Calendar

School Reopens:                      All pupils return to school on Thursday 27^th August 2027

Swimming:                                          Swimming will start for 4^th & 6^th class on Thursday 17^th September for 6 weeks

Halloween Break:                               All school will close from Monday 26^th October 2026 to Friday 30th October 2026 inclusive.

Swimming:                                          Swimming will start for 5th class on Thursday 5^th November for 6 weeks

School closed:                                     School will be closed on 3^rd December for staff training

Christmas Holidays:                   Begin at 12.00pm Tuesday 22^nd December School will reopen on Wednesday 6th January 2027.

Swimming:                                          Swimming will start for 2^nd & 3^rd classes on Thursday 7^th Jan 2027 for 6 wks

Parent/Teacher Meeting:                    TBC

St Brigid’s Day Bank Holiday             School closed Monday 1^st February 2027

Mid-Term Break:                               School closed Monday 15^th February 2027 to Friday 19th February 2027 inclusive

St Patrick’s Day Bank Holiday:          School closed on Wednesday 17^th March

Easter Holidays:                                 Begin at 12.00pm on on Friday 19^th 2027 and will re-open on Monday 5^th April

May Bank Holiday & mid-term:         School will be closed from Monday 3^rd to Friday 7^th May inclusive

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

First Holy Communion:                      TBC

June Bank Holiday:                            School closed on Monday 7^th June

Sports Day:                                         TBC

6^th class Graduation day:                    TBC

Well Being Week:                               TBC

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

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

The Ballycanew National School Calendar is updated regularly to ensure families stay informed about all school activities and closures.                                                                               

Note : All important updates in the Ballycanew National School Calendar are shared with parents to support planning and communication throughout the school year.

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