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Fantastic Gymnastics
We started gymnastics on the 8th of January 2013. Our teacher was Ms. Feehan. We did gymnastics for 6 weeks. We had lots of great equipment, such as bars, beams, mats and A frames. Each week there were lots of challenges to try out. We learned how to do the crab, teddy bear rolls, hand […]
My Home by Second Class
Second Class learned about the different homes we live in. Later we designed and made our own house using cardboard boxes. Then we painted them. They look beautiful!
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 […]