Pictured are the 26 students who achieved 500 points or more in this year's Leaving Cert. Well done to them all!
The School Community would like to congratulate staff and every single Leaving Cert on their fantastic results. We are proud of every one of them and wish them every success and happiness in the next chapter of their lives.
Well done to Daniel O Mahony, Castlehaven on achieving 625 points, the maximum points possible. He received an amazing 7H1's and 1H2 and hopes to study Mathematical Sciences in UCC. He is pictured below with a proud Mr. O Mahony, Principal.
Well done also to the 25 students who achieved over 500 points. It accounts for 20% of the Leaving Cert Total.
The Guidance/Counselling Department will be in attendance on Exam Day Morning for any advice and to answer any concerns. Click on the button below to access important Results Day and C.A.O information.
SCS wishes to congratulate all students who took part in the recent in-house BIM Schools Cookery Competition. Well done to all the prize winners. Special thanks to Barry Hirst and Gloria Helen of BIM for judging the competition. The students are eagerly looking forward to their day at the BIM hub in Clonakilty.
Pictures of the 6th Year Graduation Service which took place on Wednesday May 23rd. Many thanks to Niamh Lynch 5th Year for taking the photographs.
This week Candido Taboada Areán delivered a presentation about the work he has been doing and his personal experience of living in West Cork. He also gave Information on and showed the TY Students the steps that they should take in order to participate in and benefit from the European Voluntary Service.
Cándido and Sofia Jiménez Baigorri, both Spanish volunteers, came to SCS to work with the School Completion Programme this year. They helped many students with homework etc. and Cándido also ran the Chess Club at Lunch time. As part of their work they also helped the Spanish Department.
Hard luck to the U14 Boys Football team and their coaches Mr. Mark Cahalane and Mr. Patrick McCarthy who lost to Rochestown College in the County Final on Tuesday. The lads played their hearts out and did their school proud. They were beaten by a very good team and congrats to Rochestown. Thanks to the coaching staff and those who travelled to support. The lads enjoyed pizza today as a small consolation. Watch this team for the future!
CSPE Action Project
The UN Peacekeeping Mission
By Jack Marks
For our CSPE project we invited a guest speaker into our class to talk to us about the UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Mediterranean. Our guest speaker was Diarmuid O'Donovan Lieutenant Commander on board of the L.É. Samuel Beckett P61 offshore Patrol Vessel of the Irish defence force.
Diarmuid came into my class to talk to us about the Peacekeeping Mission in the Mediterranean Sea. The Mission involves patrolling the Mediterranean Sea looking for scared migrants fleeing their countries for better opportunities in life due to war or poverty in their own countries.
When they find some migrants they rescue them as the boats they are traveling in are very dangerous as they are tiny for a start, have a really bad engine or have no engine and most people don’t get a life jacket on them and no one knows where they are going or how to swim. So when the crew on the boat find them they rescue them off their dangerous little boat and bring them to safety in Spain or Italy. But rescuing the migrants has its own problems as there is a gang with big boats and guns who try to shoot the boats the migrants are on so the boats will sink. Getting the migrants off the boats is dangerous as most of the time the boats are unstable due to the amount of migrants on them. If the crew makes a wrong move or if the people on the boats all move at once it could spell disaster as the boat could capsize and drown everyone or it could tip the naval ship over.
When we were planning to invite Diarmuid in we had different committees to invite him in as the permission committee had to write two letters: one to Mr O'Mahony and one to Mr O'Donnabháin to get permission to let us bring Diarmuid in to talk to us. Once we got permission we had a venue committee who got us a room so Diarmuid could talk to us. But before Diarmuid could come in we had a questioning committee who came up with a list of question to give to Diarmuid to answer for us. When Diarmuid came in we had a welcoming committee to welcome him to our school. There was a refreshment committee to get him a drink or anything he required. When he was leaving, there was a 'Thank You' committee who thanked him for coming and gave him a reusable coffee cup from our school as a token of thanks.
The last committee which I was a part of was the Social Media group. My task along with Wayne and Daniel was to write up about Diarmuid's visit and why he came in and about what he said. The main skills I used while typing up a report on his visit was:
§ Listening to what he said as he was very interesting.
§ Reviewing everything he said and that had happened.
§ Using a computer to type up the report.
§ Agreeing with the other members in my group about the review and any issues we had while typing it up.
I feel my class was very lucky to have Diarmuid come and talk to us as he was very interesting and gave us a greater understanding of what he does to help the migrants.
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Mr. Vicente Rodrigo's 3rd year Spanish class had a Spanish Cooking Day last Friday, May 18th. Ms Sheane and her 6th years were also in attendance, to see how students cooked their Spanish omelettes. It was a very successful and enjoyable day.
On Monday 21st May, The Junior Certificate School Programme (JCSP) graduation was held for 34 of our students. In recognition of these students continuous hard work over the last three years, each student was awarded a certificate. Lunch from the school canteen was also served as part of the celebration. It was a great afternoon and we wish these students the very best of luck in their upcoming Junior Certificate examinations. Many thanks to the JCSP Co-ordinators, Ms. Hannah Phelan & Mr. Patrick Hayes.
Best of luck to the U14 Boys Football team in the County Final tomorrow against Rochestown College,Cork. Throw in is at 12.30pm in Killmurray GAA pitch.
Jeff Heaton-Jones from Jeff's Pizzas gives his time to demonstrate the art of pizza making with 1st year students.
Pictured here are staff and students receiving their gluten free treat on Coeliac Awareness day. The annual Coeliac Awareness Week was held this week. All coeliacs in SCS received a treat on their way home from school. Coeliac disease effects an estimated one in every 100 people in Ireland. The theme of this year's week is “Faces of Coeliac Disease”. Thanks to Ms. Michelle O’Brien and Ms. Orla O’Sullivan for organising.
Pictures of TY students paintballing in Cork today.
Congratulations to the U14 Boys Football Team who beat Hamilton High in the County Semi-Final in Clonakilty yesterday. They won by 5 points. They go on to play Rochestown College in the final. Thanks to coach, Mr. Mark Cahalane and support from Mr. James McCarthy.
The Road Safety Road Show visited Skibbereen Community School last Tuesday. It was organised by Cork County Council and the RSA. Thanks to Ms. Caroline Casey, Cork County Council and Ms.Gretta Burchill, TY Coordinator.
Pictures of TY paintballing at the Marina Commercial Park in Cork yesterday.
