SCOIL MHUIRE, KNOCKRAHA

Christmas 2022

12/22/2022

Festivities started early with our Annual Pyjama Day to celebrate the Late Late Toy Show organised by the Parents Association.

Christmas 2022 kicked off in style in Knockraha with the decoration of the school windows. The very talented Ms K Walsh drew all the festive designs and she had some very busy elves to help with the painting.

Ms Clynch's class made some beautiful wreaths. Report by Eva Rose and Emily from Rang a Sé
6 th Class Centre Pieces
It was like a jungle in Ms Clynch’s 5th and 6th class on Thursday the 15th of December, as
we were making center pieces for our families. A few weeks before Ms Clynch asked us to
bring in some plastic cartons. We were all a bit puzzled on why we had to bring them in.
After what felt like weeks everyone had finally brought in there cartons. Ms Clynch then told
us what we needed the cartons for. She showed us all the materials that we would need to
make these center pieces which included green oasis foam (which we later used to keep the
plants alive). We also needed as much festive greenery as we could get. After everyone had
brought in their greenery, we got to work on creating the centre pieces. Firstly, Ms Clynch
gave out the green oasis foam then we soaked the foam. Then we placed our foam into the
cartons. Then Ms Clynch gave out a candle and a metal candle cup. Then we had to place
the candle very carefully into the foam. The classroom was destroyed at this point the centre
pieces where coming along. Lots of people where finished their centre pieces, most people
decided to spray paint some of their leaves gold or silver. We added flowers, pinecones and
decorations to the centre pieces. We brought them home and placed them on the dinner
table to light on Christmas Day.
Typed by Eva- Rose and Emily in 6 th Class

There was great excitement for our Christmas Charachter Day which coincided with Cake Sale Friday, Yummy festive treats were supplied by Rang a Trí/Rang a Ceathair.

The costumes were amazing by all the pupils and it was a very hard decision but our judges chose some worthy winners from each class who all dressed up as their favourite Christmas Charachter..

Rang a Cuig/Sé wrote some very special Christmas stories for their buddies in Junior and Senior Infants. The younger children loved hearing the amazing stories written and illustrated just for them.

We had a very special visitor to out school. He travelled in Knockraha style on a very shiny tractor and brought some treats for everyone in the school.

The highlight of our Christmas celebrations was the beautiful Carol Concert in St Mary's Church. The lovely singing was complemented by some amazing musicians.

All that is left to do now is wish all the pupils and families of Scoil Mhuire a very Merry Christmas and we will see you in the New Year.

Lifetime Lab

12/15/2022

Today's report comes form Conor and Cian in Rang a Sé.

LIFETIME LAB
5 th and 6 th class from Knockraha NS took the bus to the Old Water Works in UCC to the
Lifetime Lab. The lady introduced herself as Una and told us what was going to happen, it
was about engineering in electricity. We had our own lockers to hold our bags and coats. We
entered the lab. She explained to us about electricity and safety and then showed us how to
light a bulb and many other electrical objects. Then we were spilt into groups of three or four
to make circuits. Then we went into the tent to eat lunch and chat then we went back into the
lab to make more electrical objects. We built electrical cars using a motor, battery, jump
wires, cardboard and wheels. And the lady told us we were going to build electrical objects
without some key items she called it the survival challenges. Then she said to build a pet
scooby, which was a motorized brush. We tested them on the floor to see if they moved. She
also explained how to do diagrams. We all had a great day. Then we went back to school.
Typed by Cian and Conor in 6 th Class

Erins own Abú

12/8/2022

We had a very special visit from some of the victorious Erins Own Team who won the Junior A County Final on Sunday the 4th of December.

We all dressed in out Erins Own colours again to celebrate the amazing achievement.

Martin Bowen explained to all the children how important the cup was for Erins Own and especially all the players.

We were delighted ro see some past pupils and even a couple of parents from the team come to visit us!

Congratulations to the team and all those involved in this massive achievement. Afull house of cups for the club now!

World cup fever

12/1/2022

We have some guest reporters for this blog: Many thanks to Brian and James from Rang a Sé for this fantastic report on all the soccer madness in Scoil Mhuire.

Scoil Mhuire World Cup, 10 teams competing for the title. Portagual were the favourites to
win the world cup. Netherlands and Argentina lost without winning a game. They didn't
score, but they played their hearts out. Eight people from 6 th class were asked to ref the
games. Spain vs Brazil was the first quarter finals and it ended in a draw. Then it went to
penalties and Dillion Behan pinged in a penalty in top corner and everyone was jumping in
the air with excitment, Brazil had won. Portugal vs France was the second quarter final, it
was a tense match but France went through by two nil. That meant that the first semi-final
was Portugal vs Brazil. Then came the other quarter finals Uruguay vs Belgium. It went to
penalties and then Uruguay won it was very intense.
Then came the other quarter final England vs Germany, it was a draw so it went to penalties and Germany won. Then came the semi-finals. The first one was Brazil vs Portugal. It went to penalties and Conor Kelleher made an outstanding save to put Portugal through to the final. Next was the other semi-final
Germany vs Uruguay it went to penalties Josh Hegarty placed a penalty bottom corner but
Uruguay scored their penalty so it had to go to another round of penalties. Uraguay scored
and Germanys penalty hit the post so that sent Uraguay through to the final against
Portugual.Brian was the reffere for the final Ryan Murphy score a brilliant goal and then
Daniel scored for Uragauy. Then came half time Portagual got a penalty and Fionn stepped
up and placed it in the corner and the score was 2-1 to Uraguay it stayed that way for the
rest of the match so Uraguay won they were outstanding the whole school celebrated with
them. Then came the awards Lucy won best captain Brian won best referee and then
Aleesha won the best manager.
Typed by: Brian and James Rang a Sé

Many thanks to Ms Clynch for organising the fantastic tournament.

sciath na scol football final

10/25/2022

There has been huge excitement in Scoil Mhuire for the past week as the preperations took place for the Sciath na Scol Football Final. Having seen off all their competitors in the quialifying stages we were all so delighted with the team that made it to Pairc Uí Chaoimh.
They trained so hard under Ms Fahy for the past couple of months and all their work paid off!

On the big day all the children got into the spirit and there was an air of excitement throughout the school!

Juniors-First Class waved the team bus and supporters off.

If there was a trophy for the best supported school, Knockraha would most certainly win it!. All the staff were so proud of out wonderful pupils. They were all amazing representatives of our fantastic school.

Of course the final word goes to out to our amazing team of girls who did themselves, their families and their school proud. While the result was not the one we all hoped for on the day they showed themselves to be worthy finalists and fought until the final whistle.
Thank you so much girls for a wonderful experience and of course a special thanks to Ms Fahy and Ms Clynch for their support.
Knockraha Abú!

First Holy Communion

5/24/2022

After two years of very different types of ceremonies the whole of Second Class and thir families gathered together to celebrate the children's First Holy Communion.
A very special mass was celebrated by Fr Pat Nugent and afterwards the parents of First Class and members of the Parents Association welcomed all back to the school to continue the celebrations.
Below are some photos from the event: As always we thank th parents of First Class and for the delicous treats and decorations.
Balloons by Rachel Reid.

Engineers Week

3/14/2022

The 5th to the 12th of March is Engineers Week and the classes in Scoil Mhuire took part in lots of different activities.

Junior and Senior Infants became Construction engineers. They planned and built houses and marble runs.

Senior Infants and First Class used a variety of materials to design bridges.

4th to 6th Class became electrical engineers as they took part in a live virtual workshop from the Lifetime Lab using electrical circuits.

Christmas 2021

12/22/2021

It's that time of year again! Christmas celebrations have come to Knockraha and we have had so much fun over the past 12 days leading up to the Christmas break

Festivities started early with PJ Day to celebrate the Late Late Toy Show.

Storm Barra delayed the start of our 12 days of Christmas with his visit but we still started as soon as we got back to school.

Over the next 2 weeks we had lots of fun dressing up with:
Christmas Jumper Day
Christmas Hat Day
Christmas Charachter Day

As you can see from the photos the children of Knockraha amazed us all with their creativity.

There were also many other fun activities such as Guess the Sweets in the Jar, Movie Magic and of course a little Hot Chocolate Winter Warmer...
We can't forget of course the amazing hampers made up by the Parents Association for each class that were raffled off!

As always we had some surprise visitors. Midleton Fire Brigade dropped off a prize for one of our budding artists...

The highlighf of the week was the visit from the main man himself! Santa took time out of last minute preparations to hop into his tractor and take a trip to Knockraha. Of course the Parents Association made sure he had some treats for all the classes.

After all this excitement all that is left to say is that the staff of Scoil Mhuire, Knockraha wish all our pupils, thieir families and the community a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Happy hALLOWEEN!

10/25/2021

It's that time of year again in Knockraha and the children of Scoil Mhuire had a fantastic time preparing for Halloween!

The Senior Classes had great fun carving pumpkins (not at all messy!)

Of course we had to have a Pumpkin Parade so the younger classes could see the amazing spooky pumpkins.

The pumpkins then took their place keeping an eye on the village.....

On the last day before our Midterm break the students of Scoil Mhuire were replaced with superhereos,witches, zombies and even the trio from Shrek. Can you spot the terrifying teachers in the pictures!
Enjoy the Trick or Treating everyone..

Science Week 2020

11/15/2020

Science Week 2020 was celebrated in Knockraha this past week. All classes took part by conducting experiments and investigations.

The school was all decked out to celebrate this special week. Scoil Mhuire, Knockraha has always placed a huge emphasis on STEM and it was fantastic to see the children so engaged in the lessons and experiments.

Junior Infants watched Dancing Raisins and made playdough.

Senior Infants.

ist/2nd Class made butter and an exploding cauldron!

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