What a week we had at Murhur NS. There was a wide range of activities from Beebots to Bird Watching! There were lots of experiments carried out at school while the 5th and 6th Class visited Ardfert Quarry. A busy week for all.
Halloween Fundraiser
Míle Buíochas to all our school community for their generosity in supporting Brú Columbanus. There was a great selection of costumes to be seen on the day. Total proceeds was €227.
Ancient Egypt
Children learned all about Ancient Egypt and showed great team work while working together on these projects.
October Assembly
Children receiving their Award at Assembly, cheered on by all their classmates! It was a very busy and productive time in class. We are all looking forward to Halloween break now!
Hocus Pocus!
Things got magical in the Junior Room on Friday when the children brewed a magic potion! Look what greeted them on Monday morning!! Wow, our new Superhero pumpkin, Jupiter!
Busy at Maths!
The Junior Infants enjoyed counting activities this week in their new tuff tray while the Senior Infants were exploring the story of 6. 1st Class read about cheetahs and the distance a cheetah can travel in one second – 30m. Some children created pictograms displaying eye colour and of the different hobbies of their friends. 5th and 6th Class played multiplication Bingo. Another busy day filled with Maths made fun!
Rugby Coaching
CCRO of Listowel Rugby Club Patricia Scanlon will visit our school for a 6 week block. The aim is to introduce the children to rugby and new ball skills while getting fit and most importantly ‘having fun’.
Buddy Reading
A big thank you to 5th Class who read with our First and Second class every Friday.
Cumann na mBunscol
Well done to the boys who took part in Cumann na mBunscol in Ballylongford recently. They put in a valiant effort against strong Asdee and Ballylongford teams. We had a young team on the day and they will no doubt be very promising in the years to come. Congratulations to Asdee who were the overall winners. A big thank you to Neilus Mulvihill who helped prepare our team and accompanied Ms. Finnegan to the competition.
Lámh
We are learning Lámh here in Murhur N.S. Lámh is a manual sign system used by children and adults with intellectual disability and communication needs in Ireland. We are excited to let you know that there is a new Lámh T.V. Series called ‘Dizzy Deliveries’ on RTE jr starting on 19th October. It is on weekdays at 9:50am, 12:10pm and 4:30pm, Don’t miss it!
Drumming Workshop
We had a fantastic Drumming Workshop at school recently. The children and staff loved it! Martin Schaerer taught them all about the different drums and different rhythms. A huge ‘Thank You’ to our Parents’ Association who organised and covered the cost of this wonderful surprise for all the children.
iPad work in the Junior Room
A big thank you to some of our Middle Room pupils who helped in the Junior Room with coding on Scratch Jr. They were very patient and kind when helping the younger children. They all had great fun programming!
Exploring our local wood!
Children made the most of the beautiful weather and went for a stroll in the woods looking for signs of autumn. They discovered lots of hidden treasures!
Self-Portraits
Mé Féin and Myself! Children created some beautiful self-portraits.
First Day at School!
A big welcome to our new Junior Infants. Lots of exciting things happening on their first day at school! Thanks to our wonderful Senior Infants who helped and guided them at play and learning.
Litter Picking
Well done to all the children who took part in our litter picking recently. Fantastic team work and civic pride on display!
6th Class Graduation 2022
Congratulations to our 6th Class who graduated from Murhur N.S. on Monday 20th June.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Comhghairdeas to Gabriel Fitzmaurice our past teacher and principal on receiving a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ at Listowel Writers’ Week. Gabriel has written more than thirty books including collections of poetry in both English and Irish. We have some budding writers from Junior Infants to Sixth Class hoping to follow in Gabriel’s footsteps!
School Tours 2022
Great to go on a School Tour again this year! Juniors, Seniors and 1st Class visited Streamside Stables. They learned all about horses and were introduced to a baby foal. This was followed by a trip to Loughill Playground where they had lots of fun in the sun. They ended the day with a delicious ice cream back at school.
2nd 3rd and 4th class had a wonderful day at Crag Cave. They learned all about caves and their features! They spent time in the Play area and arrived back at school very tired indeed!
5th and 6th tour was a day at UL Sports Arena. The children climbed out of their comfort zone and tackled the climbing walls without a second thought! All showed great team work through out while displaying their accuracy skills during the Archery event. They arrived back to school well pleased with their day!
Celebrating Holy Mary in May
The children decorated tealight holders, coloured beautiful pictures and wrote their own personal prayer to the Blessed Virgin.
Facebook Updates
It is with very heavy hearts 💕 we bid farewell to 6th class 🎓 today. There were some tears 😭 We have watched you grow and flourish ✨ over the years and we have no doubt you will thrive next year. All the best in your new endeavors. Onwards and upwards 🎉🥰👨🏻🎓👩🏻🎓
The excitement was up to the sky and back today for our annual Patrick Curtin Tournament 🏆 Last week we had the group stages and unfortunately the orange and jersey teams were knocked out. Today was a fine display of football, with two semi final games firstly, the red team versus the yellow team and then the blue team versus non-bibs team.
All teams fought hard but it was meant to be for the yellow 🟡 and blue 🔵 team to meet in the final. It was a super entertaining final with lots of goals. In the finish the blue team pulled away and took the win. Their captain Mark was proud to lift the trophy. Thank you so much to the club for the field, Eileen, Evelyn and family for coming and making the presentation, to Conor for reffing and to the parents for supporting us on the day. The players were outstanding, very disciplined, encouraging and conscious of younger players. Cadán took the "Sportsmanship Award" for his brilliant attitude. He quietly went about his business, encouraging his team and played brilliant football also.
Ah thank you so much to Lee Strand and to all our great community for dropping in milk tokens for this competition 👏🏼 This money will be put to great use!