Archive for First Class

Term Two in First Class

Ms. de Chaumont’s First class have had a very busy month of March. They celebrated World Book day by dressing up as their favourite book character and throughout the day they took part in Buddy Reading, On-line fun, Art activities and they had a Guest Reader. Each child received a present of a book. They […]

Womens’ Rugby World Cup Visits Mercy Primary

We were thrilled to welcome the Womens’ Rugby World Cup to the school today – huge thanks to Ann O Connor and Birr Rugby Club for bringing the cup to us. The Womens’ World Cup takes place in Ireland from 9th – 26th August this year. See www.rwcwomens.com for details. The girls cheered the cup […]

Green Schools’ Quiz!

Many thanks to Mieke for coming along on our sponsored walk today to mark all the work we have been doing towards achieving our 4th green flag! We had great fun in the afternoon participating in Mieke’s green schools’  quiz! Well done to all the girls for taking part so sportingly!    

World Book Day

What a day was had in Mercy Primary on Monday 6th March celebrating World Book Day. The pictures speak for themselves!!                                                                                          

Community Games Art Competition Winners

Huge congratulations to our 2 winners in the Community Games Art Competition wining gold in the U8 category and silver in the U14 category.            Good luck in the next stage of the competition.

I Can’t BeLEAF What First Class Did!

First class went on a far away adventure this week; to the park behind the school. It was a serious mission to find different signs of autumn all around us so the clipboards, pencils and rubbers were essential! We looked at various trees such as the horse chestnut tree and the sycamore tree. Then we […]

First Class Nursing Course 2016

First Class  have started October well. We were very lucky to have a local nurse, Shauna Carroll, visit us. She brought two nurse’s uniforms with her; one that she wears when helping with an operation  and one for when she works with patients on a ward. Lucky for us, she had a few extra things […]

Seachtain na Gaeilge Concert.

We had a fantastic day at our Seachtain na Gaeilge concert. Each class performed different things – songs, poems, instruments and a play were some of the items we saw. The girls showed a fantastic knowledge of Irish and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.                                             […]

Dancing in Mercy Primary!

What a day we had at our dance presentation on Thursday 10th March. The sun shone and we had a fabulous afternoon showing our parents, grandparents and friends what we had done over the 6 weeks with Kevin. We enjoyed our dancing so much and really look forward to doing it again next year!   […]

Pancakes!

Ms. Hennelly and her class came to Mrs Murray’s room for pancakes. Ms. Hennelly is brilliant at flipping pancakes!      They tasted great too!

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