4th Years visit the Ludgate Hub

Thank you to the Ludgate Hub who facilitated a fantastic tech talk for our TY students yesterday.

Guest speakers Jack Regan, Claire Meskill and Graham Clarke gave the students some fantastic advice on start ups, how to succeed in the business world and where you can get support and funding from.

Some great quotes from today’s talk include:

“Find a problem and develop a way to fix it. Be passionate about what you are doing”.

“If you’re not moving forward your falling behind”.

“Don’t judge a fish on it’s ability to climb a tree, find your domain and excel in that.”

Digital Drop-In

Digital Drop-In is a pilot initiative that aims to provide an informal social environment where older adults can come together to enhance their digital skills through facilitated peer and intergenerational learning.

Arising from PhD research by Sandra Flynn, Digital Drop-In is the first project from social enterprise, Learning. Digital. Together., where learning meets friendship, and technology becomes fun! 

Supported by a small team of enthusiastic Transition Year students this autumn, a series of informal workshops will guide older adults through each step of what they want to learn, ensuring they gain the skills and confidence needed to maintain and develop their digital literacy.

At an information session facilitated by Dr Sandra Flynn and Ms Susan Boland, volunteer TY mentors were provided with information about this important pilot and encouraged to share their motivation for volunteering along with hopes of what they would like to get from this intergenerational learning opportunity.

The first workshop is scheduled for Thursday, 28th September, when Skibbereen Community School looks forward to hosting our older adult 'drop-in' learners.

Thanks to Mr. Conor Uhl and Ms. Orla O’Sullivan for organising. 

World Languages and Culture Week 2023 - Unity in Diversity

SCS will celebrate World Languages and Culture Week from 22nd – 28th September! This coincides with Culture Night, which is celebrated nationally on 22nd September, and The European Day of Languages, which is celebrated every year on 26th September. 

 The aim is to promote and celebrate different languages and cultures within our school community, to learn about new traditions and to practise a second language in a fun and meaningful way.

 Culture can be viewed through the lens of values and belief systems; languages; sport; music; art; food; way of life; entertainment etc.

 A number of activities have been organized with lots more to follow!

·         Music - breaktime playlists

·         Art - First year poster competition

·         Dance - Zumba & Salsa class; Dance Offs!

·         Sports - “Champions League” soccer tournament

·         Quizzes

·         Food – un petit-déjeuner / desayuno español, churros y paella

·         Festival – a mini Tomatina

·         Film club – screening of short foreign language films

4th Years Keeping Skibbereen Tidy

Well done to our 4th years today who spent the morning picking up rubbish around High Street.

Many thanks to Ms. Orla O Sullivan for organising, to Jerome Dwyer from Skibbereen Tidy Towns and Cork County Council for organising the collection of the litter.

TY Hike From Kenmare to Killarney

TY outdoor pursuits day took the students on a hike from Kenmare to Killarney.

The 16km walk through the beautiful Kerry mountains started at 10am in Kenmare and all arrived back at Torc Waterfall at 2.30.

A great day enjoyed by all involved.

4th Years Litter Picking

Pictured this morning are our 4th Years picking up litter in the surrounding areas.

Well done everyone and thanks to Ms. Orla O’Sullivan for organising.

Skibbereen Community School Ladies Footballers Need Your Help!

Skibbereen Community School would be very grateful if the community of Skibbereen could assist us to be in with a chance to win €50,000 for our school. 

Step 1: Download the Lidl Plus App.

Step 2: Select Skibbereen Community School.

Step 3: Spend €40 or more in-store to earn a stamp.

Step 4: Collect 6 stamps by Sunday 22nd October and submit your completed card.

Farmers Journal

Farmers Journal offer for students this year:

  • €20 for the Digital paper (normally costs €159)

or

  • €50 for the physical paper plus a digital copy plus a Backpack (normally costs €234)

If interested contact Mr. Shanahan before this Friday September 8th as orders must be in by next Monday.

Fourth Years Pictured Today Completing the Skibbereen Town Centre First Survey

Fourth Years pictured today completing the Skibbereen Town Centre First Survey.

Under the Town Centre First Policy initiative, Skibbereen town has been identified as a “pathfinder” town and funding has been granted to Cork County Council for the development of a regeneration plan for the town.

The aim of the Town Centre First Policy is to create town centres that function as viable, vibrant and attractive locations for people to live, work, and visit, while also functioning as the service, social, cultural and recreational hub for the local community.

Students today were given an opportunity to reflect on living in Skibbereen and to give their views by completing the survey.

We are looking forward to the next stage of this process.

Pictured also is our Principal Mr. Anton O’Mahony and Ms. Órla O’Sullivan discussing the initiative.

All-Ireland & International Success for Katie

Congratulations to Katie Kingston who represented Ireland in the AAA Championships in Birmingham.

Katie was selected on the Irish team for this competition having achieved the qualifying standard at the national juvenile championships in July. Katie won gold in the U17 girls’ javelin (41.80M) & that booked her place to represent Ireland.

Katie won five All-Ireland medals in 2023:

  • Silver in the U18 All-Ireland Spring Throws

  • Silver in the All-Ireland Juniors

  • Silver in the Senior All-Ireland League

  • Silver in the All-Ireland Schools

  • Gold at the National Juvenile Championships.

    Well done Katie on your superb achievements.

Actor Robert Sheehan Speaks to TY Students

Many thanks to Actor Robert Sheehan for visiting our school and speaking to our TY students on their induction day.

He spoke about going out of your comfort zone & learning to love yourself. He told students to see knock backs and rejection as experiences to grow and develop and to stop wasting precious time on mobile phones & social media and live in the now interacting with people.

International Success for Caoimhe

Caoimhe Flannery became the first SCS student to win an International Schools Athletics medal ,following her 3rd place finish at the Schools' International Athletics Board (SIAB) in Grangemouth, Scotland in July.

Caoimhe was selected following her win at the Tailteann Games  u17 Interprovincial Schools event, in June. This followed on from her clean sweep of South Munster,Munster and All Ireland Schools' titles in the u17 1500m Steeplechase this season.

Competing against the top 2 athletes from England ,Scotland and Wales, Caoimhe ran a Personal Best of 5;10 to finish in 3rd place .This was the first Steeplechase medal won by an Irish athlete since 2018 and the first ever by a Munster girl.

Congratulations & well done to Caoimhe on a superb achievement.

Congratulations to the Leaving Cert Class of 2023

The School Community wish to congratulate every Leaving Cert on their fantastic results. We as a school are extremely proud of you all and wish you every good fortune in the next Chapter of your life.

The Staff of Skibbereen Community School.

First Day in SCS for our First Year Students

Pictured below are our first year students on their first day in SCS.

The school community wishes them every success as they begin a new chapter on their educational journey.

Good Luck Tomorrow Everyone!!!

Leaving Cert Class of 2023!!

We are thinking of you all as results day approaches,  and on behalf of all of the staff here in SCS we wish you the very best with your results. We hope that you will be happy and proud of what you have achieved! 

As you are aware, your results will be available online from 10am on Friday August 24th  

But you are also welcome to pop up to the school from 11.30 - 12.30am if you would like to have a cup of tea and a catch up. We look forward to seeing you!



Best of Luck! 

This step by step guide is everything you need to know about Leaving Cert Results, CAO Offers, and options outside CAO.  The menu items address some of the main concerns that arise at this important time and offer practical information and advice.

https://www.careersportal.ie/leaving-cert-results-whats-next

Ricky Barrett Memorial Tractor Run

Pictured here are the Barrett family handing over two cheques of €10,100 each to Pieta House and West Cork Palliative Care.

€20,200 was raised during the year in the hugely successful tractor run. It was Ricky’s wish to have it bigger and better than the previous year.

The school community were delighted to support the tractor run in aid of Ricky’s chosen charities.

Online Food Waste Course Winners

‘Skibbereen taking on Food Waste’ was a key project for Skibbereen Tidy Towns in 2022/23.

Funded by the Clean Technology Centre at Munster Technological University, SCS students had the opportunity to partake in a number of food waste awareness events.

The CTC kindly sponsored two €100 gift cards as prizes in a draw for students who successfully completed the online food waste course. The lucky winners were Niamh and Oleg. Many congratulations.