Newsletter: Wednesday 18th June 2025
- hollyparkwebsite
- Jun 18
- 5 min read
Updated: Jun 20
Last Day of Term: Friday 27th June
The last day of term will be a non-uniform day. We will operate a staggered closure as laid out below.
Junior & Senior Infants & older siblings | 11:30am |
1st & 2nd Class & older siblings | 11:45am |
3rd - 6th Class | 12:00pm |
School Calendar 2025/26
School will reopen for the new school year on Thursday 28th August 2025. Please see below School Calendar for 2025/26.
Please note that the staggered start/finish times introduced during COVID will conclude at the end of this school year. The school will revert to pre-COVID opening and closing times from Thursday 28th August 2025, as set out below:
Junior & Senior Infants | 8:40am - 1:20pm |
1st - 6th Class | 8:40am - 2:20pm |
Key Dates Term Three
6th Class Graduation | Tuesday 24th June | 6th Class |
Last Day Term 3 | Friday 27th June | All classes |
First Day Term 1 2025/2026 | Thursday 28th August | All classes |
School Tours May/June 2025
Junior Infants | Glenroe Farm | 18th June |
Senior Infants | Festina Lente | 30th May |
1st Class | Lullymore | 20th June |
2nd Class | Tallaght Astro Park | 19th June |
3rd Class | Fort Lucan | 11th June |
4th Class | Clara Lara | 19th June |
5th Class | CP Adventure Russborough House | 13th June |
6th Class | Alive Outside Kilruddery | 13th June |
Class teachers will contact classes, via Aladdin, with all relevant details.
Creative Schools Week
We really enjoyed celebrating creativity in our school last week during Creative Schools Week. The theme was Creativity Lives Here - and so it does!
A highlight of many highlights were our Live Art Exhibitions. Thank you to the many many parents who came to view. That meant so much to our girls.
And huge thanks to our PA who organised tea/coffee for all in the tunnel.
And more highlights of our week.....
Dance!
Well done to Ms Lamont and team for their preparation and work for Creative Schools Week.
Soccer Tournament
Our 6th classes recently participated in a football tournament at St. Joseph’s Football Club. We entered three teams, with each team playing five matches. The girls were brilliant and really enjoyed the day!
Amber Flag
We are thrilled to have been awarded our second Amber Flag. Thank you to Mrs Marnell and team (staff and pupils) for their work in promoting the Amber Flag and for ensuring that once again our school has achieved this award.
A Message to Hollypark GNS from the Amber Flag Team:
Dear Amber Flag Coordinators & Committee, Congratulations on being awarded the 2024/2025 Pieta Amber Flag! Your Amber Flag Committee has shown great commitment in promoting positive mental health by encouraging teamwork and contributions from peers. Our team has thoroughly enjoyed seeing the results of your efforts through the wonderful initiatives you organised. We hope that by taking part in the Amber Flag initiative, you will continue to raise awareness of stigmas which exist and the stressors on our collective mental and emotional wellbeing.Thank you once again for all your hard work. We hope that the Amber Flag has impacted positively on everyone involved. It has been a real honour working with you all this year.Kind regards, The Amber Flag Team
Well done!
Well done to Sophia and her team who won a trophy in the Cabinteely Mini World Cup with Cabinteely FC!
Well done to Elizabeth in 1st class. She won a medal for coming 2nd in her Mini World Cup last weekend.
Voluntary Contribution
Thank you to the 278 families (that is 68% of all families) who have already given a Voluntary Contribution to the school for 2024/25. Each and every contribution is very much appreciated and will be used to enhance your daughters' learning environment.
Your Voluntary Contribution makes a real difference. |
If you would like to help in any additional way with our school development,
(time, skillset, sponsorship) please let us know.
Library & Library Ladies
As the year draws to a close I wish to sincerely thank our team of Library Ladies who give of their time and energy to promote the joy of reading amongst our girls. The gift of a lifetime - thank you!
This year our Library Ladies also organised a visit from one of Ireland's most renowned children's authors - Marita Conlon McKenna - this was a a highlight of our school year and pupils and staff alike were honoured to meet with her.
To refresh our library, our Library Ladies are looking for donations of the following books (secondhand or new):
Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
Charlottes Web and any classics in good condition
The Babysitter Club
Lottie Brooks
Harry Potter
Sinead Moriarty books
Recent Diary of Wimpy Kid books
Scarlet and Ivy
Murder Most Unladylike books
Recent Daisy books
Recent Isadora Moon books
Marita Conlon McKenna books in good condition esp newer ones like Fairy Hill
As the library space is very limited, our Library Ladies would appreciate if you could please check with them before dropping in books outside of the above list. Hollyparkgnslibrary@gmail.com.
After School Activities 2025/26
Please contact providers directly for all bookings and queries. All contact details are provided on the schedule.
Pre-Loved Uniform
Our PA will hold a Pre-loved Unifrom Sale at the end of August.
To facilitate this there will be a Uniform Collection Day on Friday 27th June. Please drop pre-loved uniforms into the tunnel on Friday 27th June!
Lost Property
Are you missing a jumper, tracksuit top? Lost property is located on the Red Corridor beside Suzanne's office. All unclaimed items will be donated to the PA/charity on 27th June.
Don't forget!!! Tesco Community Fund
Our PA have secured a spot for our school on Tesco's Community Fund initiative!
If you are shopping in Tesco Stillorgan, please support our school by putting a Blue Token in our drop box!
Summer Art Camp
DE Recommendation: Wear a Wide Brimmed Sun Hat!
Parents and guardians, please read the letter below from the Department of Education regarding the recommendation that wide-brimmed sunhats be worn by all primary school children.
Follow Alannah, Carrie & Alice's example and wear suncream to school during the summer months! (slide to picture 3 to view the three Hollypark sisters!)
Post-Primary Open Day
St Joseph of Cluny Open Day: Thursday 25th September 5pm - 8pm.
Traffic Safety
Morning & afternoon one-way system:
Reminders:
The school has received many complaints of dangerous driving and parking in the vicinity of the school. Children and local residents are being put at risk.
Please use Foxrock Church car park at drop off and collection times and walk the last 6 minutes with your child.
Deansgrange Cemetery has requested that our parent body do not park and stride from the Cemetery carpark.
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.
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.
Hollypark GNS & BNS understand and appreciate how busy the roads are each morning. We continue to engage with DLR & An Taisce, Safe Routes to School, for a safer school zone.
Birthdays this week in Hollypark!
Rachel Finan
Juliette Dunphy
Emanuela Campeáo
Theodora Hardie
Amelia Feeney
Kate Wang
Belle Laura Crotty
Kate O'Reilly
Emily Mahon
Fiadh McGough
Lauren Barrett
Noelle D'Arcy
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.
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