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Newsletter: 25th September 2024

Admission to Junior Infants September 2025

The process for admission to Junior Infants 2025 will open next Monday 30th September and will remain open until Friday 25th October. 


The following are the dates applicable for admission to Junior Infants 2025/2026:

The school will commence accepting applications for admission on 

30th September 2024

 

The school shall cease accepting applications for admission on 

25th October 2024

@ 3:00pm

 

The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application is    

15th November 2024

The period within which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is*

29th November 2024

@ 3:00pm

The school cannot accept applications for Junior Infants 2025 before this process commences.


All details including relevant dates/forms/policy etc are now available on www.hollyparkgns.ie.


Once the admissions process is open, applications may be posted to the school or delivered by hand. As original documents supporting the application must be included, applications cannot be made by email.


 

School Calendar 2024/2025

The 2024/2025 calendar is available on www.hollyparkgns.ie


 

Key Dates: Term One

GOAL Jersey Day

Friday 11th October

Whole school

STEM Week

Week beg Monday 14th October

Whole School

Hallowe'en Dress Up Day

Friday 25th October

Whole school

Midterm break

28th October - 1st November inclusive

Whole School

PT Meetings

Week beginning Monday 18th November

1st - 6th Class

Weaving Wellbeing Fiona Forman: Talk for parents

Monday 18th November

All parents (GNS & BNS) welcome

Christmas Play

Wednesday 11th December

Junior Infants

Christmas Play

Thursday 12th December

Senior Infants

Last day of Term One (early finish)

Friday 20th December

Whole school

First day of Term Two

Monday 6th January

Whole school

 

 

Start & Finish Times


Start Time

Finish Time

Senior Infants

8:30am

1:10pm

1st & 2nd Class

8:30am

2:10pm

3rd- 6th Class

8:40am

2:20pm



 

Frásaí na Seachtaine


"Cad is ainm duit?  …….. is ainm dom!"


Labhair Gaeilge linn!

 

Wellbeing Week: Bí Cineálta! 23rd - 27th September


This year's theme is BÍ CINEÁLTA – BE KIND. The girls are reminded of our HPGNS school motto United in Friendship, Together We Strive. And we are looking forward to performing our Friendship song – You Can Count On Me (Bruno Mars) - at assembly on Friday.


All classes are enjoying Morning Meetings throughout the week, as well as engaging in key resilience building activities.


The school team is working towards achieving our 3rd Amber Flag. Eight girls have been selected from our 6th classes to lead this campaign. The Amber Flag committee have been making the morning announcements highlighting the wellbeing focus for each themed day during the week.


Wellbeing T-shirts are ready and will be worn with pride on Friday!




We hope our girls are enjoying their Active Homework this week.


On Friday we will celebrate European Active Day with a fun fitness day on the astro, planned and delivered by the Daly Brothers.


 

Donation from Vodafone

We would like to thank one of our parents - Graham Hughes - for organising sponsorship from Vodafone. Vodafone have kindly donated €500.00 to the school. This money will be used to buy the new Busy at Maths Toolkits created especially for Station Teaching and for use with the New Primary Maths Curriculum.



If you or your company would like to sponsor curricular resources please let us know.


 

Adam Harris Founder and CEO of ASIAM

To Hollypark GNS Staff, Parents & Community,

I would like to make you aware of an event our school is hosting.  Please feel free to share with your school staff and school community.  Adam Harris, Founder and CEO of Asiam.ie will be joining us again on Monday 30th September, talking about his experience of the education system as an autistic student.  This event is open to everyone to attend. 

 https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/adam-harris-founder-and-ceo-of-asiam-tickets-1015967866237?aff=ebdssbdestsearch


Kind regards,

Emma Dowling

Deputy Principal

Cherrywood Educate Together National School


 

Opening of School Year Mass: Tuesday 24th September


Well done to our 2nd to 6th Class girls on their exemplary behaviour and beautiful singing at our Opening of the School Year Mass on Tuesday. You were a credit to your teachers and school.


Thank you to our parents for ensuring the girls were turned out proudly in their school uniforms.


Thank you to Fr Philip for his warm welcome to Foxrock Church. And thank you to the Parish Team - Tom and all the Ministers of the Eucharist.


And finally thank you to our very patient parishioners for making room for us all.


 

Hollypark PA Preloved Hallowe'en Costume & Jersey Collection


Hollypark PA are happy to announce their first fundraising event on October 4th. It ties in with two upcoming school events - Goal Jersey Day on October 11th and Halloween Dress Up Day on October 25th.


This event not only raises funds for the school but it is sustainable, saves parents time and money and teaches our children about the circular economy.



 

Junior Infant Photos

County Photos will be in the school on Thursday 3rd October for Junior Infant Photo Day. Class teachers will send reminders closer to time.


 

Junior Infant Curriculum Meeting

Parents/guardians of Junior Infants are invited to a short talk on the Junior Infant Curriculum on Thursday 3rd October at 12:40pm. This talk will take place in your daughter's Junior Infant Classroom and during this time, your daughter will be in a Senior Infant Class. (We would appreciate if younger siblings did not attend). 


Please enter via the main entrance of the school, where our Student Council will be on hand to escort you to your daughter’s classroom.


Collection time will be 1:10pm as usual, from the school yard. 


We look forward to seeing you then.

 

HSE - MMR, Flu

Flu Vaccine

Whole School

17th October

Consent forms and reminders will issue to classes in advance of above.


 

Traffic Safety

Morning & evening one-way system

Reminders:

  • Please use the church car park at drop off and collection times and walk the last 6 minutes with your child. 

  • 80% of our pupils live within 2 kilometres of our school. Please encourage your older children to walk with their pals to and from school. 

  • Please work with our PA to action the Walking Bus initiative as soon as possible

  • Please ensure that younger children are held by the hand when walking with them to and from school. 

  • Please do not block the driveways of local residents when parking. Many of our residents – often elderly - are virtual prisoners in their own homes at drop off and collection times. And when they speak up are often subject to abuse.

  • In the event of an emergency, when cars are parked illegally, it is unlikely that a fire tender or ambulance would be able to access the schools, or any homes in the vicinity.

 

Post-Primary Open Evenings

Our 6th Class graduates attend a wide variety of local post-primary schools. Please see below Open Evenings which can be very helpful for parents/guardians of our 5th & 6th Class pupils.

St Raphaela's Secondary School

Thursday 26th September

5:00pm-7:00pm

Rosemont School, Sandyford

Thursday 26th September

5:30pm-8:00pm to join, school requests registration at www.rosemont.ie

Holy Child School, Killiney

Thursday 26th September

4:30pm-7:00pm

Loreto Abbey Dalkey

Monday 30th September

4:00pm-7:00pm

Blackrock ETSS

Thursday 3rd October

6:30pm-8:30pm

 



Birthdays this week in Hollypark!

Sophia Cui

Alannah Maunsell

Lily Conlon

India Sheridan

Sophie Finnegan

Eloise Ó'Faoláin

Yasmine Rahmani

Maya Baviera

Alia Baviera

Zoe Frances Gallagher

Hayley Mae O'Connell

Emily Carty

Chloe Hsu

Laoise McCrohan

Isla Sheahan

Mia Poppy Moorcroft

Doireann Collins


 

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Advertising on our school newsletter

If you would like to place an ad on our school newsletter, please email Suzanne at the office hollyparkgns@gmail.com for further details.


 

HPGNS

United in Friendship, Together We Strive!

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