Archive for Second Class
World Book Day in Second Class
World Book Day was celebrated on March 6th. The children (and their teacher) arrived at school dressed as their favourite book character! First, every girl in Second Class received a book packed with puzzles and magical mayhem called ‘Fun with The Worst Witch’ by Jill Murphy. Next, the ‘Queen of Hearts’ arrived to read the […]
PE in Second Class
Second Class enjoyed six weeks of gymnastics in January and February. They are doing Dance in PE this month. They are learning a new dance every week. They loved taking part in the school Ceili on La na Gaeilge.
Grandparents’ Day
On Thursday 30th January, Mercy Primary School hosted its 3rd annual Grandparents’ Day. We started off with a beautiful mass in the church. We brought all the children from 2nd to 6th class and invited the Grandparents of the Sacrament classes – 2nd and 6th. After mass, we returned to the school hall, where there […]
Christmas in Second Class
Second class was transformed into a Winter Wonderland for Christmas. The children made fantastic creations in Art class. […]
Second Class Sightsavers Art Competition
Second Class entered the Junior Painter Sightsavers Art competition. The theme was: I would love to see … The girls painted some fantastic pictures. Take a look at some of their paintings. I would love to see a ballerina. I would love to see a tiger and […]
Science Week in 2nd class
2nd class learned all about Floating and Sinking for Science Week. They guessed which items would float and sink and then carried out experiments to see what happened. […]
Music in Second Class
The girls have started learning the tin whistle. They are practicing at home and in school and are enjoying it very much.
Halloween in Second Class
Second Class enjoyed learning about the history of Halloween in SESE. They compared how their parents / grandparents celebrated Halloween when they were young to how children celebrate it now. The children then found out about El Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican Halloween celebration. In English Class the children wrote […]
Tree Day
2nd Class visited Mill Island Park for Tree Day. They looked at lots of deciduous trees and noticed how the leaves, seeds and fruits differed from tree to tree. The girls collected many leaves and seeds for our class Autumn table. They took lovely colourful leaf rubbings and these were placed on our class Autumn Tree. […]