Reminder to all Students that Ms. Jennifer O Donoghue runs Computer Club every Monday at Lunchtime in F15 for students who want to work on projects, coding, presentations or who want to game.
Well done to all the First Year Players who took part in today’s mixed Football Blitz. They are a tough bunch who endured rain, wind and cold!. Well done to the newly qualified TY GAA coaches and referees who acted as their mentors. Many thanks to Mr. James McCarthy, Munster Development Officer, Mr. Paudie Crowley, Carbery G.P.O and Ms. Gretta Burchill, TY Coordinator for organizing.
Pictured are Ms. Helena Crowley’s 1C and 1D Geography Classes in Crag Cave. Many thanks to Ms. Crowley for organizing and to Ms. Leonard, Ms. Cullinane and Mr. Chris O Brien for accompanying the students.
Pictured are most of the 2nd Year Boys Basketball Panel who beat St.Gobnaits of Ballyvourney and Nagle Community College from Mahon today at home to reach the County Semi-Final against St.Colman’s of Midelton next week. Well done lads!
5th Year Ag Science and TY Farming Module Students attended Darrara Agricultural College’s “Open Day” today. Many thanks to Mr. Liam Shanahan, Mr. PJ Fitzgerald and Ms. Eileen O Mahony for accompanying them. It was a great day.
A large number of our TY students attended Cork County Council’s “Teen Talk” on Mental Health in the West Lodge, Bantry Yesterday. Guest speakers included Anna Geary, Derval O’Rourke as well as former MMA fighter, positive mental health advocate and suicide survivor Graham McCormack and author, entrepreneur and fitness guru, Pat Divilly. The event was officiated by the Mayor of West Cork, Mr. Patrick Gerard Murphy. Many thanks to Ms. Cliodhna O Sullivan, Career Guidance Department and Ms. Liz Leonard, SNA Department for accompanying the students.
All of us in Skibbereen Community School are very proud of our past pupil Enya Breen who has been called up to the Irish Rugby Team to play France this weekend. Best of luck Enya!!!
TY Student Saoi O Connor gave an excellent speech to her schoolmates today about “Friday’s for Future”, the worldwide student protest movement on Climate Change. This movement began in Sweden 29 weeks ago when Swedish student, Gretta Thunberg walked out of her school to protest at the lack of action by government’s worldwide to this world wide disaster. Saoi herself has protested outside City Hall in Cork City for the last 9 Friday’s. She and others like her have addressed the Dail and are in the media recently. They want the Irish Government to keep its emissions promises that it made at the Paris Accord.
The School Community is very proud of Saoi’s endeavours and support her in demanding that our government and others tackle Climate Destruction. The School will be part of next week’s mass walkout involving students from over 60 countries.
Well done to all who got involved in the activities for Engineering week. Pictured above is the School Building Treasure Hunt. Many thanks to the Maths Department for organizing.
We have a Google “Techspacer of the Year” winner among us, a West Cork Enterprise Board “Entrepreneur of the future'“ winner among us and a National Kickboxing Champions among us. We are lucky and proud to have them. Well done!
Congratulations to our Engineering Team and their teacher, Mr. Tony Harrington on coming 6th in the C.I.T ‘Robotics for Schools Competition’ recently.
Many thanks to the TY Students who picked up and cataloged all the plastics washed up on Trag , Sandycove and on Tralagoch Beach today. They collected 3 Bags off Trag, 1 off Sandycove and 5 off Tralagoch. Thanks to Mr. Rory Jackson for coordinating the clean up and thanks to Mr. Chris O Brien and Mr. Ian Hurley for accompanying the students.
TY Art Students did an animation course today with Ms. Siobhán McGibbons of Creative Schools Ireland, a Department Initiative to make subjects more creative. Thanks to Ms. McGibbons and Ms. Olivia Hoskins, Art Teacher.
Many thanks to all those 5th Year Students who took part in the 5th Year Retreat in the West Cork Hotel yesterday. Many thanks to the presenters, “The Own Your Mental Health” Group. Many thanks also to our Chaplain Ms. Mary Rose O’Brien and the RE Department for organizing.
Pictured below are our TY students at the ‘Apprentice Chef Competition’ in Tralee IT.
The theme of the competition was ‘Good Mood Food’, where students devised, and created a restaurant style main course dish. Well done girls from all in SCS.
Well done to our three TY Mini Companies who did us proud at the Local Enterprise Regional Finals in the Celtic Ross Hotel today. Northical displayed their sailing braclets, 6th Scents displayed their candles and BGM displayed their crested sportswear. Congratulations to Brian Crowley of BGM who the judges voted, “Entrepreneur of the Future”. Many thanks to Ms. Ella Ryan and Mr. Diarmuid Hourihane, Business Teachers who prepared the teams.
