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December Newsletter
The students council have been hard at work this term. To round out the year they have put together a newsletter to highlight all that has been going on here in Holy Family Senior School. Click here to download or read below Read MoreSchool Chess Tournament
Here are the links for this Wednesday’s tournaments @ 1.30pm: Masters (5th and 6th): https://lichess.org/tournament/P3QrgwJo Here are the links for this Wednesday’s tournaments @ 6.05pm: Masters (5th and 6th): https://lichess.org/tournament/g8zNykBo Read MoreSchool Chess Tournament
Here are the links for this Wednesday’s tournaments @ 1.30pm: Masters (5th and 6th): https://lichess.org/tournament/aQg6zK5F Here are the links for this Wednesday’s tournaments @ 6.05pm: Masters (5th and 6th): https://lichess.org/tournament/4vjX0gTQ Read MoreSchool Chess Tournament
Here are the links for this Wednesday’s tournaments @ 6.05pm: Masters (5th and 6th): https://lichess.org/tournament/6OayryjF Read MoreSchool Chess Tournament
Wednesday the 6th of November, is the first online chess competition, for those who have joined the 6th class chess team, using the Lichess website. The link for Wednesday’s competition is below. The tournament will run from 6pm and will finish by 7pm. Tournaments will take place on the f Read More2024/25 Calendar
The calendar for the next academic year is available below. It can also be downloaded as a PDF by clicking here. You can also find the dates on the school’s website calendar page: https://holyfamilysenior.com/events/ There is now an option to add the school’s calendar to your own Google, Read MoreChristmas Edition of the Student’s Council Newsletter
Calling all students, parents, and teachers! We’re excited to announce the release of our brand new Christmas edition of the Holy Family Senior School Newsletter! This festive edition is packed with exciting news, stories, and updates from our school community. This episode is the perfect way Read MoreSchool Book Scheme
From September, schoolbooks, workbooks and copybooks will be provided to every child by the school. All pencils, copybooks etc. will also be provided. There will be no charge for parents for these as the school will receive funding from the Government to cover these costs. The items provided under t Read MoreNew Podcast!
Mr. Finn’s Class have put together a podcast which showcases a wide ranges of topics such as animal welfare, video games, Astronomy and much more. You can listen at this link or in the player below. Read MoreAdmission Notice
Annual Admission Notice In respect of admissions to the 2022/23 school year Admission Policy and Application Form A copy of the school’s Admission Policy and the Application Form for Admission for the school year 2022 – 2022 is available on the school website www.holyfamilysenior.com On re Read MoreBooklists for 2021/22 are now available
To see the booklist for your class click on the link below Read MoreP.A.T.H Appeal
P.A.T.H are hoping to distribute care packages to the homeless this Christmas. These care packages are a zip lock bag filled with some of the items from the list below. The care packages can consist of any of these items or other items you think are appropriate: Bottle of water… Read MoreCovid-19 Response Plan
Please see our Covid-19 Response Plan for information on how we are handling Covid-19 in our school. Read MoreNotice for Parents
Dear parents and guardians, At Holy Family Senior School, our staff have been using G Suite for Education for the past number of years as a way of working online. Later today you should receive a request through Aladdin to allow permission for the school to create a G Suite… Read MoreSchool Reopening Summary
Dear Parents/Guardians, We are looking forward to our pupils returning next week. We will do everything possible to make it a safe and happy return. Kind regards, All the staff of Holy Family Senior School. Re-opening Summary Thursday 27th August 9am – 3rd and 5th classes ONLY Friday 28th Augu Read MoreReturning to School
All the information you need for returning to school this September can be found on our Covid-19 information page or on the Aladdin app. A brief summary of our back to school plan can be found in the video below. Read MoreGraduation 2020
Dear Students, Parents and School Staff, You are cordially invited to attend the 2020 Graduation of our 6th class students. This online graduation will be taking place on Thursday evening at 7:00pm. The graduation of 2020 is a little different to others as we have put together a video for Read More3rd Class Podcast from Home
Hi Everyone, The first Holy Family Senior School – Podcast from Home episode is now available. The first podcast features children from 3rd class who have done an amazing job. This episode includes music, singing, jokes, poetry and a lot more. Be sure to give it a listen. Thank you to&hel Read MoreCovid-19 Message from our Principal and Deputy Principal
Good Afternoon, I hope this message finds you all safe and well. I want to provide some clarity on how we will operate going forward. From next Monday 30th March you child’s daily work will be sent to you via Aladdin. It will appear in the Homework icon. This icon is on y Read MoreTomorrow’s A New Day is on sale now!
Holy Family Senior School’s CD ‘Tomorrow’s A New Day’ is available to buy now. You can get your copy from Holy Family Senior School for €5, with all proceeds going to Teac Tom. Following a successful launch night on Friday the 6th of March, the CD is now available for&helli Read MoreEpisode 3 of the Newsteam Podcast is now available
This month’s edition on the Holy Family Senior School Newsteam podcast is now available. In this months episode we are taking a look at the upcoming school CD, the Eason’s Spelling Bee, the Oscars and much more. Check it out at this link. Read MoreLaunch of School CD
The countdown is on for the launch of our Holy Family Senior School CD appropriately named, “Tomorrow’s A New Day.” The big event takes place on Friday March 6th in the Nano Nagle hall on the Holy Family Campus at 7.30pm. Background Information Back in term one, we chose songs… Read MoreHoly Family News Team Podcast Episode 2!
This month’s podcast takes a look at news from around our school and a quick glance at some news outside of the school that has been making headlines around the world. We hear about the school’s Charity CD that is coming soon, the Green Schools work in promoting a litter… Read MoreCarol Singing in Dunnes Stores
On Thursday the 19th students from Holy Family Senior School spent the morning carol singing at Dunnes Stores. The school were decked out in Christmas hats and jumpers as they entertained shoppers with Christmas carols. The Teacher’s Choir also helped out with a song or two. Thanks to Ms. Meag Read MoreHoly Family Draw 2019
On Wednesday the 18th of December, Holy Family Senior School held its annual draw. The draw was organised with help from the parents council who ensured there was a large selection of prizes on offer. Thanks to the parents council and to all who bought lines in the draw. Read MoreHoly Family News Team Podcast – Episode One!
In this first episode of our News Team Podcast we are looking at some of the events that went on over the first term. We hear from Abbie about sport, Jenna fills us in on Christmas, Robert talks about our Erasmus visitors, Lily May talks about cycle safety and all… Read MoreHave you seen Douglas?
One of our students has lost their dog Douglas. We would be grateful if you could keep an eye out for the missing dog and contact one of the numbers on the attached poster if you see Douglas. Read MoreBack to School
The school reopens on Thursday, August 29th (full day to 2:40pm). We look forward to welcoming everyone back after the summer break Read MoreGreen Schools
What is green schools? Green schools is an international environment programme. Which promotes kids and adults to keep environment green. Why was Green schools created? Green schools was created to prevent the obvious problem with litter and more. They tackle and try to dominate litter in schools an Read MoreStudent Council
Ella Hannon of our News Team has put together a run down of some of the work our student’s council has been up to. Here at Holy Family Senior School, we are very lucky to have our own Student Council which is made up of one person from each 5th… Read MoreNational Children’s Choir Preview
By Shauna Lalor – School News Team Our school choir is simply amazing. Aside from getting out of class for a little while we really love performing. We have been hard at work rehearsing since September. We have 5 amazing teachers/conductors who must have great patience because when we started,&hel Read MoreAldi play rugby
Article written by Sarah Avram – School News Team Currently Aldi wants all the schools in Ireland to collect stickers with Irish rugby players on them. The Holy Family Senior School has over 300 stickers already collected, which means we are on our second poster. The students have to collect&h Read MoreSave a Life One Day
Shauna Lalor – School News Team A few weeks ago Ms. Kinsella’s class had an idea to hold a bake sale in aid of educating our teachers on how to use our very own defibrillator. We have over 60 staff in our school and thanks to the generosity of parents,… Read MoreInter-class League – Hurling Final 2019
Match report written by Tom Delaney – School News Team Match Report – first Half The whistle blew. The ball was in the air. Hurls started to clash. The two teams were off to a flying start and to start it all off was a shot from Tipperary, but Galway’s Goalie made a brilliant&helli Read MoreSchool Chess Team Tournament
Written by Clinton Ejiofor – School News Team On Thursday The 7th of February, The School Chess Team went to The Rock National School to compete in a Chess Tournament. The school chess team was a group of 4 6th class boys. There names were Anto John Malekal, Ashin Joshy,… Read MoreSchool Quiz Team
Written by Treasure Esho – School News Team Monday the fourth of February the school quiz team went to represent the school in the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel. The members of the team are Abi White, Louise Allen, Kathryn and last but not least Conor Stack. The team was captained on… Read MoreChristmas Break 2018
The school will be closing for Christmas on Friday the 21st of December. Official finishing time on that day will be 12:30pm. We will be reopening on Monday the 7th of January. All of our students and staff would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy… Read MoreHoly Family’s Danny Rooney meets All-Blacks
It was a special moment on Friday last as Holy Family pupil Danny Rooney got the opportunity to meet some of the world’s greatest rugby stars. Danny was a guest of Aoibheann’s Pink Tie at an event in Croke Park, where he came face to face with several of the… Read MoreVisit from Science Genius Marty Jopson Electrifies Science Week
Marty Jopson paid the school a visit on Tuesday the 13th of November. Marty put on an electrical display that showed how interesting and powerful electricity could be. He explained Sonic Booms and even played music using electricity! Each class was captivated by Marty as he used his knowledge to&hel Read MoreGirl’s and Boy’s Teams do Holy Family Senior School Proud in Football Finals
There was a historic victory on Wednesday the 24th as the Girls of Holy Family Senior School were crowned Cumann na mBunscol champions for the first time. The victory coincided with the boy’s team finishing as hard fought runners up in the shield final. The girls, who were managed by… Read MoreIrish Air Corps Visit to Holy Family
A brief report on the visit and history of Colonel James Fitzmaurice. Written by Arjeta Kovaci from Mr. Dunne’s 6th Class. An Irish Air Corps member came in to talk about his life as part of the air corps. He told us that as part of training he got to… Read MoreTHE COUNTY FINAL
Match report compiled by Conor McCausland and Ciara Lee from Mr. O’ Connor’s 6th class. The county final turned out to be an outstanding game on Sunday for Portlaoise Senior team. It was a tight game throughout, but the town pulled it out of the bag. It meant that O`Dempsey’s… Read MoreMs. O’ Hara’s Class Light Up Amber Flag Day!
Thursday the 14th of June saw the taking place of out annual Amber Flag Assembly. It was a fantastic oppurtunity for all children in the school to display their talents and show support for positive mental health. A huge amount of credit must go to Ms. Redmond and the Student… Read MoreGame of Two-Halves at Holy Family World Cup Final
Last Friday saw the final of the Holy Family World Cup. It was played out on the Edmund Rice field in glorious sunshine. Both teams who made the final played extremely well to make it to the showpiece event. The teams, Portugal and France, were cheered on by the entire… Read MoreLatest Edition of the Student’s Council Newsletter
The student’s council have been hard at work again and have their newsletter available from their section of the website. It can also be found by clicking the following link. Well done to the council on putting together another issue and thanks again to Ms. Redmond for compiling and editing&he Read MoreTransmitter Concert
Last Thursday, Holy Family Senior School played host to the band Transmitter. The school were highly entertained throughout the concert. The lads put on an amazing show and the entire school would like to thank them for their fantastic energetic performance. It will definitely be a highlight of the Read MoreSports Day 2018
Last week was a very busy one at Holy Family Senior School. The entire school took part in our sports days and they were a great success. All children competed in a variety of events and everyone had a great time in the glorious sunshine. On Thursday both the male… Read MoreCheckmate for Holy Family in Chess Tournament Success
The annual chess tournament organised by The Rock National School took place last Wednesday the 11th of April. Thirty-two children from eight primary schools throughout Laois took part in the tournament. Holy Family Senior School was represented by Bartosz Kupisiak, John Kosmecki, Giovanni Bernardo Read MoreFAI Spar 5-a-Side Soccer
On Wednesday the 11th of April, Holy Family sent teams to compete at the annual FAI and Spar 5 a side soccer blitz at Portlaoise Leisure Centre. The teams performed very well on the day and did a great job representing the school. The girls ‘A’ team were incredibly unlucky… Read MoreRedesigned Student’s Council Newsletter!
Be sure to check out our Student’s Council Newsletter for March. It is full of information about what is going on in the school, along with fun articles and games. The council have put in a lot of effort and would love for you to check it out. Click on… Read MoreSchool Quiz Team Success!
Huge congratulations to our school quiz team who achieved third place in the Allianz Cumann na mBunscol table quiz. On Wednesday March 7th, Holy Family Senior played host to the annual Laois Cumann na mBunscol table quiz in our Nano Nagle Halla. Over 30 schools took part on the night. Mia,… Read MoreClass Updates
Each of the school’s classes will be using the website to post class updates. You can find all of this information in the class news section of our website. Along with the class news there are several websites that might prove useful. Read MoreSports and Activities
Our active school team is hard at work putting together the huge amount of information that will go into our websites active school section. They have been hard at work all year long and can’t wait to show off all their hard work in their gallery. Read More
School Facebook Page
Our school’s Facebook page is updated daily. It is the best place to find the latest information about all the goings on in the school. Read More
Fáilte Romhat!
Welcome to Holy Family Senior School’s website. It will be updated in the coming weeks and months with information about the school and all the various activities that are taking place. Some areas are still in progress and will be updated in due course. Read MoreBe Sure to check out our Facebook Page