A Word of Welcome.
First of all, I’d like to thank you for taking the time to visit our school website. At St. Michael’s N.S., we are extremely proud of the wide-ranging efforts we make to develop as a school. It is the aim of this website to give each visitor a unique insight into what goes on here.
At St. Michael’s, we pride ourselves on being a community school. We involve ourselves fully in the life of the locality of Ardaghey and, in return, the community supports us and involves us in all its activities. We are a school 'at the heart of the community and in the hearts of the community'.
We encourage all our parents to take an active role in their child’s education and we strive to involve them whenever possible by building positive relationships from the first day we meet. We have an active and enthusiastic Parent Teacher Association who organise many activities for the pupils. The Parent Teacher Association ensure that the children get to enjoy their time in our school and their fund raising ensures our pupils have access to the latest technologies and the best resources for learning. We are so grateful to the many parents that go out of their way to help the school and the pupils, whether that be coaching sports, taking photographs or helping with school raffles, we appreciate everything they do.
Our staff are beyond dedicated. It gives me great joy in knowing that all the staff have the children’s best interests at heart, in whatever they do. Every child that comes through the gates of St. Michael’s N.S., is treated with kindness, empathy and respect. The staff are fully committed to being part of the school community and give up their personal time to complete professional development training that is specific to the needs of the children in our school. They are also ever willing to stay after school to coach children or to help with school performances. We are incredibly blessed to have a staff with such a broad and varied extra-curricular skillset. Our staff have led in sports, music, quizzes, debates and many other areas previously. It is not just the staff themselves, but their families have also given up time to help at the school, something I think is a testament to their levels of commitment but also the community spirit that has been built here.
Of course, the children are the most important contributors to school life here. We endeavour to hear student voice in the decisions that we make. It is our goal to build on the foundations of education already in place from home with each child. We hope that every child that comes to St. Michael’s N.S., can look back with fond memories on the time they had here. We try to cater for each and every child’s interests and aim to help them achieve in areas specific to them, all whilst building friendships and becoming independent and motivated learners along the way.
The most important rule here in St. Michael’s N.S., is ‘Be Kind’. Kindness and empathy are at the heart of everything we do. Everyone is treated equally and respectfully and we seek to create a happy atmosphere for everyone who works or comes to visit us here. I can say wholeheartedly that this school is a brilliant, vibrant and growing community, which is a fantastic place to work and to learn.
Many thanks
Brian Greenan
Principal
First of all, I’d like to thank you for taking the time to visit our school website. At St. Michael’s N.S., we are extremely proud of the wide-ranging efforts we make to develop as a school. It is the aim of this website to give each visitor a unique insight into what goes on here.
At St. Michael’s, we pride ourselves on being a community school. We involve ourselves fully in the life of the locality of Ardaghey and, in return, the community supports us and involves us in all its activities. We are a school 'at the heart of the community and in the hearts of the community'.
We encourage all our parents to take an active role in their child’s education and we strive to involve them whenever possible by building positive relationships from the first day we meet. We have an active and enthusiastic Parent Teacher Association who organise many activities for the pupils. The Parent Teacher Association ensure that the children get to enjoy their time in our school and their fund raising ensures our pupils have access to the latest technologies and the best resources for learning. We are so grateful to the many parents that go out of their way to help the school and the pupils, whether that be coaching sports, taking photographs or helping with school raffles, we appreciate everything they do.
Our staff are beyond dedicated. It gives me great joy in knowing that all the staff have the children’s best interests at heart, in whatever they do. Every child that comes through the gates of St. Michael’s N.S., is treated with kindness, empathy and respect. The staff are fully committed to being part of the school community and give up their personal time to complete professional development training that is specific to the needs of the children in our school. They are also ever willing to stay after school to coach children or to help with school performances. We are incredibly blessed to have a staff with such a broad and varied extra-curricular skillset. Our staff have led in sports, music, quizzes, debates and many other areas previously. It is not just the staff themselves, but their families have also given up time to help at the school, something I think is a testament to their levels of commitment but also the community spirit that has been built here.
Of course, the children are the most important contributors to school life here. We endeavour to hear student voice in the decisions that we make. It is our goal to build on the foundations of education already in place from home with each child. We hope that every child that comes to St. Michael’s N.S., can look back with fond memories on the time they had here. We try to cater for each and every child’s interests and aim to help them achieve in areas specific to them, all whilst building friendships and becoming independent and motivated learners along the way.
The most important rule here in St. Michael’s N.S., is ‘Be Kind’. Kindness and empathy are at the heart of everything we do. Everyone is treated equally and respectfully and we seek to create a happy atmosphere for everyone who works or comes to visit us here. I can say wholeheartedly that this school is a brilliant, vibrant and growing community, which is a fantastic place to work and to learn.
Many thanks
Brian Greenan
Principal
Former principal Seamus Grundy welcoming our new principal Brian Greenan to our school.
