Our Fundraising Variety Concert at the Marian Hall was a great success.
Míle buíochas ó chroí to our sponsors – Kerry Group, Kostal and our local businesses. Your sponsorship of our school calendar and your support of our Christmas concert is greatly appreciated.
The children of 4th, 5th and 6th classes are participating in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme 2017. Children will explore the meaning of the words” entrepreneurship” “entrepreneur” and “enterprise” They will think creatively in order to generate a range of potential project ideas. Then the children will work in groups to negotiate and agree on a team project. Over the weeks the children will work on one idea and create their own business. The programme is linked with all aspects of the curriculum. The idea will be chosen over the next little while. So all hands will be busy.
Updates will be given weekly! Watch this space!
Murhur N.S. supporting Radio Kerry’s Christmas Jumper Fundraising day, in aid of St. Vincent De Paul, to support families in need in Kerry!
Children brought in their ‘Filled‘ shoe boxes. 68 boxes were collected in total. ‘Buíochas Mór’ to everyone who contributed. These gifts will be greatly appreciated by all the children who’ll receive them at Christmas.
We recently raised our Green Flag. This was presented to our school for the appropriate management of litter and waste. We recycle as much as possible in our school. Aoife, Rián and Ava recycle paper bags which are then taken to the local charity shop. Cara and Rebekah look after the milk delivery in the school. Áine, Cara and Jacinta collect, wash and dry the used milk bottles and we store them for the local Parish Liturgy Group who use them to distribute holy water for Easter!
Friday 28th October was a proud moment for all of us as we gathered to celebrate the raising of our school’s Green Flag. A ‘Fáilte Speisialta’ by delighted children was extended to Colm Cooper and Barry John Keane who helped us raise the flag. The Green Flag is about creating an awareness and an understanding of the link between the way we behave – our actions and the environment. In the pursuit of this award the children showed that the Green Flag represents an understanding of our rights and responsibilities. The Green School’s Committee explained that getting the Green Flag means that we value our environment as a precious resource and that we all depend on and should take care of it. It is up to each one of us to care for and protect our Environment and preserve it for the generations to come.
On Thursday 20th October 4th 5th and 6th classes went on a Maths Trail. They explored the school grounds while answering mathematical questions. They used their measuring and estimating skills and put the metre stick, rulers and trundle wheel to excellent use! They acknowledged/picked out the various angles, 2d shapes and 3d shapes found around the school.
As this week is Maths Week, we have been doing lots of problem solving questions. We did station work where we solved a different problem at each station. Can you solve one of the questions?
A big thank you to Seán Óg. We thoroughly enjoyed painting our fairy doors.
On Friday 7th October, Junior and Senior Infants went on a ‘Nature Walk’ to the woods. We saw horsechestnuts, acorns, a huge tree and lots of different types of leaves. We stopped off at the playground on the way home.
Out with the old, used, no longer wanted clothes.
It’s that time again – Cash for Clothes….
The Cash for clothes scheme is aimed at raising funds for Murhur N.S. and shows the benefit that Recycling brings to the school. It also helps creates an awareness in children of how essential it is for everyone to Reduce, Reuse and Recycly.
Clothes will be collected at the school on 17th November. Bags can be dropped anytime between 9:00am and 12:30pm each day.
God’s Blessing on the Academic Year 2016-2017
Fr. Kevin celebrated mass to mark the start of our new school year on Thursday 8th September. This was a time to pause and to be mindful of each other and ask God’s blessing on our school and our school work, our pupils and teachers, our parents and friends and on everything that is part of our school life. The occasion was made special by the presence of Sr. Cara Íosa from Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity who was visiting family in the area. She blessed the children with a relic of Mother Teresa.
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Children were happy to welcome Seán Óg to the Infant room.
The Irish Daily Mail has offered schools a free Professional Weather Station if 200 tokens are collected. These tokens are printed in the ‘Irish Daily Mail’ and the ‘Irish Mail on Sunday’ until 26th September. We would appreciate if tokens could be collected for our school. They can be dropped into the school office anytime!
“Fáilte Bienvenu”!
As part of Féile Peil 2016 our local GAA Club hosted Liffré from France. This event involved the visiting club being hosted by local families. The young players together with their coaches, mentors and parents were in Moyvane to participate in the Féile na nÓg 2016 football tournament. Their visit to our school was an opportunity to display our hospitality and show them what school life is like in Moyvane. There was an incredible welcome reserved for the young French players.
New friends were made……
A passion for sport was shared……
This year our Junior and Senior Infants had a’ fun day’ at Woody’s Fun Club in Adare. Lots of outdoor play followed by Cupcake Designing ….. 1st, 2nd and 3rd went to Tralee Bay Wetlands and the Playdium in Tralee….. 4th 5th and 6th had a very full schedule on their Dublin Tour where they visited the Wax Museum, Kilmainham Gaol, The Garden of Remembrance, Dáil Éireann -where they met some of our local TDs and ended their day with a visit to the Zoo…..
Children of 2nd Class received First Holy Communion on Saturday 14th May.
1st and 2nd class enjoyed their annual blitz in Tarbert this year. Congrats to all who joined in, there were definitely a few ‘budding stars’ in the mix. A huge thank you to John Dillon for organising it. A great day was had by all.
Children in Mrs. Quill’s class planted sunflower seeds today. Let’s watch them grow!
The children of 1st, 2nd and 3rd are undergoing an exciting experiment as we speak. Bedding flowers were planted and left on the window-sill and will be watered daily. Another bedding plant was planted and placed in a dark press receiving no light or water. Can you guess which will survive? Time will tell.
Each year 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class celebrate the month of May by paying a visit to Our Lady in the Grotto and this year was no different. The children learned the hymns “The Bells of the Angelus” and “When Creation was Begun” on the tin whistle and performed them at the Grotto. They sang “Ava Maria” and “The Flowers of the Rarest”. Caoimhe and David crowned Mary with flowers and Mattie, Maeve, Aoife and Conor brought beautiful bouquets also to brighten up the Grotto.