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Gymnastics in Second Class
Second Class have started Gymnastics in PE. They are learning to balance and travel across different equipment. They can roll, crawl, slide, climb, hang, tumble, swing,balance, jump, cartwheel and some can even tie themselves up in a knot!!!
Pancake Tuesday
Junior Infants really enjoyed Pancake Tuesday in school. The pancakes were yummy!!
Gymnastics in First Class.February 2013
First class are swinging into action at their gymnastics class.They are very enthusiastic and very eager to try out new ways of travelling across the climbing frame.
St.Bridget brings the Spring to First Class. February 2013
First class art was inspired by the story of St.Bridget’s Cloak .A colourful start to Spring was created with beautiful weaving of fabric and fibre and patterned painted prints. The girls are learning all about Spring and the changes which are taking place in their environment.And we will be observing our local park with its […]
Newsletter January 2013
Mercy Primary School Newsletter January 2013 It’s hard to believe we are at the end of the first month of 2013 already! The year has started with a bang here in Mercy Primary School and we are very busy as always. We are delighted that the Parents’ Association have started selling Sammy Stamps – Credit […]
Penguin Project!
In third class we have had great fun learning about penguins. We focused on the Emperor penguin learning where they live, what they eat and how the penguins mind their eggs by sitting on them. We went into the yard and stood in a huddle to see how the penguins keep warm in the cold […]
Energy Awareness in First Class January 2013
First class did an experiment to find out what is the best insulator.
Art activities in First class. January 2013
First class have been learning about 2D shapes in maths and as a follow up activity they did some very effective stain glass windows including all the shapes they learned about.They recycled sweet wrappers to provide all the variety of colour on their shapes.They also did paper weaving which followed on from learning about shape […]
First Class Gymnastics January 2013.
First class got the New Year off to a flying start with their gymnastics classes.The girls are balancing, rolling, curling, stretching,climbing,and discovering new ways of moving on the benches and climbing equpment.And some are daring enough to suspend from the bars! Watch this space for updates.
First Class-were the angels on their Christmas Trees. Dec 2012
First class girls created beautiful golden angels using doyleys,gold paint, glitter and sequins.To add a personalised touch some children added their own photo face to the angels, while others drew their faces.Hopefully these angels added a touch of magic to their families this Christmas.Among the many other decorations made in first class were their lanterns which demanded […]