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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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Wainfest
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Wainfest

Our Junior Classroom took a trip over to Buncrana Library this morning for a RINKA workshop with Eibhlin. We had a lovely morning doing relays, dancing and gymnastics

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Special Visitors
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Special Visitors

There was great excitement in St. Mura's today as Peter brought in two very special visitors.😍

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Schools’ Service
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Schools’ Service

Our Senior Classroom enjoyed their trip to Ramelton Presbyterian Church yesterday for the annual County Donegal Schools' Service.

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Art work
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Art work

Shauna from South Inishowen School Completion Programme came to our Junior Classroom today to host an animal-themed arts and crafts workshop. We loved this activity!

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Coding Workshop
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Coding Workshop

We really enjoyed our coding workshop with Kathleen today as part of Creative Schools programme.

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