Welcome to our school website

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
Following the most recent announcement from NEPHET and the Department of Education, schools will remain closed for the month of January and remote learning will commence for all pupils from Monday the 11th of January. While this news has come to all of us with huge regret and disappointment, we have to do what is best for our health and safety as case numbers of the Corona Virus have risen at an alarming rate over the Christmas period. 
Together we can do this while staying apart!
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Oh Yes we did!!

So we couldn't go to the Pantomime this year but that didn't stop Ms Hanly from bringing the pantomime to all of us in school today. With Christmas jumpers, Santa hats and festive hairbands out in abundance, we all got to enjoy a live recording of the much-loved story of Cinderella. It went down a treat and created such Christmas cheer throughout the school. Oh yes it did!!

An ice story !!!

The Green Committee want to thank all those who contributed so generously to their recent fundraising campaign to adopt some penguins from Dublin Zoo. Thanks to the additional support from the Parent's Association, we are delighted to report that a total of 10 penguins have been adopted giving each class a penguin of their own to love and cherish.
Special thanks to all of you for joining us remotely this year for our Parent Teacher meetings which were a great success.
A big thank you to all the girls who went to such lengths in producing an amazing array of decorations for our Christmas Tree this year. The standard of entry was exceptionally high and our Christmas Tree has never looked as good. Huge congratulations to the winners from each class  for their fabulous creations as can be seen here below. Photographs of all 10 of their respective decorations were submitted to the  competition organised by Dunlaoghaire Rathdown County Council and we were thrilled to hear that Prisha in 1st Class came 2nd in this competition for her fabulous snowflake decoration. What an achievement for her. We are so proud of her success.
Thanks to the foresight and vision of Ms Doyle and the practical support from Ms Ni Fhaoláin, Ms Cumiskey, Ms Murray and Ms Boyd, we are all reaping the benefits from using Google Classroom in our school. Our virtual assemblies every Friday since we reurned to school through Google Meets are keeping us all connected even though we remain apart in our classrooms. 
Just a reminder that all payments to the school can be made through easy payments.
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Our Lady of Mercy Admissions Policy
Our Lady of Mercy Admission Notice
Our Lady of Mercy Admission Form
A huge, huge thank you to Orla Ni Fhaoláin and Elaine Cumiskey for all the time they gave to the planning, editing and recording of our first ever Virtual Carol Service which we hope you all enjoyed. 

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Yet more great fundraising from 6th Class

A huge 'well done' to the girls in 6th Class and their teacher Mrs Parkinson for their particiption in this year's Readathon for MS Ireland. Not only did the girls get to read from some of their favourite books, but they also raised a staggering €584 to support the work and research carried out by MS Ireland for those suffering with this condition.

6th Class Fundraising Event at Elm Park Green

Despite it being a very cold and frosty day, 6th Class brought some festive cheer to the staff of Elm Park Green on Friday the 4th of Dec with their recitation of The Story of the Christmas Elves and singing of the well known Christmas song, 'Walking in a Winter Wonderland'. Special thanks to Elm Park Green for their most generous donation of €1000 which was handed over to the girls by Mr Peter Moloney in support of one the girls chosen charities for this year, Alone. 
Thanks also to Heloise's grandad for taking the time earlier week, to speak to the girls remotely on the work of the organisation 'Alone' and his involvement with it since its origins with Willie Birmingham.
While the Covid -19 pandemic had led to unprecedented disruptions in all aspects of life, it certainly hasn't stopped us from reading and here in school we continue to encourage everyone to read.
Thanks to the work and commitment of Mrs Parkinson,  6th class attended the online workshop with Mags Harnett entitled 'Depicting Diversity' which aims to celebrate diversity in our society and focus on the book 'Colour of People' as reflected in the pictures here:
Ms Doherty's First Class girls all enjoyed the online workshop with the author Sadhbh Devlin who read extracts from her book 'Geansaí Otto', and told them about the lovely knitted display based on the characters in her book which is on view beside the Lexicon Library. Senior Infants loved working remotely with the illustrator of this book Róisín Hahessy and Second Class raved about the art and craft workshop delivered to them online by with Aoife Munn. A wonderful feast of literary treats. Thanks Ms Parkinson.!