The Divine Mercy RC Primary School

Welcome to the Divine Mercy RC Primary School

The Divine Mercy is a fantastic new Catholic school in the heart of Moss Side. We are a result of the amalgamation of Bishop Bilsborrow RC Primary School and St Edwards RC Primary School. We opened our state of the art school in September 2009 to provide 21st century learning opportunities for the local community.

Please call in and visit us, we look forward to welcoming you to The Divine Mercy RC Primary School very soon.

 Latest News

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On Wednesday 19th October Bishop Brain will be visiting our school. Father George has this message for us about the Bishop's visit:

We Welcome our Bishop.

Our Bishop is visiting school on Wednesday 19th October 2011. It is a
joyful occasion for us to welcome him and receive his blessings.

Dear children do you know what a Bishop is?

Bishop is the title given to an ecclesiastical dignitary who has the
fulness of the Priesthood to rule a diocese as its chief pastor in due
submission to the primacy of The Pope. Bishops are the successors to the
Apostles of Jesus Christ. In hierachy of order a Bishop possesses power
superior to Priests and Deacons. In the hierachy of jurisdiction, by
Christs will, they are appointed for the government of one portion of the
faithful. The Bishop is the one who leads people to God. He is also a
teacher and teaches about God.

We are waiting for Bishop Terence Brian's visit to see him and talk to him
and learn from him. We receive and welcome His Lordship most sincerley as
he comes on an official visitation.

Father George.

Click on the parents page to get to our school term dates for 2011-12.

Children from year 3 celebrated their Holy Communion on Sunday 19th June at St Edwards church.

Over the last year and a half, students from St Bede’s sixth form have run a mentoring project at The Divine Mercy working with pupils in upper KS2 to support them in class.  As a special treat for the last session of the year, children involved in the project went on a visit to St Bede’s. They took part in a quiz trail around the school and were given snacks and gifts from the school.  “I had a great afternoon!” said Georgia from 6D. “It was really good to look around the school and to see what it is like.”

We are delighted with the Salford Diocese report on our school which judged us as a "Good Catholic School with many Outstanding features."

Click on the above link to see the full report

Click the above link to download the OFSTED report for the inspection carried out in January. It details many of the strengths of the school as well as areas for development which we are now working on.

Sainsbury's and Tesco Vouchers For Schools

 

Thank you to all who donated vouchers to the school last year!

In exchange for our vouchers we received some playtime equipment.

The school shall be collecting Sainsbury's and Tesco school vouchers again this year for the same purpose.

 All Donated vouchers will be greatfully received.

Vouchers will be available from the 9th February to the 31st May.

School Newsletter

We have recently introduced a newsletter to inform you of all the great things going on at the Divine mercy please click here to navigate to our Newsletter page to dowmlaod a copy.

Various groups within the school have been working on developing a school Mission Statement. Below is version 1 - it will not be finalised for a few more weeks and we welcome feedback and thoughts from our parents. Please email info@thedivinemercy.manchester.sch.uk

 

With God in our hearts and children at the centre:

 

We welcome and reach out to our diverse community.

 

We value and nurture everyone, inspiring them to reach their full potential.

The next Parents and Teacher Association meeting will be on Thursday 17th March at 5pm. All parents are invited to attend. The school would particularly like to hear from parents.

You can find the minutes the of the last PTA by clicking here.

On the 6th and 8th of October, Year 4 visited a recycling centre. They learned about the recycling process of paper and plastic and also how to reduce household waste. The children made recycled paper and notebooks from recycled plastic.