Welcome back to all our pupils and a Céad Míle Fáilte to all our new pupils.

Staff: We welcome to our staff our new teachers, Niamh Hannon, Antoinette Gleeson, Karen Maher and Dónal Neville. We thank Colm Ó hAnluain for his work in our school for the past two years. Colm has left to take up a position in Birr, Co. Offaly.  

Supervision of Pupils: N.B. Careful supervision of the pupils is undertaken by the teachers and SNAs at all times during the school day. The measure of duty placed on the teacher is “to take such care of his/her pupils as a careful parent would of his/her children” (in loco parentis). The school will open to receive pupils at 9:20. Supervision begins at 9:00. Pupils should be punctual and ready to line up at 9:20 when the school bell rings. Classes end for infants at 2:00p.m and for all other classes at 3:00p.m unless otherwise advised. Parents who wish to have their children collected or escorted home should make their own arrangements and the person to escort them should be at the school not later than the official closing time/advised time, as the school cannot accept responsibility for looking after the children after that time. Children participating in after school activities will be notified of finishing times by their teachers.

Contact number: Please ensure that we have an up to date contact number and your email address.  

School security: Our new access control system is in place. To gain entry to the school please ring the bell located at the main front door.  

Attendance: It is very important for your child to be in school every day that the school is open.  

♦ Pupils should attend school regularly unless prevented from doing so by illness or other exceptional circumstances.  

♦ In the event of a Late Arrival for school after the start time of 9.20 or a requirement for Permission to Leave before the end of the school day for reasons which include attendance at medical appointments or other necessary reasons, parents are requested to sign for this.

♦ Pupils should present to their teacher, a written explanation in the journal, dated and signed by a parent/guardian following any absence from school. In the case of Infants who have not yet started using a journal, parents are requested to complete an Explanation for Absence form. This will be kept on file until year-end.  

♦ It is recommended that holidays be confined to the official vacation periods. Parents who intend taking their children on holidays during the school year, outside of official vacation periods, must inform the principal in writing of their intentions in advance.

Healthy Eating Policy: We have a healthy eating policy at school. We ask you to support our policy by ensuring that your child has a healthy lunch each day. We ask you not to give your child sweets and chocolate for school. Crisps and fizzy drinks are not permitted. Chewing gum is forbidden.  

Head lice: Now that we are back at school please remember to check hair regularly and treat if necessary.  

Important Safety Notice: Parents are requested to note that peanuts or any type of nut are not permitted due to the risk of allergic reaction and also the risk of choking.

Code of Behaviour: Please read with your child the Code of Behaviour on the front and back cover of your child’s journal and then together with your child sign the Code.  

Homework routine: Your child can develop good homework habits by setting aside the same time to do homework each day and also doing homework in the same place. Homework should be done early in the evening. Children should remain at their homework until it is completed and then it should be placed back in the school bag ready for the next day. Sometimes it takes children longer to do their homework when they go into a new class but as your child develops a routine the quicker and easier it becomes for the child and for everyone at home.  

Respect for the school building: We ask you to remind your child to treat the school with the same respect that they would treat their own homes. Also, pupils are to leave the school by the main school gate only. Pupils are not permitted to mount the walls or railings in the school.  

Road Safety: Please remind your child of the importance of road safety and of looking up and down before they cross the road. For children who travel to school by bus remind your child to sit down on the bus, to belt up and to remain seated for the journey. Be very careful to wait until the bus has left before crossing the road again remembering to look up and down.

School uniform: In order to avoid confusion with the school uniform you are asked to label all items of your child’s uniform.  

Start of Year Mass: This mass will take place in the church on Thursday September 28th at 11.45am. All are welcome to attend.

Le gach dea ghuí,
Marie Griffin (Principal).

Classes 2017-2018

Junior Infants Niamh Hannon Kett (new appointment)

Senior Infants Karen Maher (new appointment)

First Class Noirín Harnett

Second Class Elizabeth O’Connor

Third & Fourth Class Nicholas O’Brien

Fourth & Fifth Class Antoinette Gleeson (new appointment)

Sixth Class Dónal Neville (new appointment)

Special education teachers Mary Butler, Deirdre Walters, Patricia Griffin & Colm Ó hAnluain.

Active School Week: Ultimate Frisbee and IT Kidz – the children enjoyed Frisbee and computer activities today.

Fun day: There will be a fun day for the whole school on Friday, June 23rd

Parents’ Council: Thank you to our Parents’ Council for their support throughout the year.

Board of Management Report: Access control system will be installed on external doors of school. There will be an upgrade of our CCTV system. A review of Anti-Bullying policy was undertaken.

End of Year and Farewell to Sixth Class Mass: This will take place in the church on Tuesday, June 27th at 10.00a.m. You are all very welcome to join us at this mass. The Sixth class pupils have now completed their primary school education with us and we wish them every success and happiness in the years ahead.

Secondhand books: History Quest Third-Sixth and Small World Geography & Science Third-Sixth are required. If you have these books and would like to donate to the school or sell secondhand please inform your child’s class teacher by tomorrow. Please note books must be in saleable condition.

School Calendar 2017-2018: (Please click on link to view School Calendar on the Downloads page). 

Uniform: School uniform is available from Fennessy’s. Boys: Navy crested jumper, navy trousers, white shirt, navy and silver striped tie. Girls: Navy crested jumper/cardigan, navy pinafore/skirt, white blouse and navy and silver striped tie. Trousers for girls are permitted (in cold winter months). Navy school shorts (if required) for fine weather. Uniform is worn on three days and school tracksuit on P.E./swimming days. Only the Scoil Mhuire Murroe tracksuit top and matching tracksuit bottoms, please.

After school camogie coaching: We would like to express our thanks to Anne O’Connor for her help with coaching our school teams.

School library books & jerseys: Please ensure that all school library books and jerseys are returned by Monday, June 26th.

School books: You are requested to ensure that all books are purchased and labelled on the outside before returning to school on Wednesday August 30th. Many of the books on the book lists are available secondhand. This is a useful way to recycle books and to offset some of the cost of the books.

Classes will end at 12:00 on Tuesday, June 27th. School re-opens Wednesday, August 30th.

I wish to thank all the staff for their hard work this year. Donagh McCarthy is leaving us and I would like to thank Donagh for all his work for the past nine years in our school and to wish him every success in the future. I would like to thank all the parents for their support and co-operation throughout the past year and wish you and your families a very enjoyable summer. We look forward to seeing the children back safe and sound on Wednesday, August 30th.

Slán agus go raibh maith agaibh go léir,

Marie Griffin (Principal)

Dear Parents,

First Holy Communion: Congratulations to the girls and boys of Second Class who received their First Holy Communion last Saturday, May 20^th.  They were: Peter Ashe, Dylan Barry, Ella Dunne Byrnes, Maeve Callanan, Cara Cremins, Reuben Crowe, Lauren Cusack, Declan Ehigie, Ruby Fadden, Alex Guerin, William Hackett, Melanie Holmes, Jenna Johnson, Callum Jordan, Cillian Kinsella, Rebecca McCormack, Kerrie Moroney, Ronan O’Brien, Aishling O’Dwyer, Allyson Quinn, Millie Rickerby, Jack Slattery, Conor Walsh, and Alex Woodland.

We thank their teacher Donagh McCarthy and our two priests, Fr Ryan and Fr. Brennan.  Thank you also to the boys and girls who came to serve and to sing and play in the choir. 

Digital Primary School Showcase

5^th and 6^thclass attended the Digital Primary Schools Showcase on Thursday April 6^th in Mary Immaculate College.  Our Junior Digital Ambassadors were Eoin Callanan, Luke Moroney, Ivan Kondratenko, John O’ Brien and Dannan O’Rourke. They prepared animation projects using Pivot Animator and Movie Maker which they presented at the Showcase along with a number of other Primary Schools.  Both classes attended workshops on Minecraft for Education, a LEGO Education Showcase by MIC students, a music workshop and a Fresh Film workshop. The children enjoyed the day and were a credit to the school.

Soccer blitz: Newport College held their annual 5-a-side soccer tournament on Friday 19^th May 2017.  Twenty-one girls and boys from Fifth and Sixth class in Scoil Mhuire Murroe participated.  One of the boys’ teams made it to their semi-final and the girls’ team lost out in the girls’ final to Newport.  Lunch was kindly provided by the school and all of our children really enjoyed the tournament.

East Limerick:  Congratulations to Sarah Jane Flynn who played with the East Limerick team against the City in the semi-final of the Neville Cup.  Sarah Jane played in the second half as full forward.  She reported that the team played their hearts out but were narrowly defeated.  She considered that it was a wonderful experience for all the extra training she received and for the opportunity to make new friends. 

School sign: We are delighted with our new school sign which was erected last week.

Board of Management Report: Ratification of CCTV Policy; Discussion of Health & Safety policy; Discussion of Circular 0032/2017: Measures to be adopted by schools to reduce the cost of school uniforms and other costs

 Le gach dea ghuí,

Marie Griffin (Principal).