School notes - 10/03/23
Lego workshop
Thank you to Dr. Clodagh Reid and her colleague Sheila from TUS, Athlone, who visited the school last week to host the first of a series of lego workshops. TYA designed and made robots and competed against each other. The winning team will represent the class and Mercy Ballymahon in TUS Midlands in May at an inter-schools competition. All other TY classes will have the opportunity to qualify later this month.
English Trip
This week all 6th year English classes are attending a new performance of Macbeth in the Dean Crowe Theatre, Athlone. The Cyclone Rep production “The Macbeth Session: Profit Before People” offers a modern twist on the drama to create a relevant and thought-provoking production. We hope that the students and their English teachers Ms Fitzmaurice, Ms Gaffney, Mr McGivney, Ms McGovern and Ms Quinn enjoy the performance. Thank you to Ms Fitzmaurice for organising.
Green Schools
Congratulations to 2nd year student Isabel Finn who won our Big Travel Challenge competition for her beautiful poster encouraging students to walk to school. Well done again to everyone who participated in the challenge and walked to school! Thank you to Ms. O’ Donoghue and our Green-Schools committee for organising. Well done also to all our students who entered the “Local Water Actions for Global Change” poster competition. Congratulations to our in-house school competition winners Gemma Taffe for her poster and Nikol Zimocha for her video.
Engineering Week
Last week we celebrated Engineering Week 2023. Thank you to past pupil Cian Farrell for visiting the school to facilitate a 2 hour workshop with our Transition Year students. The workshop included an overview of all types of Engineering and a competitive group work task for students.
Engineering Week 2023: TYA students in Mercy Ballymahon pictured with their lego robots after completing a workshop with TUS Athlone in preparation for an inter-schools competition.
Lá glas
This week we celebrated Seachtain na Gaeilge 2023. Each year group got the chance to speak their cúpla focal in class and enjoy quizzes, céilí dancing, games and more. Yesterday we celebrated our annual Lá Glas, a celebration of our language, music and culture. Thank you to Roinn na Gaeilge and Ms Malone for organising the week’s events.