Admission to Junior Infants September 2025
The process for admission to Junior Infants 2025 opened on Monday 30th September and will remain open until Friday 25th October.
The following are the dates applicable for admission to Junior Infants 2025/2026:
The school will commence accepting applications for admission on | 30th September 2024
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The school shall cease accepting applications for admission on | 25th October 2024 @ 3:00pm
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The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application is | 15th November 2024 |
The period within which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is* | 29th November 2024 @ 3:00pm |
All details including relevant dates/forms/policy etc are now available on www.hollyparkgns.ie.
Applications may be posted to the school or delivered by hand. As original documents supporting the application must be included, applications cannot be made by email.
Key Dates: Term One
Hallowe'en Costume/Jersey Pre-Loved Sale | Friday 4th October | Whole school |
GOAL Jersey Day | Friday 11th October | Whole school |
STEM Week | Week beg Monday 14th October | Whole School |
Hallowe'en Dress Up Day | Friday 25th October | Whole school |
Midterm break | 28th October - 1st November inclusive | Whole School |
PT Meetings | Week beginning Monday 18th November | Senior Infants - 6th Class |
Weaving Wellbeing Fiona Forman: Talk for parents | Monday 18th November | All parents (GNS & BNS) welcome |
Christmas Play | Wednesday 11th December | Junior Infants |
Christmas Play | Thursday 12th December | Senior Infants |
Last day of Term One (early finish) | Friday 20th December | Whole school |
First day of Term Two | Monday 6th January | Whole school |
PT Meetings | Week beginning 27th January 2025 | Junior Infants |
School Calendar 2024/2025
The 2024/2025 calendar is available on www.hollyparkgns.ie
Frásaí na Seachtaine
"Cé leis é? Is liomsa é." |
Labhair Gaeilge linn!
Wellbeing Week: Bí Cineálta! 23rd - 27th September
Donation from Vodafone
We would like to thank one of our parents - Graham Hughes - for organising sponsorship from Vodafone. Vodafone have kindly donated €500.00 to the school. This money will be used to buy the new Busy at Maths Toolkits created especially for Station Teaching and for use with the New Primary Maths Curriculum.
If you or your company would like to sponsor curricular resources please let us know.
Hollypark PA Preloved Hallowe'en Costume & Jersey Collection
Hollypark PA are happy to announce their first fundraising event this Friday 4th October. It ties in with two upcoming school events - Goal Jersey Day on October 11th and Halloween Dress Up Day on October 25th.
This event not only raises funds for the school but it is sustainable, saves parents time and money and teaches our children about the circular economy.
Junior Infant Photos
County Photos will be in the school tomorrow, Thursday 3rd October for Junior Infant Photo Day.
Junior Infant Curriculum Meeting
Parents/guardians of Junior Infants are invited to a short talk on the Junior Infant Curriculum tomorrow Thursday 3rd October at 12:40pm. This talk will take place in your daughter's Junior Infant Classroom and during this time, your daughter will be in a Senior Infant Class. (We would appreciate if younger siblings did not attend).
Please enter via the main entrance of the school, where our Student Council will be on hand to escort you to your daughter’s classroom.
Collection time will be 1:10pm as usual, from the school yard.
We look forward to seeing you.
HSE - MMR, Flu
Flu Vaccine | Whole School | 17th October |
Consent forms and reminders will issue to classes in advance of above.
Traffic Safety
Morning & evening 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 work with our PA to action the Walking Bus initiative as soon as possible
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.
Post-Primary Open Evenings
Our 6th Class graduates attend a wide variety of local post-primary schools. Please see below Open Evenings which can be very helpful for parents/guardians of our 5th & 6th Class pupils.
Blackrock ETSS | Thursday 3rd October | 6:30pm-8:30pm |
Birthdays this week in Hollypark!
Isabel Keenan
Emma Scally
Amelia Vipin
Lilly Sexton
Olivia Mildner
Jane Sun
Charlotte Oliver
Agnes Linu
Carolyne Doyle
Eva Fallon
Zihan Huang
Emma Whelan
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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