The best start in life
Welcome to Scoil Mhuire Junior School. We are a girls only, private, primary, Catholic school. Our rich, broad and balanced curriculum gives each girl the opportunity to reach her full potential.
It is my pleasure as Principal to welcome you to the Scoil Mhuire Junior School website. We are now beginning our 71st year in Wellington road, Cork City.
We are very proud of our school and pupils. Our rich, broad and balanced curriculum gives each girl the opportunity to reach their full potential. Our teachers in Junior Infants, Senior Infants and First Class also have Montessori training and so the children learn the curriculum through hands-on exploration and discovery.
Many of our teachers have taken the training for working with children who have a specific learning disability. All our classes are small in numbers, again allowing for a lot of indivdual attention to the children.
We hope that these pages will give you a small insight into our various activities and how we educate the girls academically and socially, offering them all-round personal development.
Ka Lingwood, Principal
Latest News
The children at SMJS always show kindness!
Bà Cineálta
Chess Tournament
Our chess team brought their A-game to the Annual Chess Challenge on 29th April at the Sports Hall TGNS.
So proud of the focus and strategy displayed by every single player.
Huge thanks to Coach Brian Nolan for the guidance and the winning tactics!
Music Morning
On Wednesday 22nd April, our talented students showcased their skill at the piano and the violin
under the guidance of their amazing teachers,
Rose Murphy and Niamh Quigley.
Ski Trip 2026
Ehrwald, Austria
Snow, smiles, and plenty of slalom!
From March 21st to March 28th, Fifth and Sixth Classes went to Ehrwald, Austria, for a magical skiing adventure.
Thank you to Ms Riordan, Ms O’Leary, and Ms Mannix for accompanying them on this journey!
The Easter Bunny at the Metropole Hotel!
We had an egg-cellent time following the Easter Bunny along McCurtain Street today.
Is it even Easter if you aren't rocking a pretty bonnet? 👒✨
‘March Into Reading’
All the girls enjoyed World Book Day. We will continure our March into Reading throughout the month with lots more fun activities and projects. The girls visited the local book shop, learning about the first steps in having a book published!!
Some girls wrote some comic strips and designed their own book covers- much more to happen before March is over.
Junior and Senior Infants had some fun and learnt a lot at Teddy Bear’s Hospital at UCC
Congratulations to Emerson from 2nd class who achieved highly commended in the Pat Egan writing competition at the Cork City Library. Here she is with her beautiful poem.
CONGRATULATIONS to SMJS!
Congrats to our very own Oscar winner Ms. Riordan for being the force behind this fantastic award.
Scoil Mhuire Junior School has been awarded first place in the S.T.E.M. South West of Ireland Competition in the Primary School Education Category! Congratulations to all the girls in all classes, from Junior Infants to Sixth, who have worked hard in all scientific subjects, and to Ms Riordan, for her never ending encouragement and her contagious enthusiasm for the field.
Driven by curiosity and built on purpose, this is where bold thinking meets thoughtful execution. Let’s create something meaningful together.
The Green School Committee had a follow up meeting to discuss their findings on the walkabilty audit that they carried out before Christmas.
They found mostly positives in terms of walking to school. They complied a comprehensive report including some challenges, such as cracked pavements and faded signage which the will send into the City Council.
The girls from Junior & Senior Infants had a great time studying geology with the Transition Year students.
Lovely to see some of our past pupils there!
Christmas in SMJS
Posting letters, singing for our elderly neighbours and looking at the lovely wall that a parent and the Infant classes helped to decorate. We are definitely on the GOOD LIST!!!!
The girls having great fun in the yard
The girls from second class enjoying their new classroom. Thank you to the parents who undertook this lovely project during the summer holidays.
WOW The girls managed 500 walks in a short space of time and had a treat of a DANCE PARTY today
The girls from Junior Infants to Second Class danced, clapped and sang out at the Cork Pops in the City Hall
Space Week 2025!
On Saturday, October 4th, pupils from 5th & 6th class attended a presentation by Former NASA Astronaut Dan Tani at the Cork School of Music. Astronaut Dan spoke about his early life growing up in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dan Tani completed two space flights during his career as a NASA astronaut, logging over 131 days in space across these missions. At the end, he answered many wonderful and interesting questions that the girls had prepared. Astronaut Dan Tani promotes STEM + Arts education to foster a deeper understanding of our universe and cosmos.
Dan Tani’s wife is a past pupil from Scoil Mhuire!!!
Thank you to all the Superheroes who showed up at SMJS on Friday 10 th October 2025 and gathered over €600 for Special Olympics
SUPERHEROES AT SCOIL MHUIRE JUNIOR SCHOOL.
Grandparents’ Day
Grandparents and older friends were invited to our classrooms to talk about school in their day. After patiently answering ALL our questions, they were treated with cakes and tea, supplied by our wonderful parents and served up by our Parents’ Council.
Open Morning
Applications are now being taken for admission to Scoil Mhuire Junior School for 2026.
Come and see us at work and get more information on Wednesday 15th October at 9:30 am.
For the viewing, please email denisemansfield@scoilmhuirejs.ie
School tour 2025
The girls from Junior Infants to second Class had a Forrest School theme to their tour this year. This included a visit to the Honan Chapel, studying the mosaic floor showing the signs of the Zodiac, the beatiful Harry Clarke stain glass. Everyone found the first letter of their name in the Stone Corridor whilst doing some gorgeous rubbings of the Ogham stones, Making paint from dandelion flowers and building Bug Hotels were just some of the great outdoor activities in Fitzgerald’s Park.
Leona Forde
Local Cork author, Leona Forde, came to visit SMJS, The girls from Second class to 6th class enjoyed creative writing workshops and produced a story and a RAP (Rhythm and Poetry). A productive morning was had by all.
Chess Tournament
Well done to our junior and senior SMJS chess girls who showed fantastic focus and determination at the tournament. You represented your school with pride, skill and plenty of clever moves. We are all incredibly proud of you!
Maths with Lifetime Lab
at SMJS
We had a lovely morning listening to relaxing music, thanks to our music students and Rose, our wonderful music teacher.
Ag ceiliúradh seachtain na Gaeilge agus St. Patrick with Céilà Beag agus craic le Cois Laoi Productions.
Seachtain na Gaeilge
Sowing Seeds
Great fun getting our little courtyard planted up.
Thank you to the parents’ council for their great support as always!
Both 4th and 5th class girls won first prize in their class categories in The Discover Cork Schools’ Heritage Project 2025. Well done to you all!!
WORLD BOOK DAY!
WORLD BOOK DAY!
World Book Day was celebrated in school today. The girls brought in props to depict their favourite book or character. They also discussed the best way to enjoy a book, the best place to read a book and their favourite lines, they could remember.
