Today we had a visit from Bishop Buckley.
He met with the leaving cert class groups and offered them a blessing and prayer card for their upcoming leaving certificate exams.
Many thanks to Bishop Buckley for spending time with the staff and students in SCS.
Congratulations to our 1st year girls basketball team who had a superb win over Coláiste Choilm today.
Terrific performances all round.
Well done girls!
Hard luck to our 2nd year girls basketball team who were narrowly defeated by Coláiste Choilm today. The final score was 37-31.
The TYs had a great trip to London.
They began day one with a guided tour of London taking in Buckingham Palace, Downing Street, Big Ben, The London Eye to name just a few.
Afterwards they headed to “The Lion King” at the West End.
Day two had trips to the Science Museum and National Army Museum before doing a river Thames tour. They wrapped up the day with some bowling.
Day three and their final day started out with some shopping in Europe’s biggest shopping centre Westfield, before heading to Craven Cottage to take in a premier league game between Fulham and Bournemouth. A cracking 3-1 home win insured a great atmosphere.
The last leg of their tour took them through Heathrow Airport where they bumped into Irish international and Luton Town player Chiedozie Ogbene who kindly jumped in for a photo with some of the students.
A great trip for all the students and teachers leading into the mid-term break.
The First years in SCS were extra busy last week, cooking & decorating pancakes.
They were very enthusiastic cooking/decorating their pancakes and thoroughly enjoyed sampling them afterwards.
The Home Economics department are very proud of their efforts. Well done 1st years.
Happy midterm and we hope you have a well deserved break!
Well done to our 1st & 2nd year boys basketball teams on beating Neptune today.
The 1st years won by 42 to 25 & the 2nd years won by 55 to 21.
Los diarios de nuestro viaje a España
Día 3
España 08/02
Nos despertamos a las siete y media de la mañana. Nos vestimos y desayunamos.
Tomamos el autobús público de Benalmádena a la ciudad de Málaga. Un guía turístico local nos dio un recorrido por la ciudad. Estuvo muy interesante. Después visitamos el Museo Picasso. Fuimos de compras en la ciudad.
Luego fuimos a un centro commercial enorme y por la noche fuimos al cine y vimos la película 'Anyone but you,’ fue súper divertida.
Esa noche jugamos, cantamos y charlamos entre nosotros.
Ahora estamos en el aeropuerto de vuelta a Cork.
Por Kate, Aaron y Aoife
Pictures from Malaga - Picasso Museum & Alcazaba.
Los diarios de nuestro viaje a España
Día 2:
Ayer fuimos a Sevilla en autobús. Tuvimos que evitar las protestas de los granjeros. Gracias a nuestro conductor, Paco llegamos al final. Paco es muy simpático.
En Sevilla hicimos un recorrido por la cuidad. Aprendimos sobre la historia de Sevilla y fue muy interesante. Vimos una catedral muy grande y muy bonita. También vimos muchos árboles y plantas en los parques. Las calles son muy estrechas y sombreadas porque hace mucho calor en Sevilla en verano. La Plaza de España tiene arquitectura muy impresionante.
Luego, regresamos al hotel, y cenamos. Después de la cena tuvimos un quiz.
Nuestra parte favorita del día fue La Plaza de España.
Escrito por Patryk, Conan y Conn
Diarios de nuestro viaje a España:
Día 1
Nos levantamos muy temprano y desayunamos en el hotel. Primero, fuimos al pueblo de Ronda en autobús. Vimos las tiendas, las vistas panorámicas y la plaza de toros.
Después, fuimos al Caminito del Rey, un camino famoso cerca de Málaga. ¡Fue muy alto! Caminamos cinco kilómetros por la garganta a lo largo del río.
Compramos comida en un supermercado y volvimos al hotel. Cenamos comida española. Probamos paella y mariscos. Jugamos juegos de de mesa juntos antes de acostarnos.
¡Lo pasamos fenomenal!
Escrito por Olivia, Grace y Katie.
Congratulations to both our 1st year & 2nd year boys basketball teams & their coach Ms. Marie O’Mahony who beat Douglas Community School today, February 6th.
Our 1st year girls' basketball team beat Gaelcholáiste Mhuire today by 46-35.
It was great to experience such an exciting game in Neptune Stadium.
Well done to all.
Therapists at Pieta West Cork will be holding a free information seminar at 7pm on 20th February at the Skibbereen Family Resource Centre for parents and carers of young people who may be engaging in self harm or experiencing suicidal ideation.
We will explore ways for parents and carers to support their teenagers in crisis as well as giving information on our free counselling service for anyone affected by self harm or suicide.
Pictured below are our senior ladies footballers sporting one of two sets of jerseys the school received under the Lidl Plus Ladies Gaelic Football ‘#SeriousSupport’ rewards scheme.
SCS is now down to one of the last 10 schools in Ireland in with a chance of winning the grand prize of €50,000 or one of three runner up prizes of €10,000.
Lidl is a proud supporter of Ladies Gaelic Football for many years & has committed more than €10million to the development & promotion of Ladies Gaelic Football.
February 1st marks St Brigid's Day and some of our first year groups were busy making St Brigid's Day crosses for our Sacred Space.
Traditionally St Brigid's Day marks the end of the darkness of winter and ushers in the new season of growth and hope that arrives with the coming of Spring.
St Brigid's crosses were traditionally hung over doorways to protect a home from hunger, fire and evil.
Many thanks to the students who have been busy picking rushes over the last few days.
Well done to Ignatas, 1B, who used his digital and creative skills to draw and colour this St. Brigid's Day Cross today.
He used the Paint3D app on his device to make it.
Pictured below are TY students Ella & Fionn making St Brigid’s Crosses today.
On Tuesday 30th January the 4th year Creative Writing and Film class and Senior LRC students were invited to tour the West Cork Film Studios with Ms. Aideen O’Donnell.
This new facility will provide future opportunities for our students.
It is a fabulous facility and we wish them all the best for the future.
This week classes 1F and 1G attended their first year retreat.
Many thanks to Manuel and Megan from Scala for facilitating the day.
