Finish Strong

Dear parents/ guardians,

We are in the last 3 weeks of the school term and we would ask you all to encourage the students to FINISH STRONG.

So to FINISH STRONG students need to continue to follow all school rules :

-Focus on your schoolwork and exam preparation

-Wear  full correct uniform

-Remove any nose piercing or large earrings

- Keep all books in the lockers

- Be punctual to school and class

-Finish all outstanding schoolwork/ projects

- Remove any Art / Music / PE gear/ lunchboxes/Home Ec equipment from racks and start to bring home before the school term ends.

Good luck & enjoy the last few weeks of this academic year by FINISHING STRONG!

We have a Department of Education Maths Subject Inspection in school this week on Tuesday (7th May) and Thursday (9th May). This is another great opportunity for our students and teachers to share in feedback about learning. 

The annual School Captain's Day is today (Wednesday) and follows the Captain-led reflection morning on the student centred themes of Inclusion and Diversity. This will be followed by the school's second Colour Run. This year all funds raised are to support Insync Newbridge, a wonderful local service for youth and community.

Our annual Sports Day is this Friday, 10th May and we are all very excited to enjoy the sporting events as coordinated by the PE team and to see the HFSS traditional 6th years dress-up themed parade with their English teachers.

As always, all of these activities are thanks to the creativity and commitment of the HFSS staff.

Many congrats to Ava Rock (3rd Yr) who achieved qualification times in 8 events at last weekend's Leinster Swimming Championships for the Irish Open Swimming Championships in 2 weeks time.

Dear Parent/Guardian, 

We are currently completing year three of our school plan in HFSS. Our school plan sets out many targets for us to achieve by 2026, many of which we have already successfully implemented. Our full plan is found on our school website and in the link below. 

https://www.holyfamily.ie/wp-assets-holyfamily/uploads/2021/09/HFSS-School-Strategic-Development-Plan-2021-2026.pdf

 As part of tracking our progress we would like to invite you to complete a survey evaluating our performance across some key areas we endeavour to improve during our current school plan (curriculum offered, facilities available, student voice, our sustainability and our engagement with the community). The data from this survey will help guide us to address area’s in need of greater attention and furthermore as a metric to chart our progress. This is part of our School Self Evaluation process in HFSS and a large sample of students are also surveyed for their contribution.

School Self Evaluation at HFSS is collaborative, inclusive, and reflective process of internal school review. The process of School Self Evaluation involves gathering information from a range of sources about our school, measuring our progress and using the data collected to make decisions and action further improvements.

Your input is extremely important. We would greatly appreciate it if you could take two minutes to complete the survey found at the below link. The survey will close on the 9th May at 5pm so the data can be collated and analysed. 

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=3sEcWdMHvUekevUmUBe2E1USIOlyaa1JtlAHeGpxmOhUOE9QUlZSOUxLTFgyRkdXUERMWkFKOFg4Ty4u

For the information, we collect to best represent the needs of our students and direct us towards impactful action we welcome your engagement in this survey. There is an annual presentation of the findings of the SSE annual survey at the Parents Association AGM in September.

 Kind regards, Aisling Jordan

School Self Evaluation Coordinator

A big well done to Cavina in 5th year, who was one of the finalists in the Heathy Chef Competition. Cavina cooked a delicious Vegetable Satay Style Noodles served with a fried egg. Cavina was one of 16 students to make the final out of hundreds of candidates in Ireland.
A huge congratulations to Cavina and to her Home Economics teacher Ms Keenan.
Thanks, Ms Byrne :)

Great news, Meadbh Hartnett (3s) received second prize in the all Ireland Healthy Chef cookery competition today in Sligo The competition was judged by a panel of experts from St. Angela’s College including award winning chef and Home Economics Ambassador Nevin Maguire. Many thanks to Meadbh's Home Economics teacher Ms J. Byrne.

www.stangelas.ie/healthyhomechef2024/#:~:text=The%20All%2DIsland%20Cook%20Off,Prizes%20to%20be%20confirmed!&text=cooking%20talent.. Superb achievement!
Go Holy Family Secondary School.

5th Years enjoyed a great day at the SVP Youth Day in Lucan today with Sr. Kate and Ms Cleary.