Wednesday Letter January 7th 2026

Posted on Tue, 06/01/2026 - 09:13

SCHOOL CALENDAR 2026

			Hurling Season			Hurling & Soccer SNAG			Soccer			Testing Month			Reports
January			February			March			April			May			June
1	Th		1	Su		1	Su		1	We	Easter Holidays	1	Fr		1	Mo	School Closed
2	Fr		2	Mo	School closed St. Brigid’s Day	2	Mo		2	Th	Easter Holidays	2	Sa		2	Tu	School Closed
3	Sa		3	Tu		3	Tu		3	Fr	Easter Holidays	3	Su		3	We
4	Su		4	We		4	We		4	Sa	Easter Holidays	4	Mo	Mid Term	4	Th	New Infant Story Day
5	Mo	Return to school	5	Th		5	Th		5	Su	Easter Sunday	5	Tu	Mid Term	5	Fr
6	Tu		6	Fr		6	Fr		6	Mo	Easter Holidays	6	We	Mid Term	6	Sa
7	We		7	Sa	Peace Proms 3^rd	7	Sa		7	Tu	Easter Holidays	7	Th		7	Su
8	Th		8	Su		8	Su		8	We	Easter Holidays	8	Fr		8	Mo
9	Fr		9	Mo		9	Mo		9	Th	Easter Holidays	9	Sa		9	Tu
10	Sa		10	Tu		10	Tu		10	Fr	Easter Holidays	10	Su		10	We	Sports Day
11	Su		11	We	Staff Inservice School Closed	11	We		11	Sa		11	Mo		11	Th	Reserve Sports Day
12	Mo		12	Th		12	Th	Paráid	12	Su		12	Tu		12	Fr
13	Tu		13	Fr	Cake Sale	13	Fr		13	Mo	School Re-opens	13	We	Staff Inservice School Closed	12	Fr
14	We		14	Sa		14	Sa		14	Tu		14	Th		14	Su
15	Th		16	Mo	Engineers’ Week	15	Su		15	We		15	Fr		15	Mo
16	Fr		16	Mo		16	Mo	School Closed	16	Th		16	Sa		16	Tu	ISM
17	Sa		17	Tu	Engineers’ Week	17	Tu	School Closed	17	Fr		17	Su	First Communion 11:30	17	We
18	Su		18	We	Engineers’ Week	18	We		18	Sa		18	Mo	Ceremony of Light 18:30	18	Th	PA BBQ
19	Mo	Catholic Schools Week	19	Th	Mid Term	19	Th		19	Su		19	Tu		19	Fr
20	Tu		20	Fr	Mid Term	20	Fr		20	Mo		20	We		20	Sa
21	We		21	Sa		21	Sa		21	Tu		21	Th		21	Su
22	Th		22	Su		22	Su		22	We		22	Fr		22	Mo
23	Fr		23	Mo		23	Mo		23	Th		23	Sa		23	Tu	6^th Class Graduation
24	Sa		24	Tu		24	Tu		24	Fr		24	Su		24	We
25	Su		25	We		25	We		25	Sa		25	Mo		25	Th
26	Mo		26	Th	First Penance 19:15	26	Th		26	Su		26	Tu	Confirmation	26	Fr	Last day 11.50-12
27	Tu		27	Fr		27	Fr	Easter Holidays	27	Mo		27	We		27	Sa
28	We	Parent Teacher Meet	28	Sa		28	Sa		28	Tu	ISM	28	Th		28	Su
29	Th	Parent Teacher Meet				29	Su		29	We		29	Fr		29	Mo
30	Fr					30	Mo	Easter Holidays	30	Th		30	Sa		30	Tu
31	Sa					31	Tu	Easter Holidays				31	Su
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WELCOME BACK AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

A very warm welcome back to our school community. I hope you all had a happy and peaceful Christmas. It was great to see our wonderful students bounce through the doors once again. The boys were straight back to work and looking forward to the year ahead!

PARENT-TEACHER MEETINGS

Parent-teacher meetings will begin soon. Teachers will release time and date slots through our Aladdin system this week. When the time slots are available, you can follow the infographic below for tips on how to book your time slot. Please ensure you are signed up to the ALADDIN CONNECT app.

January 28th & 29th, school will close @ 2.15 pm to facilitate parent-teacher meetings. Collection time for 1st-6th class is 2.15 pm.

We are really looking forward to welcoming you to the school at the Parent-Teacher Meetings. We respectfully ask that you do not bring any children to the school at the time of your meeting. Meetings will last 10 minutes. We hope you enjoy your visit to your child's classroom and the school.

STAR OF THE FUTURE

Bill Shanley, 2nd class, was the mascot at the Leinster vs Ulster match at the Aviva on the last day of term before Christmas. He led the team out onto the pitch with Leinster captain Jack Conan.

COMMUNION

Preparation Mass for First Holy Communicants will be on Sunday, 11th January 2026, at 10 am.

CONFIRMATION

Preparation Mass for Confirmation will be on Saturday, 10th January 2026, at 6 pm.

CAPUCHIN DAY CENTRE

Our fabulous Pupil Voice Committee, pictured above, raised an amazing amount of €2,000 in vouchers and €1000 from the PA Christmas Card collection for the Capuchin Day Centre in our Christmas collection. The vouchers and cheque were delivered to the centre before Christmas and will be used to provide much-needed food and supplies for homeless families over the winter season. Well done to the whole committee for all their hard work with the collection. They made numerous motivational speeches and called to each class every day to encourage us all to donate to this worthy cause.
Brother Kevin was extremely appreciative and asked that his sincere thanks be passed on to all the boys and their families in Hollypark. He also hopes to visit the school sometime in the coming weeks to express his gratitude in person. Thank you to Sarah, Eliza, Stefano, Giacomo & Oisin for delivering the vouchers before Christmas.

Well done, boys. We are so proud of you all!

Engineers' Week

Last year, Engineers' Week was a huge success. One of the highlights of the week each year is the visitors who come in to speak with the boys about life as engineers.

To avoid a clash with Seachtain na Gaeilge in March, we will celebrate Engineers' Week in February (16-18 Feb). If you would like to speak to the boys about life as an engineer, we would love to hear from you. Please email Ms. Hynes at stemathollypark@gmail.com, outlining the age group you would like to speak to and a brief description of the topic you would like to discuss. We look forward to welcoming you to enlighten our budding engineers!

If you spoke to the boys last year and would be interested in returning or speaking to another class group, please feel free to email the above email address.

This week is a very special week for these great boys: Cian Geraghty, Henry Dillon, Michael Akkerman, Sam Sheehan, Nicholas Sullivan, Maximillian Mc Phillips, Ruairí Brennan, Darragh Geraghty, Oliver Cunniffe, Andrei Geyger, Shane Mc Keown, Cole De Rís & Renzo Marino.

Have a wonderful celebration, boys!

Beir bua agus beannacht,