WELCOME TO BLESSED PATRICK O'LOUGHRAN PRIMARY SCHOOL

Mission Statement

At Blessed Patrick O’Loughran Primary School we aim to provide a working, caring and happy environment in which the potential of every child can be realised.

As a Catholic school we wish to promote in all our pupils such values as will make them caring and respectful citizens. We believe in the dignity and worth of each individual and in the development of the whole person.

All members of staff share these values and work to ensure a pupil centred approach in which caring is a shared responsibility of all our staff. These values underpin and shape our school policies.

Blessed Patrick O'Loughran PS is a Catholic coeducational school with a Catholic ethos under the Trusteeship of St. Patrick's Educational Trust, Archdiocese of Armagh. The school provides a faith-based education centred on gospel values of love, respect, justice, compassion and hope. We warmly welcome learners from the Catholic tradition, other traditions and non-Christian traditions as awell as those who do not identify as having any religious faith.

For more information on the History Of Blessed Patrick O'Loughran click here

Important Dates for 2023-24 School Year

Pupils attend school for 185 days in a school year with staff attending an additional 10 days for school development and preparation.

Whilst certain absences due to sickness are inevitable parents are reminded that we discourage children from being withdrawn from school due to holidays during term time.

Below is a list of school closures during 2023/2024 school year. I am sure parents will plan any holidays within these dates.

Friday 1st September – Term 1 starts

Thursday 26th & Friday 27th October Parent/Teacher meetings

Thursday 26th October- Wednesday 1st November- school closed to pupils

Thursday 21st December- school closes at 11am for Christmas break.

Thursday 4th January- Term 2 starts

Monday 12th- Friday 16th February- school closed

Monday 18th March-school closed

Wednesday 27th March- school closes at 11am for Easter break

Monday 8th April- Term 3 starts

Monday 6th May- school closed

Thursday 23rd -Monday 27th May- school closed