School calendar
Loughmore NS – School Calendar 2016 – 2017
Wednesday 31st of August 2016 – Croke Park Day for all staff members (no pupils).
Thursday 1st of September 2016 - All classes are back to school. School opens at 9.20am. All Infant classes are finished at 12pm for this week. All other classes finished at 3pm as usual. The following week Junior Infants will finish at 1pm, and Senior Infants at 2pm and following this (from Monday 12th of September 2015), Junior Infants are in for a full infant day - until 2pm daily. (Solas pupils will have different starting arrangements/school times initially – this will be communicated to you by the Solas teachers).
Friday 28th October – School closes at 12.30pm to facilitate a half-in/half-out staff meeting as per Department guidelines.
Monday 31st October – Friday 4th November (inclusive) – Halloween Mid-term break. School re-opens Monday November 7th.
Friday 9th December – School closed. There is school on the 8th December. Pupils will be brought to mass on this Holy Day.
Thursday 22nd of December - School closes @ 3pm for the Christmas holidays. School re-opens on Monday 9th of January. All pupils will go to the Christmas Panto in UCH Limerick today. Bus will leave at 8.15am sharp.
Monday 23rd & Tuesday 24th of January 2017 – Parent Teacher Meetings (3.30pm - 6pm)
Wednesday 8th of February – Open Night 7-9pm.
Tuesday 21st February - school will close at 12.30pm for pupils to facilitate a half-in/half-out staff meeting as per Department Guidelines.
Wednesday 22nd - Friday 24th February (inclusive) – Mid-term break. School re-opens Monday 27th February.
NB: Friday 24th of February: Closing date for applications for a place in our Solas (ASD) Unit for September 2017. Please note also that new pupils with Special Educational Needs enrolling for September 2017 will need to have their enrolment applications completed and returned to the school by this date, with the relevant reports, due to NCSE deadlines for Resource hours/SNA access in early March.
School will be closed on St. Patrick’s Day, Friday 17th of March.
School will close at 12.30pm on Friday 7th of April and will remain closed from Monday 10th of April – Friday 21st of April (inclusive) for the Easter Holidays. School reopens on Monday 24th of April.
May Bank Holiday Weekend: School will be closed on Monday 1st of May for the Bank Holiday.
Thursday 1st of June – school will finish at 12.30pm facilitating a half-in/half-out staff meeting as per Department Guidelines.
June Bank Holiday Weekend: School will be closed on Friday 2nd of June – Monday 5th of June (inclusive). School reopens on Tuesday 6th of June.
Friday 30th June – School closes for the Summer Holidays at 12.30pm.