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Friday, October 22, 2021

Halloween Dress up!!

 


Wishing all our children, staff, parents 

and local community a very
  
Happy Halloween.

Enjoy!!
👻🎃

Junior Infants

1st Class


Senior Infants


5th & 6th Class



3rd Class



4th & 5th Class


2nd Class





Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Climate Action Week 2021


The children and staff in the Convent of Mercy National School had a busy and  fun filled week learning about our environment (both locally and globally).
We learned lots about the 3 R's (Reduce, Re-use & Recycle), energy uses and climate change.

Each class enjoyed taking part in a variety of learning activities.

Some of the activities included:

  • Recycling workshop with Lorraine "Our Recycling Expert" 
  • Nature Walks around our local environment
  • Energy saving in classrooms
  • Climate Change Projects
  • Movie/Video Screening
  • Songs and Raps
  • Climate Change Posters



Junior Infant Recycling Song


Senior Infants Recycling Song


4th & 5th Class Rap Songs










 

Friday, October 8, 2021

Bike Green - Cycle Right programme

5th - 6th Classes

Cycle Right provides practical cycle safety and skills training to promote competent and confident cyclists. 

The children have been learning essential road safety and competency skills such as bike handling, correct use of helmets, negotiating roundabouts, traffic lights, traffic signage, travelling at appropriate speeds for the road surfaces and conditions, moving between major and minor roads, meeting pedestrians/animals/vehicles, etc


1st - 4th Classes

Sprocket Rocket programme focuses on 4 main skills; cornering, pedalling, braking and balance. Throughout the Sprocket Rocket programme the cyclist is brought through three progressions in each of these skills.