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
Sending you our best wishes while our school remains closed
Covid-19 Corona Virus UpdateFollowing on from the more recent Government directive, the school closure period has been extended until further notice.
Here in Our Lady of Mercy, we will continue to do our best to support pupils' engagement with their learning from their 'new classroom setting' at home using such platforms as Google Classroom, Aladdin Connect and email. By working together in this way, we hope to provide sufficient work and structure for the girls and protect the health and safety of all of us involved in the whole school community. The following list of recommended websites might also be of help to you in supporting your child's learning at home. Click here 'Special Times' 2020It's wonderful to see samples of the art work,school work, creativity and new methods of learning happening at home in response to the Covid-19 situation and the school closure.
Keep the photos coming as a reminder to us all of your hard work and determination in keeping up with your school work and meeting the current challenges with such enthusiasm. Well done to you all. NEPS Advice and Resources
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Message of Support for Parents
Pairic Clerkin CEO of the IPPN has recorded an updated message here below for parents for NPC on the topic of ‘Learning through ordinary things’, which you may wish to share with parents in your school.
While we know the postponement of the Sacrament of Confirmation, was a cause of huge disappointment to the 6th Class girls and their families, we hope they marked the day, Thursday, the 30th of April, in a special way at home. We look forward to celebrating their Confirmation Day at another time, when it is safe to do so.
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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.
Please click here for our Child Safeguarding Statement.
National Vetting Bureau
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 . While you may be vetted for involvement in or by other organisations, this does not suffice for involvement in our school. To be fully vetted for school related activities you must be vetted for the school itself. 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.
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 . While you may be vetted for involvement in or by other organisations, this does not suffice for involvement in our school. To be fully vetted for school related activities you must be vetted for the school itself. 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.
Aladdin ePayment
All 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 above..
To register with this facility just click on the image above..
Please ensure you have registered with Aladdin Connect to receive all the relevant communication.
Book Week
May 25th -29th
Book Week is here and thanks to Mrs Parkinson's hard work and wonderful timetable of suggested activities and fun ideas,there's so much to choose from in celebrating this special week. So while we may not be together in school, reading gives us a place to go when we have to stay where we are!!
Don't forget our much- loved Library Song to accompany you throughout the week.....
Don't forget our much- loved Library Song to accompany you throughout the week.....
Exciting News from Mr. Z
We are so excited about the 'remote visit' of a well known face and much loved scientist, Mr Scott Ziglinski who has devised an amazing school wide engineering programme specifically for all the girls in Our Lady of Mercy School, entitled G-BEP. For all you need to know about this programme and reaching the engineering challenges over the next few weeks with Scott, take a look at the Introductory youtube video below.
Keep in touch with the website for Scott's weekly challenge video.
Keep in touch with the website for Scott's weekly challenge video.
And so let's begin......here's Week One's Challenge.......
Our thoughts were with the girls in 2nd class who were due to receive the Sacrament of First Holy Communion earlier today.We know they have been looking forward to this day for a long time as a special milestone on their faith journey, but unfortunately, it has to be postponed for another time. We thank Fr Gerry for celebrating this morning's 10a.m Mass via the webcam especially for the girls and their families and ask for God's continued blessings on each and everyone of them.
Special memories from our Grandparents' Day
Friday, the 8th of May, was the date set for a very special event on our school calendar, the day we mark and celebrate the great gift of 'Grandparents' in our school. Sadly, it wasn't to be this year, but we hope and pray all the grandparents are keeping well and minding themselves at this difficult time and we look forward celebrating with them again. In the meantime take a look back at last year's Grandparents Day and treasure the memories made that day.
Our Easter themed Art and Craft Work
Despite not being in school, its even more special to see the great work that was done at home in the lead up to Easter and a reminder to us all of our annual Easter Bonnet Parade and general Easter cheer ......
Google Classroom
With schools closed, the nation's pupils are now attempting to keep up with their studies at home.
Here in Our Lady of Mercy teachers have been preparing different materials and ways that pupils can do some work virtually using such tools as Aladdin, Aladdin Homework Connect and the wonderful Google Classroom which has provided us all with a new and innovative way to connect with our pupils at a time when we cannot see them in person. Special thanks must go to Ms Doyle for her foresight, wisdom and hard work in introducing Google Classroom a year ago to our school and to Ms Loughnane, Ms Murray, Ms Ni Fhaoláin, Ms Boyd and Ms Cumiskey for their practical knowledge and skill set in bringing it all to such valuable use.
Here in Our Lady of Mercy teachers have been preparing different materials and ways that pupils can do some work virtually using such tools as Aladdin, Aladdin Homework Connect and the wonderful Google Classroom which has provided us all with a new and innovative way to connect with our pupils at a time when we cannot see them in person. Special thanks must go to Ms Doyle for her foresight, wisdom and hard work in introducing Google Classroom a year ago to our school and to Ms Loughnane, Ms Murray, Ms Ni Fhaoláin, Ms Boyd and Ms Cumiskey for their practical knowledge and skill set in bringing it all to such valuable use.
Fabulous reminders of the art work you did before school closed!!
The great gift of Reading
While our much loved and valued school library remains quiet at the moment, we hope you are all continuing to find pleasure and joy in you reading at home. Check out your local library for a huge selection of ebooks and wonderful reading material.
