Student Council 2024-2025
Counting the Jersey Day money for GOAL
Thanks to all those who supported Jersey Day. €527.40 was raised for GOAL.
Receiving our badges ...
Student Council Elections 2024
Student Council 2023-2024
Cake Sale 2024 for The Irish Cancer Society, Aoibheann's Pink Tie and Community Cancer Caregivers
We were delighted to raise just under €2000 for these three fantastic charities.
'Our Shoes' Charity Collection for those in need in South Africa
Tree planting for National Tree Day
Our brand new Student Council
Handing over our Cake Sale collection to Carmel from Jack and Jill!
Green Lane Campus Student Council Meet Up
Cake Sale 2023
€1460.75 raised for The Jack and Jill Foundation!
Student Council Talent Show
Student Council 2022-2023
Meeting Scoil Eoin Phóil's Student Council
Passing over the Open Day Collection to the local St. Vincent de Paul representatives
Receiving our badges
Student Council Elections 2022-2023
2021-2022
We raised €1560.22 for 'Make a Wish Ireland' at our cake sale!
We held a very successful cake sale today for 'Make a Wish Ireland', raising €1560.22 for the charity.
Thanks to everyone for their support!
Class winners of our table tennis tournament
Congratulations to our art competition winners
Handing over Scoil Mhuire’s Christmas Jumper Day donation to a representative of St. Vincent DePaul
We raised €585. Thanks to everyone who donated!
Rewarded for our hard work during Term 1
2021-2022
Receiving our badges
5th Class voting for their representatives
Counting the donations from Jersey Day
Thanks to all those who donated, we raised €528.35.
2020-2021
Our Read-a-thon winners!
Table Quiz Class Winners
Our officers passing over €1043.26 to Leixlip St. Vincent de Paul from Christmas Jumper Day.
Vision Statement Poster Competition -
'Cairde ag fás agus ag foghlaim'
The Student Council were astounded by the standard of the entries for our recent poster competition. We had an extremely difficult decision to make, but after much debate the following posters were chosen. We chose a winner from each class 4th-6th and an overall winner, a poster by a 6th Class student of 4 friends 'ag fás agus ag foghlam le chéile'. A huge thank you to everyone who entered our competition.
You can see the winners collecting their prizes from our chairperson below also.
You can see the winners collecting their prizes from our chairperson below also.
Whole School Display Inspired by our Vision Statement
Our first socially distanced meeting ever and our first meeting of the year.
The Student Council has been established for 2020-2021 with representatives from the Red Section. Our Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer are from 6th and we have two 4th Class elected representatives. We spent much of our first meeting discussing ways to remain in contact with other classes from different sections this year.
Our Treasurer and Chairperson counted the donations from last week's Jersey Day and were delighted to announce that €541.30 was raised for GOAL.
Our Treasurer and Chairperson counted the donations from last week's Jersey Day and were delighted to announce that €541.30 was raised for GOAL.
2019-2020
Senior Library Update
The Student Council received a wish list from each class for books they would like to see in the library. We used the credit from the PTA book fair from last March to purchase to books. Thanks to the PTA we now have 82 new books for the senior library.
Some recommended reading lists can also be found here on the pupil page.
Some recommended reading lists can also be found here on the pupil page.
Table Tennis Tournament
Congratulations to the 6 class winners from each of the senior classes. The boys came out victorious this year. The overall winner has made it a hat-trick, having achieved the top spot for the last three years!
Junior Games in the Yard
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday the Student Council organise junior games in the yard for junior infants to second class on designated days. Pictured is Ms. Doyle's senior infants enjoying the lunch break.
Nets donated by the GAA
Thanks to Michael and the GAA for sourcing nets for us for the lunch time league matches. We are delighted that all three schools can benefit from them.
Student Council 2019-2020
Today we received our badges! Our Chairperson presented each one of us with our badge and we took our first group photo. We had our first meeting on Monday and look forward to seeing some of our initial plans come to life during the year.
Student Council 2018-2019
Confirmation of Cake Sale Donations
Read-a-thon 2019
Congratulations to all our star readers this year!
Ms. O'Grady's class were crowned victorious with the highest class average for the third year running.
Keep reading over the summer!
Ms. O'Grady's class were crowned victorious with the highest class average for the third year running.
Keep reading over the summer!
Today we presented the cheque for €1,000 to Caroline from Peter McVerry Trust for our cake sale on Friday.
Today the Student Council presented a cheque for €1,000 to Féileacáin following our cake sale on Friday. Thanks to Jacinta for collecting the cheque and being so appreciative of our work.
Cake Sale 2019
The Student Council and 6th Class organised an exceptional cake sale today. €2,000 was raised for Féileacáin and The Peter McVerry Trust. A gigantic total! A huge thanks to all the families and staff who supported the day by donating raffle prizes, supplying cakes and treats, coming to spend time in our café and buying treats on the day. The Student Council will pass on the cheques to the charities next week. Thank you for the incredible support.
Student Council Table Quiz
Today, the 7th of June, the Student Council organised a General Knowledge table quiz in the hall for 1st to 3rd classes and another one for 4th to 6th classes. The juniors had 4 rounds of questions and an additional picture round. The seniors had 5 rounds of questions and an additional dingbat round.There was great excitement in the hall all day, especially when the Student Council presented prizes to the winning teams. Well done to all!
Junior winners ...
Senior winners ...
Please find the most recent copy of our Student Council Newspaper below.
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Final Table Tennis Tournament 2019
The boys were the champions in all the classes this term! Cillian was also crowned victorious once again!
Goodbye Mrs. Murphy
On the 5th of April representatives from the Student Council presented Mrs. Murphy with flowers, cards and a gift voucher to purchase some jewellery which she loves, on behalf of all the students in the school. We were very sad to say goodbye to Mrs. Murphy after 38 years of service in Scoil Mhuire. We hope she enjoys her retirement.
American Students Visit Scoil Mhuire
Today, the 20th of March, we were visited by a group of college students from America. They have linked-up with various colleges in Ireland and chose to visit us in Scoil Mhuire to look at some of our classes and to hear about some of our initiatives. They were very interested in the Student Council at primary level.
Meeting with the Board of Management
We finished term one by meeting the Board of Management of Scoil Mhuire. We sat down for a discussion together in the staffroom. We detailed our work to date this year and our hopes for the year to come. We also discussed the overall running of the school by the various management bodies.
The Scoil Mhuire Times
Please click below to see the first edition of our Student Council newspaper. As we are still in the development stage, we only provided senior students with a copy. We hope to further expand our issue for term 2. Well done to the 6th Class committee members who volunteered to type the document up over the last few weeks.
We hope to receive a broad range of documents for our issue in the new year. If you have any poems, articles, stories or quizzes, please send them to Room 13. We hope you all enjoy Issue 1 of the Scoil Mhuire Times.
We hope to receive a broad range of documents for our issue in the new year. If you have any poems, articles, stories or quizzes, please send them to Room 13. We hope you all enjoy Issue 1 of the Scoil Mhuire Times.
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Table Tennis League Winners
Well done to our table tennis league winners! The students below were victorious in each class 3rd to 6th. Cillian was our overall winner. This was a fantastic league this year, enjoyed by all participants.
The Student Council invited senior students to choose words to describe how students should act in Scoil Mhuire!
Presenting your Student Council and the officers ready to help you!
Student Council Elections 2018
Yesterday, the 19th of September marked Student Council Election Day in Scoil Mhuire. Four 6th Class students were appointed as Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary & Treasurer as recently as last week. They went through the process of sending in written applications and were then interviewed by two teachers. It was a real challenge to narrow down the competition to just four!
Following their appointments, we were ready to decide on our class representatives. Classes 3rd to 6th made their way to Ms. O'Mara's room to vote in a secret ballot. Single classes receive two representatives and double classes receive one representative each.
Having numbered their favourite candidates from 1-10 for example, 6th Class tallied all the votes using the quota system and finally we'd filled all our seats on the Student Council and Ms. O'Mara announced the representatives before the day was out.
We look forward to working with new faces this year and can't wait to hear all of their inspiring ideas to make Scoil Mhuire an even nicer place to attend school!
Following their appointments, we were ready to decide on our class representatives. Classes 3rd to 6th made their way to Ms. O'Mara's room to vote in a secret ballot. Single classes receive two representatives and double classes receive one representative each.
Having numbered their favourite candidates from 1-10 for example, 6th Class tallied all the votes using the quota system and finally we'd filled all our seats on the Student Council and Ms. O'Mara announced the representatives before the day was out.
We look forward to working with new faces this year and can't wait to hear all of their inspiring ideas to make Scoil Mhuire an even nicer place to attend school!
Some Recent Student Council Initiatives
The Student Council have continued with their hard work and implemented some new initiatives in the yard. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, two members of the Student Council monitor the Junior Yard and ensure everyone has a friend to play with. We called this idea 'Cara sa Chlós' or 'Friend in the Yard' and it has been working really well. We can be identified in the yard by our yellow arm bands.
Our next project was to provide ball games, skipping ropes and throwing games for the junior children. Again on Monday, Wednesday & Friday, two different members supervise this cordoned off section of the yard. The junior children look forward to their day enthusiastically!
Our next project was to provide ball games, skipping ropes and throwing games for the junior children. Again on Monday, Wednesday & Friday, two different members supervise this cordoned off section of the yard. The junior children look forward to their day enthusiastically!
Leixlip Tidy Town Association Donate Trees to Scoil Mhuire
The Student Council were very grateful to receive two trees from Leixlip Tidy Town Association on behalf of the school. We all took turns to help plant them in the school garden.
Some Student Council Updates - December
The Student Council have had a very successful first term in office in Scoil Mhuire. Here is a brief run-down of what we have been up to ...
- We've had meetings every fortnight with the teacher representative to discuss ways to further improve Scoil Mhuire from the student's perspective.
- We wrote a letter to Ms. Mescal and the staff outlining some of our ideas and a group of us even sat down for a meeting with Ms. Mescal to solve some logistical issues, involving these suggestions.
- For Friendship Week this year, we will share the yard! We are very excited about this prospect. As always during this week, a junior class will be paired with a senior class for activities such as P.E., art, reading and so on. Now we will also get to play with our new friends on the yard.
- We approached Ms. Mescal with a request for a set of goals to use at lunchtime. She kindly agreed to the purchase of these using money donated to the school by the P.T.A. A big thank you to Ms. Mescal and the P.T.A.! We look forward to making use of them in the new year when the weather improves.
- The Student Council surveyed the mainstream teachers from 1st Class up and asked them would they introduce 'issue boxes' and extra drama in Irish into their classrooms. The results were very much in favour of such initiatives and we thank the teachers for their continued support of the Student Council.
- We have many other ideas which we are working on at present and hope they can be implemented before the year is out.
St. Vincent de Paul Open Day Collection
Our New Student Council After Our First Meeting
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Student Council Elections!
Wednesday the 12th of October became Student Council Election Day in Scoil Mhuire. Students from 3rd Class to 6th Class were invited to cast their votes in room 13. Any student who wished to put themselves forward for election and get their name on the ballot paper, was asked to hand a nomination form to Ms. O'Mara before the previous Friday. Each nomination form had to be supported by an adult and another student of Scoil Mhuire.
6th Class also had the opportunity to put themselves forward for the positions of Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary & Treasurer. The staff had a very difficult decision to make in appointing students to these roles and were overwhelmed with the exceptional written applications received. The four positions were finally filled after interviews with the candidates. As always, well done to all students who put themselves forward for such roles in Scoil Mhuire. Keep an eye on the website to see what the Student Council gets up to during their first term in office!
6th Class also had the opportunity to put themselves forward for the positions of Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary & Treasurer. The staff had a very difficult decision to make in appointing students to these roles and were overwhelmed with the exceptional written applications received. The four positions were finally filled after interviews with the candidates. As always, well done to all students who put themselves forward for such roles in Scoil Mhuire. Keep an eye on the website to see what the Student Council gets up to during their first term in office!
The slideshow above shows 3rd Class to 6th Class making the very difficult decision of who to elect in the various classes, before casting their votes.
