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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

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 : 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 [...]

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 [...]

RACE Applications

April 26th, 2012

The current fifth years are having their RACE applications processed. If your child is entitled to the above, please ensure the school has the latest psychological report and that you have filled out and returned the appropriate booklet. These booklets are available on line from the SEC website or see link: 2013_Leaving_RA2_2013
Any queries [...]

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 [...]

The Bald Prima Donna – Newpark wins top awards at the St. Andrew’s One Act Festival

March 28th, 2012

Congratulations to director David Magee (past pupil 2011) and his fantastic cast for picking up three major awards at the one act festival at St.Andrews College. Saoirse O’ Coineen(best actress), Oisin Lyons(best actor) and Sian Demery(best supporting actress)

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

March 19th, 2012

Junior And Leaving Certificate and LCA Mock Exam Timetable 2012 Now Available Online

January 23rd, 2012

The exam timetable for the mock examinations for people taking the Junior Certificate, Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied this year are now online.  Please click the link below
Newpark Mock Exam Timetable 2012
Please note the current Exam Regulations are as follows

Know when your exam starts and be there ten minutes before the time.    Latecomers will [...]

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 !

French Mock Aural exams will take place on Wednesday 25th (3rd Years) and Thursday 26th January (6th Years)

January 17th, 2012

The mock aural exams will take place during classes and as follow :
Wednesday 25th January
3rd Year French Aural exam : 12.35-1.10pm
Thursday 26th January
6th year French Aural exam : 11.25am-12.35pm

5th and 6th Year LCA Ice Skating Trip to Kilmainham Monday 19th December

December 16th, 2011

5th and 6th Year LCA  are going on a trip to Kilmainham to go Ice Skating on Monday the 19th of December.  The 5th Years will be travelling by school bus.  They will go to school as normal on Monday morning, leaving Newpark at 9.30 and arriving in Kilmainham for 10.30.
The 6th Years will be meeting at [...]

Xmas 2011 Exam 2nd & 5th Year Timetables Now Available Online

December 11th, 2011

The Xmas 2011 Exam Timetables for 2nd Year and 5th Year are now available online.
Click here to go to the 2nd Year webpage
Click here to go to the 5th Year webpage

Newpark Presents “We Will Rock You” A Musical written by Ben Elton and Inspired by the Music of Queen December 7, 8, 9 and 10

November 25th, 2011

This year, students ranging from 1st – 6th year will present the musical “We Will Rock You” from Wednesday the 7th of December until Saturday the 10th of December at 8pm each night at Newpark.  All students involved have been working really hard and are getting very excited as the first performance draws closer!
Tickets are available from [...]

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 [...]