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Newsletter: Wednesday 5th November 2025

  • Writer: hollyparkwebsite
    hollyparkwebsite
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Welcome back! It's great to see our girls back looking refreshed and ready for another great half-term in Hollypark!


The Admission Process for Junior Infants 2026

is now closed.


Applicants will be notified of the decision on their application by

Friday 14th November.

The school will commence accepting applications for admission on 

29th September 2025

 

The school shall cease accepting applications for admission on 

24th October 2025

@ 3:00pm

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

14th November 2025

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

28th November 2025

@ 3:00pm

 



Note: the school will consider and issue decisions on late applications in accordance with the school’s Admission Policy.

 

*Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period above may result in the offer being withdrawn



School Calendar 2025/2026

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


Key Dates: Term One

School Choir Recording Session

Monday 10th November

School Choir

HSE Innoculations

Thursday 13th November & Friday 14th November

Junior Infants

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

Kilcoole Music Festival

Sunday 23rd November

School Choir - 5th & 6th Class choristers

Graffiti Classics

Friday 28th November

Whole School

Infant Christmas Plays

Friday 12th December

Junior & Senior Infants

School Choir Charity Christmas Concert

Monday 15th December

School Choir

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!

Grace in Senior Infants, donated 14 inches of her hair to the Rapunzel Foundation, a great charity who will use it towards making a wig. Rapunzelfoundation.ie. Well done Grace!
Grace in Senior Infants, donated 14 inches of her hair to the Rapunzel Foundation, a great charity who will use it towards making a wig. Rapunzelfoundation.ie. Well done Grace!

Congratulations to Zoe in 3rd Class who won MVP 2025 (most valuable player) at the Meteors Basketball Shoot Halloween Camp last week.
Congratulations to Zoe in 3rd Class who won MVP 2025 (most valuable player) at the Meteors Basketball Shoot Halloween Camp last week.
Congratulations to Darcey in 1st Class for her achievements in Irish Dancing at the weekend!
Congratulations to Darcey in 1st Class for her achievements in Irish Dancing at the weekend!
Congratulations to Alice in 1st Class who competed in the National Series & Next Gen Championships (Gymnastics Ireland), coming 2nd in the Uneven Bars and achieving a Team Bronze over all.
Congratulations to Alice in 1st Class who competed in the National Series & Next Gen Championships (Gymnastics Ireland), coming 2nd in the Uneven Bars and achieving a Team Bronze over all.

Celebrating 60 Years! Our Anniversary Book


A heartfelt thank you to everyone who shared photos, stories, and memories for our 60th anniversary book.


Your contributions have been truly appreciated and will help create a special keepsake that celebrates the rich history and spirit of Hollypark GNS.


And a very special thank you to Ava's grandaunt Helen who designed two beautiful stones for our school!
And a very special thank you to Ava's grandaunt Helen who designed two beautiful stones for our school!

United in Friendship, Together We Strive.


Green Schools

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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!


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Take some time at weekends to spot some of these during the month of November!


PT Meetings: Senior Infants to 6th Class


We are looking forward to meeting you at your annual Parent Teacher Meetings which will take place for Senior Infants to 6th Classes during the week beginning Monday 17th November 2025.

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Please note, parents who have already met with their daughter’s teacher and support team do not need to schedule a meeting at this time.


PT Meetings for Junior Infants will take place in January/February.


The Aladdin PT Scheduler opened for bookings on Tuesday 4th November and will remain open until 9:00am on Tuesday 11th November.


Parents/guardians will not be able to cancel or change their meeting bookings after this date.


We look forward to meeting you!


PA Update


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Pre-Loved Christmas Jumper Sale

Collection Date: Friday 21st November

Sale Date: Friday 28th November


Traffic and Safety


Morning Drop Off

In 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


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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!



Hailey Murray

Yilei Shao

Jude McCann

Chloe Collins

Olivia Martin

Sophie Jordan

Nora Dockery

Willow Rose Dunne

Eibhlin Bates

Lucy O'Mahony

Ava Hofler

Avrora Abdullova

Zoe Byrne

Yuhan Weng

Elvina Eldhose



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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United in Friendship, Together We Strive!

 
 
 

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Contact 

St. Patrick's GNS

Hollypark

Foxrock Avenue

Dublin 18.  

D18V659

Principal

Bernadette Gunning

Deputy Principal

Michaela Marnell

School Secretary

Suzanne O' Toole

Phone:

01 2893293

 

Email: 

hollyparkgns@gmail.com

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