Our second years participated in sign language workshops with Ms. Kate Cooke as part of SPHE. A huge thank you to Kate for doing this in Ms. Orla O’Sullivan's classes.
Transition year students were very busy in the Home Economics room on Thursday morning, preparing these mouth watering dishes. The winners will represent the school in the apprentice chef competition. Well done to all involved, and the very best of luck!
Our third years recently visited the historical famine graveyard in Chapel Lane as part of their Religious Education classes. Conor O’Neill organised the prayers. All students prayed a decade of the rosary for all those who are buried there and for all those who died belonging to them.
We are very fortunate that the school is located neat such a beautiful and significant graveyard. Interestingly, most of the students had never seen the graveyard. They are looking forward to doing it again. Well done to Ms. Deirdre Hennigan and Ms. O’Sullivan for organising.
The school wishes to say a huge thank you to all those who contributed to our annual St. Vincent de Paul and Simon community appeals. Every contribution goes to very worthy causes, locally and nationally. A huge thank you to our Religion department for organising and promoting the appeals in our school.
Drama club at 1.10 in G06!
U14/15 Boys Basketball in the hall!
Table Tennis and Xbox in the Games Room!
Homework Club in G04!
The Fourth years attended an excellent workshop today facilitated by Ms. Sheila Gilbert, on inequality, justice and trade. Thanks to Ms. Orla O’Sullivan for organising.
The School Community would like to wish our Young Scientists and their mentor, Ms.Mags Breen the very best of luck in the Young Scientist Exhibition in Dublin.
Their project is a genetic one based on a Family Study of Factor 5 Leiden Mutation.
There will be a Parents Association Meeting this Wednesday night, 10th January 2018 at 7pm in the school. All are welcome to attend.
The AGM for the Parents Association was held recently. New Officers were elected as follows:
Chairperson - Mark Salter Townsend
Assistant Chairperson - John O'Driscoll
Secretary - Anne Crowley
Assistant Secretary - Caitriona McCarthy
Treasurer - Ellen Crowley
Matthew Clarke is the Parents representative on the Board of Management.
We would like to wish everyone in our School Community a very Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year!
Pictured below are the prize winners who entered a National Art Competition for BAM built schools, sponsored by BAM FM. Also pictured are Mr. Tom Vaughan, Facilities Manager, Skibbereen Community School and Mr. Anton O Mahony, Principal.
We would like to announce the winners of the competition as follows;
· 1st Prize: Leah Sweeney, Ballinamore Community School
· 2nd Prize: Maya Kelly, Skibbereen Community School
· 3rd Prize: Emma Duggan, St Joseph’s Secondary School,
· 4th Prize: Ruby Gazzaniga, Skibbereen Community School
The following runner up will also be issued with certificates:
· Grace Hendy, Skibbereen Community School
The School was delighted to welcome Mr. Fionn Wright, International Performance Coach to give a talk on Study Skills for all 3rd Years. Fionn's aim is to clarify our student's goals and to give them the mental and practical tools to achieve them. Many thanks to the Guidance Department for organising Fionn's visit and doing the Literacy and Numeracy Testing with the Year Group.
The School welcomed Mr.John O Halloran, Vice-President of Teaching and Learning at U.C.C and Mr. Tom O Mara, Online Learning Project Manager at U.C.C to exploratory talks on developing accredited online student and staff training courses. Also pictured are Mr. Anton O Mahony, Principal and Mr. Tom Foley, Deputy Principal.
Mr. McSweeney's 2nd year Materials Technology (Wood) students displaying their Tool Boxes.
Photos of the 4th Year Activity Day on Tuesday December 12th.
Pictures from last nights Christmas Concert. Over 450 people attended the event where there was a huge array of musical talent on show. Thanks to Ms. Colette Brennan and the Music Department for organising.
Congratulations to 5th Year who were deemed the fittest year group in S.C.S. The 24 students were nominated by their peers to enter 12 events. The competition was organised by the TY Fitness Module Group. The events were based on agility, strenght, reaction, speed and skill and they included the soccer dribble, 5x5 agility, 20m sprint, a hang tough to name a few. Each event was scientifically measured by the judges and points awarded accordingly. There were many fantastic individual performances among all ages and Year Groups. Many thanks to Mr. Maurice Moore and his TY Module Class, the PE Department and the BAM staff for help in organising.
The School has now got record holders in the following events:
UPPER BODY QUICKNESS
1.Alicia O Sullivan 4th Year
1. David Melero 4th Year
LEG QUICKNESS
1. Leanne Beechinor 6th Year
1. Adrian O Driscoll 3rd Year
HANG TOUGH
1. Zoe O Connor 3rd Year
1. Jamie Shanahan 6th Year
20M SPRINT
1. Grace Hendy 3rd Year
1. Robbie Minihane 2nd Year
3 MIN ENDURANCE RUN
1. Maillaidh O Neill 2nd Year
1. Eric Wickens 4th Year
2 MIN ROW ON MACHINE
1. Aoibhinn Keating 6th Year
1. Shane Cotter 4th Year
BALL BOUNCE INTO TARGET
1. Emma Buckley 2nd Year
1. Michéal Sheehy 3rd Year
BASKETBALL SHOTS INTO BASKET IN 1 MIN
1. Kate O Connell 5th Year
1. Eugene Daly 4th Year
1. Colm Harrington 1st Year
KICK ACCURACY INTO BIN GOAL
1. Sharon Beechinor 3rd Year
1. Katie Cronin 5th Year
1. Jason Murphy 4th Year
1. Darragh Dempsey 1st Year
1. Andrew Whelton 5th Year
VERTICAL JUMP
1. Denise Marcos 5th Year
1. Sarah Hurley 3rd Year
1. Matthew Bushe 6th Year
5X5m AGILITY
1. Lisa Harte 5th Year
1. Oran Collins 4th Year
The Christmas Spirit was very much alive last Friday with our annual Festivities Day. The event was organised by the Religion Department and every First Year was invited to the canteen area. The Drama Club put on an hillarious rendition of "Twas the Night Before Christmas". The Choir and School Band performed a number of Christmas Classics and our students from the Learning Resource Centre turned on the Christmas Lights. James Maguire, 6th Year gave a poignant talk on Homelessness and Santa Claus paid a visit. Mr. Anton O Mahony, our Principal wished everyone a very happy Christmas. The Junior Cert Schools Programme Department organised refreshments for everyone. Many thanks to the staff of the Religion Department, Music Department, JCSP Dept, Art Department, SEN and SNA Departments for making the event so memorable!
TY students; Jane Collins, Olivia Dudek, Julia Dudek, Claire O Sullivan, Keira Hurely and Sean Burke are representing our school in this years's competition. They travelled to UCC last Tuesday for a briefing. Pysch Slam involves competing against other schools in describing a topic in Psychology in an entertaining way! Teams will be supported by staff and students in the School of Applied Psychology to research and put together a presentation based on the Pecha Kucha model, where people present an idea using 20 slides, but can only talk for 20 seconds on each slide. Thanks to Mr. Patrick Harrington for accompanying the team.