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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 […]
Christmas 2012 Newsletter
Mercy Primary School, Birr Christmas Newsletter 2012 With Christmas upon us, we bring you our final newsletter of 2012. As you have seen over the last 2 newsletters, Mercy Primary School is a busy and active school and the month of December has been even busier! We started December with a beautiful Advent […]
Seasonal Activities in first class
The girls in first class have been busy with lots of seasonal activities.They are learning about Advent, the First Christmas and preparing for our Carol Service.
Preparations for Christmas underway
Carmel Treacy came in to visit us last week to help us make some gorgeous centrepieces. We are now all set for Christmas. A huge thanks to Carmel, Ms Treacy and all the mammies that came in to help us!
Vikings Ahoy!
Ms Morrissey’s Fourth Class have just learned all about the Vikings in history. We constructed some longships in which our miniture Vikings can travel!