Archive for May, 2021

Persuasive Writing!

Second class had a little fun with their English writing this week! After generating as much vocabulary, phrases and writing features that they thought they would need, the girls worked in pairs to create a toy advertisement! We are going to use these to persuade each other that our toy is the Best Buy 🤩

The Scarecrow’s Wedding

Today, Junior and Senior Infants celebrated two important occasions; recent birthdays and  Betty O Barley and Harry O Hay’s Wedding. The children wore pink flowers in their hair and made necklaces for the celebration. Happy Birthday Sorcha, Mariana, Eden and Blanka! !              

Making Butter

Last Friday in first class we made our own butter. We had been learning about the farm in SESE, and specifically how cows provide us with food. How did we make the butter? We simply used a jar and some cream and shook the jar to the beat of Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off”. We […]

Different Feathers

First class read 3 beautiful stories recently from the Irish Red Cross that aim to promote the acceptance of social diversities. The stories were Sabina the Swallow a story book on the topic of migration. Paul the Pigeon a story book on the topic of disabilities. Finley the Finch a story book on the topic of gender stereotyping The girls […]

Mercy Primary School, Birr, Co. Offaly