Dear Parents/Guardians, With the uncertainty as to when schools will reopen, the Department of Education and Skills has made the decision to cancel Standardised Testing for primary schools for the 2019/2020 school year. Sincerely, John Moore (Principal)

Dear Parents/Guardians, In response to the ongoing situation around the Coronavirus pandemic, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin yesterday issued the following statement regarding this year's First Holy Communion, "We can only begin to speak of timetables for these Sacraments (in the case of this parish it is in respect of the First Holy Communions) when it will be possible once again to hold large gatherings of people, especially children and this is unlikely for some months." Many

Announcement in relation to the Open Day for incoming Junior Infant pupils; Dear Parents/Guardians, Due to the fact that schools have been instructed to remain closed until May 5th at the earliest, the St. Lorcan's B.N.S. Open Day for Junior Infant pupils will unfortunately not be taking place in April. We hope to reschedule the Open Day to a later date, depending on when schools are permitted to reopen. We hope to send letters of offer for places in St. Lorcan's in the comin

Dear Parents/Guardians. I hope that you and your family are keeping well. Schools are currently being asked to draft a new Admission Policy in accordance with the requirements outlined in the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. All impending changes to school admission processes were highlighted in Circular Letter 07/2020. Please find in the policies page of this website, a draft copy of the school's revised Admission Policy. As Parents & Guardians, it is important you

Dear Parents/Guardians, We are all looking forward to the school reopening at the end of the Easter holidays on April 20th and we certainly hope this transpires. In the event that schools are instructed to remain closed after his date, you will receive notification via the school text message service. Further plans will then be uploaded to the school website, to keep pupils up-to-date with home tuition. In the meantime, I wish you and all associated with St. Lorcan's B.N.S. a

Please see the link in the Covid19 tab to recently published Grow In Love resources. These resources may prove useful in the event of reading to your child or talking about Easter. John Moore Principal

Dear Parents/Guardians, please be advised that the best way of contacting the school at this time is via the school email; stlorcans@eircom.net John Moore Principal