Newsletter: Wednesday 19th November 2025
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The Admission Process for Junior Infants 2026
is now closed.
Applicants have been notified of the decision on their application and have until Friday 28th November @ 3:00pm to confirm acceptance of the offer of admission.
Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period above may result in the offer being withdrawn
Note: the school will consider and issue decisions on late applications in accordance with the school’s Admission Policy.
School Calendar 2025/2026
The 2025/2026 calendar is available on www.hollyparkgns.ie
Key Dates: Term One
PT Meetings | Week beginning Monday 17th November | Senior Infants - 6th Class |
No After School Activities for one week to facilitate PT Meetings | Week beginning Monday 17th November | Whole School |
Christmas Jumper Drop-Off | Friday 21st November | Whole School |
Kilcoole Music Festival | Sunday 23rd November | School Choir - 5th & 6th Class choristers |
Christmas Jumper Sale | Friday 28th November | Whole School |
Graffiti Classics | Friday 28th November | Whole School |
Light Up Laura Lynn | Sunday 30th November | School Choir - 6th Class choristers |
Infant Christmas Plays | Friday 12th December | Junior & Senior Infants |
The Moon & Sixpence Theatre | Monday 15th December | Whole School |
School Choir Charity Christmas Concert | Monday 15th December | School Choir |
Carol Singing at The Four Ferns | Tuesday 16th December | School Choir - 6th Class choristers |
Niall de Burca - Storyteller | Wednesday 17th December | Whole School |
Last Day of Term One (Early Finish) | Friday 19th December | Whole School |
First Day of Term Two | Monday 5th January | Whole School |
Staff Inservice School Closure | Wednesday 11th February | Whole School |
Staff Inservice School Closure | Wednesday 13th May | Whole School |
Well done!
Their achievements included Merit Player of the Year and Player of the Year titles.
A special congratulations also to Isabelle who won an award in the Skills Competition category.
Well done to all the girls on their fantastic accomplishments!
School Choir
Next Sunday 23rd November, our 5th & 6th Class choristers will represent the school at Kilcoole Music Festival. We wish them the very best of luck!
On Sunday 30th November 6th Class Choir girls will sing for the LightUpLauraLynn event and our 6th Class Choir girls have also been invited to sing for the residents of The Four Ferns later in December.
We are delighted that 10 of our choir girls have been invited to sing at The Dedication to Phil Lynott concert in the 3Arena in January.
And to finish off a busy term's work, our School Choir looks forward to bringing you Christmas joy at their charity concert on Monday 15th December in Foxrock Church - more details to follow!
Dream Space Live
Girls in 6th Class took part in an online session with Dream Space Live which was hosted by some scientists and engineers from CERN.
They spoke about the Large Hadron Collider and then, using Microbit, programmed a code replicating a code they use in CERN! Very hi-tech!!
Green Schools
The Green School Committee are continuing with their work raising awareness of the biodiversity in the locality of the school and encouraging children to be conscious of where the food in their lunch boxes come from.
The Green School Committee are working on an audit of the trees around the school campus. We are finding this website About – LEAF particularly useful!
Please see below the Nature Spotter Sheet for November!
Take some time at weekends to spot some of these during the month of November!
PT Meetings: Senior Infants to 6th Class
We are delighted to meet our parents this week at our annual Parent Teacher Meetings for Senior Infants to 6th Classes.
PT Meetings for Junior Infants will take place in January/February.
If you have not yet scheduled your meeting time please contact your daughter's class teacher directly (Homework Journal/email).
Voluntary Contributions 2025- 2026
Sincere thanks to the 59 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.
PA Update
Pre-Loved Christmas Jumper Sale
Traffic and 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:
[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. |
Morning Drop OffIn the interest of the safety of all pupils, parents/guardians are not permitted to drive into the yard for drop-off or collection. Thank you to the many parents/guardians who abide by this rule. |
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.
Birthdays this week in Hollypark!
Eliana Tzialli
Matilda Doran
Margaux Hanratty
Eva Flanagan
Aisling O'Callaghan
Isabella Mulvee
Nessa Houlihan
Grace O'Leary
Sadie Twomey
Torah Devlin
Holly Hyland
Nina Byrne
May Hanrahan
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.
HPGNS
United in Friendship, Together We Strive!
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