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Parents have started the courses
Delighted to have so many Parents starting the new courses in The Parents’ Room. Let the crochet begin!!Story bags begin Let the Friday DRUMMERS Begin The School Year
Our Green School Committee
Go to the Green School page and learn all about Green School in Scoil Mhuire Junior
Welcome Back to School!
Welcome back to all of the boys and girls in Scoil Mhuire Junior and a special welcome to all of the new Early Start and Junior Infant children joining us! We hope you have had a great summer, and we’re looking …
Happy Holidays!
We hope all of our pupils, their families and our staff have a wonderful summer break and we look forward to seeing you back here for the new school year! Our school will re-open on Thursday 1st of September at 8.50am. …
Attendance Awards 2016
On the last day of school we held a special assembly and awarded the children who missed just one or two days with a beautiful certificate. The children who had perfect attendance for the year were given a fabulous certificate along …
Senior Infants School Tour
Senior Infants went on their school tour to Newgrange farm in County Meath. Everyone had lots of fun seeing the animals, petting kittens and chicks and playing in the different areas on the farm… the hay bale maze, the pedal …
2nd Class Graduation 2016
Scoil Mhuire Junior bids a fond farewell to all the 2nd class children. A graduation ceremony was held in the hall today, where the parents of the pupils were treated to songs, poems and dances by the boys and girls. …
Sports Day 2016
What a super sunny spectacular Sports Day we had! The children had it all from fun & exciting races like the egg & spoon, the sack, three-legged, dress-up, sprint, hopping & water races! To shooting basketballs, taking penalties, …
Floating and sinking
The children in First Class have been learning about floating and sinking. We decided to create our own boats and see how long they would float for. We talked about the materials that would be good to use and did …
Learning about mini-beasts and insects!
The children in First Class have been learning about minibeasts. We went on a ‘minibeast hunt’ around our school grounds- we were in luck as we found lots! Underneath the logs near the yard was a perfect place to start. …
1st Class Tour
The First Class children had an amazing day at Mellowes Adventure Centre! They learnt all about their Eco friendly Grow Tunnel and Eco Garden. They had fun learning and identifying a variety of plants, flowers, vegetables and trees. Together they planted …
Fingal Sports Conditioning Programme with 1st Class
All the pupils in 1st class completed a Sports Conditioning Programme with Fingal’s Sports Conditioning Coach. This involved a Fingal C.C coach coming into the school for a number of weeks teaching the children fundamental skills such as agility, balance, …
Funky Feet Sponsored Walk
What a success the Funky Feet Sponsored Walk was!! A BIG THANK YOU to all the children who went to the great effort of looking for sponsorship money. On the 20th May, children were encouraged to wear funky socks or funky …
Making butter!
First Class made butter! Miss Gray taught us all about the process involved in making butter. We learned about how things have changed over time and compared the past to now. Then we had a go ‘churning’ the cream to …
Outdoor learning in the good weather!
The children have been making great use of the good weather as it appears! We have been making the most out of our lovely school grounds going on trails learning about Maths,Geography and Science and doing P.E outside. Here are …
Wonderful art and craft by Niamh!
This beautiful tree was created by a very talented girl in 2nd class. Well done Niamh!
We set our butterflies free!
All of the classes have been looking after caterpillars for the last couple of weeks. We have watched with amazement their transformation to beautiful butterflies. We have learned lots about the life cycle of butterflies and the different stages of …
WOW – WALK TO SCHOOL WEEK
Today we had a very special day ar scoil. It was a day to walk/ scoot / cycle/ jog to school. When we arrived people were giving out stickers. Sandra, from Green Schools was there too. She did lovely classes …
Recycling Bags!!!!
Thanks to all the Parents who brought in the Clothes for recycling. We received €152.00 towards our fundraising account!!