Archive for November, 2013
October Newsletter
Mercy Primary School October 2013 Newsletter Welcome to our October Newsletter. We have had a busy month with lots of activities going on around the school. On Wednesday 2nd we had a visitor from Clara Bog. She gave a talk to 2nd, 3rd and 4th classes about our local bogs. The children and teachers found […]
English Procedural Writing
Last Thursday, as part of our English Procedural Writing class, we made cornflake buns We had lots of fun. They were delicious. Click on the photos to see how we […]
Science Week in Junior Infants
Junior Infants had a very interesting and fun time learning about floating and sinking. First they discussed the meaning of the two words and then they guessed which items chosen would float or sink. They had great fun dropping the items into the water to see if they would float or sink. Some […]
Science Week in 3rd class
3rd class carried out an investigation: Do Solids Dissolve Better in Warm Water or Cold Water? They carried out their investigations and had great fun doing them. […]
Science Week in 1st class
For Science Week, 1st class learned all about magnetism and electricity. They learned new words: They had great fun […]
Congratulations!
Well done to Dominika Danczak who came 1st in the Under 7 category of the Birr Credit Union poster competition. Also to Megan Pardy who won 3rd prize in the 3rd/4th class section of the Order of Malta Poster Design competition and to Emer Yeates who won 1st prize in the 5th/6th class […]
Parents’ Association Meeting and Table Quiz
Dear Parent/Guardian, We hope you all had a lovely Halloween and ready for our next term. We held our AGM on October 16th but owing to “technical” issues a notice did not go out with each pupil. Thankfully, each person should have received a text message on the day but […]
In November We Remember
In 5th class we remember those who have passed over in November…. “With peace and rest may they be blessed, may God be close beside”.
What a procedure!
Fifth and sixth class studied procedural writing. We decided to write ‘How to butter a slice of bread’ but two of our pupils did not know what activity they were doing. We explained step by step to our blindfolded students what to do.We learned it is quite easy to end up covered in butter!