Therapists at Pieta West Cork will be holding a free information seminar at 7pm on 20th February at the Skibbereen Family Resource Centre for parents and carers of young people who may be engaging in self harm or experiencing suicidal ideation.
We will explore ways for parents and carers to support their teenagers in crisis as well as giving information on our free counselling service for anyone affected by self harm or suicide.
Pictured below are our senior ladies footballers sporting one of two sets of jerseys the school received under the Lidl Plus Ladies Gaelic Football ‘#SeriousSupport’ rewards scheme.
SCS is now down to one of the last 10 schools in Ireland in with a chance of winning the grand prize of €50,000 or one of three runner up prizes of €10,000.
Lidl is a proud supporter of Ladies Gaelic Football for many years & has committed more than €10million to the development & promotion of Ladies Gaelic Football.
February 1st marks St Brigid's Day and some of our first year groups were busy making St Brigid's Day crosses for our Sacred Space.
Traditionally St Brigid's Day marks the end of the darkness of winter and ushers in the new season of growth and hope that arrives with the coming of Spring.
St Brigid's crosses were traditionally hung over doorways to protect a home from hunger, fire and evil.
Many thanks to the students who have been busy picking rushes over the last few days.
Well done to Ignatas, 1B, who used his digital and creative skills to draw and colour this St. Brigid's Day Cross today.
He used the Paint3D app on his device to make it.
Pictured below are TY students Ella & Fionn making St Brigid’s Crosses today.
On Tuesday 30th January the 4th year Creative Writing and Film class and Senior LRC students were invited to tour the West Cork Film Studios with Ms. Aideen O’Donnell.
This new facility will provide future opportunities for our students.
It is a fabulous facility and we wish them all the best for the future.
This week classes 1F and 1G attended their first year retreat.
Many thanks to Manuel and Megan from Scala for facilitating the day.
4th year Home Economics students put their skills to very good use this week, baking some delicious treats and giving back to our community.
They received a request to provide some homemade goods for the Senior Citizens Afternoon Tea Party from the Irish Red Cross.
SCS have worked with the local branch of the Red Cross before and were happy to help on this occasion as well.
We hope the event will be a huge success.
Well done our 4th year students for their contribution.
Congratulations to our 1st year Student Ruben on his latest achievement in gymnastics.
He won second place in the West Cork Friendly Gymnastics event held in Clonakilty at the weekend.
Ruben is seen here being congratulated by Deputy Principal Mr Diarmuid O'Donnabháin.
Well done!
TY students had a great day at Logitech where they got a tour of the prototype building and testing lab.
They also got to test their virtual reality and gaming devices.
A fantastic opportunity to see some career options in the engineering and tech industry.
Thanks to Logitech for facilitating this very educational and fun visit.
The Green-Schools and the Drama Club had a great time at a joint Christmas party this year, with pizza, fizzy drinks and chocolate galore.
Mr. O'Mahony and Ms. Belton attended.
Mr. O'Mahony had a very difficult decision to make as he was called upon to judge the Green-Schools School Logo and Slogan competition.
Ms Belton presented the Christmas hamper prize to the winning entry from Alicija Sparazynska (4th Year) for her winning logo depicting a bee on a school crest and her accompanying slogan:
We work for the bees. The school is working on the Biodiversity theme for their 4th Green-school flag and bees are part of the biodiversity on which we all depend for our survival.
Pictured below are 4th year students litter picking in the community this week.
Many thanks to Mr. Jerome Dwyer Skibbereen Tidy Towns, Cork County Council and Ms. Orla O’Sullivan for organising.
Well done to our 2nd year girls basketball team who beat Carrigaline Community School today by 28-21.
Superb debut performance by the 1st year girls basketball team today.
They beat Carrigaline 44-22.
Well done to all!
This week, TYs had a visit from parish representatives Dolores Ruane and Jacinta Crowley.
They promoted the John Paul II Awards initiative that is starting up again in our local community.
We look forward to some of our TY students getting involved in these worthwhile activities.
Today we opened our doors for our Pop Up Thrift Shop!
There was huge interest and lots of purchases made.
It will be open again at lunch time tomorrow in F04- drop in and bag a bargain and support a great cause!
Skibbereen Community School is launching a competition for creative writers. It is called: The Field of Stones Writing Competition. All SCS students are welcome to enter. There are Poetry and Short Story writing categories for both Senior and Junior students and a prize for the best writing in each category.
For more information, download the PDF by clicking on the link below or join the Teams page with Code k10x3te.
Good luck everyone, and happy writing!
Pictured below are our 4th year students who help out at Cara House each Tuesday & Friday.
