BANAGHER COLLEGE COLÁISTE NA SIONNA
SCHOOL CALENDAR 2016/2017
17 August :Leaving Cert Results issued
25August : Staff Day/CPD
26 August:First Years Induction Day
29 August :Leaving Cert 2, LCA2, Junior Certs and JCA3 return
30 August :LC1, LCA1, and Second Years return
05 September :TY, Repeat LC & PLC Students
06 September:TY Team Building – Bay Sports, Athlone
14September:Junior Cert Exam results issued
20 September:Ploughing Championship – Tullamore
22 September:Junior Hurling v Naas 12pm
23 September:Cycle Against Suicide Award (2 students)
29 September:County Sports
30 September:Study Skills LC2 + Third Years (2½ half hour session for each group)
04 October:School Mass at 12.00
05-07 October:Psycho SpaghettiComedy Workshop – All TY’s
05-08 October:Second Year Tour to Barcelona
11 October:7-9pm First Year Parent Night
12 – 14 October:TY Gaisce Trip to Killary Adventure Centre
19 October:Banagher College Careers Fair
21 October:LC2 UL + LIT Open Day
28 October:Awards Night
28 October:Mid Term Break
07 November:Return after Mid Term Break
11 November:Leaving Cert Home Economics Projects submitted
15 November:Internet Safety Day
22 November:CAO Info Night
24 November:1st Year Parent/Teacher Meeting 4.00 – 6.30 pm
01 December:Leaving Cert 2, LCA2 Parent Teacher Meeting 4.00 - 6.30 pm
07 December:3rd Year Parent Teacher Meeting 4.00 – 6.30 pm
14 – 15 December:School Pantomime
22 December:Christmas Holidays
09 January:Return after Christmas Holidays
23 January – 06 Feb:Transition Year swimming.
January – Mid Term: Transition Year Social Dancing.
25 January:Under 16 Badminton
26 January:Open Night
30 January:Leaving Cert Applied Interviews, details to follow.
31 January:Under 14 Badminton
01 February:Cross Country running
01 February:Transition Year Interviews – Jim Nolan
02 February:Transition Year Interviews – Ann Hardiman
02 February:1st Year Enrolment 7.30 pm – 9.30 pm
04 February:1st Year Enrolment 10.00 am- 12.30 pm
08 February:2nd Year, TY, LCA1 and LC1 Parent Teacher Meeting
10 February:Physics Students Visit to NUIG.
10 – 17 February:Leaving Certificate Mock Exams.
13 – 15 February:Leaving Cert. Applied 2 Mock Exams.
15 February:Junior Certificate Mock Exams.
13 February:First Year Soccer
14 February:LC1 Ag. Science Class visit Gurteen College.
15 February:Transition Year Microsoft Office Exams
16 February:U-14 Boys Badminton – Leinster Finals
17 February:Mid Term Break
27 February :Return after Mid Term Break
27 February:JCT – CPD Cluster Day.
28 February:Juvenile Hurling
03 March:Finishing date for LCVP Portfolio
06 March:Junior Certificate German Oral Exams.
13 March:Junior Cert French Orals
13 March:LC Mock German
14 March:Under 16 Camogie Fundraiser Table Quiz at 7.30pm
15 March:Junior Cert German Orals
15 March:Junior Cert French Orals
15 March:TY Irish Angus Competition in Croke Park.
17 March:Bank Holiday
18 March:Junior B Camogie Final v Ursuline Convent Waterford
21 March:1st Art Class
21 March:Programme Choice Night for parents & students
22 March:JC Rehearsal Day Home Economics
23 March:LC1 + LCA1 Retreat
Week of 27 March:TY’s School Bank Launch
Week of 27 March:JC Home Economics Practicals
27 March:LC French & German
30 March:Make a Book (approx. 10 students – Portlaoise)
31 March:LC2 Music Practical
Week of 03 April:3rd, LC Irish Orals
06 – 08 April:TY Trip to Strasbourg – (Winners of History Competition) (30 students)
07April:Easter Holidays
24 April:Return after Easter Holidays
25 - 28 April:Transition Year Tour to Italy
28 April:Finishing date for all projects – Leaving & Junior Cert.
: Ag. Science, History Research Project, GeographicalInvestigation Reporting Booklet,
Construction Studies, Engineering, Woodwork, Metalwork
01 May:Bank Holiday
03 May:Enterprise National Finals in Croke Park
05 May:TY’s Make Up Master Class (approx. 7.30-9.30)
06 May:TY School Bank
100 Match Tickets – Munster v Connaught
05/06 May:Darkness into Light (Sunrise)
05 May:Biology Ecology Trip (C. Kenny)
08 May:Biology Ecology Trip (C. Dempsey)
05 May & 12 May:Transition Years with Claire Corley and Sean Duggan
May 5th TY1 & half TY2 / May 12 TY3 & half TY2
09 May:Ty Microsoft Exams (first six classes)
17 May:Repeat Microsoft Exams (11.15-1.05)
02 June:Summer Holidays