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All-Ireland Schools Cross-Country finals
Created : 05 Mar 2025, 7:48 PM
Archived : 05 May 2025, 12:00 AM
The best of luck to Éabha Brennan (3rd Year) who will represent the Holy Family SS at the All-Ireland Cross Country finals this Saturday 8th March in Galway.Pictured here with all her Running Club pals today.
Diversity Week at Holy Family Secondary School!
Created : 28 Feb 2025, 11:46 AM
Archived : 28 Apr 2025, 12:00 AM

Dear Parents/Guardians,

 

Next week, we are celebrating Diversity Week as part of the Yellow Flag Programme, a national initiative that promotes inclusion, intercultural awareness, and equality in schools. Our students and staff committee have been working together to make our school a welcoming space for all, and we are excited for a week of activities to recognize and celebrate the diversity within our community!

Here’s what’s happening: 

Tutor Time Presentation – On Monday, students will engage with a themed presentation on diversity in Holy Family.
Daily Student Announcements & Games – Student representatives from the YFP Diversity Committee will visit classes each day with short announcements and fun cultural trivia.
Festival of Cultures – Wednesday – One of the highlights of the week! Students will experience a variety of cultural displays, performances, and food. 

We encourage you parents and guardians to support your daughters in embracing Diversity Week by chatting with them about what they’ve learned and helping them celebrate different cultures.

As part of the Yellow Flag Programme, we are also gathering insights from our school community. Please take a few minutes to complete our Intercultural Survey here: Intercultural Survey

Thank you for your support in making Holy Family a school where everyone belongs!

  

Best regards,

The Yellow Flag Programme Team
Yellow Flag Programme Survey
Created : 27 Feb 2025, 12:56 PM
Archived : 27 Apr 2025, 12:00 AM
Dear Parent/Guardian, this year our school is participating in the Yellow Flag programme which aims to support schools to become more inclusive of all cultures and ethnicities. As part of this process we are currently conducting an intercultural review. The survey linked below will allow parents/guardians to give their feedback on inclusiveness within the school. If you have already filled in this survey many thanks for taking the time to do so. If you have not it would really be appreciated if you could take a few minutes to fill this in as the information gathered will help to inform our actions moving forward. Many thanks, the HFSS Yellow Flag Committee.
Calendar Update: No school March 7th
Created : 25 Feb 2025, 9:31 AM
Archived : 25 Apr 2025, 12:00 AM

Dear Parents/Guardians

Please note a change to our school calendar: There will be no school for students on Friday 7th March 2025 to facilitate a staff training day.

School Calendar Link

 
HFSS is delighted to have been selected for EU Erasmus+ Accreditation
Created : 24 Feb 2025, 6:26 PM
Archived : 24 Apr 2025, 12:00 AM

This means that HFSS will be able to apply for funding for future school partnership programmes with other countries in the EU.

Erasmus+ is the EU's programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe. The 2021-2027 programme places a strong focus on social inclusion, the green and digital transitions, and promoting young people’s participation in democratic life. It supports priorities and activities set out in the European Education Area, Digital Education Action Plan and the European Skills Agenda. This aligns strongly with the HFSS School Plan 'By 2026' and many of the school's teaching and learning aims. Accreditation shows that HFSS can organise high-quality mobility activities, and plans to organise them regularly. Thanks to Ms Lloyd for leading the HFSS team with this programme. 

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Attendance Poster Competition Winners
Created : 14 Feb 2025, 2:00 PM
Archived : 24 Apr 2025, 12:00 AM

Congratulations and well done to our winners of our recent Attendance Week Poster Competition. Students were asked to design a poster on why it is important to come to school every day. We received some wonderful entries to the competition and all posters have been displayed in the school.

1st Place: Amy Power 1st Year

2nd Place: Freya Phillips 5th Year

3rd Place: Alexandra Futonge 1st Year
Spring Mid Term Break 2025
Created : 14 Feb 2025, 1:36 PM
Archived : 14 Apr 2025, 12:00 AM

School will be closed from Monday, 17th to Friday, 21st February 2025 for our Mid Term Break. School will reopen Monday 24th, February 2024. Well done to all of our 3rd and 6th years who have completed their mocks exams.

Happy Birthday from all at HFSS to a very special member of our school community, Sr Kate. 

Have a lovely mid-term break.
Eucharistic Ministers 2025
Created : 13 Feb 2025, 3:44 PM
Archived : 13 Apr 2025, 12:00 AM

Congratulations to the 5th Year students commissioned as Eucharistic Ministers today in the Parish Church at 9:30 Mass. Well done to everyone.
Leinster Schools Cross Country finals
Created : 12 Feb 2025, 6:01 PM
Archived : 12 Apr 2025, 12:00 AM
Many congratulations to our cross country runners who participated in the Leinster Schools finals today in the Phoenix Park .Olivia Smith (2nd yr) finished 20th in the Junior Girls race. Éabha Brennan (3rd yr) finished 13th in the Inter Girls race and qualified for the All Ireland Schools Cross Country Championships in Galway Racecourse Ballybrit Galway on the 8th of March.
Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement - Class of 2024
Created : 12 Feb 2025, 1:12 PM
Archived : 12 Apr 2025, 12:00 AM

Congratulations to our Junior Cycle class of 2024 who today received their Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement (JCPA) marking all the wonderful achievement over their three years at Junior Cycle.

As part of the Framework for Junior Cycle (2015) the reporting process at Junior Cycle culminates in the award of the JCPA to students. It reports on student achievement across a broad range of areas of learning in Junior Cycle including:

 The student’s achievements in the state-certified final examinations 

 The student’s achievements in the Classroom-Based Assessments in subjects and short courses

 The student’s achievement in other areas of learning

 

Well done to all our students on their hard work and dedication.