Key Dates Term One & Two
Christmas Play | Thursday 12th December | Senior Infants |
Movie Night | Friday 13th December | 6th Class |
The Moon & Sixpence Puppet Theatre | Monday 16th December | All classes |
Niall de Burca Storyteller | Wednesday 18th December | All classes |
Santa is coming to HP! | Thursday 19th December | All classes |
Final day of Term One | Friday 20th December | All classes |
First day of Term 2 | Monday 6th January | All classes |
Catholic Schools Week including Grandparents' Day | Week beginning Monday 19th January | All classes |
St Brigid's Day (School Closure) | Monday 3rd February | All classes |
Cyber Safety Talk | Monday 17th February | Parents |
History Day | Wednesday 19th February | All classes |
February Mid Term | Thursday 20th February & Friday 21st February | All classes |
Last Day of Term One: Friday 20th December
The school will operate a staggered early finish as set out below:
Finish at | |
Junior & Senior Infants & siblings | 11:30am |
1st & 2nd Class & siblings | 11:45am |
3rd-6th Class | 12:00pm |
This will be a non-uniform day for the girls.
School Calendar 2024/2025
The 2024/2025 calendar is available on www.hollyparkgns.ie
Santa Coming to HPGNS!
We are very excited to hear that Santa will be visiting Hollypark GNS on Thursday 19th December!
In honour of this very special visit, girls may wear Santa jumpers/other Christmas accessories on Thursday 19th December!
Thank you to our PA who are kindly preparing Santa's Grotto in Hollypark for this very special visit. ( I think they are definitely on Santa's Good List!)
The Moon & Sixpence Puppet Theatre
We are looking forward to welcoming The Moon & Sixpence Puppet Theatre to Hollypark on Monday 16th December.
Niall De Burca: Storyteller
We are also looking forward to welcoming Niall de Burca Storyteller to Hollypark next Wednesday.
Thank you to our PA for funding these two fun events!
Voluntary Contribution
Thank you to the 140 families who have already made a Voluntary Contribution for 2024/25.
Your Voluntary Contribution makes a real difference to your girls' learning environment. 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
Seo chugainn Daidí na Nollag. |
Labhair Gaeilge linn!
Infant Christmas Plays
Junior Infants
Junior Infants took to the stage this morning and true pros that they are, wowed us with their wonderful performance of 'Ralph the Reindeer'. Hollypark to Hollywood in a heartbeat!
Senior Infants
Senior Infants are very excited to perform their show 'Whoops A Daisy Angel' tomorrow, Thursday 12th December at 09:30am. We can't wait!
Due to the restricted space available in the hall, we kindly ask that only two adults per child attend the shows. For health and safety reasons, please do not bring hot drinks into the school building.
Hockey
Well done to our two hockey teams who played Monkstown ETNS on Monday, winning in both games. A great start to the season for our girls.
HP Abú!
Winning Gymnasts
In 3rd Class.....
In 4th Class.....
Still more medals in 4th Class for Abbie and Tess!
In 5th Class.....
Soccer Skills
Emerald Soccer Club: Skills Winner
Irish Dancers
Over the Halloween break, we performed with our Irish dancing school in Disneyland Paris. There were 30 dancers from our dancing school, including Ciara's younger sister Eva. It was a wonderful experience to dance in the huge theatre with lots of people coming in to watch us. We went on lots of rides and rollercoasters afterwards too! It was a huge honour to dance in Disneyland, we had so much fun with our friends and we made memories for life! At the end of November, we competed for the first time in the Irish Dancing Leinster Championships in solo and team events. It was very different from normal competitions because the stage was much bigger and the points were announced on a big screen. We were very happy to bring back many medals! By Girls in Ms McNulty's 2nd Class
Hollypark GNS PA Update
PA Ladies' and Girls' Preloved Occasion Wear Night
The PA hosted a wonderful ‘Ladies' and Girls’ Preloved Occasion Wear Night' on Thursday 28th November giving parents an opportunity to purchase high-quality ladies and girls' occasion wear at a reduced cost while socialising with other parents.
The PA would like to give a big thank you to their event sponsors:
A fantastic €1277.00 was raised for the school on the night!
Select unsold items are still for sale via Facebook Group: 'What She Wore'. Search #Hollypark GNS to filter.
PA Christmas Gift Bag Appeal
Our Christmas Charity Appeal this year is for Feed Our Homeless, a Finglas-based charity. They're out on Dublin streets every night helping homeless people. They also help homeless families living in emergency accommodation.
We are asking for gift bags for children living in emergency accommodation.
The charity have asked if we could do certain age ranges. We've separated them into class groups...
JI & SI please do a gift bag for age 3-5
1st/2nd/3rd please do a gift bag for age 8-12
4th/5th/6th please do a gift bag for age 12-16
You can choose to do a gift bag for girls or boys.
Please send into school this week: 9th - 13th December. There will be drop boxes in each classroom.
Traffic Safety
Morning & afternoon one-way system:
Reminders:
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.
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.
Birthdays this week in Hollypark!
Mollie Doolin
Olivia Buckley
Lydia Lawlor
Rosie Ryan
Chloe Flattery
Emily Reynolds
Fainche Ryan
Juliette Flynn
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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