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Fun Day June 18th 2024
We had a fantastic day on Tuesday with a visit from the Coast Guard and Mr Majestic.
Outdoor Classroom
Our outdoor classroom is coming together nicely. Thanks to Hugh McDermott for making the tables and stage.
Day of Action
5th and 6th class, along with the help of Daniel McDermott and Enda McLaughlin, spent a day tidying up the polytunnel and painting the benches.
Distance Learning March 2020 (see our For Parents page for some tips to help your children navigate their learning in these unprecedented times).
Thank you for your engagement in the learning materials that were sent home last Thursday and for your engagement with the online programmes.
To ensure that we are available to help support you with your child's learning please note that you can e-mail the teachers any questions or queries you may have about their learning or any difficulties you may encounter with the online learning by e-mailing the following address:
Please put your child's class level in the subject bar. For e-mails relating to any pupils from Junior Infants to 3rd class one of the following teachers will respond by the next working day; Mrs Byrne, Mrs Walker, Ms Mc Andrew, Ms Mc Candless or Mrs Humphries.
For e-mails relating to any pupils from 4th class to 6th class one of the following teachers will respond to your e-mail by the next working day; Ms Coyle, Mrs Diver, Ms Mc Candless, Mrs Humphries or Mrs Mc Dermott.
For any of the usual non curricular based queries these will continue to be responded to by Rosalie or Mrs Humphries through the office e-mail. Please allow at least one working day for a response.
March 2020
We had a visit from author, Dale Treadwell, on Thursday, March 12th. He has written books such as Harry the Hedgehog: "Will you be my friend?". He brought in some bug viewer where we were able to see the larvae of some bugs. We all had an enjoyable time.
February 2020
Today was Pancake Tuesday when we all got a chance to taste some beautiful pancakes made by parents and staff.
January 2020
We celebrated Grandparents Day on January 31st. Grandparents visited the classrooms to play games and make St. Brigid's crosses with the pupils. Thanks to all who visited today. The pupils had a fantastic day.
December 2019
Mrs Byrne and Ms Walker's classes wrote their letters to Santa as part of Aistear and went for a walk to the post box to post them all.
November 2019
Today we celebrated the official opening of our new classroom by celebrating mass in the school. We were honoured to have Minister of Education, Joe McHugh, in attendance along with other members of the Oireachtas and Donegal County Councillors. Minister McHugh, along with the eldest and youngest pupils cut the ribbon after which Fr. Haan blessed the new classroom. We then all assembled in the hall for mass. A huge thanks to all involved in the design and construction of the classroom and improvements to the yard. Please see some photos of today's event.
Minister Mc Hugh TD cutting the ribbon with some help from out pupils.
September 2019
This year we have introduced Paired Reading with 6th class working with 2nd and 3rd. Below are some photos.
Congratulations to our both our teams on their performances on the pitch in the Inishowen 6 aside soccer games. Our girls were runners up in their group. Well done to all!
We received a visit today from Bernadette, Lynda and Theresa. They travelled to Ireland from San Diego, USA and took time out of their holiday to visit our school as their granny, Mrs Cummins, was principal of the school when it was at Mahon's Corner. Their mother also attended the school. We would like to thank them most sincerely for their visit and their present of a big supply of stationery.
All the pupils and staff would like to say a massive thank you to Ursula, our librarian from Carndonagh Library for all her help and support over the years. We want to wish you the best of luck in your new job in Buncrana.
Easter Madness
Unfortunately due to the weather we had to have our Easter Hunt in the hall. I don't think the pupils were too disappointed. Thanks to the parents for coming to help out and for providing all the prizes. We all had a great time.
A massive thank you to Frank and Eileen Sweeney who travelled all the way from Gortahork this morning to teach all the pupils and staff Sean Nós dancing. A special word of thanks to Ursula from Carndonagh library for organising the visit. A great way to start Seachtaine na Gaeilge. Go raibh míle maith agaibh!
Maths Initiative 2018
Pancake Tuesday 2018
Bricks4kidz
The pupils spent a lovely afternoon building some amazing LEGO creations. Thanks to all who attended. A special thanks to JP and the Bricks4kidz crew.
Grandparents Day 2018
A big 'Thank You' to all the grandparents who turned up to help the children make St. Brigid's crosses on Wednesday. We hope you all had as an enjoyable time as the pupils.
Scoil Mhuire in Gleneely take top prize at Christmas Tree Festival
When snow began to fall on Friday morning last, the organisers of the Christmas Tree Festival and Live Nativity in Glacknadrummond Methodist Church, must have thought the worst! However, come Sunday evening, the sun had shone all weekend and hundreds of people had come through the doors to enjoy and appreciate the fantastic spectacle that was on offer. With the event featured on the Six One News on RTE television, people came from all across Ulster: accents from Ballymena, Ballymoney, Belfast, Derry, Eglinton, Strabane and Monaghan were heard as each day drew large crowds to admire the trees on display.
Visitors, who were entertained throughout the weekend by local musicians and singers, were also invited to vote for their favourite tree. James McKinley, a local fisherman from Greencastle, won the ‘business’ category; the ‘organisation’ award went to Carndonagh Irish Countrywomen’s Association; the ‘school’ category was won by Scoil Mhuire from Gleneely, and the church award went to the Glacknadrummond Sunday School. But the overall award – as voted by those visiting throughout the weekend – went to Scoil Mhuire, who had created their tree from recycling old Irish language textbooks.
Speaking at Sunday evening’s Carol Service which concluded the weekend’s festivities, Rev. Alison Gallagher said: ‘the idea for the tree festival originated as a fundraiser towards the rebuilding of our Methodist community hall in Moville, but over the weekend, it became so much more than that.’ She continued: ‘it developed into a fantastic community event. The trees came from a diverse range of groups and organisations, from the very young to the very wise! And we were overjoyed to see so many visitors, particularly those that had travelled from afar. We were simply blown away by the goodwill of everyone.’
For further details, contact: Rev. Alison Gallagher, +353 87 263 2906, alison.gallagher@irishmethodist.org.
Farm safety talk
(Moville Community College)
The pupils of Senior Infants and 1st class visited Moville Community College recently to discuss farm safety. A big 'thank you' to all the staff, especially Mrs Helen Gallagher, and pupils of the college for organising such a great event. Here are some photos of our pupils during their visit.
Highland Radio Programme
The pupils in 2nd and 3rd class had the opportunity to visit Carndonagh Library and take part in a recording of a Highland radio programme, 'Night, Night North West'. The programme is due to start in January but we will let you know the exact date of our show so that you can listen for our pupils.
Cheerio's Breakfast morning 2017
Hallowe'en Madness 2017
Some of our pupils, representing Gleneely Colts, as mascots at the recent match in Maginn Park.
Our hamper winner from our sponsored walk!
Congratulations and well done to all who took part on our sponsored walk last week.
A huge welcome back to all our pupils and an extra warm welcome to all our new pupils this year.
Congratulations to Ms Coyle on her debut as lines person at Croke Park yesterday for the Ladies All Ireland Final!
Congratulations to our lucky car winners: Geraldine McDaid & Mary Gallagher.
€1000.00 - Susan Mc Laughlin
€500.00 - Fr. Jim Mc Gonagle
€100.00 - James & Sheila Mc Laughlin
€100.00 - G.R ( Gerard Rustard)
€100.00 - Michael Mooney
€100.00 - James & Catherine Quigley
€100.00 - Mary Carroll Carroll Family Gleneely
Ireland football tickets - John Lynch Glencrow
Sharon grant voucher & Hamper - Joan & Neil Farren
Voucher Nancy Barn & Wine - Sheila Mc Laughlin Malin Rd.
Strand Carvery Voucher & Wine- Elaine Duffy Mc Goldrick
Hamper & Stacey beauty voucher - Grace Mc Candless
Max Tyres Foden- valet & wine - Jacqueline Houton & Jason Mc Elhinney.
Hillhead Farm
A huge 'Thank you' to the McCandless family for showing us around their farm today (16th May.)
8th May 2017
We took advantage of the beautiful weather and did some painting in the sun.
A huge congratulations to our girls from 4th, 5th & 6th class on coming 3rd in the Inishowen football finals last week. Well done to everyone involved.
Fire Safety Talk
There was great excitement today when the firemen from Carn Station came to talk to 2nd - 6th classes.
Fun Day at the Park
World Book Day 2017
Junior Infants, Senior Infants and First Class had a great day visiting the library and Supervalu in Carn. Special thanks to Ursula and Carmel from Carndonagh Library and Jenny Walker from Supervalu for organising such great events.
Pancake Tuesday 28th Feb 2017
A huge Thank You to all parents who helped the pupils make pancakes today.
Joe Kearney collecting donations for SVP from the children in Scoil Mhuire. Thank you to all the families who donated.
A huge thank you to the Parents Association for presenting the school with a new selection of yard games.
4th 5th and 6th class have some fun with the trending Mannequin challenge!
Anti Bullying Week - 14th to 18th November 2016
The children have been working hard on this year's theme - "Power for Good" including discussions, art, poetry etc... and ended the week with a lovely assembly where they performed songs and said prayers. Remember Anti-Bullying work isn't just important on Anti-Bullying week!
Some photos from our Anti Bullying assembly 2016
Science Week!
A very interesting visit to the library for a science workshop with Dr Trish Murphy.
Don't forget our Fun Walk tomorrow Friday 30th September. All welcome!
Well done to Scoil Mhuire Gleneely Parents Association who organised and ran a fantastic 'Fun Day' today, Sunday 11th September, for all the boys and girls. They had a great day filled with dancing, face painting, football, hook a duck, play your cards right, bat the rat, tattooing, cakes and buns to name a few!
School reopens on Tuesday 30th August. We look forward to welcoming all our pupils back and a special word of welcome to our new Junior Infants.
Our Beautiful Well-Being Area
Congratulations to our five 6th class boys who will be moving onto Secondary school in September. Pictured above planting a Rowan tree as part of their graduation ceremony. We all wish you well in the future and will miss you.
Well done to our Senior boy today for his half time performance during today's Senior championship match. We are all very proud :)
Fun at the farm!
Fun times in the tunnel!! 1st class taking home turnips
Another successful school trip to W5 Belfast
Congratulations to our 18 second class pupils who made their First Holy Communion yesterday (21st May.) We are all very proud you and hope you really enjoyed your day. Well done to the school choir on their beautiful singing during the mass. All the rehearsals paid off. You were brilliant.
What better way to end this year's swimming trips with a surprise trip to the playground on the way home! Fun in the sun!
Biodiversity trip around Gleneely
Look what's back up and running!! Happy planting everyone!! A HUGE thank you to the families that worked hard to put our polytunnel together again with new plastic and a lovely new concrete path.
Thank you Thomas Ruddy and family, Enda Doherty and family and Niall Gordon for all your hard work over the Easter holidays. It looks great!
1916 Celebrations and Flag Raising Ceremony
Tuesday 15th March 2016
Today marked a very important moment in the history of our school. Children from 3rd class read out the 1916 Proclamation followed by our own 2016 School Proclamation. The children dressed up and sang Irish songs. Well done to Ms Mc Candless and her class on their excellent performance of the play "Triumph of Allsorts."
Thank you to our former pupil, Darragh Folan, who raised our Irish flag. Darragh played on the winning team in the All Ireland Final of the Tony O'Neill cup for Carndonagh Community School last week and brought the cup to show the children.
Scooter safety course
Thanks to Jimmy Mc Veigh from Green Schools Ireland who visited us recently to do a Scooter safety course with the children. Everyone learned a lot about scooter safety and enjoyed using their scooters in school!
World Book Day 2016
Junior Infants
Senior Infants
1st Class
2nd and 3rd class
4th, 5th and 6th Class
Spring has Sprung!
A massive thank you to Carndonagh Community School Art teacher and parent Pauline Mc Dermott who came in to Scoil Mhuire recently to do an art lesson with Senior Infants and 1st Class. The children had so much fun making these beautiful Spring birds.
Thanks again Pauline! :)
Catholic Schools Week 2016
We celebrated Catholic Schools week recently and a lot of Grandparents came in on Saint Brigid's Day to help the children to make St. Brigid's crosses. Thanks so much to all the grandparents for coming in and helping. Everyone really enjoyed it!
Anti Bullying Week 2015
This week is Anti Bullying week. Our theme this year is
'Make a Noise about Bullying'
We will have a 'Blue Day' on Friday (20/11/15) and ask everyone to wear something blue to show that we stand up for anyone who is being bullied.
Science Week 2015
4th, 5th and 6th classes visited Carn library during Science week. A huge thanks to Ursula Cutliffe for inviting them in and to the Parent's Association for paying for the bus. Have a look at the short video below. More photos of science experiments that took place in school over the week to follow shortly.
Irish Flag and Proclamation
We welcomed two members of the Defence Forces to the school on 12th October for the presentation of the Irish flag and Proclamation.
Pedal Right
We had a great couple of days completing the Pedal Right cycling course in the school.