Uploaded by YVONNE LEONARD on 2019-11-20.
The Emergency Services of the Skibbereen Area; Paramedics, Firecrew and Gardai put on a car crash scenario demonstation in the school yard yesterday for all TY students. Many thanks to Mr. Liam O Regan and Mr. Pat Fitzgerald for acting as victims. The scene was very realistic with some moments being very poignant. Many thanks to Gary, Des, Don, Chris, Ian, Tom. Adrian, Brendan, Tadhg, Terry, Jonathon and Dan for giving up their time. The School Community is very grateful.
The school was delighted to welcome former Cork Hurler and motivational speaker Stephen McDonnell to SCS to deliver a workshop to Sixth year students on goal setting and getting the most out of the Leaving Cert year.
Stephen was also joined by Elaine Dennehy, one of CITs Access officers. Elaine visited SCS to inform students on the HEAR and DARE schemes available to them through CAO. She will also be available to answer any questions parents may have on the HEAR and DARE schemes during the upcoming 6th year parent teacher meeting on Thursday 28th November.
Sincere thanks to both Stephen and Elaine for taking the time to visit our school.
Dear parents, students and staff,
The school musical is a huge success each year which many enjoy. This year's TY musical is taking place on the first week of March 2020, and we’re hoping to cut costs and waste by sourcing materials second hand, such as:
Old jewelry
Old scarves
Old fabric and lace
Old clothes (preferably made of silk, lace or velvet in colors such as brown, gold, blue, red and purple).
Old shoes (preferably pumps or flat shoes)
Old belts
Old curtains
Old sheets
As the holidays are approaching soon and some people may be doing clear-outs, we thought that now would be the best time to ask.
Any contribution would be greatly appreciated.
The Costume Department
Class 1G and their Science Teacher, Ms. Emer Quirke celebrated Science Week this week by having a Science Quiz and Science Poster Competition. The winning teams are pictured with their prizes. Well done to all involved and many thanks to Ms. Quirke for organizing and to Caoimhe and Ger from TY who were score keepers for the quiz.
Following term exams and as we begin our new term back in SCS, students and staff are invited to write the names of their loved ones that they wish to remember for the month of November.
All those names will be especially prayed for and remembered during our class "Remembrance Prayer Services" throughout the month.
The Book of Remembrance can be found in the sacred space of the RE corridor.
Skibbereen Community School's under 16 basketball team secured a comfortable victory against Newpark Comprehensive School yesterday in Dublin.
The 64 to 26 final scoreline reflects the supremacy of this group of hardworking and talented players and their enormous commitment to training. Now they face Clonmel in the semi final and we will do everything to prepare and win this formidable battle.
The opening quarter was a closely fought contest with both sides throwing themselves into the action and it took the Skib side a while to get into their stride.
Tenacious defence and high tempo pressure smothered the Dublin sides attempts to score but our own early attacks showed evidence of frayed nerves and a lack of patience.
With the wonderful Colm Harrington out injured, Skib looked to Brian O’Driscoll to fill the void and what a stunning display the young boy produced. Indeed, it was Brian who struck first with a beautifully taken 3 pointer from the top of the zone which brought a measure of calm resolve to our play.
Daniel Buckley drove strongly from the left baseline slotting the ball into the basket soon after and Brian popped in 2 more. Newpark finally broke through what had been like an impenetrable wall up to this, created by Tom Kavanagh, Daniel and the wing players, with Tom and Daniel dominating the boards.
From that moment on, we were treated to a masterclass in three point shooting, tireless defence and strong driving from Eividas Andreikius and Stevie Redmond. These two boys work tirelessly to improve their skills and their precision in shooting was breathtaking today. Between them, they produced a magnificent 47 points and had the rapt audience stunned by their skills.
But it's not all about the scorers as every player contributed to the fast break and there was some sensational fast breaking teamwork in our play. Our motion offence was a joy to watch with great teamwork evident. Dylan Hourihane, Ciaran Coombes and Luca Harte stepped up to the role, producing a fine display of energetic defence and threw themselves into the action.
There will be tougher challenges ahead and we look forward to the return of Colm and the other boys on the panel. Next week, we face Midleton in the semi final of the county at home.
Ms. O'Mahony would like to thank the drivers Steve Redmond and Cathering Kavanagh who took time away from work to allow us to go to Dublin. We are indebted to you both.
Hard luck to the Senior Boys Football team and their coaches Mr. Maurice Moore and Mr. Colman O Driscoll who were beaten by Rochestown College in the first round of the Corn Ni Mhuiri yesterday.
Well done to the U16 Boys Basketabll team and their coach Ms. O Mahony who have beaten Newpark Comprehensive, Dublin today in the quarter finals of the All-Ireland Schools Cup.
Well done to the U14 Boys Football team and their coaches Mr. John Dullea and Mr. Dan McSweeney who beat Clonakilty Community College today.
Last night our school chaplain and members of the Religious Education Department attended the official launch of the John Paul II Awards in our diocese. The aim of the awards is to engage young people in our parish community and recognise their contribution.
Our new Bishop, Fintan Gavin was in attendance and was very enthusiastic about this new initiative entering into our parish.
Well done to all the First Years who took part in today’s internal School Football Blitz. The standard of football was excellent despite the chilly conditions. Many thanks to Ms. Niamh Lordan, PE teacher, Mr. James McCarthy, Munster GAA Development Officer, Mr. Colman O Driscoll, School GAA coordinator and the TY Referees for all their help in organizing today’s event.
Some of our junior classes have been busy preparing gifts and shoeboxes for the Annual Team Hope Shoebox Appeal.
Today we donated our boxes to our local donation centre. A big thank you to all the staff and students for their kind donations and to the Religion Department for facilitating this worthy cause.
For students interested in attending CIT Crawford College of Art and Design (CCAD), our Sharman Crawford Street Campus will be open to visitors on Friday 15th November from 10am - 4pm and Saturday 16th November from 10am - 3pm.
For students interested in attending CIT Cork School of Music (CSM), our Union Quay Campus will be open to visitors on Saturday 16th November from 10am - 3pm. Performances will be streamed LIVE from http://csm.cit.ie/live
This is the ideal time for prospective students, and their parents, to sample the wide range of courses and facilities on offer. CIT offers seventy nine CAO course options for entry 2020 and CIT is an exciting place to be for Third Level students.
Over the course of the day, we will be holding an extensive range of activities which will be particularly beneficial to students selecting higher education courses and planning their future careers. The main features of the Open Day will be a Careers Exhibition and a series of information sessions, workshops, demonstrations, exhibitions of student work and laboratory visits that will take place in the various departments across the three campuses. Students will have the opportunity of meeting with lecturers who will answer any queries and current students will also be on hand to recount their own personal experiences and offer advice. The visiting public will also have the opportunity of seeing the extensive facilities available in CIT including extra-curricular activities which include "the best on-campus sports facilities in the country". Organised tours will also be available in order to allow students to get a feel for the CIT campuses.
The School Community would like to congratulate two of our current and one of our former students on receiving a prestigious Garda Youth Award last Friday night in the Celtic Ross. Well done to Sophie Kate, Alicia and Sadbh. They are pictured with Mr. Anton O Mahony, Principal and Superintendent Con Cadogan. Many thanks to Ms. Orla O Sullivan, teacher for sending in our school’s nominations. Many thanks to Garda James Crowley for the citation and to Garda James O Mahony and Garda Don Davis, our local juvenile liaison officers.
The School Community would like to wish our students who play for Ilen Rovers and Clann NaGael U14 Boys Football teams the very best of luck in their respective County Finals this weekend in Cork.
Congratulations to our Senior Road Bowling Team of James, Gavin, Michael and Brian and their coach, Mr. Patrick Harrington who won bronze at the recent West Cork Schools Road Bowling competition in Shannonvale. The event was organized by Bol Cummann na hEireann.
Photos of the four winners from the ‘Bible Exhibition’ in the West Cork Hotel. The Bible exhibition was most informative with presentations being engaging and attractive to the students.
Photos from Wednesdays informative talk on Bible exploration in the West Cork Hotel. The Bible exhibition was most informative, with presentations being engaging and attractive to students. Students will have benefited from such a comprehensive illustration of the Bible content.
Happy Halloween everyone! Have a great Mid-Term break!
Well done to those TY students who ran a Bake Sale today for the Paediatric Oncology Unit in the Mercy Hospital. All proceeds will go to their outreach programme to support patients in their homes.
Junior B girls rugby team
The junior b girls rugby team took part in a blitz in C.I.T on Thursday the 24 of October the team was made up of girls from first year this was their final blitz of the Munster x 7s they have already played 2 blitz in the last 2 weeks witch thy gained a lot of experience from these games. Today they played a total of 3 games against St Annes ,Rockwell b and Bantry.
In their first game against St Anne's it was a tough game from the start with St Anness getting an early lead scoring the first 3 try's but the Skibb girls never gave up they got a well-deserved try as Abby Kelleher caught the kick off and broke through their defensive line getting Skibbereen's only try of the game. St Anns went on to get 2 more tries.
Final score Skibbereen B 1 St Anns 5
The next game was against Rockwell B
There was an early try in the game scored by Emma Mc Carthy in the first play of the game. Rockwell b made a break down the line as they were only meters off the line Kate daily makes an impressive tackle preventing Rockwell from getting the try. The Skibbereen girls kept working hard and then and then Ellen Hickey found a gap in the Rockwell's defense as she ran trough up the pitch to get Skibbereen second try. Skibbereen girls showed a lot of hard work and determination to get there next try the girls kept charging at the Rockwell defensive line the girls showed good rucking skills keeping possession for multiple plays and then Emma Mc Carthy ran through the line for a well-earned try. In the final play of the game just as the referee was about to blow the final whistle Rockwell where on the Skibbereen half Abby Kelleher took advantage of a Rockwell knock on and she picked up the ball and ran the full length of the pitch scoring the final try of the match.
Final score Skibbereen b 4 Rockwell b 0.
There final game was against Bantry
It was there final game of the day and there were playing a tough Bantry side mostly made up of 2 and 3 years the Skibb girls put up a really tough fight and never gave up Bantry scoring 5 try's against the Skibbereen first year girls but the girls never gave up and in the final play showed grate work and put 100% effort into getting a last minute try scored by Abby Kelleher making it her 3ed try of the day and Skibbereen b girls final try of the blitz.
Final score Skibbereen b 1 Bantry 5.
Many thanks to Ms. Breen, Rugby coach, Niall Sweetnam, Darragh Coombes and Christopher Benn for organising the admin. Many thanks to our parents who travelled and the support from Skibb R.F.C.
