Pictures of our TY Spanish students enjoying themselves in Spain.
On Monday the 24th of April, 1st and 2nd Year girls took part in a Camogie blitz to promote the game amongst West Cork Schools.
Many thanks to Tony Coppinger, Mark and Mary of the Carbery board who organised the event and also thanks to O’Donovan Rossa for the facilities.
Thanks also to the girls coach and mentor Ms. Dullea.
Great fun was had by all!
A TY group joined by a number of 5th and 6th year students successfully completed their Solas Certified Safe Pass.
This ticket will allow them to work on construction sites safely for a 4 year period getting students interested in apprenticeship, onto the training ladder and ready for summer job employment in an industry badly in need of new recruits.
Our final Oceans Plastics Project Beach Clean-up took place on a cold and wet Thursday 23 March. The hardy TY students, along with Mr Rory Jackson and Mr Mannion, braved the elements and collected bags of plastic waste from the Tragumna area.
We would like take this opportunity to sincerely thank Mr Rory Jackson for all his encouragement and support this year. He has involved Skibbereen Community School students in the Oceans Plastic Project over a number of years and he also liaised with Cycle Sense Skibbereen to run the bike upcycling workshops for TY students.
Many thanks also to the Cycle Sense Team, Ms Burchill, Mr Uhl, Mr Mannion, Mr Damien Long and the Cork Co. Council litter collection team for organising and facilitating this series of beach and estuary clean ups.
A huge thank you to Fr Terry O Brien for visiting the 5C RE class this morning to present them with the New Family of Parishes Logo. They were delighted with their pizza and goodies! Fr Terry O Brien worked with the 5C class in helping creating the new logo for The Family of Parishes, that was unveiled in St Patrick's Cathedral this Easter. Special mention to Luca Harte, Stephen Kearney & Ferdia McAleavy who came up with the winning logo. We are very proud of their efforts and will hang this plaque with pride in our meditation room.
Our First Year Girls Football Teams and our U14 boys Football Teams had great success in their respective County Blitz Championships in Cork yesterday, April 20th. One of the Girls Teams won their respective section and the other team were runners up. This LGFA tournament was held in Ballincollig. The U14 Boys Football Teams won their respective sections in Nemo Rangers. Congrats to all involved and many thanks to the coaches Ms. Anna Ward, Mr. Maurice Moore ,Mr. Eoghan Daly and Mr. Chris O Brien.
Pictured below are our TY French students at ‘Le Musée Du Louvre’ where they saw the Mona Lisa (La Joconde) by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci & the Venus de Milo.
Congratulations to our Senior Boys Football Panel and their coaches on beating Hamilton High, Bandon today in Dunmanway on a scoreline of 10 points to 1-6.
Congratulations to all the Students and Staff involved in the Green School Committee who have just won An Taisce’s Green Schools Flag for 2023. This was a recognition award for all the work they have done with waste management, water saving and Climate Change Action in our school building.
Pictured below are our TY French students at the Eiffel Tower.
They are also pictured at La basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre.
Well done to those students from 4th, 5th and 6th Year who completed their Safe Pass Course today. Many thanks to Mr. Declan Gibney for facilitating the course and to Mr. Conor Uhl and Ms. Gretta Burchill for organising it.
Pictured below are our TY French students & their teachers heading to Paris on a school trip.
Many thanks to Ms. O’Farrell, Mr. Lynch & Ms. Hennigan for accompanying them.
Bon voyage!
On Sunday past and present students, Ciara, Rachel, Molly, Megan & Casey received Gold Medal John Paul II Awards for their contribution to the local faith community. These students are the first in our diocese to receive such awards. Bishop Fintan Gavin was delighted to present them with their awards and we here in SCS are very proud of their achievement! Well done!
Many thanks to local women Jacinta Crowley, Dolores Ruane and Teresa Shannon for their work on helping getting these students their awards. We look forward to being part of the John Paul II awards again in the future.
Kate Connolly, Catherine O’Callaghan and Stephen Kingston at the final of the Angus Beef Competition in Croke Park today!
We are delighted to have our wonderful 4th years helping out in Cara House today.
Thanks to Ms. Áine Minihane co-ordinator at Cara House and Ms. Orla O’ Sullivan Mr. Conor Uhl and Ms. Gretta Burchill from SCS for organising.
Thanks to Adi Ronan, Michael Mc Cormac, Abbey Kelleher, Aisling Ryan, Blaithin Barry, Maebh Collins and Orla Seymour for helping out.
We were very proud of our 14 first years who received a presentation of an Easter Egg today from Ms. Helen Dempsey and Mr. Michael Deasy from the Skibbereen and District Chamber of Commerce at their First Year Assembly for volunteering their services for face painting at the recent. St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Skibbereen.
The face painting was a huge success and gave great joy to all of the children at the parade.
At the presentation, our Principal spoke about how how proud the school was of these students and the importance of helping out our local community in Skibbereen and the surrounding areas at every opportunity. Volunteer work is very important.
Ms. Olivia Hoskins, Kayla Holmes and Ailbhe Quinn were also presented with Easter Eggs for their help with the Christmas Crib.
Well done to our First Years pictured here today with Ms. Helen Dempsey, Mr. Michael Deasy, Mr. Anton O’Mahony, Ms. Ellma Ui Shuilleabhain and Ms. Orla O’ Sullivan.
Well done Annie Hurley, Maeve Whooley, Ailish Buckley, Laura O’Driscoll, Paulina Saniewska, Aoife O’Donovan, Muireann O’Donovan, Carla’ Regan, Ellen Connolly, Su Turkan, Teagan Stratford, Emma Burchill, Leila O’Driscoll and Hannah O’Driscoll for all of their hard work.
Class 2D held a Fairtrade cake sale this week where they raised €132 for a Charity they will chose to donate to after Easter.
2D are currently trying to receive a Fairtrade badge for the school and this Fairtrade cake sale was a step they needed to take to achieve this. It has also promoted awareness to lots of other students and staff members.
Thanks to teachers Ms. O’Callaghan and Mr. Mannion for helping to organise this for the students.
TY students visited Awesome Walls in Cork today for their activity day.
A great group, all of whom displayed fantastic agility and no fear of heights.
Next stop: “The Dawn Wall”.
