Please click on the button below for important information about the start of year for 5th Year Students, September 2023.
Skibbereen Community school was delighted with its Leaving Cert Results. The 137 students did themselves, their families and their teachers proud. They have gone on to third level, taken up apprenticeships or gone working. We wish them every success in their new endeavours.
Pictured are Mr. Anton O Mahony, Principal and Mr. Diarmuid O Donnabháin, Deputy Principal and some of those 35 students who achieved over 495 points. 6 of them achieved over 600 points and 29 achieved over 495points. Missing from photo are Oisín Boyle, Ofek Dahan, Laura Kearney, Ryan Shannon, Caoimhe Quinn, Alan O Donovan, Bláithín Roberts, Eliza Sylko and Aislinn O Donovan.
Please click on the button below for important information about the start of the year for 6th Year Students, September 2023.
October 2022 mid-term break - Monday 31st October 2022 to Friday 4th November 2022 inclusive.
Christmas 2022 - All schools will close on Wednesday 21st December 2022, All schools will re-open on Thursday 5th January 2023.
February 2023 mid-term break - Monday 13th February 2023 to Friday 17th February 2023.
Easter 2023 - All schools will close on Friday 31st March and re-opens on Monday 17th April 2023, unless changes are required as part of contingency arrangements to make up for time lost due to unforeseen school closures.
St.Brigid’s Day Bank Holiday - Monday Feb 6th 2023
St. Patricks’s Day - Thursday March 17th 2023
May Bank Holiday - Monday May 2nd 2023
Other Closures
- September 30th 2022
- November 10th, Staff Training Day for the new Junior Cycle.
The School Community bid farewell to the Leaving Cert Class of 2022! They are the very first Year Group to complete their 6 Years in SCS. Their second level journey is completed as symbolised in our crest. We wish them every success in their future endeavours!
Please click on the button below for a pdf version of the Parent Information Booklet:
BASKETBALL
U19 Boys “B” County Champions
Second Year Boys “B” County Champions
First Year Boys “B” County Champions
FOOTBALL
LGFA Junior “A” Ladies County Champions
LGFA Junior “C” Ladies County Champions
Senior Boys “A” Simcox Cup County Champions
First Year Boys O Herlihy Cup West Cork Champions
Dear Parent/Guardian,
It is the time of year when students in Third Year are being asked to make subject choices for the next step in their education programme.
These are important decisions that need careful thought and discussion with your son/daughter. The information below is designed to assist you with these discussions and ensure that your son/daughter is making the best choices for him/her.
The information is divided into two sections,
1 -helpful guidance designed to aid the discussion regarding the best choice of subjects and
2 – guidance on how to input these choices to the school portal. Deadlines Current Third Year students entering Transition year – May 9th.
It is of the utmost importance that all choices are made prior to this date in order to ensure that each student gets a free choice and therefore, the best opportunity to study subjects of their choosing. After this deadline, the school will use the student’s preferences to create subject bands.
Any student who misses the deadline or wishes to change their choice after the deadline will only be able to choose from the subject preference bands created and will therefore, have a more restricted choice.
Helpful guidance on how to choose subjects In order to assist you and your son/daughter to make the choices that best suit them the school’s Guidance Department have created the following short video clips and presentations.
We would encourage you to engage with this material with your son/daughter and discuss their preferences with them prior to submitting choices on the schools portal.
Click on the button below for an important powerpoint presentation on Subject Choice.
Click on the clip below for a Subject Choice Information Video
Further detailed information on third level courses and subject requirements is available on the Guidance section of the school website:
Click on the button below for a link to the Careers Section of the School website.
Online inputting procedures
Once your son/daughter has decided on their subject choices, these must be inputted on the school’s VSWare portal ahead of the deadline of May 9th.
Please complete the steps as outlined below. Steps to Follow
Step 1 You will receive a text from the school with a username and password
Step 2 Access the school website at skibbereencommunityschool.ie
Step 3 Click on VS Ware on the top right-hand corner. Log-in using the details received in the text. The system will then ask you to create your own password so that only you can access the site.
Step 4 Click on Student Options on the top left of your screen. Complete each subject set by following the instructions given at the top of the screen.
Please note: click into each preference box to access the relevant subject listing. Proceed to input choices in order of preference.
Step 5 Log-out. You can log-in and change the choices as often as you like up to the deadline date. If you have students in more than one year group, please use the left and right arrows at the top left of the screen to change between them.
Anton O Mahony,
Principal Skibbereen Community School,
May 2022.
Last week our School Community raised €3000 for the people of Ukraine.
This week we have decided as a community to set our sights even higher.
One of our teachers (Mr O'Brien, Guidance Counsellor) is in a position to drive a van load of urgently needed Paediatric Medical Supplies out to the Ukraine border over the Easter holidays. As a school community and with the support of our parents and partners in the wider community we are convinced that we can make this happen.
Please have a look at the GoFundMe link below for the bigger plan and details of how the funds are to be used.
Please support our Drive to help these vulnerable Child Refugees in whatever way you can (even if it just to share the GoFundMe link further and further.
Many thanks form the entire School Community at Skibbereen CS.
Dear Parent/Guardian of a First Year Student,
Please click on the button below for important information to help you and your son/daughter choose their subjects for next year, Sept 2022.
Dear Parent/Guardian,
It is the time of year when students in Transition Year are being asked to make subject choices for the next step in their senior cycle programme. These are important decisions that need careful thought and discussion with your son/daughter.
The information below is designed to assist you with these discussions and ensure that your son/daughter is making the best choices for him/her. The information is divided into two sections, 1 -helpful guidance designed to aid the discussion regarding the best choice of subjects and 2 – guidance on how to input these choices to the school portal.
Please click on the button below for the information on these two sections.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Anton O Mahony,
Principal.
Dear Parent/ Guardian,
We include some information from this week’s Anti-Bullying Programme that you may find useful.
Dr. Maureen Griffin, Forensic Pyschologist who spoke to students this week outlines some key social media challenges facing parents in her powerpoint below. Click on the button for access.
Please click on the button below for a pdf version of the above chart about Tic Tock.
Please click on the button below for a pdf version of the chart about Snapchat.
Please click on the button below for a link about current frauds and scams.
The reburishment of the school gym has been finished recently thanks in part from the proceeds of the Christmas Sports Fund Raffle. New power racks, free weight racks with barbells and dumbbells have been installed as well as new flooring. This has been a huge addition to the curricular and extra curricular programmes of the school. Many thanks to Mr. Maurice Moore, Mr. Conor Ul and the TY students of the Sports Administration Module for all their efforts in getting this refurb!
Pictured is Ricky and his parents presenting a cheque of 5200euro to the staff of St.John’s Oncology Ward, Crumlin Hospital last week. This was from the proceeds of last December’s School Community Tractor run which Ricky organised. Ricky has requested that the money be used to provide games equipment such as a pool table, gaming consoles, tv’s and other entertainment facilities for teenagers undergoing treatment in the Ward.
Please click on the button below for a downloadable copy of this year’s Extracurricular Programme.
Supervised After School Study for Leaving Certs is starting next week Sept 27th, every Mon, Tues and Thurs from 4pm to 6pm. This is a 5week block costing €45. Forms available from the school office and places are limited.