Ballycanew National School        School Calendar 2024/2025
 
School Reopens:                      All pupils return to school on Wednesday 28th August 2024
 
                                                           
Halloween Break:                             All schools will close from Monday 28th October 2024 to Friday 1st November 2024 inclusive.
                                       
Christmas Holidays:                             Begin at 12.00pm Friday 20th December 2024. School will reopen on Monday 6th January 2025
Parent/Teacher Meeting:                 TBC
 
St Brigid’s Day Bank Holiday         School closed Monday 3rd February 2025
 
 
Mid-Term Break:                             School closed Monday 17th February 2025 to Friday 21st February 2025 inclusive
 
St Patrick’s Day Public Holiday:     School closed on Monday 17th March 2025
 
 
Easter Holidays:                                Begin at 12.00pm on on Friday 11th April 2025 and will re-open on Monday 28th April 2025.
 
Public Holiday:                                  School closed Monday 5th May 2024
 
Standardised Testing:                       TBC
 
First Holy Communion:                   TBC
 
Sports Day:                                        TBC
                                                           
Long Weekend & Public Holiday:  School closed on Friday 30th May and Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd June. School re-opens on Wednesday 4th June
 
Summer Holidays:                            Begin on Friday 27th 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