Monthly Archives: June 2016

…Look closer, it’s a frog! We had such a great Adventure Day at the hub in Moville. A big thank you to our hosts Claire, Brian and Seamus for all their help. we had a camp fire, a treasure hunt and loads of fun in the very beautiful setting of the hub, and learned about plants and animals along the way.Of course we weren’t there alone – over 50 people came to Adventure Day and had a wonderful time. This week we also had our end of year presentation.with our end of year DVD and our children receiving their learning portfolios for the year. We want to thank all our families for a wonderful year. If you are leaving us, all the best, and if you are staying with us we look forward to seeing you in September. Have a great summer folks!

New for September:

Little Stars After School Club.

Monday – Friday,

2pm – 6pm

€10 per day

Includes pick up from school and healthy snack (cereal/toast/fruit).

email Aideen to book your place today:

movillepreschool@live.com

On our way back from the park today we met a group who had come all the way from Moville, Iowa to visit our Moville, here in Donegal! Their Moville is named after ours, and we found out more when we came back to pre-school on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moville,_Iowa

We hope that the visitors enjoy their time here 🙂

The big tree has been serving as a lemonade stand, and a very well decorated one at that!

There is a lot going on this week: parents and children, grandparents and aunties and uncles took part in a mindfulness workshop, hosted by the fantastic Breda Friel in St. Eugene’s Hall. We learned from the children to slow down and to be in the moment: to pay attention on purpose.

We are also preparing for Adventure Day in the hub in Moville, where we will have a treasure hunt, a camp fire and sing song, as well as finding out about the plants and animals in the garden – don’t forget to bring wellies!

The cherry tree at the pre-school is showing signs of spring:  our children have been collecting shells and some have been appropriated as jewellery: and a group of children who were out on the shore spotted a pod of dolphins playing in the water. About 8 dolphins were having a fantastic time in Moville on Wednesday afternoon, it was truly beautiful to see.

Little Stars got into the French spirit with a picnic under the trees this week, kindly hosted by one of our parents who helped us to learn some French.  Then we rolled up our sleeves and washed Katie and Donna’s cars – after we had been shopping for sponges, and of course baguettes! The afternoon group visited their new classroom at the national school, and we met one of our busy dads who is the postal worker in Moville. We also have been keeping an eye on the construction happening in the town – very interesting. Adventure Ted even got up the hill to foot turf and to Buncrana on a trip out.  C’est la vie!