Congratulations to the Master Chef team members of the TY Home Ec Department who qualified for the All-Ireland's in Dublin next month. Well done to all involved!
Ms. Majella O Neill, Nutrional Therapist is giving a talk on Nutrition and Mindset for Exam Students/Parents tonight at 8.15pm in the Riverside Studios, North Street, Skibbereen. Click on the button below for more details.
Many thanks to the TY students and the Career Guidance Department who attended the West Cork Youth Mental Health Day in the Parkway Hotel last Thursday.
Fifteen TY Students took part in Vodafone's Global Coding Programme for Girls which took place in the Ludgate Centre last week.
The workshops took place over the course of one week and the girls were taught by Vodafone employees. The hope was that the project would give female students a good enough foundational knowledge of development programmes and computer languages so that they can build a website upon completion.
Many thanks to the team in the Ludgate Centre for the invite. The Girls really appreciated this incredible opportunity.
Congrats to the U16 1/2 Boys Football Team and their coaches, Mr. Maurice Moore and Mr. Colman O Driscoll on defeating Colaiste Ide, Abbeyfeale on a scoreline of 2-9 to 1-6 last Friday.
The School was delighted to host Rowing Ireland's first West Cork Inter School's Indoor competition last Friday. The School was also delighted to welcome the 50 first year students and their teachers from Schull Community College. 150 First Years took part in total with incredible individual and team performances. This Rowing Taster Programme has been running in the school since last September by Ms. Emily Delours and Ms. Denise Walsh from Skibb Rowing Club. The School would like to sincerely thank Emily, Denise and Ellen from Rowing Ireland, James Kirby from Cork Sports Partnership, members of Skibb Rowing Club and the school's PE Department who supported the event.
Pictured below are 6th year students on a Geography field trip recently.
Pictured below are two members of the Social Justice Group with their presentation celebrating important women in LGBTQ history.
Thanks to all the staff and students who came down to the Home Economics Department yesterday to help celebrate World Home Economics day.
The Home Economics department are celebrating 'World Home Economics Day' by offering students/staff the chance to decorate cupcakes during lunchtime tomorrow, in G78.
Cupcakes are limited, so when they're gone they really are gone!
Icing was kindly donated by Cara House.
Tráth na gceist, Duaiseanna Rang 1D.
Comórtas Póstaeir, Duaiseanna ranganna 1D & 1C.
Seisiún Ceoil inné i bpobalscoil an Sciobairín do sheachtain na gaeilge.
Congratulations to the Second Year Girls Basketball Team and their coaches, Ms. Marie O Mahony and Ms. Kathleen Martin on reaching the County "A" Final in Neptune Stadium next Tuesday, March 20th. The Girls beat St. Vincents on a scoreline of 52 points to 32 in today's semi-final. They have done their school proud.
Pictures of 'Engineering Week' which was held in SCS recently. Some of the activities included a tower building competition, a Kinder egg drop challenge and a bridge building competition.
Pictures of 4th year outdoor pursuits today.
Our First year girls basketball team narrowly lost out to Glanmire away in the Minor 'A' county quarter final.
Our second years recorded a convincing win over Scoil Mhuire at home in their quarter final. They now face St. Vincent’s in the junior 'A' county semi final. Well done to all.
Pictured below are our U15 and U18 Ladies Rugby Teams who took part in a blitz today in CIT, organised by Munster Rugby.
Jasmine Kiely was presented with the blitz day ball by Munster rugby coaches for her outstanding performance on the day. Well done Jasmine.
It was a very successful day for the girls. Both the U15 and U18 teams now qualify from the Cork region for the Munster Finals day.
Seachtain Na Gaeilge is being celebrated in Skibbereen Community School this week. Below is a list of events.
Ms. O Brien our School Chaplain sent on these pics of our TY students in Romania who are currently doing charity work with the Aurelia Trust. They have worked in three orphanages over the last few days. They are working with TY students from St.Geralds of Castlebar who are there with their Chaplain, Ms. Shelly Rice, former Chaplain of St.Fachtnas De La Salle.
Alicia O Sullivan sent on this report on the week's activities.
Erasmus+ Project 'Changing Minds'
Romania 7th-14th March 2018
On our first day we make our way to Negru Voda where we are introduced to the Romanian partners Negru-Voda Theoretical High School, we get presented with flowers by the Mayor of Negru-Voda, Mr. Petre Urzicenu for International Womens Day, which seems to be taken very seriously. We then get to see a performance of traditional Romanian dance by "Sanzaiene dobrogene" ensemble, with the clients and then visitied the Group Home, where we were welcomed with salt and bread, a welcoming custom in Romania. The clients performed a wonderfully happy dance for us and presented us with gifts which seemed all but a bit too ironic. As a group we were overwhelmed with emotion.
On Friday we meet the beneficiaries of the Techirghiol Protected Housing and we all visited the Folk Art Museum and the Marine Museum in Constanta. We then went back to their home and we made arts and crafts, danced, shared stories. It was amazing to see the clients calling Christina and the people who had been before by name, these wonderful connections and friendships all in thanks to The Aurelia Trust Foundation. We spent the evening spilt into groups working on the Conference, our social medias, and the documentary.
On Saturday we visited Lazu Protected Houses. These people are the happiest people I have ever met, we meet one man with cerebral palsy who writes all of our names into his notebook and uses this to identify all 20+ of us! We then go to the Dolphinarium and the Zoo in Constanta, everyone enjoyed themselves.
On Sunday we were given the option to visit a Pilot Centre, Artemia Center. The teachers were a little restrained and were warning us of how our reactions may be once inside, all five girls from Skibbereen and six boys from Castlebar decide we will all do it together, and we do. It was not an easy nor a comfortable experience but I met the most amazing people who have had very difficult lives as a result of the Institutions and how cruel society can be on those who are different.
On Tuesday we held a Conference in Galati where we heard from Niall Seymour who created the project, Marie Creegan founder of The Aurelia Trust and Skibbereen, Castlebar and Romanian young people all spoke about the work we had done, our reflections of the week and the new relations we had made.
This week I Iearnt alot about myself and the world I live in. This world can be a cruel and unfair place but with activists like Marie Creegan and Niall Seymour it gives us young people the opportunity, maybe not to change the world but certainly make a difference. A huge lesson we learnt was that that small changes can make a big difference, there's no better feeling than putting a small on someone else's face. This trip has made me appreciate the good things in my life and that even a 16-year-old can make a difference.
Ms. Majella Ni Charthaigh is pictured with her team dressed in their Chef whites at the Apprentice Chef competition held in I.T.T last Friday. The competition is run by Bord Failte and the college's Tourism and Culinary Faculty. The competition is open to TY students from all over Munster and we will know next week if our gang have qualified for the All-Irelands. Have a look at the masterpieces that our school's talent created.
Pictured here are third years celebrating world book day last Friday. It had to be postponed in our school due to the snow. The students were asked to discuss their favourite books. Tomorrow Monday 12th March, all students and staff of Skibbereen Community School are asked to bring in a book for “Drop Everything and Read” which forms part of our literacy and numeracy strategy.