Our Lady of Lourdes School Ballymoney
 
 
 
 
 

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Our Lady of Lourdes School ethos enables us to give children an education and a belief that they are beautiful as a child of God. As a community we strive to do little things with great love realising that no single act of love will ever be lost.

The school continues to attract pupils from across the ability range. Boys and girls of all abilities are thriving in our distinct small-school ethos and in our vision of enabling each individual pupil to bring light and dignity to the world – no child held back nor left behind.

We are proud of our pupils; their appearance, their conduct, their respect for themselves, others and for the school property. These are all sources of great encouragement in the present day and bring hope for the future.

 
 

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🎄✨ LAST CHANCE! ✨🎄 Our Christmas Raffle is almost here! The draw takes place this Thursday, 18th December – don’t miss out! 🎟 Tickets: £1 each or £5 for 6 📍 Available in Miss McKay’s room Hurry – only a few days left to enter! 🎁🎅 #ChristmasRaffle #FestiveFun #LastChance #SchoolEvent
Shared Education Today some of Year 8 students were involved in the Harmonies for Reconciliation project which was delivered by the Connecting Minds Project in partnership with Beyond Skin. The students discussed peacebuilding, cultural understanding, environmental reflection, and youth leadership. We look forward to continuing this project later in the year. 🥁🥁🪘🪘
Our Year 8s have wrapped up 4 weeks of indoor football to finish off 2025, showing great energy, teamwork, and improvement each week. A fantastic way to end the year! They’ll be back in action in January 2026 to play the remainder of their games — we’re excited to see them build on the momentum in the new year! 💪⚽
Congratulations to our Year 10 student Travis who won an orange belt at a recent Ju Jitsu tournament! 🥋
8B’s Christmas term class project was on one of our school Core Values- Kindness. As a class we decided to demonstrate Kindness and the gift of giving by collecting considerable donations for Benvardin Dog Kennels and Ballymoney Foodbank. Two very important charities that help all those in need, especially at this time of year. A special mention to our pupil Maisha who was the driving force behind our special class Christmas project. She was delighted to receive a special recognition certificate for her Act of Kindness during this project from Mr Smyth. Well done we are all so proud of you! 🔴⚫️🐶🐕‍🦺
Our Year 9 and 10 Netballers were in action again this week against Limavady High School. Hard luck to the Year 10’s who lost and well done to the Year 9’s who came away with the win! ⚫️🔴⚫️🔴
8B would like to showcase their Christmas project “Skinny the Nutcracker”.  We are so blessed to have so many creative and imaginative students building and designing this all from recycled materials! 🎄🎅
Incredible day at St Josephs Primary School, all the P7 pupils had a fantastic time exploring the bold and imaginative world of Picasso’s Cubist art. After learning how Picasso broke objects into shapes and angles, the class got to experiment with oil pastels and watercolours to create their very own Cubist masterpieces. The results were fantastic — vibrant colours, expressive lines, creative compositions, and lots of proud smiles! It was wonderful to see everyone embracing experimentation and having fun with new artistic techniques. Well done St Josephs Primary 7’s, Your creativity, energy and work ethic truly shone through today.
Ms Wilson’s King’s Trust class have been busy this week developing team working skills, by understanding the roles and ways of working within a team to achieve a shared goal. In this activity they had to build a freestanding tower using marshmallows and spaghetti. ⚫️🔴⚫️🔴
 
 

Caring, Sharing, Learning together to meet the future

 

School Calendar 2025 - 2026

1st September 2025 - Start of Term

29th September - Staff Development Day (Pupils off)

27th October - Start of Halloween Holidays

3rd November - Start of Winter Term

24th November - Winter Exam Week

19th December - Final Day of Term

22nd December - Staff Development Day (no pupils)

5th January 2026 - Start of Spring Term

16th January - Staff Development Day (no pupils)

6th February - Final Day before Half Term

16th February - Return after Half Term

16th March - Staff Development Day (no pupils)

17th March - St Patrick's Day Holiday

31st March - Final Day before Easter Holiday's

1st April - Staff Development Day (no pupils)

13th April - Start of Summer Term

4th May - May Day Bank Holiday

25th May - May Bank Holiday

26th May - Summer Exam Week

30th June - Last Day of Summer Term

 
 

ETI Inspection Report

ETI inspection report

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School Prospectus

2024 2025 OLOL Prospectus.pdf

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Prospective Pupils and Parents

Prospective Pupils and Parents

We would like to welcome prospective P6/P7 pupils and parents to our school. Please come and visit and have an opportunity to experience our warm Open Door Guided Tour.

Please contact the school to arrange a visit.