Key Dates Term Two
National Children's Choir Cluster Rehearsal 2 | Wednesday 26th February | 5th & 6th Classes |
Córfhéile | Monday 3rd March | School Choir |
Ash Wednesday | Wednesday 5th March | All classes |
Sacrament of First Penance | Thursday 13th March | 2nd Class |
Seachtain na Gaeilge | 10ú - 14ú Márta | Gach rang |
Book Fair | 10th - 14th March | All classes |
St Patrick's Day (School Closure) | Monday 17th March & Tuesday 18th March | All classes |
National Children's Choir Performance | Friday 28th March | 5th & 6th Classes |
Standardised Testing | Week beginning Monday 7th April | 1st - 6th Classes |
Mary's Meals Bucket Collection | Friday 11th April | All classes |
Final Day of Term Two | Friday 11th April | All classes |
First Day of Term Three | Monday 28th April | All classes |
School Calendar 2024/2025
The 2024/2025 calendar is available on www.hollyparkgns.ie
Voluntary Contribution
Thank you to the 209 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. Thank you! |
If you would like to help in any additional way with our school development,
(time, skillset, sponsorship) please let us know.
Frásaí na Seachtaine
Tá an t-Earrach linn! |
Labhair Gaeilge linn!
Sacramental Celebration: 2nd & 6th Classes
As our 2nd Classes continue to prepare for the Sacrament of Communion and First Penance, our family Zoom sessions will commence Monday 3rd March at 7.30pm. More details to follow on Aladdin later this week.
Please note the school has been advised that the Sacrament of First Penance will commence at 7:00pm on Thursday 13th March and not 6:00pm as previously communicated.
| Class | Date | Time | Wear |
Sacrament of Reconciliation | 2nd Class | Tuesday 13th March | 7:00pm | Uniform |
First Holy Communion | 2nd Class [Parents have already registered to attend one of the Masses as outlined.] | Saturday 24th May Sunday 25th May Sunday 25th May | 10:00am 10:00am 11:30am |
As per tradition |
Class | Date | Time | Wear | |
Ceremony of Light | 6th Class | Thursday 29th May | 6:30pm | Uniform |
Confirmation | 6th Class | Saturday 7th June | 12:00pm | Uniform |
Trocaire Lenten Campaign 2025
Trocaire boxes have been distributed throughout the school.
With your support we can help families like Ilma and Julio's build a more secure future.
Ash Wednesday
6th Class will attend Mass on Ash Wednesday, 5th March and ashes will be distributed to all other classes in school.
National Children's Choir
Our 5th & 6th Classes have been working very hard learning the 15 song repertoire for the National Children’s Choir (NCC) programme and are very much looking forward to performing this repertoire at their concert on Friday 28th March in the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght.
Today we hosted our second ‘cluster rehearsal’ in advance of our forthcoming concert in Tallaght. We were delighted to welcome the girls and boys of Guardian Angels NS to our school for the rehearsal and were excited that one of the three NCC Musical Directors, Ms Orla Gillan, conducted this rehearsal.
The NCC has been bringing choral music to primary schools since 1985, and this year NCC is celebrating its 40th anniversary. To mark this celebration RTE’s children’s news programme News2Day visited our rehearsal today and recorded a report of the launch! We will let you know when it is going to broadcast live!
School Choir: Córfhéile 2025
It is a busy time musically for our girls.
Next Monday evening, our School Choir will perform at Córfhéile na Scoileanna at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght.
They have worked very hard, attending many additional rehearsals, and we are very much looking forward to their performance.
History Day in Hollypark: 19th February 2025
Our girls had a fun-filled day today marking History Day in Hollypark!
Microsoft Dream Space Ambassadors
On Thursday the 13 of February we did a presentation on AI. We were assigned two classes that we had to teach about AI. We really enjoyed it and can not wait to do more. We hope the girls enjoyed it as much as we did. By Anna and Amaya On Friday the 14th of February we presented a presentation on Micro Bit, which is a mini computer. We had a lot of fun making the PowerPoint and really enjoyed showing it to others in our school. We are very grateful to have had the opportunity to be a Dream Space Ambassador.By Isabella and Eva 
Hollypark GNS PA Update
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!
Homework Club
The final term of Homework Club will be starting soon.
Homework Club has provided a quiet, supervised study environment for students to complete their homework. Students have had the benefit of being able to ask the supervising teachers for help with their homework if needed. If you would like an application form, please email ocarroll@hollyparkgns.ie.
This final term of Homework Club will run up until the 16th June.
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!
Rose Hennigan
Cora MacDevitt
Hannah Maria Vincent
Carrie Molloy
Emily Jordan
Amy Moll Mullane
Éabha Chatharoo
Viola Aurilia
Kasey Han Yi Bang,
Katie Flynn
Be Winter Ready!
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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