School commences on Thursday 1st of September.
SCHOOL CLOSINGS
MID-TERM: Monday 31stOctober to Friday 4th
November (inclusive)
DECEMBER: School closes for Christmas Holidays Thursday 22nd December
Re-opening Monday 9th January’12
MID-TERM:Thursday 16th and Friday 17th February’12
PUBLIC HOLIDAY Monday 19th March’12
EASTER: Monday 2nd April to Friday 13th April ‘12 (inclusive)
MAY: Monday 7th May’ & Tuesday 8th May’12
JUNE: Monday 4th June’ & Tuesday 5th June’12
SUMMER: Closing Thursday 28th June’12
Sixth Class Graduation will take place Wednesday 27th June.
STAFF MEETINGS
Friday 9th September’11
Friday 20th April’12
Friday 8th June’12
The children will leave school each of these days at 12.15p.m.
As per Croke Park Agreement all other Staff Meetings will be held outside school hours.
PARENT/TEACHER MEETINGS WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY 22ND NOVEMBER FROM 2.30P.M.
SCHOOL WILL CLOSE AT 2.15PM ON THIS DAY.
SCHOOL ABSENCES
Dear Parent/s,
The Education Welfare Act of 2000 obliges the principal of a school to notify the Education Welfare Board when a pupil in the school has been absent during the school year for twenty (20) days.
It does not matter what the absence/s relate to, the notification must be sent once twenty days have elapsed or been reached.
The Education Welfare Officer should then contact the parents/guardians to discuss these absences.
Once the 20 days have been reached, commencing the school-year 2009-10, I will notify the Education Welfare Board. Subsequent absences above this number will also be notified.
Notes from Parents/Guardians explaining the reasons for all absences will be filed in the school, as per regulations.
Taking children from school for holidays other than the regulated holiday breaks is not good practice. It causes disruption to the pupil’s education programme, problems for the class teacher’s programme of work and it is not always possible to find time to revisit in a suitable manner new material or new concepts dealt with while a pupil was absent.
I would request that you take serious consideration of all of these matters if considering holiday breaks during school time.
All notes must give the reason and date of absence. Due to storage constraints *PLEASE USE RELEVANT SECTION IN THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL DIARY.*
John Kindlon
(Principal)
