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 Whilst certain absences due to sickness are inevitable parents are reminded that we discourage children from being withdrawn from school due to holidays during term time.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 February 2025
Menu
Updated February 2025
This Week at
Blessed Patrick O'Loughran Primary School.....
Week Beginning
Monday 14th April 2025
P1/2: 2pm-3pm Monday-Friday
P3-7 3pm-4pm Tuesday-Thursday
MONDAY~ P1/2 After school Play Club.
TUESDAY~ All classes PE with Active Kids/St. Joseph's Grammar School Community Links Programme with P6 & 7/ After schools Active Kids
WEDNESDAY~ P1-3 PE with Aidan/After school Drama with Tammy
THURSDAY~ School closes at 11am for Easter break
FRIDAY~
Term 3 starts on Monday 28th April 2025
Wishing everyone in our school community a happy & holy Easter Break
IMPORTANT DATES FOR TERM 3 2024-2025 School Year
IMPORTANT DATES FOR TERM 3
2024-2025 School Year
Monday 28th April- Term 3 starts/ NSPCC Keeping Safe Week/Fire Drill
Wednesday 30th April- P3 start weekly swimming lessons
Thursday 1st May- P7 have organised a FUN FOOTBALL FUNDRAISER for P1-3
Friday 2nd May- P7 FUN FOOTBALL DFUNDRAISER for P4-7
Monday 5th May -SCHOOL CLOSED
Tuesday 6th May- Assessment Week/P7 Cycling Proficiency
Tuesday 13th, Wednesday 14th & Thursday 15th May- P4 First Communion pracyices in afternoon
Saturday 17th May- P4 First Communion at 11am in St. Patrick's Chapel, Donaghmore
Tuesday 20th May- EA Nurture Team Theraplay Sessions in all classes/ P6 & 7 Canavan Cup in St. Ciaran's College, Ballygawley
Thursday 22nd May & Friday 23rd May- SCHOOL CLOSED TO PUPILS
Monday 26th May -SCHOOL CLOSED
Thursday 29th May- P6/7 to Art McRory Cup in Dungannon
Friday 30th May - SPORTS DAY/ SCHOOL CLOSES at 1.30pm
Monday 2nd June - P7 Love For Life/Flourish Programme
Tuesday 3rd June- EA Nurture Team Theraplay session
Friday 6th June- Our Fr. Finnegan Gaelic Tournament
Tuesday 10th June- New P1 class Induction Day
Monday 16th June- P7 Leavers' Trip
Tuesday 17th June - P7 Leavers' Mass at 1.30pm at St. Patrick's Chapel, Donaghmore
Friday 20th June - End of Year Presentations at 1.30pm in assembly hall/P7 last day
Friday 27th June- school closes at 11am for summer break.
Click link below to view our School Prospectus
Click link below to view our School Prospectus
APPLYING FOR A SCHOOL PLACE- EDUCATION AUTHORITY PROCEDURES
APPLYING FOR A SCHOOL PLACE- EDUCATION AUTHORITY PROCEDURES
The Transfer Process to Post-Primary School-Advice to Parents of Children in Primary 6
The Transfer Process to Post-Primary School-Advice to Parents of Children in Primary 6
Pupils of the Month - March 2025 Congratulations!!!
Primary 1
Primary 4
Celebrating our Core Values
Celebrating our Core Values
Primary 2
Primary 5
Principal's Award
Primary2
Primary 6
Pupil Voice Award
Primary 3
Primary 7
