As another new school year begins, the staff at Callystown National School would like to extend a warm welcome back all our students. An extra special welcome to our new Junior Infants and a number of students who have joined us throughout the school. We are looking forward to an enjoyable year and working together, we are sure it will be a successful one.
The school corridors are filling with music and laughter as rehearsals for our upcoming variety show begin. The dates are Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd of March. More details to follow.
October Mid-Term break
Closing Friday 28th October re-opening Monday 7th November
Christmas Holidays 2022
Closing Wednesday 21st December re-opening Thursday January 5th
St Brigid’s Holiday 2023
Closed Monday 6th February
February Mid-Term Break 2023
Closing Wednesday 15th February re-opening Monday 20th February 2023
St Patrick’s Day 2023
Closed Friday 17th March 2023
Easter Holidays 2023
Closing Friday 31st March re-opening Monday 16th April
May Bank Holiday 2023
Closed Monday May 1st
June Bank Holiday 2023
Closed Monday 5th June
Summer Holidays 2023
Closing Friday 23rd June
Every year, our school takes part in Seachtain na Gaeilge. During this week, the school promotes the Irish language, culture, sports, songs, poems and dances.
The pupils are encouraged to speak Gaeilge throughout the week, and are awarded Gaeilgoirí awards for doing so.
Lá Glas wraps up Seachtain na Gaeilge. In the lead up to St Patrick’s Day, the children have great fun dressing up in all shades of green for Lá Glas marking the end to Seachtain na Gaeilge.
At this assembly, pupils perform songs, dances and poems “as Gaeilge” that they have learned for each other. The pupils wear green on this day to celebrate being Irish. It is a fun and exciting week. Children across the school were trying their best to use their cúpla focal and the finale of Seachtain na Gaeilge culminated in a day of fun with all classes performing a variety of songs, dances, plays and poems in the school assembly through Irish.
This year the assembly feels particularly special as it is our first whole school assembly in two full years. It was on the day of our Lá glas assembly 2020 that we received the news that all schools would be closing due to Covid-19. We are all very relieved and grateful to be back together and hopefully have moved past that difficult time.
Lá glas 2020
Callystown National School looks forward to welcoming all our students, especially our new Junior Infants, to Callystown NS on Tuesday August 31st at 9am.
We are putting out the call for as many parents as possible to attend the Drive-In Bingo on Monday June 21st!! We need your help to hit our target and get work started on our garden of life as soon as possible!
What a fantastic day we all had on Thursday June 4th 2021 for our annual Sports Day. The children and staff were in great spirits to enjoy all the fun, sunshine and sports. The yearly treat of a loop the loop was enjoyed by all.
Hope you enjoy the slideshow of our day.
Our annual carol service took place on Wednesday and Thursday night in St Michaels’ church Clogherhead. All the children performed beautifully and it was a massive well done to all involved. Thank you to the children who performed, all their teacher’s and our SNA’s and all the families who attended.
