Murhur NS

A big thank-you to Tommy Moloney who surprised the children with a visit to the school on Thursday.

The staff, pupils and parents of Murhur N.S. are very grateful to the Moloney family who donated a defibrillator and cabinet to us.  The legacy of John Moloney will live on in our school, not only through his grandson Jack, but also now through this life-saving equipment which we are eternally grateful for.  It is available for the school and wider community of Moyvane Village.  We would like to thank Marian, Ian and of course Jack for representing John today.

We celebrated our 6th class Graduation on Wednesday 23rd June.  It is a sad time as we say goodbye, but an exciting and happy time for the children as they move on to the next chapter in their lives when they start in secondary school in September. Fr. Kevin gave them a special blessing and wished them happiness and success in the future. The graduating class buried a Time Capsule which will be opened in 10 years! They were presented with a Graduation Certificate, a DVD and our Parents’ Association had a beautiful cake to mark the occasion.  Fr. Kevin recently celebrated 40 years in the Priesthood. To mark the occasion, John O’Sullivan, Chairperson of the Board of Management presented him with a beautifully crafted Pen Set made by past pupil Donnchadha O’Connor, Kilbaha.  We wish the Graduation Class of 2021 success, health and happiness in the future.

5th and 6th Class produced some nice pieces during a sewing class recently.

All pupils had a Road Safety lesson courtesy of the Road Safety Authority (RSA) this morning. It was a very informative webinar.  It is so important to remind us all to be safe on the roads while walking, cycling and being a passenger in a vehicle.  Be safe, be seen, wear your helmet and always wear your seat belt.

A huge thank you to Rochelle O’Riordan, Water Safety Ireland instructor for her very informative lesson on Water Safety. She explained to the children all about safety/warning flags, ring buoys, rescue tubes, voice rescue and reaching rescue etc. The Senior room pupils were shown CPR and how an AED (Defibrillator) is used.  We urge all our pupils to take great care in the water this summer.

We had a very successful ‘Active School Week’ 2021 culminating in Sports Day on Friday 18th. It was a fun-filled day all about exercise and outdoors! A big thank you to guest coaches Issy for basketball and Luke for soccer.  Children also enjoyed a football match, a welly throwing competition, sack race, tug of war, etc.  Overall it was a great week and we were blessed with wonderful weather.

Our wonderful 6th class wearing their Class of 2021 hoodies! What a fabulous leaving gift from our Parents’ Association.

Another beautiful day during Active School Week. The pupils in the Junior Room headed for a walk in the woods, while 2nd, 3rd and 4th class went on a History/Geography trail walk around the Village.  5th and 6th had a Village walk stopping off at the playground for some fun!

Mid-way through Active School Week with lots of beautiful sunshine.  The 5th & 6th Class had their Muay Thai lesson along with a football match.  2nd, 3rd and 4th concentrated on an obstacle course and skipping while the junior room pupils had a dancing class followed by playground games.

2nd 3rd and 4th class were introduced to Muay Thai during Active School Week. This is a form of ancient martial art.

Pupils in the Junior Room learned all about road safety in a virtual lesson with Colin Mangan from the Road Safety Authority.

Some fantastic moves at school today during our interactive Zumba session. Afterwards, all pupils were very happy to cool down with some refreshing delicious Ice-Cream.  A huge thank-you to our wonderful Parents’ Association for arranging the Ice Cream van stop-by!

The Junior room pupils became Meteorologists and reported some quite dramatic and unseasonable weather on the way!

The Junior Room pupils learned all about camping this week and of course no camping trip is complete without some marshmallows!

5th and 6th class pupils were busy with  SESE projects on Rocks, The Moon and World War 1 / World War 11.  Art class included some lovely summer flowers.

The Junior room pupils enjoyed lessons outside where they practised their Gaeilge playing ‘Nathracha agus  Dréimirí, they showed off their excellent singing voices with the Bruno Mars hit ‘Count on Me’ which is all about friendship.

Well done to all the pupils who spoke to Deirdre Walsh on Radio Kerry on Thursday. They discussed some of the new skills they learned during lockdown. Well done to all.

There was a captive audience in Murhur N.S. recently for what was a wonderful interview with Rachel Blackmore, which was part of an ongoing interview series “Inspiring Ireland, Inspiring Students”. She spoke such inspirational words and truly is a role model for all children.