Convent of Mercy Nursery, Folly Lane, Downpatrick, County Down

Easter Events We will be holding our annual Easter Bonnet Parade on Wednesday 16th April – the boys and girls are invited to create an Easter Bonnet to wear to school. | Admissions September 2025 Parents will be able to accept their allocated Nursery or P1 placement via the EA Portal on Monday 7th April from 12noon. Stage 2 opens on Monday 7th April.

Our butterflies have arrived!

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7th Jun 2023

Over the last few days our butterflies have been arriving, we have been carefully watching them roll out their tongues to take a drink of the sugar water and to fly around the enclosure. We could look at the patterns on their wings - the wings are matching with symmetry. This means both wings are exactly the same.

Today Miss Donoghue’s class carefully held their butterflies in their hands and then watched them fly away. Mrs McCoy class is waiting for one more butterfly to arrive and hopes to release them tomorrow.

The butterflies we had are called Painted Ladies.

Easter Events

We will be holding our annual Easter Bonnet Parade on Wednesday 16th April – the boys and girls are invited to create an Easter Bonnet to wear to school.

Admissions September 2025

Parents will be able to accept their allocated Nursery or P1 placement via the EA Portal on Monday 7th April from 12noon. Stage 2 opens on Monday 7th April.