Cake Sale On Thursday 12th October in the Canteen Area at 10.20am. All proceeds in Aid of the Air Ambulance Service for the Munster Area. TIME SAVED = LIVES SAVED
Congrats to the U19 Senior Girls Basketball Team and their coach, Ms.Mags Breen on winning their first league game against St.Angelas, Cork City. The final score was 46 to 43 points. Pictured above are some of the panel.
The School started its “Drop everything and read” iniatiative on Monday. All staff and students took 20minutes out to read a chapter or an article. Thanks to the English Department for organising.
SUPERVISED STUDY 2017/18
· Skibbereen Community School will be offering supervised study to Leaving and Junior Certificate students.
· The duration of this study will be from 6pm to 9pm on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
· It will run in blocks of five weeks starting on Tuesday, 10th October.
· The running of this after school program is limited to a specific intake so places will be allocated on a first come basis.
· The cost is €40 (€4 per session). This money is to cover the cost of a supervisor and access to the school. This must be paid in full prior to the start of each block. The school will provide light refreshments each evening.
· Students will be given the opportunity to sign up to this study every five weeks. Once signed up, each student must attend all sessions (10) for which they have signed up to.
· Normal school rules apply during these sessions. Application form on Home Page of website. Only 30 places!
The Aurelia Trust, in conjunction with the school and Ludgate, have recently received EU funding for an Erasmus+ project. The project will involve a group of TY students working with a group of young people in Romania to achieve the main aim of changing negative perceptions of disability in developing countries. Participants will gain skills in a number of areas - including in working with people with disabilities, communication, leadership, video production and web design. The project will involve travel to Romania and will be run for a period of 13 months - starting in October. Any students interested are asked to contact the School Chaplin.
The School has begun its Literacy and Numeracy Campaign for the 2017/18 academic year. A reading balcony is being created for students where they can come and go to read quietly. It also has a poetry corner and a "Read Wall" where students are asked to post up comments about their favourite books. Book Drops are being set up throughout the school where students are encouraged to take a book and replace it with an other. Students are asked to donate their favourite used book to this Book Drop system. There is a Book Club every Thursday at lunchtime in F62. The school will begin its "Drop Everything and Read" Initiative on Monday, October 2nd at 11.50am. All staff and students will stop everything and read for 20 minutes. Students are asked to bring in some suitable reading material. It can be a book, magazine or newspaper. This event will occur on the first Monday of every month be it at a different time.
Our TY boys enjoying the activities in Kilfinane this week. Activities included: Archery, Mountain Biking, Kayaking, Hillwalking, Absailing and River Walking.
Many thanks to Ms. Eileen O'Mahony, Mr. Patrick Harrington and Mr. Tony Harrington for accompanying the boys. They had a great time.
CIT Engineering, Science & Technology Roadshow at
Skibbereen Community School
MON 9TH OCT at 7.00pm
CIT's Engineering, Science & Technology Roadshow is coming to Skibbereen Community School on Monday 9th October at 7.00pm. The roadshow aims to provide students, guardians, teachers and the wider community with the information they require about engineering, science & technology courses, careers and research options available at CIT. Parents, students and supporters all welcome to attend.
“Many students have the talent and aptitude to study engineering, science, technology and computing”, says Michael Loftus, Head of Faculty of Engineering & Science at CIT. Michael firmly believes that careers in these areas provide exciting opportunities for both female and male students.
Selecting the engineering, science, technology or computing courses that best fits their abilities can be a daunting exercise for students. In order to demystify the relevant areas and to provide guidance to students interested in studying at degree level, CIT has created a new initiative to help ensure that they, their supporters, teachers and guidance counsellors, can explore their options in a friendly environment where they can engage with current students, past graduates, and CIT lecturers.
We would like to extend a warm welcome to all our senior students, their parents, the wider Skibbereen population as well as all our neighbouring school communities, to come and join us on the evening of the 9th October to hear first-hand from the students and staff of CIT what it would be like to study and work in these exciting areas.
SCS Guidance Department- Fiona Ronan, Cliodhna O’ Sullivan, Cormac O Brien
Pictures of the 5th and 6th Year Ecology Trip to Killarney with Mr. Liam Shanahan, last Friday.
MONDAY- U19 and U16 Boys Basketball Training at 7.30am, U17 and U19 Boys Soccer Meeting at 11.50am in Room F17, U15 Boys Football Training Match from 9am to 10.30am, Film Club at 1.20pm Lunchtime in F22, U14/U15 Boys Basketball Training at lunchtime.
TUESDAY- U19 and U16 Girls Basketball Training at 7.30am, U14 Boys Football Training from 4 to 5pm, U14/15 Girls Basketball Training at Lunch Time, Social Justice Group meets at 1.20pm Lunchtime in Room F03, All welcome. U14/U15 Boys Basketball Training from 4 to 5pm.
WEDNESDAY- Senior Boys Football Training at 7.30am
THURSDAY- Chess Club at 1.20pm Lunchtime in F01. All welcome.Book Club at 1.20pm Lunctime in F62. All welcome. U14/U15 Boys Basketball Training from 4 to 5pm.
FRIDAY- Homework Club at 1.10pm Lunchtime in G04. All welcome. U14/U15 Boys Basketball Training at lunchtime.
Gael Linn Debating days and times to follow......
Table Tennis and Xbox available on wet days in the First Year Canteen Area at Lunchtime.
Chilling out after a long day of activities in Kilfinane.
Pictures of our TY students enjoying the activities in Kilfinane this week.
Pictured below are our 3rd year Spanish students at Segovia Today.
Our 3rd year Spanish students pictured outside the school in Madrid and at the Bernabeu.
Well done to our senior footballers who beat Mount St. Michael Rosscarbery by 1-14 to 1-12 in a friendly yesterday.
Pictured below are nineteen of our 3rd Year students waiting to depart for Madrid yesterday.
A presentation of thanks being made to our principal Mr. O'Mahony by Spanish teachers Olga and Ms. Ana Lopez, on behalf of the visiting Spanish Group who stayed with us last week. Our students flew out to Madrid with them yesterday.
The school community would like to sincerely thank our past pupils Colin O’Driscoll, Aoife Crowley, Niamh Burns, Elena Forde, Eimear O’Driscoll and Rachel O’Driscoll, who recently took time out of their busy schedules to tell us about their recent trip to Romania where they helped vulnerable young adults.
Proceeds from our wonderful “Christmas Jumper Day” went towards this very worthy cause. Thanks to our Religion teachers Ms. Orla O’Sullivan and Ms. Deirdre Hennigan for organising the talk and to the 2nd years for attending.
The School Community would like to congratulate all our Junior Certs on their terrific results. Well done to every one of you!
The School Community would like to welcome our visitors from Madrid. Twenty students are taking part in a cultural exchange programme with our third years. They are accompanied by their teachers Anna and Olga. Thanks to Ms. Karen Sheane, our Spanish Teacher for organising an action packed programme for the week. Thanks to Mr. Ritchie Keating for taking the crew kayaking today on Lough Hyne.
Thanks to Mr. Hayes for taking them surfing tomorrow and to Ms. O Brien for taking them to Cork City on Friday. Our students are off to Spain next week.
