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First Class Activities Oct 2013
First class girls painted lovely self portraits inspired by pop artist Julian Opie. They also used painted leaf prints to create an Autumnal background for their hungry hedgehogs!
Fifth prepare for Senior County Final 2013
As we, in Mercy Primary School, are so proud of our Birr Senior Hurling team, we decided to make some posters to decorate our school windows. Best of luck to Birr in the county final this coming Sunday. Biorra Abú!!!
Who says you need grass for a garden???
Ms. Ryan’s 5th class, ably helped by Mrs. Murray, decided that Mercy PS needed a garden. The lack of grass in the school did not deter them! They set about making a beautiful garden for us all to enjoy. […]
School Mass
We will be celebrating our School Mass on Friday 27th September at 1.15pm in St. Brendan’s Church. All are welcome to attend.
School Re-opens On Monday 2nd September.
Mercy Primary School re-opens for pupils on Monday September 2nd at 9.10am. We look forward to welcoming back all our girls and especially our new Junior Infants!
First class visited Turoe Pet Farm on 13th June 2013.
First class had a wonderful trip to Turoe Pet Farm. The tour guide brought them on a farm trail starting at Pet’s Corner where the girls got to see a variety of rabbits, hens, turkeys and a beautiful peacock.The guide gave them animal food which they fed to some of the animals on the trail. […]
Lovely Lullymore
Second Class went to Lullymore Heritage and Discovery Park for their school tour. First we explored the forest. Here we took a step back in time as we visited an old thatched Famine cottage and a soup kitchen. Next, we found a very unusual school called a Hedge School. Some […]
Sunny Sunflowers
Second Class planted sunflower seeds in late Spring. We gave the seeds plenty of sunlight and water to help them grow. Within a few weeks little green shoots appeared. They grew taller and taller. Every girl kept a sunflower diary and we measured our flowers from time to time. We are having […]
Second Class visited the Playground
Second Class visited the local playground. We had great fun on the swings, slides, climbing frames and roundabouts. PE is so much fun!