Welcome to Our Lady of Mercy Convent School School website. We hope it gives you an insight in to the life of our school. Our Lady of Mercy is an all-girls school with classes from Junior Infants to Sixth Class. We are a welcoming, happy school which promotes academic excellence in a safe, supportive and inclusive environment. We work hard to achieve the best possible outcomes for all pupils, so they can reach their full potential in body, mind and spirit.
We keep our Mission Statement to the forefront of all our activities in the school:
“To encourage, challenge and nurture our children and the wider school community as together we grow in body, mind and spirit. Tá ár dTiarna linn”.
Our school community, which includes the teaching and ancillary staff and the Board of Management, work in partnership to meet the needs of our pupils. We are blessed to have a team that are unerring in their commitment and energy for their students.
We strive to develop an open, positive relationship with both pupils and parents. We value and look after the needs of every child and work to ensure that all of our pupils enjoy their time here in a warm and happy atmosphere.
Siobhán Hanly
Principal
We keep our Mission Statement to the forefront of all our activities in the school:
“To encourage, challenge and nurture our children and the wider school community as together we grow in body, mind and spirit. Tá ár dTiarna linn”.
Our school community, which includes the teaching and ancillary staff and the Board of Management, work in partnership to meet the needs of our pupils. We are blessed to have a team that are unerring in their commitment and energy for their students.
We strive to develop an open, positive relationship with both pupils and parents. We value and look after the needs of every child and work to ensure that all of our pupils enjoy their time here in a warm and happy atmosphere.
Siobhán Hanly
Principal
With the liturgical season of Advent upon us, there is great work and preparation happening throughout the school for the Christmas celebration. Classes are busy preparing for plays and recitals and creating all sorts of magical festive art work and projects for display around the school. As always the preparation for the annual Christmas Carol Service is well underway reminding us all of the real meaning of Christmas with the birth of the baby Jesus.
It's a very special time indeed!
Another day of festive singingToday, the girls in 6th Class sang the most beautiful selection of Christmas Carols for the staff and patients in the Caritas Cetre on the Merrion Road and really brought them some festive cheer which they greatly appreciated. Take a listen to them here below......
6th Class Carol Singing and FundraisingWell Done to our 6th Class girls for their Carol Singing at the Elmpark Green Open Market day last Wednesday. Despite it being a very wet day outside, they sang their hearts out and entertained all those who visited the market that day. The girls raised a staggering €1075,€1000 of which was donated directly by the residents and commercial occupiers of Elmpark Green and €75 in donations on the day. They were so grateful to all concerned and are delighted to know the money will go towards their chosen charities for this year,Temple Street Children's Hospital and Light it UP Gold for Children suffering with cancer..
Christmas Decoration CompetitionThanks to all those who submitted an entry for this year's Christmas Decoration Competition from Recycled Materials. The standard was amazing and made the job of choosing a winner from each class very difficult. In the end we had to choose one entry from each class and they were:
Alissar El-Helwe from 2nd Orange Melanie Norris 2nd Purple Lara Fitzpatrick 3rd Class Theresa Keegan 4th Class Carvie Reyes 5th Class Grace Desmond 6th Class Carvie Reyes and her Pasta Star entry was chosen to represent the school at the overall competition which was held on Friday the 7th of Dec at 10.30a.m in the Town Hall Dun Laoghaire.
It was lovely to see classes out planting crocus bulbs over the last few weeks in support of the Purple4Polio Campaign organised by Rotary Clubs Ireland. These bulbs will come to full bloom next Spring, reminding us of the mission of Rotary to end polio for ever across the world. Special thanks to Ray for all his help with this project.
As with previous years, Our Lady of Mercy were very proud to support the Team Hope Christmas Shoe Box appeal again this year. Team Hope were very impressed by the number of boxes they collected from the school on Wednesday and and we too want to thank all of you for your generosity and support to this worthy cause.
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'Hats 4 the Homeless'
Here in Our Lady of Mercy we are very happy to launch a new Christmas appeal in aid of the charity Hats4 the Homeless. This is a charity organised by St Vincent De Paul and the Capuchin Day Centre to support the Homeless in our cities.. Families are invited to donate new, or 'as good as new', hats, scarves and gloves which can then be distributed to the homeless in our community this Christmas. All hats, scarves and gloves can be left inside the main door in the marked baskets.The last day for collection is next Monday the 17th Dec and we thank you in advance for your support with this very worthy cause.
The annual Christmas Carol Service will take place next Monday, the 17th of Dec at 7.30 p.m in the Church of the Assumption Booterstown and we hope you can all join us for this very special evening of song and prayer and festive spirit.
School finishes for the Christmas Holidays on Friday the 21st of Dec at 11.45a.m and will re-open on Monday the 7th of January at the usual time of 8.35a.m.
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Aladdin ePaymentAll payments to Our Lady of Mercy can now be done online through our Aladdin ePayment system. Such a system facilitates secure, easier payments to the school and reduces the amount of cash and cheques being sent in to the school in line with Central Bank directives.
To register with this facility just click on the image below.: 
Child Safeguarding
We have revised our Child Safe Guarding in accordance with the Children First Act 2015, National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children 2017, The Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post Primary Schools 2017 and Túsla Guidance on the preparation of Child Safe Guarding Statements.
Please click here for our Child Safeguarding Statement.
In April 2016 the Minister for Justice and Equality commenced the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016 (the Vetting Act). It has put in place statutory requirements for the Garda vetting of persons involved in working with children or vulnerable persons, including those working in schools.
In line with our own good safety practices and procedures, if you think you might like to get involved in any aspect of your child's life in school you must be vetted. We ask that you download the application form and return it with two forms of ID, one containing a photo of yourself which, Fiona in the office will photocopy in your presence, to initiate the application process. Thank You for your support and understanding on this matter but our children's safety and welfare is of of key importance to us all. Parents AssociationClub 100
The Parents Association wish to extend A BIG THANK YOU to all of you who are currently signed up to CLUB100 and a big WELCOME and THANK YOU to all the parent's who have joined CLUB100 this week. We really appreciate you taking the time to sign up and your support. For further information on this and other matters pertaining to the PA...
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