Aladdin at the Panto.
Oh yes it is! That time of year again!
The L.R.C. Annual trip to The Cork Opera House And Neville Jewellers Panto – Aladdin.
Followed by our yearly pilgrimage to Luigi Malone Restaurant - a huge thanks to all the staff.
"Warmest wishes and Merry Christmas" from all the students and staff.
The 6th Year Chemistry class carried out the saponification experiment today, successfully converting fats into soap through careful refluxing and distillation.
Students worked with real precision as they watched the reaction mixture thicken, before adding it to brine to “salt out” and isolate their final soap product.
The class demonstrated excellent teamwork, strong practical skills, and plenty of scientific curiosity throughout the investigation.
A special well done to the winning team of Grace, Katie, Natasha, and Niamh, whose soap was judged the highest quality by their classmates — an outstanding achievement! They truly rose to the surface, delivering a soap-erb final product, and created quite a lather!!
Well done to our students who performed in Connolly’s on Sunday night.
Well done to Danius Vaitiekus, Ned Roe, Patrick Connolly, Serena Wainwright Kingston, Sarah Kinsella, Eoin West, Leila O’ Driscoll, Donna MiriamJiji, Edwin Borsca, Thomas Hickey Navarro, Ultan Dennis Mc Aleavy, Cathal Daly, Aoibheann FitzGerald, Joe Ardis and Danish Mohd Saiful.
LCA students visited Skibbereen Garden Centre and were given an educational tour by Mark Lee.
A special word of thanks to Mark and the staff for giving up their time during this busy time of year.
Discussions ranged from identifying bare rooted trees, to Olive and Christmas trees, to herbs, fruit bushes and hedging.
All students benefited from the trip, and made them aware of the various plants and the importance of horticulture.
Best wishes to Eolann Miles 5th year, who along with his team are representing Ireland in the inaugural ILCA Sailing Team Racing event in Athens, Greece 4-8th December 2025.
'Fair winds and Following Seas'.
4th years had a wonderful day today in Watergrasshill go karting and paintballing.
We have a number of prize winners from the go karting.
Round 1 first prize Jim Houlihan, second prize Shane Delaney and third prize Conor Cawley.
Round 2 first prize Andrew Connolly, second prize Ciaran Barry and third prize Stephen O’Neill.
Round 3 first prize Jack Foley, second prize Jamie Dullea and third prize John O’Regan.
Fourth Round first prize Oisin Moore, second prize Micheal Wynn and third prize Einon Gottschall Jones.
Thanks to Mr. Conor Uhl, Ms. Gretta Burchill and Mr. Tom Foley for organising.
Thanks to Mr. Aaron O’Riordan, Ms. liz Leonard and Ms. Orla O’Sullivan for accompanying.
Thanks also to Phil O’Sullivan from Long’s coaches for his superb support.
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Pictured here are some of our Transition year students with the lovely residents of Skibbereen Nursing Home. Transition year students love spending their few hours every Friday catching up and helping out where needed with the residents of Skibbereen Nursing home.
Fourth Years litter picking this week.
Many thanks to Skibbereen Tidy Towns, Cork County Council, Ms. Orla O’Sullivan, Mr. Aaran O’Riordan, Ms. Liz Leonard, Mr. Conor Uhl and Ms. Gretta Burchill for organising.
Pictured here are our students at Cara House, doing meals on wheels, an exercise class and helping the clients.
Thanks to Ms. Aine Minihane, Mr. Aaron O’Riordan, Mr. Conor Uhl, Mr. Tom Foley and Ms. Gretta Burchill for organising.
Transition Year Home Economics students had a wonderful morning taking part in a sugar craft workshop led by the talented Caroline and Joanne. With creativity flowing, our students designed and crafted their own sugar pieces before carefully icing their Christmas cakes. Igloos and penguins were a popular style of decoration this year!
The room was filled with fun, laughter, and festive spirit as students learned new skills and expressed their artistic flair. It was a busy and rewarding workshop that left everyone proud of their creations.
A heartfelt thank you to Joanne from Cork Sugarcraft Association, and Caroline from Cakes by Caroline B, for sharing their expertise and making the experience so enjoyable. Thank you also to our own Martina McCarthy for supporting everyone on the day.
On Friday 20th November, Transition Year students had the privilege of hearing from Mikey Power, who shared his powerful story about overcoming substance and alcohol abuse. Mikey spoke openly about the challenges he faced and the impact of poor choices on his life. His message was clear: no matter how far you’ve gone down the wrong path, it’s never too late to turn around.
Through honesty and courage, Mikey reminded students that one right decision can change everything. His journey from struggle to success is a testament to resilience and hope, encouraging young people to make positive choices and seek support when needed.
Thank you, Mikey, for inspiring our TYs to believe in second chances and the power of making the right decision.
Pictured is our U16 boys Gaelic Football Team that played Mount Saint Michael in Rosscarbery today.
In November we remember our loved ones who have sadly passed away.
Pictured are our first years in our Garden of Remembrance.
They were given a presentation by Ms. Eilish Hurley and Ms. Orla O’Sullivan. They were told that Mr. O’Mahony organised the memorial garden and were told about staff and students from SCS who have sadly passed away.
We would encourage everyone to take the time to visit our Garden of Remembrance.
Pictured here are our first years on a friendship walk.
Each student took part in these purposeful walks designed to encourage and strengthen friendships between each other as they journey through first year.
They had to speak to, be nice to and accompany each of their classmates along the way.
They are already looking forward to their next activity as part of Well-being in Skibbereen Community School.
Thanks to Ms. Orla O’Sullivan, Ms. Denise Hourihane, Ms. Caroline O’Donovan and Ms. Sarah McCarthy for organising.
Well done to first year student Vincent O’Regan whose 3650 John Deere tractor won the best machine at the recent Tragumna Threshing. Vincent and his family carefully restored it fully from purchasing it in Offaly.
Vincent won the perpetual Richard Courtney Cup. Thanks to Vincent for giving a presentation on this in class with Ms. Orla O’Sullivan.
Skibbereen Community School are delighted to support the Christmas Shoebox Appeal again this year.
Pictured here are a selection of the shoe boxes.
We are very proud of the wonderful support from everyone. Thanks very much to all who helped with this appeal, from generous donations to packing these special boxes.
Thanks to Ms. Sally Daly for her continued support and to Mr. Aaron O’Riordan for organising.
These boxes are now on the way to children abroad who don’t get any gifts for Christmas.
