Calendar
Ballycanew National School School Calendar 2024/2025
| Calender | Date |
|---|---|
| School Reopens | Wednesday 28th August 2024 |
| Halloween Break | Monday 28th October 2024 to Friday 1st November 2024 inclusive |
| Christmas Holidays | 12:00pm Friday 20th December 2024, Reopens Monday 6th January 2025 |
| Parent/Teacher Meeting | 20th and 21st November 2024 |
| St Brigid’s Day Bank Holiday | Monday 3rd February 2025 |
| Mid-Term Break | Monday 17th February 2025 to Friday 21st February 2025 inclusive |
| St Patrick’s Day Public Holiday | Monday 17th March 2025 |
| Confirmation for 5th and 6th Class Pupils | 19th March 2025 in Sacred Heart Church, Ballyoughter (School remains open for all other pupils) |
| Easter Holidays | 12:00pm Friday 11th April 2025, Reopens Monday 28th April 2025 |
| Public Holiday | Monday 5th May 2025 |
| Standardised Testing | TBC |
| First Holy Communion | Saturday 17th May 2025 at 11am in St Moling’s Church, Ballyoughter |
| Sports Day | TBC |
| Long Weekend & Public Holiday | School closed Friday 30th May, Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd June, Reopens Wednesday 4th June |
| Summer Holidays | Begins Friday 27th June, School closes at 12:00 midday |
| P.E. 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
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