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Christmas Newsletter 2021
Mercy Primary School Christmas Newsletter 2021 Welcome to our Christmas Newsletter 2021. Another strange and unusual year for us all. Despite the difficulties and challenges, the staff and students of Mercy Primary School have had an excellent term. Special credit has to be given to the wonderful girls in our school – they […]
Christmas is Coming 
Christmas is just around the corner and Second class have been extremely busy preparing!! We have been learning about some traditions around the world, as well as our own! We’ve made Christmas trees, read the Christmas story in Religion and made our own paper cribs. And of course, lots of winter art 
Futsal Soccer
Fourth class are enjoying learning futsal soccer skills with coach Gary.
Science in Second 
Second class had so much fun doing experiments for Science week 2021! We investigated melting points of chocolate, examined how vinegar and baking so Da react to produce carbon dioxide, made rockets out of balloons, used static electricity to make cereal dance, laughed so much at the tricks of the Amazing Avocado (and so much […]
Book fair 3rd class
We had a fabulous time at the book fair. Not only did we brush up on our literacy skills, we also improved our numeracy skills by calculating our totals and our change. Also our drama skills improved in our roles as shopkeepers!!!!
Science Week in Fourth
The children enjoyed a virtual Trip to the Reptile Zoo where they learned interesting facts about turtles, tortoises, lizards, snakes and tarantulas, to name but a few. They also enjoyed a very informative and highly entertaining zoom on the Science of Roald Dahl. The girls are also learning lots about Engineering and are planning, designing […]
Scientists in 3rd class
What a great week we had in Rang 3 for Science week 2021. 
We became scientists by recording, estimating, evaluating, experimenting and having great fun 
Happy Halloween 
Halloween preparations are well underway in Mercy Primary. Pumpkin carving, spooky artwork, Halloween games and ghoulish dancing to name but a few activities enjoyed by the girls. Happy Halloween from all in Fourth Class 
Space Week
Space Week was celebrated in Fourth Class this week. They had a Zoom with Dr. Niamh Shaw and were fascinated to learn about space, space exploration and what life is like on the international space station. Thanks to Birr Theatre for organising this event. On Friday, Offaly Libraries organised a Zoom workshop hosted by Seanie […]
Children’s Book Festival
First David Walliams and now Judi Curtin!! As part of the Children’s Book Festival, organised by Birr Library, the girls in Fourth Class met Irish author Judi Curtin over Zoom today. She told the class all about her family, her schooldays, her love of reading and writing, her interest in history and the authors she […]