St Patrick's Girls National School Hollypark

Starting School

Enrolment Form:   Hollypark School Application Form

Enrolment Policy: Hollypark School Enrolment Policy

Information Pack: Hollypark School Information Pack

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Starting school is exciting, but it can also be a nervous time for both child and parent. Our aim in Hollypark is to make the transition into Primary School as smooth as possible for our new pupils.

Prior to starting Junior Infants we host an 'Open Day' where you and your child can come to school, see the classroom, meet some of our teaching staff and let your daughter familiarise herself with the new classroom and school. Your daughter has an opportunity to explore her new environment and engage with some of the classroom activities and potentially makes some new friends before the start of school in September.

Starting school can also be daunting for some children. New surroundings, new faces and a whole new routine can be quite upsetting. In order to ease the girls gradually into the routine of the school day we operate a 2 week period of 'short days' finishing school at 11.30am rather than the usual 1.20pm.


The normal school day is outlined below;

Junior Infant School Timetable

8.40 am --------------------School opens

9.00 am --------------------Class begins

10.20 - 10.30 ---------------Lunch Break

12.00 - 12.30 ---------------Yard Time

1.20 pm --------------------School ends for junior and senior infants

Once the new junior infants have settled into the routine of school we have a Parents Evening. We invite our 'new' parents into the school to have an informal chat with the junior Infant Teachers' and the Principal. The teachers can share expectations, clarify objectives and offer guidance for the upcoming year. It is also a chance to meet and mingle with fellow parents.

Hollypark the facts

  • Circa 500 pupils

  • 20 main stream classes

  • 4 dedicated learning support resource teachers

  • 3 streams of infants, 5th and 6th giving our pupils that extra attention at the beginning and end of their Primary Education

  • 2 streams of 1st to 4th class. 

Hollypark provides

  • A caring and happy community

  • An open, warm supportive culture that develops your child’s full potential

Our gifted teachers are renowned for

  • Their excellence and dedication

  • Their commitment to their pupils

  • Their energy and enthusiasm

At Hollypark we have excellent facilities and provide a high standard of Education

  • A newly built computer room

  • French teachers from the Lycée Français d’Irlande

  • Vast and varied range of extra curricular activities after school

  • Specialist teachers in Speech and Drama & PE

Choose wisely

Choose excellence

Choose Hollypark
 

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

Our school operates under the Department of Education's rules for National Schools.  The Archbishop of Dublin is the Patron of the school.

The Board of Management is charged with the direct government of the school, the appointment of teachers, subject to the approval of the Patron and Minister for Education and the day to day maintenance and administration of the school.

The Board of Management's term of office is four years and it is composed of: 

  • Two direct nominees of the Patron (Archbishop of Dublin).

  • Two parents of children enrolled in the school (one being a mother, the other a father), elected by the general body of parents of children enrolled in the school. 

  • The Principal Teacher (or Acting Principal Teacher) of the school.

  • One other teacher on the staff of the school, elected by vote of the teaching staff

  • Two extra members proposed by the above Board members.

The Chairperson of the Board is nominated by the Patron.

The authority of the Principal, who is responsible for the day to day running of the school, derives from the Board of Management.

The Chairperson corresponds with the Department of Education and all outside bodies.

Members of the Board undertake to manage the School in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Education.  They are required to keep confidential all matters discussed at meetings unless advised by the Board.

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