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

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.


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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!!

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!