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Hurling
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Hurling

We were delighted to get to The Scarvey this afternoon to practise our hurling skills and thankfully the rain held off! A huge thanks to Ronan for another great coaching session.

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                                                                      Hurling
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Hurling

A big thank you to Ronan for visiting us today to work on our hurling skills.😀 What a great day for it!😎

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                                                                   Peaceplus Day
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Peaceplus Day

We had great fun today in Culdaff meeting up with our friends in St. Boden’s. We got to do lots of activities outside in the sun including yoga, archery, games and exploring local natural habitats. We also got to do cartoon drawings, ceramic painting, clay models and K’nex. Thanks to St. Boden’s for hosting us today, we all had a fantastic day!

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Drama
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Drama

Drama games today with Bernie in the sun 😎 We made the most of the good weather and headed outside to enjoy our drama lessons with Bernie from the Creative Schools Programme.

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Hip-Hop dancing
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Hip-Hop dancing

Lots of fun today doing hip hop dancing with Elizabeth Curran as part of Peaceplus .

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Pushkin
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Pushkin

"The Spiking Heat of Inspiration" is the Pushkin theme this year and we were delighted to be working again with local artist Julie Magee. Julie worked with both classrooms in St. Mura's today and encouraged us all to use our creative skills. Our Junior Classroom were busy with painting and printing and our Senior Classroom did beautiful weaving. Thanks to Julie for all her help.

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Djembe drums
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Djembe drums

Today we had the pleasure of Ronan coming in to do drumming with Djembe drums from West Africa. Everyone found their beat and pulse and really enjoyed the drumming!🪘😀
We would like to thank the Pushkin Trust for funding this session.

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Hurling Blitz
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Hurling Blitz

Our Senior Classroom recently took part in a Primary School hurling blitz with Ronan McGrory in the Scarvey. We had great fun trying out our hurling skills and a big thank you to Ronan for organising this.

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St. Brigid’s Crosses
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St. Brigid’s Crosses

A big thank you to Ursula and Janette in Buncrana Library for inviting us over today to make St. Brigid's Crosses. We would also like to thank Rosaleen and Catherine for coming today to help us make our beautiful crosses. We look forward to this lovely Spring tradition every year.

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Kris Kindle
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Kris Kindle

We have a lovely tradition of exchanging Kris Kindle presents every year. Lots of happy faces and good cheer.

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Christmas Carol Service
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Christmas Carol Service

Well done to all our talented pupils on their wonderful performance in our Carol Service. You did a brilliant job and we are so proud of you.

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Aladdin
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Aladdin

We met up with St. Boden's school in Culdaff in the Millennium Forum in Derry to see the pantomime "Aladdin". This was part of the PEACEPLUS programme. We really enjoyed the show and loved catching up with our friends from St. Boden's school. 😍

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Lego
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Lego

Thanks to Sandra and Ursula in Buncrana Library for having us over this morning to do Lego. We love our trips to the library!

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Science Week
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Science Week

We loved making music in Buncrana Library today as part of Science Week. We took part in an interactive workshop where we all got to experiment with sounds using fruit! Thanks to Orri McBrearty who hosted the workshop and also to Belinda, Ursula and Jeanette in Buncrana Library

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Halloween art
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Halloween art

Both classrooms enjoyed a spooky Halloween-themed art workshop recently with Shauna from South Inishowen School Completion Programme. Our Junior room designed beautiful Halloween trick or treat bags and our Senior room created cool Halloween masks!

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Coding Workshops
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Coding Workshops

We were delighted to have Kitty from Creative Schools to St. Mura's today for coding workshops. Our Senior Classroom were working with Microbit coding and our Junior Classroom were creating computer games with ScratchJr. Thank you to Kitty for the fun, creative workshops!

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Wainfest
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Wainfest

Our Senior Classroom headed to Buncrana Library this afternoon for an "Exploring Hedgerow Folklore" workshop with Ross Cochrane from Heritage in Schools. We learned about biodiversity through sensory based games and activities

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