Vicious Vikings

The boys and girls from P5-7 spent an enjoyable morning at Navan Fort in Armagh learning all about the Vikings. Time was spent listening to stories in the viking house;writing like monks in the scriptorium and best of all....learning to fight like Vikings. An excellent trip that help bring the topic of Vikings to life.

Credit Union Art Competition

Congratulations to Carol Cooke and Laura Berga from P7 who came 2nd and 3rd in the recent Credit Union Poster Competition. Both girls will receive their prizes from the Newtownhamilton Credit Union in the near future.

Help your Child with Maths

The recent parent's night was well supported as many attended to listen to advice from Primary Maths expert, Timothy Doyle. Timothy showed many strategies that parents could use to help their child with Maths. Iain Smith from 3E learning also demonstrated the excellent online learning platform of Mathletics. All pupils have a unique log in name and password for Mathletics and feedback from pupils is very positive. If you haven't already..... give Mathletics a go. Pupils who have lost their log in details can get their details from their teacher.

Cake Sale in Aid of HAND

Our cake sale in support of the HAND charity which organises the annual Run for Autism in the town was a great success. A total of £175 raised!! This is a local charity which we are proud to support every year. Thank you to all parents and pupils who supported this great fundraiser.

Bird Box Club

A new after schools club for our P.7 pupils starts on Wednesday. This original club involves pupils cutting,measuring and painting wood to construct bird boxes. The club will be led by Michael McElroy and the finished boxes will be situated around the school grounds to offer shelter to our feathery visitors. This club kicks off the schools extended schools program

for the year. There will be clubs on offer to all classes at different stages of the year.

Swimming

Swimming for P5/6/7 starts on Thursday 13th of September.

Welcome Back

A huge welcome back to all the pupils of St. Michael's and especially to our new P1 children. Parents are reminded that the breakfast club is open every day from 8.15-8.45 am and costs 50p per child. To help our new children in Primary 1 settle into school, hometime will be 1pm for the month of September. From Monday 1st October it will be 2pm.

Soccer Cup Winners

Well done to the St. Michael's PS soccer team who won the Newtownhamilton Perpetual cup for the second year in a row. The team won all their games scoring an impressive 14 goals. After topping the group and winning a close semi final, the team beat a gallant Lisnadill PS in the final. Many thanks to Mr Teggart and Newtownhamilton PS for organising the blitz.

P6/7 Get Cooking!

Our P6/7 children are currently attending after schools cooking classes run by our resident cookery expert, Jacinta. The 6 week course has an Olympic theme with a competing country represented each week. China was the focus this week and the delicious smell of sweet and sour chicken filled the school corridors. Chopsticks and fortune cookies also added to the occasion.

BOOK FAIR

The Scholastic Book Fair was held in school last week. The school sold close to £400 worth of books and earned our school 40%commission for our school. Thank you to the pupils and parents who supported the fair.