Calendar

Ballycanew National School        School Calendar 25/26

School Reopens:                      All pupils return to school on Wednesday 27^th August 2025

Swimming – 5^th & 6^th class                  Swimming will start for 5^th & 6^th class on Thursday 18^th Sept Sept for 6 weeks

School closed                                       School closed on 24^th October for Elections

Halloween Break:                               All schools will close from Monday 27^th October 2025 to Friday 31st October 2025 inclusive.

Swimming – 4^th class                           Swimming will start for 4th class on Thursday 8^th Nov for 6 weeks

School Closed                                      School closed  8^th December for whole staff training      

Christmas Holidays:                              Begin at 12.00pm Friday 19^th December 2025. School will reopen on Monday 5th January 2026.

Swimming – 2^nd & 3^rd  class                 Swimming will start for 2^nd & 3^rd class on Thursday 8^th Jan 2026 for 6 weeks

Parent/Teacher Meeting:                    TBC

St Brigid’s Day Bank Holiday                  School closed Monday 2^nd February 2026

School closed                                       School closed 23^rd February for staff training

Mid-Term Break:                               School closed Monday 16^th February 2026 to Friday 20th February 2026 inclusive

St Patrick’s Day Public Holiday:         School closed on Monday 16^th and Tuesday 17^th March 2026

Easter Holidays:                                 Begin at 12.00pm on on Friday 27^th March 2026 and will re-open on Monday 13^th April 2026.

Long weekend & Public Holiday:       School closed Friday 1^st May and Monday 4^th May

School closed                                       School closed on 15^th May for staff training

Standardised Testing:                         Week beginning 17^th May and week beginning 24^th May

First Holy Communion:                      Saturday 23rd May St Molings Church 11am

Long Weekend & Public Holiday:      School closed on Friday 29^th May and Monday 1^st and Tuesday 2^nd June. School re-opens on Wednesday 3^rd June

Sports Day:                                         17^th June 2026 (provisional)

6^th class Graduation day:                    Friday 26^th June

Well Being Week:                               22^nd to 26^th June

Summer Holidays:                              Begin on Tuesday 30th June.  School closes at 12.00 midday

P.E. Days:                                           Days T.B.C by new class teachers             

Mobile Phones/Online Engagement

We would strongly advise parents to monitor their child’s phone usage/online engagement as content/social media communication causes significant difficulty in peer relationships in school. Some of the more common apps that have unfortunately been a source of conflict among pupils have been TikTok (the minimum legal age to use the app is 13), Snapchat (13-year minimum age in Ireland also), and WhatsApp. (13 years old minumum age also). These apps are rated as not suitable for the vast majority of our pupils, and the conflict that on occasion has arisen from their use causes significant distress to pupils involved and consumes huge amounts of teaching and learning time to try to mediate, even

though it has all taken place outside of school. We would also encourage parents to keep an eye on the YouTube content their children are accessing, as some influencers/streamers that are popular with older primary-age pupils use

age-inappropriate language.

Collecting Children: Please inform the school/teacher beforehand if your child is being collected

 by somebody else.  For safety and security reasons we can only hand over a child to the parent/guardian.

Absences/Attendance: Children will be marked absent on the online roll system after 10am each day unless previously the school is notified