WELL DONE TO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY
As we begin to countdown towards Christmas, I want to thank our entire school community for your positive attitude, resilience and support over the past number of months. It is great to see the many happy faces bouncing in our school gates each morning. I love getting to greet all the families at drop off and collection times. There is a real sense of community spirit in Hollypark BNS. Well done to all involved.
BOOK FAIR
We are delighted to have our book fair back once again. Boys and their buddies have been visiting the hall all week to read to each other. The excitement around the school is palpable! Thank you to everyone who has visited so far and to the Parents' Association and library committee for helping out. The opening times are:
Monday November 28th-Friday December 2nd.
Times: Open daily from 8:30-9:15a.m. and 1:30 p.m.-3:00p.m.
Thursday Eve from 6:30 -8:00 pm.
The commission received from the fair will go back into books for your son’s class library and our school library. For every euro spent we will receive 60c back in books for our school. We will also purchase new sets of class novels. Payment can be made by cash or card.
'Braver Than You Believe', A Parents' Guide to Building Children's Resilience Using Positive Psychology, written by Fiona Forman is also available to purchase at a discounted price.
SCHOOL LIBRARY
The school library will open once again starting next week. Thank you to our team of library volunteers who have been busy preparing the re-opening for the past number of weeks. The school library is an excellent resource for our pupils and we look forward to each class from 1st- 6th visiting weekly.
SNA APPRECIATION POST
Currently in Hollypark BNS we have 11 SNAs (Special Needs Assistants). The SNA team named do a remarkable job each day supporting our students in class and on yard. Our SNAs are vital members of staff and we are lucky to have them.
Junior Infants – Ms. Moloney and Ms. Murphy
Senior Infants – Mrs. Clarke
1st Class – Ms. Drury Byrne and Mrs. Doyle
2nd Class – Ms. Bane
3rd Class – Ms. Grennan and Ms. Walsh
4th Class – Mrs. Conroy
5th Class – Mrs. Durning
6th Class – Ms. Mc Laughlin
SNA team – we salute you. Thank you for all your hard work.
OPERATION PURPLE AND GOLD
Kilmacud Crokes senior football and hurling teams will play in the Leinster final this weekend. To celebrate this achievement and the incredible achievement of the senior ladies' football team, we will turn our school purple and gold this Friday. Boys are allowed to wear their Crokes gear (head to toe!) We appreciate that not all our school are Kilmacud members so equally they are allowed to wear their club colours also. Granada soccer, Cuala GAA, Stradbrook rugby etc.
Best of luck to Kilmacud Crokes and their host of past Hollypark pupils.
CHRISTMAS WISH LISTS
The boys are busy writing their Christmas wish lists at present. Now is a good time to remind boys that mobile phones, smart watches and similar devices are not permitted in school.
4TH CLASS CHESS LEAGUE
Congratulations to Alex Quinn who won the 4th class chess league. The chess league coordinated by Ms. Conroy ran every lunch time for the past 4 weeks. Over 50 boys participated and the skill level was extremely high! Well done to runner up Donnchadh Billings and to all the boys for their participation.
INFANT CHRISTMAS SHOWS
Junior Infants- December 15th at 9.30am
Senior Infants- December 15th at 11.30am
All shows will take place in the school PE hall. Please note that spaces are limited and reserved for 2 adults only per child.
6TH CLASS CAROL SERVICE
December 14th at 7pm.
The Carol service will take place in the school PE hall. Please note that spaces are limited and reserved for 2 adults only per child.
SANTA VISIT
Santa and his elves will once again visit Hollypark this year. We look forward to welcoming him on Monday, December 19th. It is always one of our favourite days of the year.
CHRISTMAS COLLECTION IN AID OF THE CAPUCHIN DAY CENTRE FOR THE HOMELESS
Our Christmas Collection is in aid of The Capuchin Day Centre for homeless people in Central Dublin. We are collecting gift vouchers from Dunnes Stores, SuperValu, Tesco, Lidl and Aldi.
The centre provides hundreds of hot meals and food parcels to people at this time of year and these gift vouchers will be used by the centre to purchase food and goods which will go directly to families and children in need.
The volunteers at the centre send their heartfelt thanks to the boys and families of Hollypark for their kind support.
If you can, please donate generously again this Christmas.
This week is a special week for these wonderful boys:
Ross Farrell, Rory Nasution, Davy Byrne, Hugo Drummond, Charlie Doyle, Aidan Mac Donagh, Donnchadh Ó Tailliuir, Maverick Elegado, Sean Byrne, Noah Clarke, Richie Walsh agus Kanyu Zhou.
Have a brilliant celebration boys!
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Parent teacher meetings will take place the week beginning Monday, January 23rd. School will close at 2.15pm on Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th to facilitate meetings.
Beir bua agus beannacht,
