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Summer exams : French oral exam for 2nd year students on Thursday 17th and Friday 18th May

May 10th, 2012

The French oral exams will take place on Thursday 17th and Friday 18th May.
The examiner will be Ms Larras.
Students have 10 questions and 3 role plays to prepare.
They should be at the exam about 10 min before their allocated time.
The information on the room will be given next week. Please check the noticeboards near the [...]

Summer exams : French aural exam for 1st, 2nd and 5th year students on Tuesday 15th May

May 10th, 2012

The French aural exam for 1st, 2nd and 5th years will take place in class on Tuesday 15th May.
Students should practice as much as they can this weekend and be prepared for next week.
It is important that they are on time as the exam lasts 40 minutes.
Reminder : answers must be given in English

Newpark’s ‘We Will Rock You’ Clip Now Available On Youtube

April 21st, 2012

A clip from Newpark’s ‘We Will Rock You’ DVD is now up on YouTube.  Click here to see it.

Eamon Gilmore Backs New School Building

April 25th, 2012

Summer Exams Revision Lists – Additional Lists Added

May 8th, 2012

The following Summer Exam Revision Lists are available for your reference:
Junior Cycle
1st Year

1st Year Geography Revision List
1st Year English Revision Guidelines
1st Year French ete Revision List
1st Year Gaeilge Revision List
1st Year Geography Revison List
1st Year German Revision List
1st Year History Revision List
1st Year Maths Revision List
1st Year Science Revision list
1st Year CSPE Revision [...]

Help Cherie Walk

May 3rd, 2012

Dear Students, Parents and Guardians,
Five year old Cherie Anderson, sister of Christel (first year) and Claudia (fifth Year) suffers from Cerebral Palsy. She needs surgery to cure the aches and pains which she suffers on a daily basis and to allow her to walk unaided, freeing her from the need to use leg splints, a [...]

Student Appeal to Minister Ruairi Quinn

May 4th, 2012

The whole school community has written personal letters to Minister Ruairi Quinn. Watch the video below as some of the students read extracts from their letters to the backdrop of pictures showing the condition of the school buildings.

Parents / Guardians of Special Needs / Exceptionally Able Students – Meeting Tuesday 29th May 8pm in Library

May 9th, 2012

We are having our next meeting of the above group in the school library. To recap, the objectives of the group are for Parents / Guardians to find out more information from other Parents / Guardians of similar students as they went through Secondary School.
All welcome.

Summer Exams – Timetable & Regulations

May 14th, 2012

The following Summer Exam Timetable & Regulations for 1st, 2nd & 5th Year are available for your reference:

Summer Timetable 2012 – Final
Newpark School Exam Regulations

Newsletter for May 2012 now available online

May 18th, 2012

The last newsletter of the year is now available to view online. We are trying a bit of an experiment with this newsletter. We are testing a new ‘delivery and display system’ which should give the viewer a better feel for the newsletter. Click here to go to the Newsletter page.

DELL guest speakers, Joan Byrne (EMEA Services development manager) and Reginald Walsh (Global learning and development manager), are coming on Monday 30th April to present the programme entitled “IT is not just for geeks” to 4th and 5th year students

April 29th, 2012

‘IT is not just for Geeks’ is a programme Dell has developed for High School students to help raise awareness about Careers in Technology.
IT is a very large employer in the Global economy, and global figures are showing that job growth in the IT and engineering sector is very significant, in some cases up to [...]

François Sarano, a French oceanographer, professional diver and co-writer of the film Oceans, is coming to Newpark on Monday 23rd April to talk to European Section students

April 22nd, 2012

On Sunday 22nd April, Earth Day will be celebrated in Dublin like across the world. On this occasion, and to start the celebrations of Dublin City of Science, the crew of the French film Oceans is coming to Dublin and organising an outdoor screening in Temple Bar (the first screening of the film in [...]

LC French orals : 16th-20th April

April 15th, 2012

The Leaving Certificate French orals will take place in Newpark from the 16th to the 20th of April.
All students should know their time, if not, they can check it on the list in front of the library.
The room is the one on the top of the red brick building on the left.
All students must ensure [...]

La Semaine de la Langue Française (French Week) : 20th-23rd March

March 19th, 2012

Junior Certificate French orals for ES 3rd year students on Monday 26th April and Wednesday 28th April

March 19th, 2012

The Junior Certificate French orals will take place on Monday 26th April from 9am to 12am and on Wednesday 28th April from 9am to 12 am and then from 2.30pm to 4.30pm.
Students have a list of 25 questions and 6 role plays to prepare. During the oral, they will have to answer 8 questions and [...]

Congratulations to the 2 European Section’s groups who won the online contest organised by the French Embassy on Wednesday 29th February !

March 8th, 2012

On Wednesday 29th February, European Section 1st and 2nd year students took part in an French online contest on Francophonie, organised by the Cultural Service of the French Embassy. This year, 2 groups from Newpark are in the top 3 :
- L’Equipe bleue (1st years) : Fionnuala Healy, Elvira Guiomard, and Muireann Mc Donnell arrived [...]

Lyon trip 2011-2012 : please check the website for regular updates on the week

March 4th, 2012

Go to “Day to Day”, “European Section” and then “Lyon trip”.
For the pictures go to “Gallery”

Lyon trip : latest information before the trip on Monday 5th March

March 2nd, 2012

Meeting in the aiport at 10.30am in Terminal 2 in front of the glass stairwell.
Students don’t come to school, we’ll meet directly there. On Monday 12th March, students will also go home on their own ; arrangements should be made by parents before that date to decide if they either get a lift or take [...]

European Section 1st and 2nd year students participate in a French online contest on Wednesday 29th February

February 28th, 2012

The Cultural Service of the French Embassy organises on Wednesday 29th February from 9.30am until 12.30pm an online contest on “Francophonie” (French speaking countries).
ES 2nd year students will take part in the contest from 9.30am (they are asked to leave their first class at 9.20am) until 11.05am and ES 1st year students from 11.15am until [...]

Lyon trip meeting for 2nd year parents on Wednesday 29th February at 7pm

February 22nd, 2012

Ms Mc Carthy and myself are holding a meeting on Wednesday 29th February at 7pm in the library in relation to the Lyon trip which will take place from Monday 5th to Monday 12th March.
We will give parents the latest information on the trip and some important documents. It will be the occasion for parents [...]

French DELF exam on Wednesday 25th January for ES 4th and 5th year students

January 17th, 2012

European Section 4th and 5th Year students will take their DELF exams in the Alliance Francaise in Dublin.
Students are expected to be there 30 minutes before the start of the exams, which means at 12.00.
They have to bring their notification as well as their passport.
Good luck to all students !

ES 2nd year students go to Lyon from 5th March to 12th March

January 7th, 2012

The flights to Lyon are now booked.
After welcoming their French correspondents last November, ES 2nd year students will go to Lyon in March (5-12th).
Reminders :
Please check from now that your passport is still valid, otherwise you’ll have to apply for a new one (it takes 10 days through the passport Express Service and 8 weeks [...]

ES and Mainstream 4th Year students go to UCD on Tuesday 29 November

November 21st, 2011

ES 4th year students from Ms Tessier’s class and mainstream 4th students from Mr Byrne’s art class will go to UCD on Tuesday 29th November. Students will have a tour of the university and will be shown some rare representations of marine animals. They will be greeted by Emmanuel Reynaud, a French marine biologist who [...]