School Closures

School Closures

2025-2026

St. Oliver's will re-open on Thursday, August 28th 2025

  • Doors Open at 8:40 am
  • Classes commence at 8:50am
  • Junior and Senior Infant classes finish at 1:30 pm
  • 1st to 6th Classes finish at 2:30 pm

The school will be closed on the following dates

  • October Mid-term  -  Monday 27th to Friday 31st October 2025
  • November 18th Inservice Day
  • December Church Holiday - Monday 8th December 2025
  • Christmas Holidays  -  Friday 19th December 2025 to Friday 2nd Jan 2026 (School closes on Friday 19th @ 12 noon and re-opens on Monday 5th of January 2026)
  • February Bank Holiday:  Monday 2nd of February 2026
  • February 5th Inservice Day
  • Mid Term Break- Thurs 19th and Friday 20th February 2026
  • St. Patrick's Day  - Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th March 2026
  • Easter Holidays - Monday 30th March to Friday 10th April inclusive. (Closing on Friday 27th March @ 12 noon and re-opening on Monday 13th April 2026)
  • May Bank Holiday -  Monday 4th May 2026
  • May 7th Inservice Day
  • June Bank Holiday - Monday 1st June 2026

SCHOOL CLOSES ON  Wednesday, 24th June 2026.

ALL THE ABOVE DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

 Download School Calendar 2025-2026

Our Pupils

Resources to help our pupils
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General Knowledge 1

  1. Who was the first Christian martyr? St. Stephen.
  2. How many edges and sides has [a] Cone [b] Cylinder [c] Pyramid with a square for a base? [a] One edge and two sides[b]Two edges and three sides [c]Eight Edges and five sides.
  3. Who was the first man and woman mentioned in the Bible?Adam and Eve
  4. Who built the Ark? Noah
  5. Who had a coat of many colours? Joseph
  6. Who led the Israelites out of Egypt? Moses.
  7. Who was the first King of the Israelites? Saul.
  8. Name the three penninsulas that stretch southwards from Europe into the Mediterranean sea?
    A) The Iberian Penninsula of Spain and Portugal. B) Italy C) The Balkan Penninsula of Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia.
  9. Who was the cook on the Hispaniola? Long John Silver.
  10. Who sailed in the Argo in search of the Golden Fleece? Jason and the Argonauts.
  11. What Centigrade temperatures correspond to 32° and 212° Fahrenheit? 0° and 100° Centigrade.
  12. When and in what country was the metric system first introduced? In December 1799 in France. It became compulsory in France in 1801.
  13. How many squares are there on a chess board? 64
  14. How many men in a game of draughts? 12 each. Total 24.
  15. Where would you expect to find the line letters QWERTY in an office? On a computer keyboard.
  16. From which animals do we get [a] beef [b] mutton [c]veal [d] venison [e]pork? Answer: [a] Cattle [b] Sheep [c] Calves [d] Deer [e] Pigs
  17. On a pencil what do the letters HB stand for? Hard Black.
  18. What is the proper name for the lead in a pencil? Graphite
  19. What are the first and last books of the Old Testament? The first book is Genesis. The last book is Malachi.
  20. What are the first and last books of the New Testament? The first book is the Gospel according to St. Matthew. The last is the book is the Relevations of ST. John the Divine.
  21. In what language was the Old Testament written? Hebrew
  22. In what language was the New Testament first written? Greek.
  23. How many notes on a piano? There are 85 notes. Fifty white and thirty five black.