WELCOME TO BLESSED PATRICK O'LOUGHRAN PRIMARY SCHOOL 
OUR VISION: A safe & secure environment where skills for life-long learning are developed & kindness, faith & success are nurtured & celebrated. 
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. 
 
 
 
Important Dates for 2024-25 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 Whilst certain absences due to sickness are inevitable parents are reminded that we discourage children from being withdrawn from school due to holidays during term time.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 2024/2025 school year. I am sure parents will plan any holidays within these dates. 
 
Monday 2nd September – Term 1 starts 
Monday 28th & Tuesday 29th October Parent/Teacher meetings 
Monday 28th October- Friday 1st November- school closed to pupils 
Friday 20th December- school closes at 11am for Christmas break. 
Monday 6th January- Term 2 starts 
Monday 10th- Friday 14th February- school closed 
Monday 17th March-school closed 
Thursday 17th April- school closes at 11am for Easter break 
Monday 28th April- Term 3 starts 
Monday 5th May- school closed 
Thursday 22nd -Monday 26th May- school closed 
Friday 27th June school closes at 11am for summer break 
 
 

Menu 
Updated October 2024 

This Week at  
Blessed Patrick O'Loughran Primary School..... 
 
Week Beginning 
Monday 16th December 2024 
 
 
After School Activities  
P2: 2pm-3pm ONLY Play Club/Movie Club  
 
 
 
MONDAY~ P4 & 5 swimming/P1&2 After school Play Club 
TUESDAY~ School closes at 1.30pm for pupils/OPEN DAY 2pm-4pm 
WEDNESDAY~ Leadership Team visit to Nursing Home/P1 & 2 After school Play Club 
THURSDAY~ P$-7 Christmas trip to cinema/1 & 2 After school Play Club 
FRIDAY~ School closes at 11am for Christmas break. 
 
 
Wishing our whole school community a happy & holy Christmas, good health & happiness in 2025! 
 
Term 2 starts on Monday 6th January 2025 

Click link below to view our School Prospectus  

Child Protection Policy & Procedures 
 

APPLYING FOR A SCHOOL PLACE- EDUCATION AUTHORITY PROCEDURES 

The Transfer Process to Post-Primary School-Advice to Parents of Children in Primary 6 
 

Pupils of the Month - November 2024 Congratulations!!! 
Primary 1 
Primary 4 
Primary 2 
Primary 5 
Principal's Award 
Primary2 
Primary 6 
Pupil Voice Award 
Primary 3 
Primary 7 
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