A big thank you to the children for making St. Brigid’s Crosses and keeping alive the tradition on St. Brigid’s Day 1st February.
Green School – Water Conservation
Some members of our Green School’s Committee recently attended a fantastic workshop on the theme of ‘Water’. This was organised by An Taisce. Children were given a talk by a member of Irish Water. Aoife, Abbie, James and Donnacha were actively engaged and brought back lots of tips and ideas on how to conserve water while working towards achieving our Flag for Water!!
Credit Union Quiz
Credit Union Quiz time is coming up and practice is underway for participants!
STEM is fun!
Juniors/Seniors/1st while studying Antartica learned how to navigate the beebot to different pictures using their north, south, east and west coordinates. The uses of STEM in the classroom are endless!
VEX Robotics
Murhur N.S. has linked up with the Institute of Technology Tralee for an exciting new project. We have been given a Vex Robotics kit which the pupils in 4th class will now build, program and prepare for competition. The children will spend the next few months using their many talents to create the best possible robot! The competition will take place in the ITT in March.
Carol Singing
A very enjoyable Christmas Carol Service was held at the church on Friday 20th December. The children, guided by their teachers performed splendidly!
Donations on the day to the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust amounted to €1093.85.
A huge thank you to all who attended the service and for all the generous donations received. Thank you to Fr. Kevin who added so much to the service as he always does.
Christmas Jumper Day
The Radio Kerry Christmas Jumper Day was very well supported on Friday 6th December. All donations will go to SVP. To make the day feel extra Christmassy Ms. O’Flaherty with help from the children make hot chocolate for all – yummy!
STEMgineers
1st & 2nd class Murhur STEMgineers attempted a Pringle Ringle during STEM class. They worked together to attempt the Pringle Ring STEM Challenge. Each group started out with a plan and worked as a team to achieve this plan. There were some very hungry STEMGINEERS afterwards!
STEMgineers
Murhur STEMgineers Club started on Mon 25th November with a very enthusiastic 1st and 2nd class. Children made a wobble machine, Eyeball Bob, a train and a house. They even attempted a volcanic eruption!!
November Clothes Collection
Thank you to all who supported our fundraising clothes collection recently. We collected over 220 bags.
These items can be re-used and recycled in the developing nations of Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe.
By re-using and recycling unwanted clothes, shoes, bags, etc we are fundraising for our school while also helping reduce the amount of material going to landfill thus reducing our carbon footprint!
Funny Friday
Junior and middle classes were treated to a Puppet Show on Friday.
Cumann na mBunscol Champions!
A huge congratulations to our school football players who were crowned Cumann na mBunscol champions in Austin Stack park in Tralee on Thursday evening 14th November. Each member of the team represented the school brilliantly with an outstanding performance. A big thank you to school football coach Mr. McMahon who has worked tirelessly with the team since last year. He was ably assisted by Mr. Scannell. Thanks to Eddie Bowler and AIB for organising shorts and socks for the team. Last but not least our supporters who attended in droves to support our pupils. The final score was Moyvane 3 – 11 Knockanes 1 – 2 ‘Up The Boro’
Team Hope
Murhur N.S. helping vulnerable children overseas by donating gift-filled Christmas shoeboxes to those children affected by poverty in Eastern Europe and Africa. Well done to all!
Halloween 2019
Lots of colourful costumes in class. A big thank-you to Ms. O’Flaherty for making that delicious Pumkin Soup!
Semi-final Cumann na mBunscol Competition
Last Thursday Murhur N.S. played Firies National School in the Semi-final of the Cumann na mBunscol Competition. This was a highly competitive game from the throw in. The sides level and time almost up! Then, Ger Mulvihill kicked over a fine score. From the kick out the final whistle sounded, much to the delight of all present.
Attention now turns to the Final which will be played in Austin Stack Park.
Maths Week
Some activities children took part in to celebrate Maths Week in October! They made 2D shapes, had some group problem solving, played snakes & ladders and finished with a ‘Maths Quiz’
Learning while having fun!
Active School Flag
Kerry Senior Footballer Jason Foley officially raised our Active School Flag on Friday 11th October. Teacher Mrs. Quill was the facilitator in this fantastic initiative which introduced many active events including the ‘Daily Mile’ to our school community. Jason Foley spoke of the importance of establishing active habits and skills in primary school and carrying them on in later life.
Principal Mrs. O’Regan thanked Mrs. Quill and the Playground Leaders who assisted her for all their work. She also thanked Jason Foley for his inspirational words!
‘Porridge Day’
Children at Murhur N.S. marked ‘Porridge week’ on Thursday 10th October. This initiative is to encourage families to eat a nutritious breakfast. Porridge was served with a variety of toppings. Yummy!
Cumann na nBunscol Quarter Final
A great day was had on Tue 8th Oct as Murhur N.S. played in the 3 Teacher Cumann na mBunscol Quarter Final at a windswept Caherslee pitch in Tralee. A superb team performance and great credit goes to everyone who played on the day. The teamwork, work-rate and sportsmanship shown by each player on the pitch were the real highlights of today’s performance. A special mention and thank you to the Parents, who kindly gave of their time today.
And so the journey continues in this tournament for boys and girls of 4th 5th and 6th Class. They have now qualified for the Semi-Final of the 3 Teacher Cumann na mBunscol and everyone here at Murhur N.S. is so proud of them.
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Football Blitz – Ballylongford
There were great celebrations in Murhur NS today as we were out in force to welcome home our triumphant Cumman na mBunscol team. Our boys and girls from 4th, 5th and 6th put on an excellent display of football and sportsmanship in the 3 Teacher final in O’Rahilly Park Ballylongford. They played Ballylongford in the first game and had a convincing win. In the next game they met a strong Asdee side, however, it was Murhur’s day and again went on to win with a score of 2.14 to 4.2. All taking part were a credit to themselves and their school, and an inspiration to the younger boys and girls who can’t wait to follow in their footsteps! Next round will be confirmed in the coming weeks.