Lunches. We are very pleased to announce that the Shangri-la will be supplying our lunches at school.  As with all suppliers, we have discussed with them the details of ensuring the supply of high quality products and keeping the food in good condition during transportation and serving.  All of these processes are being overseen by […]

International Day. We had a fantastic day on the Thursday before the holiday.  Our International Day started with a parade of students and teachers in costumes from each of the 22 countries represented in our school.  The children spent most of the day going round to “visit” various countries and doing activities such as Irish […]

School Calendar. As last year we are putting on a number of events for parents and the community.  As you read this we should have just had our International Day on Thursday.  We hope this was a successful and enjoyable day.  There are other events planned throughout the year and we have now put these […]

On 25th September 2013, we had a fantastic day on the Thursday before the holiday.  Our International Day started with a parade of students and teachers in costumes from each of the 22 countries represented in our school.  The children spent most of the day going round to “visit” various countries and doing activities such […]

Road Safety Day and French Department. We were very pleased to have the Total Petroleum Company come especially to school on 18th to run an activity morning with the Y4, Y5 and Y6 classes.  The children learned about many aspects of road safety and how to safely plan a journey.  They were also given lots […]

Library book donations. Thank you very much to those parents and staff that have donated books in excellent condition to the school library.  We are also keen to get books in our students’ mother tongues.  With 22 countries represented in our student body there are a lot of languages.  So if your family has any […]

Parental Involvement at Hanova. One of the key strengths of our school is the level of support and involvement we are privileged to get from our parents.  This grew steadily last year and is something we wish to continue to develop this year.  Judging by the attendance at our Curriculum Information afternoons held this week, […]

Curriculum at Hanova. The student is at the centre of the curriculum at Hanova.  Over these first few days we have been assessing the new students and reviewing the returning students.  Assessment is a continuous feature of good teaching and learning.  The teacher is constantly assessing the student to see what concepts and skills they […]

School license. We are delighted to tell you that Hanova has been awarded its school licence well ahead of our 2 year target date.  The final government department authenticated the paperwork on this during the school holidays.  A lot of hard work from the school and in particular the Board has gone into achieving this. […]