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As principal of Our Lady of Mercy Convent School, I am very proud to welcome you to our website which I hope will give you some insight into the special qualities that make our school an inclusive, happy school and a progressive hub of learning for all our pupils. 
Siobhán Hanly
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As we move further into the month of May, we are beginning to enjoy spending more time outdoors and making the most of the fine weather. We congratulate the girls on their hard work and enthusiasm and wish them all continued success and happiness in the term ahead.
There is great excitement around the school as Book Week is fast approaching beginning next Monday. May 30th -June 3rd. Thanks again to Mrs Parkinson's hard work and commitment, an amazing week has been planned and organised by her to mark and celebrate Book Week here in school and we are all really looking forward to it. Pupils will be treated to a wide variety of book related activities, authors' visits and library work shops, book quizzes as well as the much loved Dress Up as A Character Day to name but a few. It promises to be a very special week that will have us all tickled ink!!!
We wish our 6th Class girls every blessing as they receive the Sacrament of Confirmation this evening at 6pm in the Church of the Assumption Booterstown. Special thanks to their teacher Mrs Parkinson for all the work she did with the girls preparing for this special day. We hope that the girls and their families have a lovely celebration afterwards.

Congratulations

Ms Collins was thrilled to announce at assembly today that Sophie Lawrence from 6th Class was awarded a Certificate of merit from Texaco Art Competition for her drawing here below. A huge well done to you Sophie for your obvious artistic talent and attention to detail in your drawing.

Sincere Thanks

Sincere thanks to all those who turned up yesterday evening to help tidy up the school garden. Trojan work was done by one and all and within a few short hours, we had the garden looking fabulous as you can see from the pictures here below. Thank you all so very much.

Insight into times long past!!

A huge well done to the girls in 3rd class who wowed us with their recreation of the Motte and Bailey dwellings of the ancient Norman times. The level of precision, creativity and hard work that went into their amazing creations blew us all away and their knowledge and understanding of this historical era was incredible. Congratulations to them all and to their teacher Ms Hogan for organising the whole exhibition.

Celebrating 'being back together' !

It is great to come together again for our whole school assemblies every Friday in the hall and celebrate being being part of our great school.

Jumping with joy for Gymnastics

Every class in the school is loving the fun and excitement and expertise of the Gymnastics module that began three weeks ago as you can see from the pictures here below.... 

Serving us well with their Tennis Skills

This year, Our Lady of Mercy has two teams playing in the Leister Primary School's Tennis League. The teams are made up of girls from 5th and 6th Classes. After several weeks of tennis matches, our first team has reached the final of the Leinster Schools League which will be played in Greystones on Thursday the 26th of May and we wish them every success with that. A huge thank you and well done to Mrs Parkinson for organising the girls and the school's involvement in the league and the game of tennis. 
We thank 6th Class and their teacher Mrs Parkinson for organising the Caife Caidreamh and for your enormous generosity in raising a staggering €4007 for the People of the Ukraine and we praise and commend all those individual girls who took it upon themselves to fundraise with such kindness for the Ukraine
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What a great day we had in school to mark and celebrate Grandparents. We were blown away by the numbers of grandparents who went to such lengths to make it to the school today and share their wisdom, stories and good humour with us all. The girls couldn't have been prouder of their grandparents and really enjoyed having them visit their classes. Special thanks to the 6th Class girls for hosting the event and thanks to one and all for making it such a wonderful celebration.
Over the next few weeks, pupils in our two 2nd Classes will be making their First Holy Communion in the Church of the Assumption, Booterstown.
​The celebration of First Holy Communion is a key milestone for all the girls on their Faith Journey and one that they and their families will treasure and remember for many years to come. We wish them all every blessing for their special day and look forward to celebrating with all of them together here in school on the 14th of June.
Thanks to our Student Council under the direction of Mrs Moloney and Ms Collins, our first- ever Well-being Week which ran from the 16th to the 20th of May was a great success. The aim of the week was to raise awareness and promote positive mental health throughout our school and wider community, a key goal of our Amber Flag  programme. It began with Mindful Monday followed by a day of laughter and fun with all the jokes shared on Tuesday and everyone got to enjoy extra time in the yard on Wednesday using all the yard games and quality time together at play. On Thursday, we celebrated  all the random acts of kindness we encounter on a daily basis in school and coming to school in our pyjamas on Friday was a hugely uplifting and positive day all round. What a positively, fantastic week for us all.......
Well done to these girls below who were the chosen winners from the whole school for their fabulous art work of the Horizons which were on view for everyone to admire as part of our celebration of Wellness Week.
Book Club fever has taken hold of our school thanks to the dedicated commitment of Mrs Parkinson in setting up four different bookclubs for our senior pupils. As well as being wonderful social and literary gatherings for like- minded, passionate readers, the girls are also really enjoying the home made biscuits and treats they bring along to share at these monthly meetings. What a novel idea!!!
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6th Class were immensely proud of their finished collection of stories after completing the series of online workshops through Dunlaoghaire Rathdown Libraries entitled 'A World of Difference' with author Debbie Thomas. Special thanks to Mrs Parkinson for organising these workshops which explored prejudice in a creative way which builds acceptance and celebrate difference.

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