First Year Art Competition

To celebrate World Languages and Culture Week, all first year students were invited to enter an art competition. The brief was to include one of the following slogans: “Everyone smiles in the same language”, “Unity in Diversity” OR to create a poster highlighting the languages spoken by their classmates.  

The posters revealed the extraordinary wealth of languages spoken within our school community. We were delighted to receive a high number of entries and it was very difficult to select the winning posters.  You can view the winning entries along with a number of the close contenders here!

Prizes were awarded to Zuzana Pylak, Ignatas Grebenscikkov, Mia Crowley, Marysias Stromecka and Aaron Deasy. The students were commended for their work and presented with their vouchers for Cathal O'Donovan's Bookshop by Mr Ó Donnabháin on Tuesday. 

We would like to thank all first students who submitted entries. Your creativity is very much appreciated and your artwork has brightened up the hallways of Skibbereen Community School. Great job! 

L.R.C. Students Shine Bright in Skibbereen Carbery Show 2023

Skibbereen's Carbery Show 2023 celebrate young and young-at-heart artists of all abilities.

This years show saw a bumper amount of entries in all art & craft categories, with our own L.R.C. Students entering 7 classes and submitting 60 items.

Competition was stiff and  judges had a difficult task selecting winners from such a stellar line-up of entries.

Artistic practise supports creativity, originality and self-expression within our young adults, and this is clearly evident in their exhibits. 

-Laura Daly 3rd Year   - Winning 1st prize  in the Still Life Category (Acrylic)

- Arron O'Donovan 3rd Year -  Winning 2nd prize in Landscape Category (Gouache) 

-Brian O'Shea  4th year - Winning 3rd prize in Drawing Category (Mixed Media) Van Gogh Inspired 

-Jack Leahy 2nd Year - Highly Commended in Drawing Category (Gouache) Cubism Inspired 

A huge thanks to Susan O'Regan their art teacher for all her inspiration and  steadfast patience. 

Lets make our 2024 entries even greater!

World Mental Health Day

October 10th marks World Mental Health Day!

Today a group of TYs travelled to the Silver Springs Hotel Cork to the annual Mental Health Seminar run by Cork Mental Health. We heard from speakers like Darragh Fleming, blogger and author, Claire Thornton from Bodywhys-Eating Disorder Association of Ireland, and Liam Doocey Youth Development Officer with YHS (Youth Health Services).  

A really beneficial day out was had by all. Many thanks to the accompanying staff. 

Face Painting Volunteers

Pictured today are our second years who volunteered for face painting at the recent Tragumna Threshing. Money raised goes towards ACT in CUH, Breakthrough Cancer and various local charities.

Well done girls!

Thanks to Ms Órla O Sullivan for organising.


4th Years Litter Picking

Well done to our 4th years today who were picking up rubbish around High Street, Main Street and Townsend 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.

A big congratulations to Skibbereen Tidy Towns for winning a gold medal for all of their hard work.

Sports Roundup, Week Ending October 6th.

Congrats to our U16 Girls Basketball team and their coach Ms. Kate O Donovan on beating Carrigaline Community School away. Hard luck to the U19 Girls Team and their coach, Ms. Maria Wilson on narrowly losing to the same school.

Congrats to our Under 15 Boys Football team and their coach, Mr. Patrick Hayes on beating Sliabh Luachra Rathmore, Co.Kerry in the first round of the Munster Championship.

Hard luck to our Senior Boys Football Team and their coaches, Mr. Tony Harrington, Mr. Michéal Kelly and Mr. Colman O Driscoll on losing to Coláiste Spiorad Naoimh, Bishopstown in the first round of the Simcox Cup. The game went to extra time and the lads were narrowly pipped at the post. They meet again in the first round of the Corn Uí Mhuirí.

Green Schools Committee

The Green Schools Committee is up & running for the 2023/24 school year.

New members are more than welcome!

TY Students Complete FAI Level 1 Coaching Badge

23 TY students today completed their FAI level one coaching badge.

During the day they learned how to structure and plan a session and above all developed skills in managing people and planning within a team of coaches. These are key skill needed in many areas, both in the working world and on the pitch.

L.R.C. Visitors - 4th Oct World Animal Day 2023

As part of the Level 2 Short Course ‘Caring For Animals’, L.R.C. Students had first hand experience with caring for a litter of four-week old puppies.

Over the course of the next few weeks this litter will be regular visitors to the LRC, to allow the students to monitor their growth and development and to experience first hand the responsibilities of pet ownership. 

October the 1st - 7th marks ‘World Animal Week’, during which participants are encouraged to combine their love for animals with an enjoyable outdoor activity. 


SCS Students Volunteer to Face Paint at Tragumna Threshing

Tragumna Threshing Committee were very thankful to Skibbereen Community School who organised volunteers for face  painting last Sunday.

It was a hugely successful event that raised much needed funds for ACT at CUH and Breakthrough Cancer Research. Funds raised previously have benefited many local charities including Skibbereen Community Hospital Palliative Beds, West Cork Palliative Care Team, Skibbereen Community Day Centre, West Cork Rapid Response, The Crann Centre, Rnli and West Cork Down Syndrome.

The school are very proud of Mari Therese Cleary, Aoibhean Goulding, Teagan Stratford, Maeve Whooley and Su Turkan who gave up their time for such a worthy cause. Thanks to Órla O Sullivan and Paula McCarthy for organising.

Macroom Food Festival School's Cookery Competition

Well done to Home Economics students Poppy Kilpatrick and Olivia Cahalane of Transition Year who recently took part in Macroom’s Food Festival School’s Cookery Competition.

The girls planned, prepared and cooked a main course pasta dish using local West Cork Produce.

As well as making their own pasta from scratch, they experimented with making mascarpone cheese at school using local cream.

You know you are doing well when the Judge Mark Doe of MTU Kerry, complemented the skills and techniques and videoed the girls making their pasta!

Well done Poppy & Olivia and also Aoife O’Donnell, Katie Kingston, Pauline O’Regan and Alise Briede for their involvement and support.

School Mass Rehearsals - LRC

L.R.C. Students were recently in attendance at S.C.S. School Mass Rehearsal. 

Students had the opportunity to attended during this quieter time to facilitate their needs.

Ms. O'Brien our school Chaplain explained the gifts and students got an opportunity to select their favourite item.

Regardless of denomination, students also got an opportunity to light a candle to represent their own 'Light and Thoughts'.

Thank you to all involved and best wishes to our school choir and musicians.   

5th Year Retreat

Last Thursday a group of 5th years went on retreat to Gougane Barra. It was a great day, where students got the chance to switch off and spent moments of quiet and reflection in the beautiful surrounds! 

1st Year Science Class 1F "Cellfies"

1st year science class 1F were working hard making their creative animal and plant cell models.

Well done to all!

Digital Drop-In Workshop 1

The first Digital Drop-In workshop took place on Thursday, 28th September with a total of 12 enthusiastic learners and mentors participating.

After tea, coffee and chat before the bell rang, the mentors arrived and set about supporting our learners with a variety of topics. Examples requested by the learners included setting up and sharing Spotify playlists, photos organisation and sharing, saving items to Pinterest. Tips and tricks were also shared such as securely creating a hotspot connection and how to remove apps no longer of interest. Another spot of troubleshooting regarding a learner’s use of a virtual learning environment (VLE) that resulted in mentors and facilitator agreeing that the course being accessed was not yet available. The mentors and learners then drafted and sent an email to the course provider with a screenshot to help rectify the matter. 

At the end of the hour all learners went away happy with the productive time spent with their mentors, and looking forward to the next Digital Drop-In workshop scheduled for Thursday, 12th October.

The informal workshop was facilitated by Dr Sandra Flynn, a recent graduate of the Ideas Academy programme from Social Entrepreneurs Ireland for the Digital Drop-In pilot project. Learnings by the mentors from the first workshop will be discussed in a group focus session on Thursday, 5th October with the facilitator.

Many thanks to Mr Anton O’Mahony for the school’s participation and graciously hosting the workshops. Thanks also to Mr Conor Uhl and Ms Orla O’Sullivan for organising. 


4th Years Litter Picking

Well done to our Fourth Years today who picked up rubbish around High Street, Main Street and Townsend Street this morning.

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