Mr Paul Clarke left us over the summer. He was

our Deputy Principal (DP) for 7 years. He is now

Principal in St Mary’s Holy Faith Glasnevin. We wish

him well and thank him for all his work in this school.

Students & staff will remember his thoughtfulness and

professionalism both as DP and as an English teacher.

He also set up the after school programme for the

exceptionally able students. He enjoyed his time with

us and wishes all our students the very best.

Award Winners

Achievement Award Winners

1st 2nd 3rd

1st Yr Lily Massey Ela Isik Gutjera Pukelyte

2nd Yr Lucy Hutchinson Gabrielle Acedera Anastazija Beben

3rd Yr Hannah O Loughlin Gift Oduwa Aveena Abraham

4th Yr Mihaela Borta Amy Byrne Emma Spermezan

5th Yr Anna Bino Scarlett Rose Pinez Cara Flannagan Walsh

6th Yr Marika Melia Alannah Egan Patricia Boca

Diligence Award Winners 1st 2nd 3rd

1st Yr Gemma Mc Dermott Jillian Bibat Kamilia Pastere

2nd Yr Barbara Nika Nicole Olszewska Brianna O Dwyer

3rd Yr Ella Keating Claudia Bacaoanu Katie O Rourke

4th Yr Joanna I Lan Ng Didar Palani Laura Constantine

5th Yr Julia Babska Angela I Lan Ng Carla Brennan

6th Yr Michaela Raagas Renee Melia Nikita Thomas

SCHOOL YEAR 2019/20

NO 2

NEWSLETTER SEPT 2020

Our Lady of Mercy College

Beaumont, Dublin 9

Orla Broderick Music Award

Janice Singson

Sports Award

Chloe Darby

Art Award

Fay Santillo

Endeavour Award

Anna Bino

Literacy & Language Award

Ellen Colligan

Overall CEIST Award

Molly Finn

Footballer of the Year

Award

Lily Harbourne

Inside this issue

4History Week 2

Prefects 2020/21 More Award winners Career Ready Sci Fest

2

2

2

2

Home Economics & Art projects during Distance Learning

3

Prefects 20-21 4

Reflection on TY 4

Studying at home What Sport means to me

4

4

Gaelic Football 4

2020/21

Head Girl Cara Flannagan Walsh

Deputy Head Girl Anna Bino

socially distance for their photo.

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Personal Participation

Achievement Award Award

1st Yr Sophie Atkinson Ela Isak

2nd Yr Lucy Hutchinson Anastazia Beben

3rd Yr Ciara Byas Fay Santillo

4th Yr Mihaela Borta Lily Harbourne

5th Yr Sophie Gibbons Sania Jaison

6th Yr Toni Gallagher Natasha Mc Carthy

see pages 2

Congratulations to Ms Elaine Sweeney who

has been appointed Deputy Principal. We

wish her well in her new role.

Celebrating International Women’s Day

The school was delighted to welcome Roisin Shorthall TD

to meet with and speak to the students on March 6th last.

She spoke about never giving up and to always find ways to

be your best. Thanks to Ms Flynn our teachers and stu-

dents.

Scarlett Rose Pinez shows her art

work to Roisin Shorthall

Many activities took place Feb 3rd—7th 2020. Students enjoyed a lively talk given by Bridget Sheerin, Glasnevin Trust on Women in History. Students were amazed by the role of women and the influence they have had and Bridget answered many questions at the end of the talk. Students want to visit Glasnevin Trust to learn more. Bridget taught History & Geography in this school and was delighted to visit is and meet with students & teachers.

The Holocaust Narrative struck a chord with senior students as they heard a personal story from a speaker from The Holocaust

Congrats to our Career Ready 2017-2020 Graduates. Shandre Swanepoel, Michaella Ragaas, Janice Singson, Natasha Mc Carthy, Emily O Connor, Patricia Boca,

Megan Roddy, Nina Ciocan,Alannah Egan. All received their certificates. Thanks to Junior Achievement and

Citi Bank aa well as to all the business mentors who gave workshops in the school or welcomed our students in

their workplaces.

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History Week

SCI-FEST

Well done to all the 19/20 TY students and their teachers Ms

Mc Evoy & Ms Grimes for their work on science projects. Certificates of outstanding achievement

were awarded to, Michaela Borta, Ava Del Mar, Sinead Khorang, Didar Palini, Eve O’Rourke.

Prefects 2020-21

Cara Flannagan Walsh Anna Bino

Mariah Aviles Angela Ng

Alana Dromgoole Julia Beben

Fidan Alsafadi Ellen Grant

Carla Brennan Nadia Gil

Chloe Coughlan Sania Jaison

Scarlett Rose Pinez Christine Zhai

Eulette Trisha Cabansay Julia Babska

Dominique Darby Katie Boyle

Niamh Keenan Solyana Kidane

CEIST Awards 1st yr Lily Massey

2nd yr Mia Massey

3rd yr Fiona Illickal

4th yr Lea white Rene

5th yr Scarlett Rose Pinez

6th yr Molly Finn

More Award Winners

Digital Leader

Tea Gusic

Another

Art piece

Bridget Sheerin gives her

talk.

Our Art installation courtesy of fund-

ing from the Art’s Council

TY Students and 5th year Art students

worked with an artist,

on this project.

Badminton Players of the Year

Junior Gabrielle Acedera

Senior Karylle Cabreza

Some

Home Economics

Projects

March– May 2020

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TY News

A selection of Student Art

Projects March—May 2020

Student work during Distance

Learning,

March—May 2020

The Transition Year programme this year has been very memorable. Not only did we get to experience new areas of interest, but we also developed many of our skills, accepted responsibility for our own learning, explored new subjects and were introduced to the world of adult work. We carried out Work Experience on Thursdays and block weeks and even took part in a Career Ready programme, which gave us the opportunity to go to Lon-don.

We developed many personal qualities such as organization, application, and initiative by taking interviews for different programmes, organizing mock elections, a Christmas Concert and a TY Showcase, opening the School Bank and creating our own projects for the school’s Sci-Fest..

We visited many interesting places, such as Dublin Airport, Mercy Inter-national Centre and the Buddhist Centre, but we also had a lot of fun on trips to Tanagh, the Laughter’s Lounge, the Ploughing Championships, Jump Zone, Ice Skating and the Bord Gais, where we watched the Sound of Music. We found it fun to engage with other students at the iWish con-ference, BT Young Scientist and the Emmanuels.

In school, we had some short courses like CPR, GAA Coaching & Refer-eeing, Driver’s Education and Mindfulness.

We enjoyed having guest speakers come over from Diageo, Conradh na Gaeilge, the Holocaust Educational Trust and a talk from the Innovative Coach.

We took part in Market Day, celebrated International Women's Day, went to cook in St Pauls, do woodwork in St Aidans and do some sport in the Ballymun Gym.

Thank you to all the teachers who made this an amazing year ! Mihaela Borta, TY Class May 2020

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The Student Council thank all those who contributed

articles for this newsletter.

Sports has always played a big part in my life so going into first year

in Mercy Beaumont I was hoping there would be teams for me to

play on. From early on teachers encouraged myself and others to

get involved in school activities. I didn’t need encouragement and

was happy to play for the seniors soccer team when I was still in

first year ! I remember we reached the semi finals of a senior cup

and made the finals of a first year tournament. It was the furthest

the school had ever got in any competition. Unfortunately after that

the soccer team sort of disbanded and it wasn’t until my final year in

school when with the help of students and a few teachers we got the

soccer team up and running again. During my time in Mercy Beau-

mont I also enjoyed playing on the Gaelic football team where we

had some great victories. Playing sports in school gave us the oppor-

tunity to meet other people from different year groups and bond

with them in order to work as a team. I will miss the bus journeys to

matches and chatting to teachers about stuff other than the subjects

they teach. In sixth year when the soccer team was formed we got

on really well not losing one match but unfortunately our season

was interrupted by the shutting of all schools. I would love to return

to the school one day to watch the sports teams play as it is

when some of the best memories of school are

made.

Chloe Darby LC 2020

Reflecting on my year in TY

Gaelic Football Team

This year for football we had a really good year. Starting off with the great training sessions every Monday after school in which the new first years made great additions to the team. In training we would work on ball work and passing. We did drills such as the three man weave and possession games. Then at the start of the school year we were kindly gifted Lidl jerseys for our school team along with some other equipment that was greatly put to use. They were nice, red and yellow in which we were proud to wear. We trained very hard and started to play football games. We went to matches and played to the best of our ability. Then we got all the way to the semi-finals and un-fortunately after a tough battle we lost. Overall we had a great year and a great laugh along with many friendships. Of course none of this would've been possible if it wasn't for Ms Sweeney and Ms Mc Evoy who stayed back after school to train us, brought us to matches and coached us into a better team. It is greatly appreciated by all the players. We can't wait for next season in which we can put our talent to show and aim for one step further! Lily & Katie

Katie O Rourke busy studying for

her JC in May 2020.