St. Michael's N.S. Cloonacool

Lots of work going into making cards for the mammies of 3rd & 4th.

We have a lovely spring display on our window. Look at the colourful windmills we made!

Today we learned about sound and how it travels in waves. We also did some experiments. Does sound travel better through wood? Can I...

Congratulations to our Book Fair prize winners from Junior Infants to 6th Class. Some fantastic work submitted. Well done to all. We hope...

Today we started coaching on Fridays with Rebecca. It was lots of fun practising our skills. There was lots of teamwork.

Bhí craic againn tráthnóna inniú ag imirt Kahoot! Ghlac gach éinne páirt sa chomortas. Bhí cuid de na ceisteanna easca agus cuid eile acu...

We had a very interesting visit from Martina yesterday. We learned a lot of facts about trees and the wildlife around us in our school...

We completed our two weeks of buddy reading today. It was wonderful to see the reading and the friendships that developed!...

What a lovely day we had yesterday. Lots of games and cards brought in so people could play together. Also a lovely treat of popcorn and...

Today we listened to two stories: The Giving Tree and The Full Stop That Ran Away. We also had DEAR time and completed our buddy books. A...

We've had a few wonderful days using Lego Spike. Have a look: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGg2DRlecc/8QWWjVJ6h2kolAmHtWtXvw/watch?utm_c...

We have learned about Sligo in geography by researching facts. The website choose Sligo has lots of interesting information about places...

We have learned a lot about the Normans, their lives and their castles over the past few weeks. We also learned about a local castle-...

We have been learning about Tanzania over the past two weeks. When we were learning about rocks and minerals we learned about tanzanite....

Tá píosaí scríofa againn ar bhileoga agus tá siad le feiceáil sa seomra ranga. Nach bhfuil siad go hálainn? 🪹 🪺 🐣🌿🦔🐦‍⬛

Today we did two of the webwise lessons on internet safety day. The first was all about the world wide web 🌐 The second was about...

We were learning in history about the Aztec people who lived long ago in Mexico. It was very interesting to hear about their games, foods...

Today we worked in pairs finding the differences between two pictures. The kitchen was in an awful mess! We had to decide what happened...

Today we did an exercise in science- exploring materials. We talked about materials being flexible or inflexible. We had to feel an...

Tá na leabhair scríofa againn. Nach bhfuil siad go hálainn?

Yesterday we made Christmas trees using paper doilies. We had to cut them so they would fold into a cone shape. We used pipe cleaners as...

We have all finished weaving and the trees look fantastic on display!

Today we entertained Santa by singing a song 🎵 Then he gave us presents 🎁

Today we used the chrome books to research Christmas traditions in other countries. We looked at Greece 🇬🇷, Australia 🇦🇺, Italy 🇮🇹...

We are busy rehearsing for the shows on Wednesday. We can't wait to perform 😍

We have been learning about rocks and how they were formed 🪨 We also learned about Moh's scale- how hard or soft a rock is. We used the...

Today Zoë, Ciaran and Máire brought in containers and we made 'telephones' in science. We could hear sounds along the strings but they...

Last week we painted paper plates 🎨 They will be the background to our woven Christmas trees 🎄 As you can see, everyone was...

We are reading the novel One dog and his boy by Eva Ibbotson. There are many breeds of dog in the book. We researched a dog and then...

Tomás showed us a new way to warm up. Then we played some games: Switch. Bean bag throw (and then 2 bags!) Map cones- following a map to...

Today we used the chrome books to play a maths week game called Pirates. It started off easy on each level but then the questions were...

Today we enjoyed learning different facts about shapes! https://www.canva.com/design/DAGTumSUkoA/m83v0-abk5Ko6Vom3sODQg/watch?utm_content...

Today we tried to solve a challenge that involved sheep. It was difficult to figure it out 🤔

We watched and listened to a book about the great mathematician Paul Erdös who grew up in Budapest being read. He had a very interesting...

Today we walked to the old school and drew the plaque. It has an unusual s and the fadas are made using a dot above the letter. We...

It's all activity in our class this week! We had a morning session with Pat today. We were concentrating on catching the ball above the...

We had a lovely morning learning skills from Raf and then using them in a game. We were using the step over and the chop.

Today we worked with clay. First we spent some time manipulating the clay- rolling, pulling and smoothing. Then we shaped pumpkins by...

We painted autumn pictures. We created warm autumn colours by mixing the primary colours. We were careful to paint the background first....

We listened to an author read his book called A Boy Called Book ! The author is Vincent Ralph. The boy's life was a set of stories- some...

Congratulations to Darragh and Hazel who will represent our room on the student council. Well done to the nine children who spoke so well...

We started our posters on farm safety for the Cloonacool Sheep Festival 2024. We got good ideas from agrikids....

In drama we heard a story about a wise king. A man had been sentenced to death for a terrible crime. The king always kept his promises...

Bhíomar ag scríobh fúinn féin. Nach bhfuil na bileoga go hiontach?

Our first art display of the year has autumn trees. We drew trees using pencil and charcoal. We used warm colours for an autumn leaf in...

Our final activity in Earthlink was to play the environment game. When you land on certain squares you have to answer a question based on...

This afternoon we had a scavenger hunt in the playground. We had to find objects starting with various letters, some to do with numbers...

We spent the morning experimenting with rollers and wheels. The rollers were used to move a dictionary. The reels were used for wheels...

In English we are reading with our friends in groups. Each group has a 'connector' bookof facts. They have interesting titles and facts!...

On Friday we made funny bunnies. Some people made twins! They make our classroom brighter!