St. Michael's N.S. Cloonacool

This week first and second class have been learning all about our locality. We wrote in our copies about the Ox mountains, the Mad river and the Mill Cafe. Today we went for a walk to the cafe. There were some customers there and they enjoyed listening to what we had written in our copies about Cloonacool. We also sang a song.

Fifth and sixth class are learning the basics of coding and sequencing using bee-bots. We got the opportunity to work these programmable floor robots using maps and obstacle courses. First and second class are looking forward to more problem - solving opportunities using Bee-bots.

We enjoyed a lovely treat today during sports day 🍦 Despite the weather, we had a great day ☔️ ⚽️

Thank you to the parents association for organising our communion cake. We ate it at lunchtime today. It was yummy!

This morning First and Second class joined a webinar about water safety. We learned about essential life -saving guidelines that we all need to know.

Congratulations to the 8 children in 2nd Class who received their First Holy Communion on Saturday. We hope that you all had a wonderful day with your families. Thank you to their teachers Ms Giblin and Ms McTernan for preparing them so well for the big day. Thank you to Fr Vincent and the choir for a lovely mass and to all of the parents for their support and organisation of the community centre for the party. It was a wonderful day for all.

Best wishes to the 2nd Class children who will make their First Holy Communion on Saturday. We hope that you all have a wonderful day.

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

Easter greetings from 1st & 2nd!

Thank you to Shauna and our student council that organised incredible edible packs to come to our school in collaboration with Agriware. In February we will be learning all bout sowing and growing vegetables. Students will learn the process of how plants grow to produce our fruit and vegetables They will be encouraged to take responsibility for the crops they sew, caring for them, and ensuring they have all that they need to grow In addition, they will learn to identify the p

First and second class went for a walk around Tubbercurry. We went to St. Bridget’s hall and the recycling centre.

First and second class were so fortunate to be invited to Tubbercurry community library. We met Liz Weir, an author and storyteller from Northern Ireland. We sang songs and listened to her stories. Thank you to Tubbercurry library for inviting us for this special visit.

We used measuring tapes, trundle wheels and meter sticks.

Today is safer internet day. First and second class logged onto the website http://webwise.ie . We watched Ruby and Archie - the html hero’s. They have very cool rap songs about internet safety.

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.

On Thursday third class came to our room and we played a new game called Squirrel. The person with the most saved acorns in the end won the game.

On Wednesday we played Maths board games using fractions.

On Tuesday senior infants came to our classroom and we taught them the bus ride game using addition to 20.

On Monday we played a game called Place Value Wars.

While the senior girls were at their football match last week, some of the boys from their room came to teach us the rules and how to play some board games like scrabble and the cube. Thank you boys. We had great fun.

Leaf rubbings by first and second class. We used crayons and water paints to create this beautiful artwork.

First and Second class went for a walk to the village. We were on a scavenger hunt and we found what we were looking for…. Spiders,...

Our Sixth Class pupils set up PE lessons for us today to celebrate European School Sports Day. We had lots of fun outside together. Thank...

First and Second class are bursting with excitement with the upcoming Cloonacool sheep festival this weekend.

Congratulations to the boys and girls in 2nd class who celebrated First Holy Communion today.

Today, on National Bee Day we were using the bee-bots in the GP room. We had fun controlling them and using the mats. Working together in...

14 boys and girls in 2nd class received the Sacrament of Penance on Thursday evening. Thank you to our parents, teachers and Fr Vincent...

Junior & Senior Infants enjoyed lunch outside today with First and Second Class. It wasn't planned but very enjoyable. Long may this...

We hope that you enjoyed Mother’s Day!