michael

Michael joined the school in September 2010. He has an Honours Degree in Education and Irish from Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Michael taught in Tinryland NS before joining the school. As a post holder in the school, Michael has responsibility for Gaeilge, Attendance and Resource Management. Michael has a love of Music and he plays the keyboard, piano, guitar and tin whistle. He runs the Catholic Club after-school activity. Michael is currently completing a Masters degree in Management and Leadership in Education.

Active Week 2013 – By 3rd and 4th Class

Posted in: Class News|May 17, 2013

We celebrated Active Week in our school this week. Every morning we held an assembly on yard where we participated in ‘Wake and Shake’. This was a five minute exercise class and everyone got involved. We played co-operative games on Tuesday and on Wednesday the Parents’ Council organised a yard game for us. On Thursday …

A Life That’s Mine – A Poem by 3rd and 4th Class

Posted in: Class News|April 22, 2013

Michael’s Class have been learning about Growing and Changing in SPHE. Everyone collaborated to compose this poem in class today. A Life That’s Mine When I grow up I want to be, a teacher, a writer, or a builder; it could be me. If those don’t work out there’s a chance that I …

Cycling Certificates for 3rd and 4th Class

Posted in: Class News|April 21, 2013

The children in 3rd and 4th class completed Levels 1, 2 and 3 of Cycling Safety with Jason Morrissey, from www.cyclingsafety.ie. The children thoroughly enjoyed the classes and they were rewarded for their outstanding participation when they were presented with their certificates this week. Well done everyone!

Visit by Olive Mooney

Posted in: Class News|April 21, 2013

We enjoyed a special visit by author Olive Mooney today. Olive has written ‘The Chronicles of Cadaver College’ series and she read a selection of excerpts from her book for the children in 3rd – 6th class this afternoon. Olive was on hand to sign her book following the reading. We would like to thank …

Living in Ireland, according to 3rd and 4th Class

Posted in: Class News|April 10, 2013

A new study was published today which found that children in Ireland are the 10th happiest in the world. We wrote some reasons explaining why we, as children in Ireland, are happy in Ireland using our class laptops and here it a ‘wordle’ detailing our responses.

Lá Glas

Posted in: Class News|March 13, 2013

Táimid ag céiliúradh Seachtain na Gaeilge ar scoil. Bhí Lá Glas sa scoil inniu. Ghléas na páistí suas i rudaí glas. Tá roinnt pictiúrí anseo. Rinneamar dearmad pictiúrí a thógáil in ár rang féin Ach rinne na páistí i ranganna 3 agus 4 an-iarracht! Bhí siad go deas.

Seachtain na Gaeilge 2013

Posted in: Class News|March 8, 2013

Beimid ag céiliúradh Seachtain na Gaeilge i rith an seachtain seo chugainn sa scoil. Coiméad súil ar an scoil chun eolas a fháil faoi gníomhaíochtaí a bheidh ar siúl! Beidh ar na páistí Gaeilge a labhairt chomh minic agus is féidir ar feadh seachtain. Go n-éirí an t-ádh le gach duine!

World Book Day in Room 4

Posted in: Class News|March 7, 2013

3rd and 4th Class love reading! We celebrated World Book Day in Michael’s class today. We logged onto http://www.worldbookday.com and used lots of the resources on the website. We even watched ‘The Biggest Bookshow On Earth’ broadcast live this morning from 11am – 12pm. The children got lots of ideas from some of the world’s leading …

Peace Proms Concert

Posted in: Class News|March 4, 2013

Michael’s Class participated in the Peace Proms Concert in Kilkenny on Saturday night last. It was an amazing experience and the feedback from everyone in our school – teachers, children and parents alike has been fantastic. The children in 3rd and 4th Class did an amazing job and we are all extremely proud of them. …

Cycling in Michael’s Class

Posted in: Class News|February 27, 2013

Report 1: Today Jason from Southeast Cycling Safety came to our school. He taught us things about cycling. He taught us how to read how much psi to put in the bike tyres. He also taught us about the M check. That is a special type of bike check to make sure your bike is …

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