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Newsletter: Wednesday 9th April 2025

  • Writer: hollyparkwebsite
    hollyparkwebsite
  • Apr 9
  • 6 min read

Updated: Apr 30

Wishing all of our girls, their families and staff a lovely Easter break. I hope you enjoy lots of Easter Eggs and sunshine and we look forward to welcoming everyone back for our final term of the school year on Monday 28th April.


Friday 11th April: Last Day of School Term

Our final day of this term is Friday 11th April. We will operate a staggered finish as laid out below:


Staggered Finish

Junior & Senior Infants & older siblings

11:30am

1st & 2nd Class & older siblings

11:45am

3rd - 6th Class

12:00pm

Friday 11th April is a non-uniform day and there will be a Bucket Collection for Mary's Meals.


Key Dates Term Two

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

May Break School Closure

Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th May

All classes

Sports Day

Tuesday 13th May

All classes

Standardised Testing

Week beginning Monday 19th May

1st - 6th Classes

First Holy Communion

Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th May

2nd Class

School Closure for PMC Staff Inservice

Monday 26th May

All classes

Choir Concert

Wednesday 28th May

School Choir

Communion Photos

Tuesday 27th May

2nd Classes

Cake Sale

Friday 30th May

All classes

Confirmation

Saturday 7th June

6th Class

Last day Term 3

Friday 27th June

All classes


School Calendar 2024/2025


The 2024/2025 calendar is available on www.hollyparkgns.ie



Voluntary Contribution

Thank you to the 237 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.

  

Curriculum Evaluation: Music


We were delighted to welcome two inspectors from the Department of Education to our school this week for a Whole School Curriculum Evaluation in Music.

The inspectors spent time in many classes at all levels throughout the school.


Information resources for pupils and parents and guardians about the inspection process are available at these links:

&



Celebrating Music Day in HP!


We enjoyed a wonderful day celebrating music in Hollypark last Friday.





Camogie

Hi, I’m Holly from the 5th and 6th class camogie team. Today we are having our first match in the Cumann na mBunscol league, against St Brigid’s Girls, Cabinteely in Silver Park. 

We are all very excited including our coaches. We have been training every Wednesday to prepare ourselves as individuals and as a team. 

Keep your fingers crossed for us! 

Go Hollypark!

Tennis

Well done to our Tennis Team who have qualified to their next round!


Santry Squad

Training session for our Santry Squad: Thursday lunchtime in Granada!


Well done!

Speech & Drama Winners



Méabh in Ms Codd's 1st class won 1st place in the 'Speech & Drama Teachers of Ireland Hybrid Feis' at the weekend. She got a beautiful gold medal and a trophy for the 'Paint a Poem' competition and also came 2nd in the paired reading competition. We're so proud of you Méabh! 


Singing Competition



On Sunday the 6th Of April, Chloe in 5th Class took part in the Castleknock Music Festival in Castleknock Community College. She competed in the Repertoire and Solo Competition. For the Solo Competition she sang "I know it's today" and for the Repertoire she sang "Goodnight" and the "Sally Gardens". She achieved first place in both of these competitions and will now perform at The Prizewinners Concert presented in Vernon Studio at the Royal Irish Academy of Music on Tuesday 8th April. Well done, Chloe! 


Irish Dancing Exam



On Sunday I did an Irish Dancing Exam. I did Grade 4 and danced the Primary Slip Jig and the St. Patrick’s Day Dance. I got a B. I dance in The Chaney Farrell Academy of Irish Dance.
by Ellen, Ms. Mannix’s 4th Class

Sacramental Celebration: 2nd & 6th Classes



 

Class

Date

Time

Wear

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



Trócaire Lenten Campaign 2025

Trócaire boxes have been distributed throughout the school.

With your support we can help families like Ilma and Julio's build a more secure future.




Hollypark GNS PA Update


Table Quiz


Our PA pulled out all the stops last Friday in Crokes with a fun and highly successful Table Quiz. Over €11000.00 was raised for our school!!!


The auction for Homework Off Passes, PJ Days, Surprizes, Cakes and Pizza was particularly successful - full results below!


Class

Prize

Ms Byrnes Dooley Junior Infants

No homework, PJs & treat in lunchbox

Ms Byrne Senior Infants

Moo cakes and wear your PJs to school day for whole class

Ms Carroll Senior Infants

Supervalu class party and no HW pass

Ms Cunneen 1st Class

No homework day and Easter eggs for whole class (before Easter) and PJ day (after Easter)

Ms Codd 1st Class

Freshly Baked Cookies from Dessertaalicious & PJs to school day

Ms Lamont 2nd class

No homework day and Easter eggs for whole class

Ms McNulty 2nd Class

No HW No uniform

Ms McGovern 3rd Class

Pizza party night for whole class

Ms Cashman 3rd Class

Homework Pass

Ms O Shea 4th Class

No HW No uniform

Ms Mannix 4th Class

No HW Pjs

Ms Belton 5th class

Non uniform day and surprise for whole class (Paddys ice cream)

Ms Conlon 5th class

Moo cakes and wear your PJs to school day for whole class

Ms Coll 6th Class

PJs No HW

While it was clearly a whole team effort, special thanks go to Elaine Quinn, Keeva O'Shea, Sarah Delaney, Dee Cahill, Adrian O'Hagan, Jacinta & Michael Kavanagh, Jane Irwin, Sinéad Henry and Carla O'Brien.


Thank you all most sincerely!


Outdoor Learning Spaces


Our PA were very busy this weekend as the Gardening Team, along with Ms de Fréin, spent Saturday and Sunday creating two outdoor learning spaces for our girls!


Special thanks to: Sinead & Mark Henry, Mary - Charlotte's grandmother, Ash McGing, Jane Irwin & Ross Farrell, Melissa & Cian Daly & Eva, Nicola Sills Lyons & Zoe, Therese Coleman & Elodie, Maryrose McCarthy & Alanna




And a report from roving reporters Elodie & Alanna:

Outdoor Classrooms
Over the 5th and 6th of April last, we made two outdoor classrooms. First, some parents cleared two circles for the outdoor classrooms, second DLR County Council donated wood-chips. We raked these wood chips to make the ground even and lastly we painted used car tyres different shades of blue to use as planters.
We worked with Zoe in Ms. Duffy’s 2nd Class, Eva in Ms. Belton’s 5th Class, Leylie in Ms. Coll’s 6th class and of course a BIG thanks to all the parents who helped out!
By Elodie and Alanna in Ms. Mannix’s 4th Class

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!




Support Cabinteely Darkness into Light: 10th May 2025




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 and over Easter in Hollypark!


Arianna Rogan

Sadie Bowen

Elisha Harnett

Myra Anand

Leila Stokes

Zuri Bell-Hill

Elasia Di Adamo

Aoife Deasy

Leadha Kearns

Kate Davitt

Seraphina Centner

Rachel Song

Allison McMahon

Jessica Lynn

Juliet McGuinness

Alexandra Byrne

Annie Rose Mullane

Ali O'Neill Hyland

Riley Shelley

Kate Hyland

Claire D'Arcy

Ailbe Walsh

Genevieve Morris

Faye Furlong

Teighan Carrick Tallant

Julia Mahon






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.


HPGNS

United in Friendship, Together We Strive!

 


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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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