Author Archives: Ms. Marie Murphy

Trip to O’ Mahony’s Bookshop

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Ms. Marie Murphy

We were very lucky yesterday to visit O’Mahony’s Bookshop. We met Nicola Pierce author of “Spirit of the Titanic” and “City of Fate”. She was a fantastic speaker and we learned a lot of history from her. She showed us … Continue reading →

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Book Week Dress Up!

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Ms. Marie Murphy

Today everyone in the school dressed up as characters from our favourite books.
In our class we had girls from books like “Stanley”, “Series of Unfortunate Events”, “Gangsta Granny”, “Alice & Megan”, “Horrid Henry” “Dr. Seuss” … Continue reading →

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Pottery in 5th&6th Class

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Ms. Marie Murphy
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Our Names!

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Ms. Marie Murphy

Art: Our names on a monochrome background.
Don’t they look great!

 

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Having fun on a wet day!

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Ms. Marie Murphy

When it is too wet to go out in the yard, we play board games in our classroom.
One day last week we made “The Leaning Tower of Piza” using Jenga. It was great fun 🙂

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Brilliant Bones!

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Ms. Marie Murphy

We have been learning all about bones over the last two weeks. Today we did an experiment.
Experiment: What happens when you remove calcium from bones?
We examined some chicken bones. Then we put one bone into each jar. We covered one … Continue reading →

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Athletics

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Ms. Marie Murphy

Today we did athletics . It was great fun. We did lots of different activities such as running, hurdles, throwing and jumping. We got lots of exercise. We hope to do it again tomorrow and … Continue reading →

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Green School Presentation

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Ms. Marie Murphy

Last week we were assessed on our great work towards achieving the Green Flag for Travel. We have been learning about Road Safety. We composed and performed songs. We
wrote three dramas about Road Safety.
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Cake Sale for Mission Week

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Ms. Marie Murphy

We had great fun during Mission Week selling our cakes and buns. We made lots of money and we are very proud of ourselves:-)
 

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Learning to Sew

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Ms. Marie Murphy

We were very lucky this term to get a chance to learn how to sew. An artist, Anne McInerney, came into our class for three sessions. We made purses and stuffed animals.
We really enjoyed it. Here are some pictures of … Continue reading →

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