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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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.

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

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 [...]

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

Summer Timetable 2012 – Final
Newpark School Exam Regulations

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.

There will be an information meeting on Tuesday March 13th 2012 at 8.00 pm for students and their parents/guardians regarding the Leaving Certificate Applied programme. Current LCA students along with Deborah Cooper (LCA co-ordinator) and Eoin Norton (Guidance Counsellor) will be there to answer questions and to give a short presentation on the programme.
The meeting will [...]

Presentation for parents and guardians of Transition Year students on: Senior Cycle Options & Subject Choices
Tuesday February 28th 2012, 8.00 till 9.00pm in the Hunter Theatre
The purpose of the talk is to help parents and guardians better understand:
• Program choice for Leaving Certificate: Leaving Certificate Established (LCE), Leaving Certificate Vocational Program (LCVP) and Leaving Certificate Applied [...]

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 [...]

For the past seven year we have run a number of Rainbow Groups in the school. This year we are hoping to organise two different groups – one for 1st and 2nd year pupils and one for 3rd and 4th year pupils.
Rainbows is a peer support programme to assist children, adolescents and adults who are [...]

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 [...]

Please follow the link below to download the Cover Letter for Employers and Employer Report forms for Transition Year Work Experience 2011.
http://newparkschool.ie/day-to-day/transition-year/

On Tuesday 25th October, we have the pleasure of welcoming again Emmanuel Reynaud, a French Marine Biologist from UCD who gave last year a lecture to 5th ES students on oceans. This year, he is coming back with a French artist colleague François Pouthas who will help 4th year ES and Art students to create [...]

A group of Newpark parents, teachers, past pupils and friends of the school have prepared a Draft Arts Policy. Click here to read it. This policy will be presented to the Board of Mangement at their November meeting. Please have a read and send any observations to cb@newparkschool.ie.

Transition Year Meeting for Parents/Guardians in the Hunter Theatre on Wednesday 19th October at 8:00pm re Trips and Activities Weeks.

In the case of a misplaced form, please follow the link below to download and print all forms needed for Work Experience, Module 1.
http://newparkschool.ie/day-to-day/transition-year/

The annual Transition Year “Day Away” takes place  in Taney Parish Centre on Tuesday the 29th of March. 
 Each year, the Church of Ireland Board of Education organise this event for Transition Year students and it is always a very enjoyable day.  The day includes games, activities, reflection and speakers on issues of faith and belief.
A [...]

4th year ES students took the A2 level and 5th years, the B1 level last February in the Alliance Française in Dublin.
It’s a great achievement for them as this French certificate is recognised worldwide and will definitively be a plus on their CV.
If you want to know more about French courses or the DELF, you can visit [...]

Presentation for parents and guardians of Transition Year students on: Senior Cycle Options & Subject Choices
Tuesday March 8th 2011, 8.00 till 9.00pm in the Hunter Theatre
The purpose of the talk is to help parents and guardians better understand:
• Program choice for Leaving Certificate: Leaving Certificate Established (LCE), Leaving Certificate Vocational Program (LCVP) and Leaving Certificate Applied [...]

‘Richmond Avenue’, a one act play written and performed by Fifth and Fourth Year students won the Fred Lee Cup for Best Production at the St. Andrews Drama Festival this week. Denis Stranjak won the Best Actor Prize, and the group was awarded the Best Ensemble award.
Denis Stranjak, Tommy Cullen and Hugh Mulhern wrote the [...]