Below are photos of Transition Years in Knockboy yesterday.
SCS would like to congratulate and thank the entire 4th Year cast and production crew for the Musical West Side Saga". It was a tremendous success. Many thanks to the directors, Ms. Colette Brennan and Mr. Sean Ronan. Many thanks also to the Art Department of Ms. Hoskins and Ms. Phelan, the logistical support of Ms. Ella Ryan and the TY coordinator Ms. Sheerin and Year Head, Ms. Burchill. Thanks also to the teaching staff, the catering staff and the BAM staff who all helped to make it such a memorable production!
Safeguarding Conference: Dangers of Social Media: Challenges for those Working with Children.
Dr Maureen Griffin, Forensic Pathologist, will address the conference on Thursday 25th May 2017 in the Parkway Hotel, Dunmanway. The cost is €15.00. Tel: 021 4301717 for further details and bookings.
Concerned parents particularly welcome.
The school wishes to say a sincere thanks to Ms. Michelle O’Brien who took time out of her busy schedule to speak about being a coeliac to Ms. Orla O’Sullivan’s second year SPHE class. This week is Coeliac Awareness Week. In a class of thirty, it was amazing that only three students were aware of coeliac disease.
Ms. O'Brien explained that coeliac disease is a reaction to gluten protein found in oats, wheat, barley and rye. She explained that a simple blood test can detect if one has coeliac disease. She said that if you were a coeliac and it was undetected you would be fatigued, anaemic, have headaches and could have a very high risk of getting osteoporosis. She told the class of the difficulties being encountered by being a coeliac. Coeliac food whilst now readily available, is very expensive. She explained that nowadays restaurants are very helpful and aware of coeliac disease. This was not the case previously. When she was growing up there were only two shops in Cork City that supplied gluten free products. She said that in her house, she has compartments that segregate gluten and gluten free products and she has her own toaster.
She explained that we can all support a coeliac. If we have a friend who is a coeliac it is important to know what to have for them, as growing up at parties, she often could not eat anything. Ms. O’Brien informed the class that Ms. O’Sullivan always has Cadbury’s chocolate in her house for when Ms. O’Brien calls over!
The following upcoming event may be of interest to 6th year students and their parents.
Congrats to the school's Chess team who finished first and second in this year's Credit Union Interschools Competition which was held today in MICC, Dunmanway. The winning team were Nicole Glasswell, Adrian McCarthy, Nicholas O Donovan and Klaudius Lakocy. Runners up were Abigail O Shea, Joshua Brosnan, Mai Kelly, Andrew Glasswell and Jerry O Driscoll. Thanks to the SCP team of Ms. Mandy Twomey and Tobias Fischer for coaching and thanks to Ms. Caroline O Donovan for accompanying the students. Many thanks also to MICC for hosting.
A group of T.Y students had a great day paintballing in Kinsale last Thursday. The weather was glorious and the battles intense. Thanks to Ms. Sheane and Mr. Lynch for accompanying them.
Final night of our TY Musical 'West Side Saga' this evening, Saturday 6th May at 8pm. Tickets still available at Cathal O'Donovan's Bookshop and at the door.
Well done to the Skibbereen Community School Golf Team who played in Bandon Golf Club on Friday 5th May in the 2017 Inter Schools Competition. The team members were: Matthew Mulcahy, Darren Harte, Daniel Griffin & Adam O'Regan.
Despite the tough blustery conditions they had an enjoyable day and represented the school well. It was the home teams who were victorious on the day: Winners - Hamilton High School, Runners up -St Brogans College.
Well done to our 4th year students who made 1500 scones yesterday in aid of the Darkness into Light walk for Pieta House in Skibbereen. A big thank you also to Fields SuperValu for sponsoring the ingredients.
Congratulations to our U16 Boys and their coaches, Mr. Colman O'Driscoll and Mr. Maurice Moore who beat Hamilton High School, Bandon today on a score line of 2-07 to 0-08. Thanks to Mr. James McCarthy for his support. Pictured are the team and the individual players from Castlehaven, Ilen Rovers, O'Donovan Rossa's and Tadhg McCarthaighs. Lads, you have done your School, your Community and your Clubs extremely proud! Well done!
Our school musical takes place this Thursday, Friday and Saturday night at 8 p.m. Tickets are €10 each except on opening night when you can get 2 for €15. Tickets will be sold during lunchtime and are also available from the office and Cathal O'Donovan's bookshop. We look forward to a great night's entertainment!
The Inter Schools Hunter Trials were held in Killeady, Ballinhassig on Sunday 30th April. Our jockeys did themselves and their school proud and have come home with many trophies and rosettes.
They came 3rd overall in the team competition - Laura Kearney and Zoe O'Connor (junior riders, 90cm) and Jessica Kearney & Martha (senior riders, 105cm).
Laura also came 6th in the individual junior competition.
Martha won the individual senior competition (by 12 seconds faster than the closest rider), winning a lovely trophy and rosette for herself and an even nicer one for the school.
To come home with as many prizes as they did is an amazing achievement on their first day out. Well done to all involved.
Two days before the county final, Ms. O'Mahony was dealt a crushing blow with news that star point -guard Eividas had broken a finger. By lunch time, the news had escalated into two fingers and if word on the corridors was to be believed, he would be out for the season. Jamie O'Driscoll considered the situation and gave Eividas some advice 'if you were from Castlehaven, you'd put a plaster on it and get on with the match'. Eividas was quick to respond 'but I am not from Castlehaven'. However, our brilliant point -guard had made a decision, broken finger or not, he was determined to play if the doctor allowed it. The doctor sensibly said 'no'.
So the restorative plan began. The versatile Thomás O'Mahony was drafted into the point -guard role. He had done it before to perfection and would do it again. This left us with a void on the wing where Thomás' explosive speed was one of SCS' lethal weapons. Adam O'Donoghue and Fiachra Collins applied the required pressure.
Roared on by a passionate Liam McCarthy inspired purple-clad crowd of very enthusiastic first years, the SCS team threw everything at Christians and quenched their attacking threats. The 2 1 2 zone defence controlled by the majestic duo of Robbie Minihane and James O'Neill was a wall that Christians found hard to break. Robbie and James are two of SCS' most talented players, they rebound like gazelles, control the defence and are instrumental in setting up our attack. Add in the enormous pressure of Thomas' tenacious defence and it becomes clear why SCS has been a fortress that no team can easily penetrate.
The vivacious Eoghan Barry got us off to the perfect start sinking a shot of sublime beauty from the wing. In the next attack Stevie Redmond cut from the opposite wing and finished off Robbie's perfectly weighted pass. Stevie added seven more points , mostly long shots struck with confident precision and became the games top scorer. The other scores came from Robbie 6, Adam 5, Thomás 4, James 4 and Fiachra 2.
The first years were here to make history. Their mission was to be the first county champions of SCS. They were well prepared, determined and serious about the task. They achieved their goal in style running out winners with a score line of 32 to 14 and a direct route straight to the All Ireland league Play off finals.
Next Sunday, the 30th of April, we are hosting the Playoffs in Skibbereen Sports Centre and appeal to all of you for support. Our first game is against Knockbeg from Carlow at 10 o'clock. We take on a very strong team from Castleknock in Dublin at 1 o'clock and our final game is against the Western champions Oranmore at 5 o'clock.
All-Ireland Schools Regatta, O’Brien’s Bridge, Limerick, Sunday April 23rd 2017
Skibbereen Community School was strongly represented at the All-Ireland School’s Regatta last Sunday. A team of twenty oarsmen and oarswomen, novice and experienced, representing the school, joined hundreds of students from 71 schools all over Ireland for this prestigious event. The very best of Irelands rowers attended and the conditions were perfect, ensuring a very high level of competition.
Skibbereen Community School got off to a great start and showed huge promise for the future, winning a very impressive three National titles –
- All-Ireland Schools Women’s U23 Single Scull Winner – Emily Hegarty (6th yr.)
- All-Ireland Schools Women’s U23 Double Scull Winners – Aoife Casey (5th yr.) and Aoibhinn Keating (5th yr.)
- All-Ireland Irish Schools Men’s J15 Coxed Quad Scull Winners - Ethan O’Connor , Dáire Kavanagh, Fionn O’Regan (2nd yrs), Oisín Boyle (1st yr), & Aisling Fitzgerald (5th yr) (cox).
Well done to all involved.
Pictured below are 3rd year students who visited the geodome at St. Patrick's National School recently and collected young apple trees for the new Skibbereen Community School orchard.
Also pictured are 5th year Agricultural Science students busy planting the apple trees in our new orchard.
Congratulations to the under 16 1/2 footballers who progressed to the Munster final after a hard fought victory over St. Colman's, Fermoy in yesterdays semi-final.
The game was played in near perfect conditions in Brinny and after a cagey opening with both sides exchanging a number of hard won points, Skibbereen Community School opened some daylight with a well taken goal by to leave it 1-8 to 0-3 approaching halftime. A goal before the short whistle gave Colman's hope as only five points separated the sides at halftime.
Playing against the wind in the second half SCS put down an early marker with another goal. St. Colman's responded with a goal of their own within minutes as the two sides played out a highly entertaining second half. Late goals for St. Colman's brought the margin down to three but the SCS lads stood strong securing the first Munster football final spot for the new school on a scoreline of 4-14 to 5-08.
The final against St. Pat's, Castleisland will take place on Friday the 19th of May.
Photos taken at the Irish Schools Regatta 2017 held last weekend.
Congratulations to the following students who performed so well at the Rowing Ireland Schools Regatta 2017 last weekend:
- Emily Hegarty - Winner u23 Single Scull.
- Aoibhinn Keating & Aoife Casey -Winners U23 Double Scull.
- Ethan O'Connor, Dáire Kavanagh, Aisling Fitzgerald (cox), Oisín Boyle & Fionn O'Regan -Winners J15 Mens Quadruple Scull.
Tickets for the TY School Musical are on sale in the school canteen at lunch time, the school office and Cathal O'Donovan's bookshop.
