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
Happy New Year everyone! It is great to welcome you all back after the holidays for what we hope will be another productive and happy term ahead.
Bail ó Dhia ar an obair.
Memories of Our very special Christmas Assembly
What a great celebration we had in the church before the holidays to mark the true meaning of Christmas with our annual School Carol Service. All the hard work was very much reflected in the girls exemplary behaviour, the way in which they read and said their lines and their beautiful singing which was complimented upon by all in the church.
Thanks also to the Parents Association for hosting the Mulled Wine and Mince Pie reception in the school afterwards making it a very special evening of song and prayer and festive spirit. 'Hats 4 the Homeless'
A huge thanks to all of you for supporting this year's Christmas charity, 'Hats4 the Homeless'. Our friends in St Vincent De Paul and the Capuchin Day Centre who organised this appeal, were delighted with the response from our school and wish to extend their gratitiude for all the hats, scarves and gloves they collected this morning. These will be distributed to the homeless in an effort to bring some little bit of comfort to their lives during the festive season.
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.
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Join us for our first Wake Up Shake Up of the New Year this Friday, the 18th of January in the senior yard at 8.25a.m.
International Week
We look forward to celebrating International Week commencing Monday the 21st of January. This is a very special week on our school calendar in that we get to celebrate the many different cultures present in our school and learn more about the different customs and traditions of our International pupils and their families. We also look forward to extending a Cead Mile Fáilte to some of our International Parents who will be visiting classes to share their knowledge of their homelands with the girls and we will finish the week with our International Cuisine Day where every girl will get to taste a wide variety of international food and flavours.
It promises to be a great week.
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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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