Newsletter: Wednesday 11th February 2026

School Calendar 2025/2026

The 2025/2026 calendar is available on www.hollyparkgns.ie

Key Dates: Term Two

Internet Safety Day	Tuesday 10th February	All classes
PA Ladies Lunch	Friday 13th February	All parents
Midterm Break	School closed Thursday 19th & Friday 20th February	All classes
6th Class Movie Night	Friday 6th March	6th Class
Féile na dTeangacha	An Luan 9ú - An Aoine 13ú Márta	Gach rang
Book Fair	Monday 9th March - Thursday 12th March	All classes
St Patrick's Day School Closure	Monday 16th March & Tuesday 17th March	All classes
PA Table Quiz	Friday 20th March	All parents
Live Art Exhibition	Wednesday 25th March	All classes
60th Celebration Day	Thursday 26th March	All classes
Last Day Term Two	Friday 27th March	All classes
First Day of Term Three	Monday 13th April	All classes
Staff Inservice School Closure	Wednesday 13th May	All classes

Knowing if your child is well enough to go to school

Use this page

https://www2.hse.ie/babies-children/parenting-advice/caring-for-a-child/knowing-if-your-child-is-well-enough-to-go-to-school-or-childcare/

to find out:

• When it's OK to send your child to school or childcare

• When to keep your child at home from school or childcare

  
  

Please note these key points to keep our school (and wider) community safe and well:

High temperature

If your child has a high temperature, keep them off school or childcare until their temperature:

• goes back to normal

• stays that way without taking paracetamol and ibuprofen

In children, any temperature of 38 degrees Celsius or above is considered high.

Vomiting and diarrhoea

• Children with diarrhoea or vomiting should stay away from school or childcare until they have not been sick or had diarrhoea for at least 48 hours.

Follow advice from your GP 

If your child has been diagnosed with an infection such as:

• impetigo

• measles

• mumps

• scarlet fever

• slapped cheek syndrome

• chicken pox

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Well done!

Well done to our Hockey Teams!

On Monday Hollypark A and B Teams played St Andrews PS in Loreto Foxrock. Both teams did very well: the A Team won their match 1-0 and the B Team won their match 4-0. It was a great result for both teams. 
Our next matches will be against St Brigid's Cabinteely and hopefully Hollypark will bring back another win!
by Ellie & Kate

Well done Lily!

Congratulations Lily who won a trophy in an Irish Dancing Competition in Omagh last weekend. Well done Lily!

Well done Kayla & Lily!

Congratulations to Kayla and Lily who came in 3rd Place in the Relay Athletics Competition in Abbottstown last weekend. Well done girls!

Well done Darcey & Zoe!

Congratulations to our 1st Class girls Darcey and Zoe who arrived home from their recent Irish Dancing Feis with a collection of medals. Well done girls!

Well done Amy!

Congratulations to Amy in 3rd Class who came 3rd in a Skiing Competition in Austria! Well done Amy!

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Live Art Exhibition: Wednesday 25th March

As part of our 60th Celebrations we will be inviting our parents to our annual Live Art Exhibition on Wednesday 25th March. More details to follow!

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Féile na dTeangacha 9ú - 13ú Márta

Lots of exciting events to look forward to during Féile na dTeangacha, our celebration of languages, incorporating Seachtain na Gaeilge!

Nuacht an Lae - gach lá

Ceilí leis na buachaillí

Cluichí ar an Astro

Seó Faisin

Lá Mór Glas

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Library News

Following on from the success of Marita Conlon McKenna as our guest speaker last year, this year will see Sinead Moriarty visiting 4th, 5th and 6th classes at Hollypark GNS on Friday 6th March.

This will be a lovely lead into our Book Fair which commences 9th March.

We will have more of Sinead Moriarty’s books on the shelves shortly, giving the girls a chance to read more of her books before she visits.

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Voluntary Contributions 2025- 2026

Sincere thanks to the 154 families (that is 39% of all our families) who have already made a Voluntary Contribution to the school for 2025-26.

It may interest our families to know that you can choose to make frequent small payments to your Voluntary Contribution via Aladdin at any time during the school year, up to and including 31st August 2026.

Any and all contributions are very much appreciated and make a real difference to your daughter's learning environment.

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PA Update

60th Anniversary Celebrations: Ladies Lunch Raffle!

Link to raffle: https://www.idonate.ie/raffle/HPLadiesLunchRaffle

PA Table Quiz Fundraiser

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Summer Art Camp

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Health & Safety

From time to time, vapes have been found on the school yard.

Please note that under legislation,

Smoking/Vaping is prohibited on school grounds.

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Traffic Safety

Please note:

It is illegal to park in a way which interferes with traffic flow or obstructs or endangers other road users, for example:

• Opposite a continuous white line.

• On a footpath (either partly or wholly).

• Within 5 metres of a junction.

• Within 15 metres on the approach side or 5 metres on the other side of a pedestrian crossing or traffic lights.

• At a school entrance.

• Obstructing any entrance for vehicles except with the occupier’s consent.

• On a grass margin or median strip.

[Dublin Street Parking Services]

Once again I am reminding our parents/guardians/minders to drive and park with consideration for our children and our neighbours - many of whom are elderly and vulnerable.

One Way Traffic System

Traffic Safety

• 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 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.

• Please park legally and with care.

• As things stand, in the event of an emergency, it is unlikely that a fire tender or ambulance would be able to access the schools, or any homes in the vicinity, at drop off and collection times.

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Birthdays this week in Hollypark!

Chloe Dodd

Darcey Rice

Elena Clinch

Bláthín Keane

Lucy O'Malley

Gabriella Allen

Aoife Higgins

Zoe Lyons

Nell Freeman

Eva Daly

Olivia Kilroy

Holly Byrne

Melaniia Dziuma

Isla Richardson

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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 and pricing.

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HPGNS

United in Friendship, Together We Strive!