St. Michael's N.S. Cloonacool

We have had the best week investigating and experimenting in the Infant classroom. Lots of detailed questions asked and sharing of predictions. Scientists of the future here in Cloonacool National School. Another fun day awaits us tomorrow. We are looking forward to attending 5th & 6th Class Science Fair.

We spent a lovely morning with Martina from Heritage in Schools learning about life long ago and how people lived and used nature to survive.

A busy morning in the Infant classroom working with clay to make hedgehogs.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 ⚽️

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.

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.

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.

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 🐑

Junior & Senior infants were looking their best today.

We had surprise visitors to our classroom this morning. Lots of fun stroking our 3 new friends. Bunnies are so cute.

Today we welcomed 5 new Junior Infants to our lovely school. We hope they will be very happy.

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.

Lots of fun in Junior & Senior Infants today celebrating sports day. The wet & windy conditions added to the fun!

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

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

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.

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

After 21 days we welcomed 2 baby chicks to our classroom this morning. We are hoping for one more before our holidays. Lots of fun and learning today in Junior and Senior Infants.

Wishing all our fabulous Mammies a very Happy Mother's Day. We hope you love the clay creations your children will be presenting you all with this morning. Have a lovely day

Happy St. Patrick's weekend from Junior & Senior Infants.

We had a busy morning making and doing in the Infant classroom working with clay, pipe cleaners and beads. Our end product will be revealed next weekend. Watch this space!!

A lovely morning in the Infant classroom sharing our favourite books and making book marks.

Great excitement in Junior & Senior Infants today. When we arrived to school there was an incubator in our classroom with 8 eggs inside. We can't wait to observe these eggs over the next 3 weeks. Hopefully we will have baby chicks for Easter. Thank you to Ms. Whitehead for trusting us with this very important work.

Today we got cosy in the Infant classroom and got lost in our story books. We really enjoyed Ireland Reads Day.

We had a lovely day in the Infant classroom learning all about St. Brigid, colouring in crosses and designing her cloak. We also sang a song to her!

A lovely few days in the Infant classroom with our Christmas show and finding gifts under our Christmas tree. Enjoy the well deserved break everyone and the final countdown to Santy.

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.

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! 👏 🐑 🐄

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.

We had lots of fun today with Nathaniel from Sligo Sport & Recreation Partnership. We are already looking forward to next week.

We are delighted to take part in WNRW 2025. Day one got off to a great start.

This week we lit candles and prayed for someone we love in Heaven.

Look at what our magic potions turned into overnight. No tricks in the Infant room today but lots of treats. Well deserved after a busy few weeks.

Today we got to hold the big cup Cloonacool won at the weekend. We loved seeing and talking to the players.

We have spent time planning and creating in the Infant room. Wait until we are finished...

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...

We took a walk to our beautiful village this morning. We spotted many signs of Autumn. We also discussed road safety.

We had a lovely first week in Junior & Senior Infants. Lots of fun & games with our friends. We are excited for the year ahead.

The children in Junior & Senior Infants had lots of fun today showing Ms. Toolan their Bee-bot coding skills. A lovely child led fun...

We visited our beautiful church today and said prayers for everyone.

This morning we made chocolate Easter nests in our classroom and enjoyed them in the afternoon shade. They were yummy!

After a busy day of Easter activities we enjoyed jelly and icecream in our School garden.

Today we used materials from home during Child Led Play. We love junk art.

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

Wishing you all a very Happy Mother's Day from all the children in Junior & Senior Infants.