The Child Safeguarding Statement and Risk Assessment were drawn up in March 2018 and both were reviewed by the BOM at their meeting on Jan. 22nd 2019. This is available to view on the website under the policies tab. A text message was sent out to parents on 28th Jan. regarding this. It is also on display in the school reception. If you would like to receive a hard copy please contact the secretary on 0494337546. Comments are welcome to include in our next review.
BOM Annual Report 2016/17: As recommended in our recent Whole School Evaluation the BOM has now published a report on its work during 2016/17. Click here to view.
BOM Annual report 2017/18: Please click here.
All reports from BOM meetings are to be found on this website under the BOM News tab. A report is published after each meeting and also at the end of each year.
SCHOOL CALENDAR 2018/19
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September |
School reopens Monday 3rd September |
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October
Mid-term break (1 week) |
Closed: Mon. 29th to Fri. 2nd Nov.
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November |
School reopens: Mon. 5th Nov. Parent Teacher Meetings 21st & 22nd Nov. after school. Details with appointment times will be sent home. School Closed Fri. 23rd Nov. for new Primary Language Curriculum, teacher in-service. |
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December |
Last day of Term 1 Fri. 21st Dec. (half-day @111.20). School closed from Mon. 24th - Fri. 4th Jan. 2019 |
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January Please see change of date |
School re-opens Mon. 7th Jan. 2019 Half day closure @11.45 on Mon.. Jan. 28th. |
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February Mid-term break (2 days) |
School closed on Thursday 21st & Fri. 22nd |
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March St. Patrick’s Day
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Confirmations Sat. 30th Match @ 12 noon in St. Felim's Church Ballinagh. |
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April Easter Holidays (2 weeks) |
Last day of term 2: Friday 12th April. School closed from Mon. 15th to Fri. 26th School reopens on Mon. 29th April. |
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May Bank Holiday |
School closed on Mon. 6th May (Bank Holiday) First Communions Sat. 11th @11 in St Felim's Church Ballinagh |
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June Bank Holiday Summer Closing |
School closed Mon. 3rd June. Last day of the school year Wed. 26th June (half-day @12 noon) |
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July Provision
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The two special classes remain open for children in the Butterfly & Rainbow Room only. This will begin on Thur. 27th and end on July 10th subject to confirmation by the Department of Education. |
Principal's welcome
I would like to welcome you to our website.
St Felim’s National School, Ballinagh is a co-educational Catholic school situated in the town of Ballinagh, Co Cavan. A total of two hundred and thirty-one pupils attend. The school includes two classes for children with Autism, the Butterfly Room and the Rainbow Room. There are two special class teachers, two full-time special education teachers, two shared special education visiting teachers and nine mainstream classes.
This website provides an opportunity for our school community to access information about events happening in the school. It gives an overview of the excellent work carried out by our professional and dedicated staff together with our talented and committed pupils.
We work in partnership with parents to ensure that the children are happy and that they achieve to the best of their abilities. We try to provide them with every possible opportunity to develop socially, emotionally, spiritually and academically. This is reflected in these pages. By browsing through them you will get a flavour of the many vibrant activities which take place in the school on a daily basis.
We endeavour to update our website and twitter feed regularly to reflect life in the school.I hope you enjoy browsing through the site.
Tá súil agam go mbainfidh sibh taitneamh agus tairbhe as.
Orla Finnegan
December 2018