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 educate, encourage and celebrate 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 educate, encourage and celebrate 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 month of May in full swing, there is so much happening around the school with preparation for Book Week, Santry Sports, the Castle Golf Outing, Active School Week and ongoing work on all areas of the curriculum. It's a busy term for sure but an enjoyable one nonetheless.
Sadly, our Book Week has come to an end but what a fantastic week it was for the pupils, parents and staff of Our Lady of Mercy School. Mrs McGovern has so much to be proud of with all the time, effort and commitment she gave to organising the week's events and activities and ensuring every element of it ran so smoothly. Beginning with the Readathon, everyone was on board and really did get 'stuck in' their reading and their books. The visits to the libraries and book shops were such a success and the many authors who visited classes complimented everyone on their interest and knowledge of books and obvious love of reading. The standard of the photography competition was excellent giving the judges a very difficult task in choosing the winners. The Pop Up Book Club was a truly memorable evening for parents and staff in getting to meet the very talented, Anne Griffin, author of 'When all is said' and spend time in the company of Marie Heaney, wife of the late Seamus Heaney who thrilled us all by reading some of Seamus's well known poems and sharing some of her own treasured memories with us. We finished the week with our special assembly and prize-giving ceremony allowing us all to reflect on the fun and enjoyment we had and acknowledge our gratitude to Mrs McGovern. Special thanks also to the Library Committee and the Parents Association for all their help and support with Mrs McGovern in coordinating such a great week Click here for more details..... 
Fantastic News from Santry on Monday with three medal winners from Our Lady of Mercy. A huge congratulations to Rachel o Brien for her bronze medal in the U12 hurdles, to Abbie O Connor for winning the gold medal in the u12 600 metre race and to Ruby Mullen for her silver medal in the 600metre long distance race. A terrific day all round and we applaud them all on their success.
Congratulations to our two 2nd Class girls and their teachers, Ms Murray and Ms Cervi for the wonderful celebration of First Holy Communion last Saturday. It was the such a beautiful and reverend ceremony and complimented even further with the fantastic choir made up of pupils from 3rd, 4th and 5th Class under the direction of Ms Ni Fhaoláin and Ms Cumiskey. A very special day indeed with lots of treasured memories for all the girls and their families.
A Proud and Worthy Winner visits our school today
We were thrilled to welcome this year's Special Olympics, Golf Gold Medallist, Mark and his dad John, to our assembly this morning. Mark spoke passionately about his love of the game of golf and all the training he put into the game prior to the competition which was held in Abu Dhabi earlier this year. He was so proud of his success and his Gold Medal. Mark was equally thrilled to receive the money we raised from our Easter Bonnet Parade in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland and the Special Olympics Team. Congratulations Mark on such an incredible achievement!
The girls in 6th Class had a wonderful celebration last Friday at their Confirmation Ceremony. Sincere thanks to their teacher Ms Cumiskey for all her dedication and hard work in preparing the girls for this special day. Thanks also to girls in 3rd Class, under the direction of Ms Ni Fhaoláin, for their beautiful singing which added to the atmosphere and sacred tone of the whole occasion.
It was just great to see so many grandparents visit our school last Friday morning and going to such lengths to be with us. There was so much excitement among the girls in anticipation of their grandparents visit to their classroom and the sense of pride and joy among them on seeing their grandparents at the top of the classroom was infectious. We hope you enjoyed the visit as much as we did having you. We want to thank you all for making the effort to be with us today to celebrate the very special role grandparents play in all our lives.
We are thrilled to share a glimpse of our Arts Week with you.
We went on a cultural discovery, explored our hidden talents, revealed our inner performers and ignited a passion for the arts that will stay with us for many years to come. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did! A huge, huge thank you to the Student Council, Mrs Moloney and Ms Collins for organising such a memorable week. |
Good Luck to our GolfersWe want to wish the four girls from 6th Class the very best of luck as they represent the school at next Monday's Castle Schools Cup outing. They are Ruby Mullen, Rosa Molloy, Abbie O Connor and Aoife O Meara. They have worked so hard on their game of golf and we really hope they have a fun day out and enjoy the whole experience.
Santry Sports
Good luck to all those competing in the second day of events of the Cumann na mBunscoil Athletics taking place next Tuesday the 28th of May in Morton Stadium, Santry. Thanks again to the dedicated team work and support from Mrs Parkinson, Mrs Loughnane and Mrs McGovern with the training and coaching of the team.
They've given it their all and we wish them the very best!
For all that's happening in our library...
Read more.. 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.: 
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...
Read More...... 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. |
