Archive for June, 2018

Last Week of School for 1st & 2nd Class!

1st & 2nd Class had a fantastic last week of school for 2017/2018.  We went to Birr Castle on Tuesday to do some sketching.  On Wednesday, we went on our school tour to Playtown and Jumpin’ Jacks in Tullamore.  We had a brilliant time!  🙂

June Activities

                                       Fourth and Fifth class have had an action packed couple of months. Here’s just a snippet of what they’ve been doing. We planted seeds in term three and they have started to grow. We are taking good care […]

Athlone School Tour

                                                           .   .                                  Fourth and Fifth class went to Athlone recently for their school tour. First they took a […]

Dance 2018

Again this year we had a fantastic turn out for our dance presentation. The sun shone for the 3rd year in a row and the girls danced brilliantly. Everyone that attended enjoyed it thoroughly.                                                                […]

Outdoor Fun in 1st & 2nd Class

1st and 2nd Class took a trip to the playground & we had a fantastic time climbing, running, swinging and spinning!

Electric Times in 1st!

We had great fun experimenting with balloons to make static electricity!

Our youngest student in Senior Infants

What a lovely surprise for us all in Senior Infants last Friday when we had a very young visitor – beautiful baby Rowen came to visit with her Mam Christina and proud Grandma. Rowen is only 2 months old and Grace is her very proud cousin- just look at how happy Grace is to show […]

Hard working scientists

Fifth and sixth class explored forces in science recently, focusing on magnetism and levers. They had great fun making their own magnetic cars and racing them at the end of the lesson. The girls got very creative (and competitive!) with their designs and explored the best way to race the cars using magnets. There was […]

Mercy Primary School, Birr, Co. Offaly