using cubes. Lots of fun and we had great help from the boys in 5th & 6th class. We look forward to more fun & games tomorrow.
cloonacoolnational
Oct 121 min read


⚽️ Best of luck ⚽️
Best of luck to CT Gaels in the Sligo LGFA Intermediate Final tomorrow in Keash at 2:45pm vs St. Mary’s. Thank you to Deirbhile, Ciara and Rose for presenting tickets to all of us at school today ahead of the final tomorrow. We hope to see everyone out in full force to support the ladies ⚽️
pcloonacool
Oct 21 min read


🍂 Infant Assembly 🍂
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
pcloonacool
Sep 282 min read


September Infants Assembly
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.
cloonacoolnational
Sep 281 min read


Fun day Friday
So much fun this afternoon with children from 5th & 6th Class playing with the Bee Bots. Thanks Mr. Nally for providing us with this opportunity.
cloonacoolnational
Sep 181 min read


Autumn Walk
Junior & Senior Infants enjoyed our first walk of this school year this morning. We were delighted to have 3rd & 4th Class join us. We discussed road safety and how to stay safe on footpaths. We took shelter from the rain in the Sheep Festival marquee. We also observed signs of early Autumn. Lots of learning and making new friends.
cloonacoolnational
Sep 171 min read


🍂 Autumn Walk 🍂
3rd and 4th Class had a lovely morning walk with Junior and Senior Infants today. We got to have a look around the village at the preparations for the local Sheep Festival. We are all very excited for the weekend ahead 🐑
pcloonacool
Sep 171 min read


Junior & Senior Infants.
Junior & Senior infants were looking their best today.
cloonacoolnational
Sep 161 min read


Surprise!
We had surprise visitors to our classroom this morning. Lots of fun stroking our 3 new friends. Bunnies are so cute.
cloonacoolnational
Sep 91 min read


Junior Infants 2026
Today we welcomed 5 new Junior Infants to our lovely school. We hope they will be very happy.
cloonacoolnational
Sep 11 min read


June Fun in the Infant Room
We have had lots of fun this June from eating outside in the sun to sports day in the rain. We worked hard and enjoyed fun treats, our school tour and golden time. A lovely year had by all. We wish Senior Infants well as they move on to 1st class and we look forward to welcoming our new Junior Infants in September. Thank you to everyone who made this school year fun for all. Have a happy & safe summer everyone.
cloonacoolnational
Jun 221 min read


Sports Day 2026
Lots of fun in Junior & Senior Infants today celebrating sports day. The wet & windy conditions added to the fun!
cloonacoolnational
Jun 41 min read


Ice Cream Van 🍦
We enjoyed a lovely treat today during sports day 🍦 Despite the weather, we had a great day ☔️ ⚽️
pcloonacool
Jun 41 min read


Busy Bees
We had an action packed week in Junior & Senior Infants. We took part in a Water Safety zoom on Monday with lots of other schools. Tuesday & Thursday involved buddy reading with 3rd & 4th class. On Wednesday we engaged with World Bee day and researched and discussed many interesting facts and shared these with our families. We had indoor PE with Pat on Thursday because of the heavy rain. We also counted lots of money and sorted new maths resources for June. A very busy week
cloonacoolnational
May 221 min read


Student Teacher
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.
cloonacoolnational
May 81 min read


Outside with Martina
We spent a lovely morning working outside with Martina from Heritage in Schools making bracelets and badges using flowers from our school ground.
cloonacoolnational
Apr 271 min read
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