Children in Fifth Class used fabric and fibre to design Christmas Jumpers.

Well done to the girls in Fifth Class who were part of the Tiny Little Histories Project. The girls were Lily Kinsella, Isabelle Slattery, Maja Klaric, Áine McElligott and Rachel McCormack. Chloe O Donnell Sharp, a past pupil of our school was also involved in the project. The girls have been working on a video project about the ‘Ilchester Oak in Glenstal’. Their project is one of five projects chosen to be part of the ‘Tiny Little Histories Initiative’ which aims to document little-known stories from the Mid-West and make them available as an online educational resource. This is the first year of the initiative. They have created a short stop-motion movie telling the story of the Ilchester Oak, using LEGO. They held a special screening of the film at Murroe Hall last week. Well done to the five girls in Fifth Class. We are very proud of you in Murroe N.S. We are sure to utilise this resource this year and in the years to come! Fantastic Achievement.

This week, children learned about Global Warming and Climate Action. Children identified and discussed ways in which they could make a change to help and improve the environment. Children also identified one goal and identified how this will make a difference to the future.

Today, children in Senior Infants participated in lessons using a thematic approach. Integration of subjects included English, Science, Maths, Geography, Visual Art, Drama and Aistear. Children were highly engaged and enjoyed the lesson.

Children investigated what material of house (from the story ‘The Three Little Pigs) was the strongest. Children made houses using cocktail sticks and jelly (stick house), straws and elastic bands (straw house), and Lego (bricks). Children worked in pairs making the houses. Using a hairdryer (wolf), children explored if the houses were strong enough to remain standing.

Junior Infants have been busy this week learning all about the number 3. 

Children in Fifth Class looked and responded to the work of Piet Mondrian. This links with the work they are doing in Maths (lines and angles). Children are in the process of using his work as inspiration for their own pieces of work.

During science week the children in 6th class learned about the uniqueness of fingerprints, before investigated if their own fingerprints comprised of loops, whirls or arches.

We are creating scratch art in first and second class.

The theme for this year’s Science Week is ‘Changing for the Future’. Fifth Class looked at this theme in relation to school. Children looked at three videos, learning outdoors, having a robot assistant and having no rules in the playground as a trigger for their own Well-being schools.

Children came up with ideas for their well-being schools. In groups, children shared, discussed and agreed on ideas for their Well-being Schools.

Using Lego and building blocks, children designed the Well-being Schools.