The Orienteering Trip for 2nd Years to Donadea Forest Park will take place on Tuesday, October 17th.

This trip forms part of the students Classoom Based Asessment (CBA) which will apppear on their Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement.

The cost of the bus is €8 and will be collected through the shop section of the app (will be posted later today).

Further details of the event will be posted on your daughter's Team as we get closer to the event.

A reminder that the Admissions Application window for next year's First Year (current 6th class) is now open.

COMPLETED APPLICATIONS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE SCHOOL BY TUESDAY, 24th OCTOBER 2023 AT 1:00PM. Please note - This is the FINAL APPLICATION DATE and TIME. All applications received after this date will be marked LATE.

The HFSS application form is available to download on the school's website. www.holyfamily.ie/policy-2/ 

 Alternatively, a paper copy can be collected from the school's Admissions Office or please contact administration@holyfamily.ie 

Open Evening & Transition Year Expo in HFSS on Thursday, 19th October 2023, from 4pm-6.30pm. 

The Parents' Association fundraising Clothes Recycling Bin has been installed at the school.

From tomorrow (Tuesday, 3rd October) members of our school community can now leave clothes for recycling in the bin at school. The bin will be collected, on a regular basis, as an ongoing fundraising stream from the Parents' Association for the school.

A reminder also about the Parents' Association AGM on Monday, 9th October at 7.30pm in the school.

Thursday, 19th October 2023

4.00pm-6.30pm in HFSS

Open Evening and Transition Year EXPO to showcase HFSS school life and activities.

A reminder that there is no school for students next Monday 2nd of October.

Dear parents/ guardians, 

We will be celebrating our annual Jersey day this Friday 29th September. Students are welcome to wear a jersey of their favourite club, team, sport, extra curricular club ( dance/theatre/music etc ), county or country with their school tracksuit bottoms. A 2 euro donation by each student is requested. All proceeds will go directly towards all Extra-Curricular activities and clubs in the school.

Please find attached the extra-curricular timetable for Term 1. 

If your daughter is interested in taking part in any of the activities she is encouraged to contact the teachers listed below the activity.

The use of social media apps continues to become a bigger part of young peoples' lives. Although, we have an OFF AND AWAY mobile phone policy in our school, we continue to see incidents of poor decision making when it comes to communication online. Sometimes, this can result in the issue becoming a factor that impacts negatively on the school experience of another student(s). At school we have regular lessons, assemblies and talks about appropriate and respectful social media use.

As was highlighted at the August year groups meeting, a reminder that as part of the ongoing work by the school, our students know when using social media, it is never kind, respectful or appropriate to take or share pictures of others online without their fully informed consent. 

Our students also know that they are never permitted to take photos of others in school, or to use their phones in school to airdrop (iphone) photos or share images on social media apps (Snapchat etc.) during school time. 

Our students also know that we have an OFF AND AWAY mobile phone policy in place in school and for any school activity.

Please find in the pdf attached, information from TUSLA about appropriate and more importantly, safe internet use. 

"The best online safety strategy, regardless of age, is to talk with your child and to engage with them about what they are doing and who they are doing it with. Much of the information published in this booklet has been adapted from content first published on the Webwise.ie website. You can visit the Webwise Parenting Hub (webwise.ie/parents) to find more supports including video interviews with experts, talking points on topics that are difficult to discuss with your child, articles explaining new apps and technologies, and lots more"

Thank you for your continued partnership and support.

Sarah Allen

You are welcome to join us now for our annual school mass in St Conleth's Parish Church. newbridgeparish.ie/parish-church