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Amazing food art!

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Miss Champkin’s second class have been learning about food. They looked at some pictures by the artist Arcimboldo who uses food to create shapes in his paintings. Next they used some food to make these amazing pieces of art! They …Continue reading →

Have a look at the art gallery section!

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The art gallery has been updated with some more excellent art work. Here are a handful of the pictures. Go to the art gallery section for more!

Little update from Senior Infants!

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Miss Haddow’s class won a trophy for being the best at recycling and trying to save energy! Well done! Last week was Maths week. We got to play some fun maths games. We sorted some leaves into sizes and colours …Continue reading →

All Ireland Hip Hop Dancer Champion!!!

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Everyone in Scoil Mhuire Junior would like to congratulate and say a massive well done to a very talented girl in 1st class who is now the All Ireland Hip Hop Dancer Champion!!  She came in 1st place in the …Continue reading →

Crafts

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The parents doing the jewelry course are making fantastic pieces! They are better than any you would find in a shop!!!

Pet Visitors!!

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All the children and teachers were very excited when three pets visited our school! Fluffy and Poppy two rabbits and Penny the Goldfish paid the school a visit. The owners of the rabbits Fallon and Brandon showed and chatted to …Continue reading →

Story bags week 2

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Story bags is in full swing in the Parent’s Room. There are some great artists to be found…..Our Parents are very creative indeed!!!!!  

Tree Day

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Scoil Mhuire Junior, had a super Tree Day, Lá na gCrann. The weather was beautiful. It was a joy to see all the classes exploring the outside world around the school. We are so lucky with our school grounds and the …Continue reading →

Look at our lovely work!!

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Have a look at some of our lovely work! Early start did some great crepe paper pictures Junior Infants did some beautiful colouring & self portraits. Senior Infants were busy finger painting and drawing self portraits! First Class have done …Continue reading →

Protest against Increase in Class Size Wednesday 2nd October, 4.30pm

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Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn is looking at raising the pupil-teacher ratio in schools in order to save money in the upcoming budget. Ireland already has the second highest class size in Europe. This would severely impact on …Continue reading →

We have been busy planting and harvesting vegetables!!

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Second class were busy working away at the raised planting beds today! We harvested the carrots and the beetroot first and then Deirdre and Cáitlín helped us to plant onions,garlic and lettuce and cabbage! We hope the slugs do not …Continue reading →

Home School Courses

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Hi everyone, I hope you are all settling back to Scoil Mhuire! Time for courses to begin again. The starting date is the first week of October…..So please hurry and sign up. Lots on offer; computer, crafts, Maths, Storybags, Internet …Continue reading →

Junior Infants ~ Aistear

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Junior Infants will be starting a new programme called Aistear. For more information and to keep up to date on the new topics and photos just check out our new page called AISTEAR! The new page can be found under …Continue reading →

We are collecting old phones!

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Thanks very much for sending in your old phones. We have already gotten a laptop from the last bunch we collected. We just need 30 more now and will be able to get a defibrillator for the school. Keep them …Continue reading →

Have you noticed…

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…the colourful flowers around the school grounds!? Caitlin & Deirdre H. have been busy getting the hanging baskets and flower pots ready to go outside each of the classrooms! Each of the classes will be looking after them, watering them …Continue reading →

We got our 2nd green flag!!

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We have earned another green flag! This time we have done lots of work on ENERGY. We have been trying our best to save energy in our school. Here are some things we have been doing… We have been turning the …Continue reading →

First Class Trip to Glanmore Foods Factory

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The First Class children went on a school tour to Glanmore Foods Factory on Monday the 17th of June. The children got to see the quality standards and care that goes into the preparation of their yummy lunches. They had a fun …Continue reading →

1st class have been learning about animals!

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First Class have been busy learning all about animals. They learned all about wild animals and wrote lovely books. They made some lovely pictures and 3d artwork.They learned about mini-beasts too. Have a look at their lovely art work and …Continue reading →

Senior Infants had a teddy bear’s picnic!

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Senior infants had a lovely teddy bear’s picnic. We got to use our lovely new picnic blankets! Everyone had a great time eating their lunch outside and talking to their friends in the nice weather!

Senior Infants visit the farm

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Senior infants went to Newgrange farm for their school tour. They had a great time! They got to hold a puppy, a kitten and a chick. They fed goats, chickens and ducks. They even milked a ‘cow’!! Everyone went on …Continue reading →

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