Murhur NS

Junior & Senior Infants from Murhur N.S., Moyvane transplant their Oak Sapling to mark National Tree Week 2015.

Junior & Senior Infants

Participating in the ‘National Pancake Party 2015’ the Children of Murhur N. S. Moyvane collected €170 for The National Children’s Hospital, Tallaght.

Children collected €170 for the local SVP.

Our school concert was a great success on Friday night 12th December at the Marian Hall.  A large crowd attended. All were very impressed with the talent on show.  A big ‘Thank You’ to all who helped especially our  past pupils who gave of their time and expertise to produce such a wonderful display on the night and without whom the concert would not have been possible.

On Wednesday November 26th, Kerry footballer Shane Enright visited our school bringing with him The Sam Maguire Cup.

The children were delighted with the visit where they got Shane’s autograph and a photo with the Sam.

A big thank you to all children for donating gift-filled shoeboxes to needy children in Eastern Europe and Africa.

We had a Jersey Day in September before the All-Ireland and raised €204 .

Jacqueline Brick –  Director of Nursing Listowel Community Hospital – Palliative Care Centre visited us and we presented her with a cheque.

Surprise visit from Disney Characters

We launched our Green School Campaign in April 2014 with a ‘Spring Clean Up’ in the area of our school.

Junior and Senior Infant Classes cleaned the school grounds.  1st  2nd and 3rd classes  cleaned the church grounds and our community centre yard.

4th 5th and 6th Classes picked up litter in the sport’s field and in the wood.

Our 1st Green Flag is for litter and waste.  Pupils are encouraged to reduce, reuse and recycle. Recycling facility for used batteries, old phones and used ink cartridges is currently available in the school.

We had a visit from two ‘pretty’ Halloween witches who announced the winners of the Development Festival Art Competition.

Congratulations to 6th Class who graduated on Thursday 26th June. There was a special mass in the church celebrated by Fr. John and the Parents’ Council provided refreshments in the school afterwards.

Children visit Carrigafoyle Castle,  Ballylongford as part of their local history education.

Junior and Senior Infants visit the new playground on Wednesday 18th June.  Everybody was very impressed with the new facilities.

Congratulations to Rachel O’Connor in 6th Class who won a prize for her poem ‘In Praise of Winter’ in the Under-14 Poetry Competition during Writers’ Week.

Children took part in the National Spring Clean-up in April.  They went litter picking around the school, church grounds, community centre, sportsfield and woodway.  Kerry Co. Council provided bags/gloves and also collected the waste when the clean-up was completed. This is part of the Green School’s Project is the school.