Photos of the 4th Year Activity Day on Tuesday December 12th.
Pictures from last nights Christmas Concert. Over 450 people attended the event where there was a huge array of musical talent on show. Thanks to Ms. Colette Brennan and the Music Department for organising.
Congratulations to 5th Year who were deemed the fittest year group in S.C.S. The 24 students were nominated by their peers to enter 12 events. The competition was organised by the TY Fitness Module Group. The events were based on agility, strenght, reaction, speed and skill and they included the soccer dribble, 5x5 agility, 20m sprint, a hang tough to name a few. Each event was scientifically measured by the judges and points awarded accordingly. There were many fantastic individual performances among all ages and Year Groups. Many thanks to Mr. Maurice Moore and his TY Module Class, the PE Department and the BAM staff for help in organising.
The School has now got record holders in the following events:
UPPER BODY QUICKNESS
1.Alicia O Sullivan 4th Year
1. David Melero 4th Year
LEG QUICKNESS
1. Leanne Beechinor 6th Year
1. Adrian O Driscoll 3rd Year
HANG TOUGH
1. Zoe O Connor 3rd Year
1. Jamie Shanahan 6th Year
20M SPRINT
1. Grace Hendy 3rd Year
1. Robbie Minihane 2nd Year
3 MIN ENDURANCE RUN
1. Maillaidh O Neill 2nd Year
1. Eric Wickens 4th Year
2 MIN ROW ON MACHINE
1. Aoibhinn Keating 6th Year
1. Shane Cotter 4th Year
BALL BOUNCE INTO TARGET
1. Emma Buckley 2nd Year
1. Michéal Sheehy 3rd Year
BASKETBALL SHOTS INTO BASKET IN 1 MIN
1. Kate O Connell 5th Year
1. Eugene Daly 4th Year
1. Colm Harrington 1st Year
KICK ACCURACY INTO BIN GOAL
1. Sharon Beechinor 3rd Year
1. Katie Cronin 5th Year
1. Jason Murphy 4th Year
1. Darragh Dempsey 1st Year
1. Andrew Whelton 5th Year
VERTICAL JUMP
1. Denise Marcos 5th Year
1. Sarah Hurley 3rd Year
1. Matthew Bushe 6th Year
5X5m AGILITY
1. Lisa Harte 5th Year
1. Oran Collins 4th Year
The Christmas Spirit was very much alive last Friday with our annual Festivities Day. The event was organised by the Religion Department and every First Year was invited to the canteen area. The Drama Club put on an hillarious rendition of "Twas the Night Before Christmas". The Choir and School Band performed a number of Christmas Classics and our students from the Learning Resource Centre turned on the Christmas Lights. James Maguire, 6th Year gave a poignant talk on Homelessness and Santa Claus paid a visit. Mr. Anton O Mahony, our Principal wished everyone a very happy Christmas. The Junior Cert Schools Programme Department organised refreshments for everyone. Many thanks to the staff of the Religion Department, Music Department, JCSP Dept, Art Department, SEN and SNA Departments for making the event so memorable!
TY students; Jane Collins, Olivia Dudek, Julia Dudek, Claire O Sullivan, Keira Hurely and Sean Burke are representing our school in this years's competition. They travelled to UCC last Tuesday for a briefing. Pysch Slam involves competing against other schools in describing a topic in Psychology in an entertaining way! Teams will be supported by staff and students in the School of Applied Psychology to research and put together a presentation based on the Pecha Kucha model, where people present an idea using 20 slides, but can only talk for 20 seconds on each slide. Thanks to Mr. Patrick Harrington for accompanying the team.
Commiserations to the Senior Football Panel and their coaches Mr. Colman O Drisoll and Mr. Maurice Moore who exited the Corn Ni Mhuiri today losing to Hamilton High School, Bandon. We would like to thank all the players and their coaches for all the work that they have put in over the last few months.
Congratulations to the U14 Boys Football Team and their coaches Mr. Mark Cahalane and Mr.James McCarthy who beat Colaiste Choilm, Ballincollig yesterday in the second round of the County Championship.
The School Community would like to congratulate Brigid O Sullivan, 5th Year and Conor O Neill, 3rd Year who recently won West Cork Garda Youth Awards.
4th year archery at Russagh Mill today.
On Wednesday pupils from SCS were among the 160 pupils from West Cork schools who competed in the Bol Chumann School's Road Bowling that took place in Shannonvale, Clonakilty. The four junior boys teams bowled well with the team of Darragh Dempsey, James McNulty and Seán McNulty finishing in third place. The school's senior boys did very well and were unlucky, narrowly missing out on third place. However, the highlight of the day for the school was the senior girl's team of Michelle Crowley, Natalie Dempsey and Tríona Murphy. The girls got off to a slow start but their skill and determination saw them keep the pressure on a strong leading team from Clonakilty. With their final throw the girls overtook the leaders to secure the title for 2017.
Bowlers on the day:
Junior Boys: Donal O'Neill, Jason Hurley, Cathal O'Sullivan, Danny Lucey, Gavin Crowley, Michael Cronin, Donnacha O'Donovan, Darragh Dempsey, James McNulty, Seán McNulty, Míchéal Sheehy, Colm Crowley, Brian Crowley
Senior Girls: Michelle Crowley, Natalie Dempsey, Tríona Murphy
Senior Boys: Jordan Limrick, David O'Connor, Stephen O'Donovan
Many thanks to Mr. Robert Field, Addiction Counsellor with the HSE and Mr. Liam Doocey, Life Coach and Youth Worker who gave fantastic talks to both students and parents on the issues affecting young people in our society today. Many thanks to our Chaplain, Ms. Mary Rose O Brien for organising both speakers.
The TY Fitness Module Group are organizing the school's first Fitness and Skills testing programme in the form of "The Fittest Year Group" competition. 12 Boys and 12 Girls have been nominated from each year group to undertake 12 challenges. Each challenge will be scientifically measured and the results will decide which year group is the fittest. All events will take place in the Sports Hall on Dec 8th where each entire year group will cheer on their representatives.
Congratulations to Maria Carey, Leaving Cert Class of 2017 who recently received a Quercus Scholarship to UCC due to her outstanding musical talent. Maria is form Hollyhill, Churchcross. She is pictured with her proud former Principal, Mr. Anton O Mahony.
The Home Economics Department is running a Christmas Cake Icing Course for any student interested. Please contact any member of the Department for details.
Our TY Mini Companies travelled to the Celtic Ross for a conference hosted by the West Cork Enterprise board. Thanks to Ms. Ella Ryan, Business Department for organising the trip.
50 of our First Year Students competed in Rowing Ireland's "Get Going Get Rowing" School's Competition in Neptune Stadium yesterday. They have been training since September and all performed fantastically on the day. Some of our teams took medal positions. Winning teams included:
Boys - 1st Tom Kavanagh, Gavin Mc Carthy, Richard Bushe, Eoin Murran and Cathal O' Driscoll.
2nd Shane O Connell, Paddy French, Oisin Boyle, Eoghan Cawley and Stephen Delaney
3rd Alan Cotter. Seán mc Nulty, Sam Nallan and Gavin Coakley
Girls 1st Maeve Kingston, Lia Hogan, Áine Mc Carthy ,Michaela Dempsey and Lilly Heaton Jones
3rd - Ciara Dempsey, Maddie O Sullivan, Áine Barry, Florence O Driscoll and Kate Barry
Well done to everyone involved and many thanks to Ms. Emily Delours, Ms. Denise Walsh Rowing Ireland/ Skibb Rowing Club and Ms. Maire Keating, PE teacher/ Skibb Rowing Club.
A thousand thanks to our Career Guidance Department and the thirty or so College Representatives who made last Wednesday's In-house Career Fair a huge success. Some of the Exhibitors included College of Commerce, CIT, UCC, UCD, St.John's College. Thanks to the many students and their parents who supported the event. Click on the picture to move on the gallery.
Congratulations to last year's leaving certificate students, Jane Hurley, Mary Therese Coughlan & Darren Seymour who all received entrance scholarships to UCD due to their exceptional leaving cert results. They are pictured at the awards ceremony in UCD with their proud former Principal, Mr. Anton O'Mahony. Well done to all.
Report by Robbie Minihane (2nd Year)
On Friday the 17th of November, the 2nd year basketball team took on formidable opponents in Kinsale Community School, last year's beaten All Ireland B league finalists. After our own success in the All Ireland C Cup competition, many Skibbereen voices were eager for promotion and our performance in this match would be a trustworthy indicator of how we would cope when promoted.
The first half was a one - sided affair and many of our players wilted under the pressure of our steely determined opponents. Kinsale raced into an 11 to 2 lead in the first quarter with James O'Neill getting our only score. In truth, Kinsale weren't doing anything revolutionary here but they were winning the individual battles across the floor.
Our capacity to score was again ridiculed in the second quarter. The evidence before our eyes looked catastrophic and the score reflected Kinsale's dominance. Skibbereen's play was characterised by missed chances and only one beautifully taken basket was scored by Eividas Andreikius. Not surprisingly, we finished the half 17 to 4 points down.
The slaughter of the first half ignited our players into action in the second half. A dramatic change of tactics and a resurgence of energy in our defence transformed this game into a contest. Two majestic three pointers from Eividas were the highlight of the shots made in the third quarter along with tenacious defence from James, Thomas O'Mahony, Adam O'Donoghue and Jamie O'Driscoll.
The purple crew went into the fourth quarter 24 to 16 down and they seemed programmed to play at a higher volume. Two excellent three pointers from Stevie Redmond brought them right back into the game. But in the end, we paid for our lifeless opening and Kinsale ran out winners by a scoreline of 25 to 31.
Lessons will be learned from this exciting game and we can be proud of the boys coming back from 17 to 2 down to be beaten by a few baskets.
The story of the First Years first competitive basketball outing.
The SCS first years basketball squad took on Kinsale on Friday last. Many of the Skibbereen side were playing competitive basketball for the first time while others have club experience. The hall was buzzing when we arrived with over forty Kinsale first years, clad in all kinds of attire doing lay ups. One thing was certain, Kinsale took their basketball seriously.
The team got off to a slow start and allowed Kinsale to cut through the zone to get some easy baskets. Tom Kavanagh, Colm Harrington and Brian inspired a comeback and at the end of the first quarter, they were 11 to 7 points down.
The second five came out flying but struggled to find the hoop until Daniel Buckley set up Eoghan Cawley for two baskets in quick succession. Despite confining Kinsale to just one basket in this quarter, SCS trailed the home side by a single basket at the break, the score 13 to 11.
An eventful third quarter saw Colm get two beautiful steals but they amounted to nothing as the Skibbereen side squandered these opportunities with poor shot selection and misfired layups. We paid the price for our sloppy shooting and Kinsale stretched their lead to ten points in this quarter, the crucial score a three pointer from Kinsale's talented number 6 with one second left on the clock.
In the fourth quarter Tom showed some true grit and scored a couple of lay ups. Garry Fahy Daniel and Eoghan also found the hoop. In the end Kinsale ran out winners by a scoreline of 27 to 23.
It was a good performance by the team but on the evidence of this match, there is still a lot of work to do on the training ground.
