Congratulations & well done to our senior ladies footballers & their coaches on being crowned Munster champions yesterday in Banteer after defeating Mercy Mounthawk Tralee in the final.
Limited tickets available so don’t miss out!
After today’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Matinee show, performed for the local primary school students, Cara house, Co action and Cope, tickets will be in short supply.
To avoid disappointment, get your tickets in the school office or at Cathal O’Donovans book store.
Amie and Abigail completed 10 days work experience with Band 1 Brigade as part of an Educational Outreach programme (Irish Defence Forces).
They are pictured with CS Noel Galvin after performing with the Band 1 Brigade in City Hall, Cork.
Skibbereen Community School will host a Career Options Fair on Tuesday 12th March from 2.00-4.30pm.
TY, 5th & 6th year students, parents/guardians are very welcome to attend.
We would encourage all students to be proactive and become informed about their options after school - Further study at Third level, a Further Education course, an apprenticeship, a traineeship there is so much to consider.....
Come and speak to representatives of Third level providers to get answers to your questions.
UCC, MTU,UL, SETU, SOLAS, Defence Forces, NMCI, West Cork Campus, Cork College of Commerce and more will be attending the event.
After our latest matches, Skibbereen Community School 2nd year boys are top of Pool B, while the 1st year team lie second in their pool.
Both teams recorded comfortable victories against Christian Brothers before the midterm, 1st years by a margin of 51 to 29 and the 2nd years 43 to 17.
On Monday, both teams faced tough matches against Crosshaven in top of the table clashes.
The 1st year game was a rip roaring high tempo affair and not for the faint hearted. We lost by a score of 42 to 37 but are determined to learn valuable lessons from this defeat for the upcoming knockout phases
In a repeat of last year's county final, where it took two periods of extra time to find a winner, the 2nd years faced up to a much anticipated contest. On this occasion, we recorded our best result coming away winners by a 17 point margin with man of the match Mark FitzGerald razor sharp from the 3 point line.
Onwards and upwards boys.
Pictured below are our TY students who represented SCS today at the West Cork Final of the Student Enterprise Programme in the Celtic Ross Hotel.
The students presented their products very well and were commended on their stands. Well done to all of them.
There were some fantastic projects on display and a great learning experience for our students.
Pictured below are some of our 4th year students litter picking this week.
Many thanks to Mr. Jerome Dwyer Skibbereen Tidy Towns, Cork County Council and Ms. Orla O’Sullivan for organising.
Best of luck to our Senior Ladies Football Team and their coaches in the Munster Final on Thursday!!
Details:
SCS V Mercy Mounhawk Tralee
Thursday Feb 29th at 1pm in Banteer GAA Grounds.
Entry Fee is €3
Well done to our First and Second Year Girls Basketball Teams and their coaches, Ms. Maria Wilson and Ms. Noirín O Brien on beating Scoil Phobail Bheanntraí today in the league.
Transition year students and their teachers, Ms. Leiber, Ms. Brennan and Ms. Hoskins are busy putting the final touches on this year's musical production "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
It promises to be a clap along spectacular and a not to be missed performance.
The show runs on Thursday 29th February, Friday 1st March and Saturday 2nd March.
Tickets can be purchased from Cathal O’Donovan bookshop and from the school.
See you all there!
5th year Agricultural Science students were entertained by an educational talk by a young Manchester farmer Henry Dale from Dale Farm.
His talk stemmed from their 9000 acre dairy and cereal farms based in Manchester and South Scotland, and he highlighted the advantages Irish farming has on a global setting.
The students were very appreciative and respected this young farmer sharing his experiences and knowledge.
A special thank you to Mr. William Kingston and Mr. PJ Fitzgerald for organising this event with Ms. O’Brien and Mr. Shanahan's classes.
Today we had a visit from Bishop Buckley.
He met with the leaving cert class groups and offered them a blessing and prayer card for their upcoming leaving certificate exams.
Many thanks to Bishop Buckley for spending time with the staff and students in SCS.
Congratulations to our 1st year girls basketball team who had a superb win over Coláiste Choilm today.
Terrific performances all round.
Well done girls!
Hard luck to our 2nd year girls basketball team who were narrowly defeated by Coláiste Choilm today. The final score was 37-31.
The TYs had a great trip to London.
They began day one with a guided tour of London taking in Buckingham Palace, Downing Street, Big Ben, The London Eye to name just a few.
Afterwards they headed to “The Lion King” at the West End.
Day two had trips to the Science Museum and National Army Museum before doing a river Thames tour. They wrapped up the day with some bowling.
Day three and their final day started out with some shopping in Europe’s biggest shopping centre Westfield, before heading to Craven Cottage to take in a premier league game between Fulham and Bournemouth. A cracking 3-1 home win insured a great atmosphere.
The last leg of their tour took them through Heathrow Airport where they bumped into Irish international and Luton Town player Chiedozie Ogbene who kindly jumped in for a photo with some of the students.
A great trip for all the students and teachers leading into the mid-term break.
The First years in SCS were extra busy last week, cooking & decorating pancakes.
They were very enthusiastic cooking/decorating their pancakes and thoroughly enjoyed sampling them afterwards.
The Home Economics department are very proud of their efforts. Well done 1st years.
Happy midterm and we hope you have a well deserved break!
Well done to our 1st & 2nd year boys basketball teams on beating Neptune today.
The 1st years won by 42 to 25 & the 2nd years won by 55 to 21.
Los diarios de nuestro viaje a España
Día 3
España 08/02
Nos despertamos a las siete y media de la mañana. Nos vestimos y desayunamos.
Tomamos el autobús público de Benalmádena a la ciudad de Málaga. Un guía turístico local nos dio un recorrido por la ciudad. Estuvo muy interesante. Después visitamos el Museo Picasso. Fuimos de compras en la ciudad.
Luego fuimos a un centro commercial enorme y por la noche fuimos al cine y vimos la película 'Anyone but you,’ fue súper divertida.
Esa noche jugamos, cantamos y charlamos entre nosotros.
Ahora estamos en el aeropuerto de vuelta a Cork.
Por Kate, Aaron y Aoife
Pictures from Malaga - Picasso Museum & Alcazaba.
Los diarios de nuestro viaje a España
Día 2:
Ayer fuimos a Sevilla en autobús. Tuvimos que evitar las protestas de los granjeros. Gracias a nuestro conductor, Paco llegamos al final. Paco es muy simpático.
En Sevilla hicimos un recorrido por la cuidad. Aprendimos sobre la historia de Sevilla y fue muy interesante. Vimos una catedral muy grande y muy bonita. También vimos muchos árboles y plantas en los parques. Las calles son muy estrechas y sombreadas porque hace mucho calor en Sevilla en verano. La Plaza de España tiene arquitectura muy impresionante.
Luego, regresamos al hotel, y cenamos. Después de la cena tuvimos un quiz.
Nuestra parte favorita del día fue La Plaza de España.
Escrito por Patryk, Conan y Conn
