Congratulations to Katie Kingston who represented Ireland in the AAA Championships in Birmingham.
Katie was selected on the Irish team for this competition having achieved the qualifying standard at the national juvenile championships in July. Katie won gold in the U17 girls’ javelin (41.80M) & that booked her place to represent Ireland.
Katie won five All-Ireland medals in 2023:
Silver in the U18 All-Ireland Spring Throws
Silver in the All-Ireland Juniors
Silver in the Senior All-Ireland League
Silver in the All-Ireland Schools
Gold at the National Juvenile Championships.
Well done Katie on your superb achievements.
Many thanks to Actor Robert Sheehan for visiting our school and speaking to our TY students on their induction day.
He spoke about going out of your comfort zone & learning to love yourself. He told students to see knock backs and rejection as experiences to grow and develop and to stop wasting precious time on mobile phones & social media and live in the now interacting with people.
Caoimhe Flannery became the first SCS student to win an International Schools Athletics medal ,following her 3rd place finish at the Schools' International Athletics Board (SIAB) in Grangemouth, Scotland in July.
Caoimhe was selected following her win at the Tailteann Games u17 Interprovincial Schools event, in June. This followed on from her clean sweep of South Munster,Munster and All Ireland Schools' titles in the u17 1500m Steeplechase this season.
Competing against the top 2 athletes from England ,Scotland and Wales, Caoimhe ran a Personal Best of 5;10 to finish in 3rd place .This was the first Steeplechase medal won by an Irish athlete since 2018 and the first ever by a Munster girl.
Congratulations & well done to Caoimhe on a superb achievement.
The School Community wish to congratulate every Leaving Cert on their fantastic results. We as a school are extremely proud of you all and wish you every good fortune in the next Chapter of your life.
The Staff of Skibbereen Community School.
Pictured below are our first year students on their first day in SCS.
The school community wishes them every success as they begin a new chapter on their educational journey.
Leaving Cert Class of 2023!!
We are thinking of you all as results day approaches, and on behalf of all of the staff here in SCS we wish you the very best with your results. We hope that you will be happy and proud of what you have achieved!
As you are aware, your results will be available online from 10am on Friday August 24th
But you are also welcome to pop up to the school from 11.30 - 12.30am if you would like to have a cup of tea and a catch up. We look forward to seeing you!
Best of Luck!
This step by step guide is everything you need to know about Leaving Cert Results, CAO Offers, and options outside CAO. The menu items address some of the main concerns that arise at this important time and offer practical information and advice.
https://www.careersportal.ie/leaving-cert-results-whats-next
Pictured here are the Barrett family handing over two cheques of €10,100 each to Pieta House and West Cork Palliative Care.
€20,200 was raised during the year in the hugely successful tractor run. It was Ricky’s wish to have it bigger and better than the previous year.
The school community were delighted to support the tractor run in aid of Ricky’s chosen charities.
‘Skibbereen taking on Food Waste’ was a key project for Skibbereen Tidy Towns in 2022/23.
Funded by the Clean Technology Centre at Munster Technological University, SCS students had the opportunity to partake in a number of food waste awareness events.
The CTC kindly sponsored two €100 gift cards as prizes in a draw for students who successfully completed the online food waste course. The lucky winners were Niamh and Oleg. Many congratulations.
Athletics Ireland Schools' Tailteann (Interprovincial) Games were held in Carlow on Saturday last, June 24th. This event is a historical one, with a long tradition and is for the Intermediate grade (u17) only. The top three athletes in each event, from the 4 provinces compete against each other for three medals. The top two athletes in each event are also be rewarded with international selection for the Schools Track and Field (SIAB),held annually.
The three SCS athletes who had qualified all performed tremendously, despite the strong wind that made running and throwing difficult for all.
Diana Coakley finished in 5th place with a best throw of 36.23m in the hammer(3kg) competition. This was a PB and a superb throw especially considering she is eligible again next year.
Katie Kingston continued her impressive form in the Javelin (500g) competition. Katie's best on the day was a brilliant 39.15m but unfortunately just shy of the bronze medal on this occasion, finishing in a very creditable 4th place.
Caoimhe Flannery continued her unbeaten run this year by winning the 1500m Steeplechase title, in her second best time this year,5 :12.
Caoimhe has now been selected to represent Ireland in the Schools International Track and Field at Grangemouth, Scotland on July 15th, where she will run again athletes from England, Scotland and Wales.
Some Practical Tips
Read your Exam Timetable Carefully. Put a copy on the kitchen fridge.
Be early for every exam, 30min at least before the first one.
Bring a packed lunch as there is no canteen service available. Keep hydrated.
Bring all the right materials you will need for each exam, pens/pencils/colouring pencils, ruler, calculator, logbook, mathematical set, tippex, rulers, erasers/sharpeners etc.
You may leave the school after every exam but be on time for your afternoon exam.
Wear your school uniform to keep you work focused.
There are study spaces available in the school for you to study in.
Make sure you have read the exam paper from cover to cover and double check you have completed all tasks before handing up your scripts.
Make sure your exam number is clearly marked on all scripts including your roughwork.
Stay until the end of every exam. Use your time wisely.
Best of luck!
National success for SCS students
Caoimhe Flannery won an All Ireland Schools Track and Field title in Tullamore last weekend, winning the Intermediate (u17) 1500m Steeplechase in impressive fashion. Caoimhe lead the race from the very beginning, increasing the gap from the rest of the field with each lap, to win gold,by a margin of 11 seconds,in a time of 5;11 a personal best.
In the Intermediate javelin,Katie Kingston continued her impressive form with a huge throw of 40.23m to take 2nd place, earning her a National silver medal.
Diana Coakley finished 8th in the Intermediate Hammer ,throwing 34.58m,a personal best.
In the Junior(u15) Javelin competition, Elaine O'Sullivan finished in an impressive 4th place,narrowly missing out on the bronze medal, with a throw of 34.45m while Lorraine Coakley ,who is eligible for Junior again next year,finished 9th with a throw of 26.68,gaining invaluable experience.
The School is extremely proud of all their achievements and thanks them all for representing our school so well.
Many thanks to all the parents for their support and in particular Ms. Emer Cleary.
Swap Shop Update
We have received a very small number of uniform items.
Parents are still welcome to donate clean, good condition items and to make a direct swap in the school canteen area between 1.15 - 1.45 tomorrow (Wed. 31 May).
However, we cannot guarantee what items (if any) will be available.
Congratulations to Leah and Heidi who received a West Cork Garda Youth award on Friday night in the West Cork Hotel in Skibbereen. Ricky Barrett RIP also received a posthumous award.
Pictured here are our 4th years litter picking yesterday.
Many thanks to Ms. Orla O’Sullivan, Mr. Sean Ronan and Ms. Deirdre Hennigan for organising.
Thanks also to Mr. Jerome Dwyer from Skibbereen Tidy Towns and to Cork County Council for their continued support in collecting the rubbish.
On Thursday 25th all TY students were presented with their TY certs for the completion of various modules and extra-curricular events as part of their TY programme in SCS.
Once the special Certs for outstanding achievement in various categories were also distributed, the full hall were treated to some songs performed by the TY students including "Dream" and "Hallelujah" accompanied by the talented Irish Vocalist Lisa Hanigan and the ceremony was wrapped up with "we're all in this together" bringing back great memories of this year's TY High School Musical.
The School Community would like to thank Ms. Hanigan and the following people who made the event so memorable; Ms. Gretta Burchill, TY Year Head, Mr. Conor Uhl, TY Co-ordinator, TY Teachers and SEN Staff, Ms. Colette Brennan and her Musicians and Choir, Ms. Mary Kelleher Fowler, Booklets and Certificates, BAM staff for hall set up and Canteen staff for refreshements and to all parents for their support.
Presentation of Certificates:
Excellent Portfolio Certificates
4 A: Fiona Geary, Leah Carey, Lucy Stevens, Ellen Hickey
4 B: Kate Connolly, Muireann Deane, Thomas Michell Ahearn
4 C: Alannah Keane, Ava Scarlett, Aoife Hendy
4 D: Julia Cotter, William O’ Donovan, Orla Seymour
4 E: Laura Deasy, Alice Bush, Phillipa Beavon
4 F: Blaithin Barry, Hazel Deane, James Hurley, Lisa O’ Donovan, Catherine O’ Callaghan
Excellent Attendance Certificates
4 A: Ciaran Bohane 5, Fiona Geary 5, Tomas Burchill 13
4 B: Hannah Sheehy 7, Kate Connolly 10
4 C: CJ Hallahan 13, Ava Scarlett 14
4 D: Abby Kelleher 8, Orla Seymour 11
4 E: Chloe O’Donovan 12, Tomas Burchill 13,
4 F: James Hurley 6, Luke Dennehy 8
Specialist Certificates
Mini Co Award: “Jella Smile” Ellen Hickey, Jessica Connolly, Lisa O’Donovan, Lucy Stevens, Ava Scarlett
Coding Award: Deacon Scrooby, Thomas Mitchell-Ahern
Food & Hospitality Award: “Almost Cookies” Alice Bushe, Meg Walsh, Daisy Griffiths, Cait O’Driscoll
Farming Award: Cathal Kingston
Sports Admin: Rowan O’Driscoll
Language & Culture: Joshua Goddard
Woodcraft: Artur Ziob & Andrew O’Driscoll
Musical Awards: Sophia Paradisi (Art), Dathig Finnerty (Drama), Dathig Finnerty (Music), (logistics)
BT Young Scientist: Ava Scarlett
Exceptional Youth Volunteer Award: Daniel McCarthy, Lydia Dwyer
The Martin O’ Mahony Community Award: Muireann Deane, Aine Minihane
Tidy Towns Award: Niamh O’Sullivan, Sandra O’Flynn Not available Orla O’Sullivan
Gaisce Awards: Hannah and Becca Sheey
Spirit of Transition Year Award
Orla Seymour
Ava Scarlett
TY Student of the Year Award
James Hurley
Fiona Geary
The six SCS athletes competing at the Munster Schools Track and Field Championships at An Ríocht AC, Castleisland on Saturday ,all performed brilliantly.
SCS have three Munster Schools Champions and incredibly all six athletes have qualified for the All Ireland Schools in Tullamore on June 2nd/3rd.
Adam O’Donovan won the Intermediate Shot Put with a huge throw of 12.28 metres.
Katie Kingston retained the Intermediate Javelin title with a massive 42.47m throw (PB) and Caoimhe Flannery retained the Intermediate 1500m Steeplechase title, with a record breaking run,(5:14) her second record in a week, having broken the South Munster record the previous Saturday!
Adam also threw brilliantly in the Intermediate Javelin finishing 2nd.
Elaine O’Sullivan was also at her best with a throw of 32.06m (PB) in the Junior Javelin to finish 2nd, while Lorraine Coakley threw a huge PB of 31.75 to finish 3rd in the same competition.
Diana Coakley was 3rd in the Intermediate hammer with an impressive throw of over 30 metres.
Diana was also 4th in the Intermediate discus and Katie was 5th.
Congratulations & well done to all.
TY mentors and first years had a fun filled day in the Lagoon Activity Centre and Smugglers Cove Rosscarbery, today.
Another great day out!
Many thanks to all the staff and students for making it such a success.
TY mentors and their first years attended The Lagoon Activity Centre and Smugglers Cove today. They had a fantastic day enjoying the inflatable water park and tubing.
Huge thank you to the staff onsite and the accompanying staff of SCS for giving up their time.
