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Mercy Primary School Choir
Mercy Primary School choir are delighted to be taking part in the Cross Border Peace Proms concert, which will take place in The Hub, Kilkenny on Saturday 1st March. The girls and their teachers have been working very hard to learn the pieces which will be performed. Almost 800 children from 13 schools will have […]
First Class-February Activities
First class have grown in confidence over the past six weeks of gymnastics and have had great fun working on many new skills. A walk in the snow got a thumbs up from all the girls. The girls put great work and effort into their art for St. Valentine’s day. Hope you all enjoyed the good […]
January Newsletter
Welcome to Mercy Primary School’s first newsletter of 2014. It has been full steam ahead since we came back and January has been a hectic month! We started back on January 6th – Little Christmas, and took 1st class to 6th class to mass. Lots of the other schools were there and it was a […]
First Class Art Activities-Jan/Feb 2014.
First class have been busy during art and craft classes and as you can see they are learning lots of new skills- weaving, plaiting, printing. Just look at these happy faces!!
Science experiments in 5th/6th!
In Science class we have been learning all about how sound travels. We did several experiments using different materials! We wrote up the correct procedure for our experiments and had lots of fun doing it! Take a look at our experiment below! Experiment: To investigate whether sound travels better through a solid or a […]
Gymnastics in fifth class
We are loving our 6 weeks of gymnastics in fifth class. Mrs. Feehan is doing a great job encouraging and improving our techniques!
Christmas 2013 in First class
First class performed “The Lonely Princess” at Christmas for their families, and for all the other classes in our school. They had lots of fun rehearsing their singing, acting and dancing and they all looked fantastic in their outfits and make – up ( face paints!!).
Gymnastics in First Class. Feb 2014
First class were up for the challenge when Mrs Feehan introduced the A-Frame and climbing equipment. The girls showed great enthusiasm and seemed absolutely fearless!!
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 […]
Young Scientists
Some of the girls from Mercy Primary School are involved in the Coderdojo Club in Birr. This year they went to the Primary Science Fair which is part of the Young Scientist Exhibition in the RDS in Dublin and presented their project. It was called “Bread and Mould”. They presented their project to the […]