Archive for November, 2014

November 2014 Newsletter

Welcome to our October newsletter.  It has been a very busy month and some great activities have taken place!   Here is an article written by some of our students about our very successful Friendship Week.  Make sure to have a look at the website to see photos of all the activities that took place. […]

Parents’ Association Table Quiz

  Parents’ Association Table Quiz on Sunday 16th November at 3 p.m. in the County Arms Hotel. Please support!  

Parents’ Association News

Mercy Primary School Parents Association.   Hello to All our Parents & Guardians Just a quick note to keep you informed of our upcoming table quiz and the change of our committees positions. On the 16th November we are holding a Table Quiz in the County Arms at 3.00pm in conjunction with the Parents Association […]

Friendship Week in Second Class

Second Class celebrated Friendship week recently. They did so many activities on the theme of Friendship.  Each child had a ‘secret friend’ for the week. They tried to be really nice and kind to their friends.  The girls did many Art activities – posters, pictures, Qualities of a good friend… They also entered an Anti-Bullying […]

Halloween fun in fifth class!

We all dressed up on the day we got our Halloween holidays.  We had to keep up Irish traditions, as the customs of Halloween originally started in Ireland. We had great fun.  A big Thank you also to Mrs. Murray and seven girls from our class who made us delicious home-made vegetable soup! It was […]

Student of the Week in Third Class

Since the beginning of the year each Friday we have had a ‘Student of the Week’! All the girls are very eager to win this each week and there are many deserving winners. Take a look at the picture of the winning girls and their certificates below. Well done to all!  

Happy Halloween from Third Class

Third Class celebrated Halloween on Friday 24th of October by dressing up in fantastic costumes. They were very scary and spooky!! Well done to everyone for making such a great effort. Take a look at the pictures below!          In English class we wrote our own Halloween acrostic poems, created our own potions […]

Fire Brigade Visit in Third Class

On Thursday the 16th of October, third class was delighted to receive a visit from two members of the Fire Brigade. We listened to tips for staying safe around Halloween and we also talked about staying safe in our homes. Gary told us we should have a fire drill when we were at home. He also told […]

Friendship Week in Third Class

Third class celebrated ‘Friendship Week’ with a variety of activities throughout the week. We decorated our classroom windows with little people holding hands to show friendship. We discussed what being a friend is and the girls came up with fabulous words describing what being a friend is to them. We made our very own ‘Circle […]

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