Congratulations to our 1st year girls football team & their coaches Ms. Kate O’Donovan & Ms. Anna Ward on reaching the county final.
They defeated Coachford Community College yesterday in the county semi-final.
Well done to all!
Well done to Ciara Delaney, Caoimhe Flannery, Adam O Donovan, Evan O Sullivan, Diana Coakley, Elaine O Sullivan, Katie Kingston, Sam Kingston, Lorraine Coakley, Dara Bohane and Dillon O Donovan who represented our school at the South Munster Schools Track and Field Championships in Castleisland yesterday. We were represented in Track and Field, Javelin, Shot putt, Steeple Chase and Long Jump. Many finished in medal positions and have now qualified for the next round. These were outstanding results by all and the school is extremely proud of their achievements.
Junior (u14) Girls: Lorraine Coakley Shot (1st) ,Javelin (2nd)
Junior Boys: Dylan O'Donovan Shot (1st),
Evan O'Sullivan,Javelin (2nd),Sam Kingston,Javelin (3rd)
Intermediate (u17) Girls :Diana Coakley Discus(2nd),Hammer (1st)
Elaine O Sullivan,Javelin (1st),
Intermediate Boys :Adam O'Donovan,Shot (1st),Javelin (1st)
Dáire Bohane,Triple jump(PB),Long jump (PB)
Senior Girls (u19)
Ciara Delaney 400m (2nd),800m (3rd)
Caoimhe Flannery 1500m S/Chase (2nd)
Katie Kingston Discus (1st),Javelin (2nd).
Last Wednesday, 1st years had their end of year trip to Ballyhass Adventure Centre in Coachford.
It was a super day of water activities, height activities and land activities.
A big thanks to everyone that made it such a memorable experience.
Sincere thanks to Caroline Kearney, MTU who visited SCS today to speak to 5th year students about the huge range of courses available in both Cork and Kerry campuses.
It's so important for 5th year students to use the summer months to research their options fully.
The TY Musical cast and crew and their teachers, Ms. Leiber, Ms. Hoskins, Ms. Brennan and Ms. Tina O’Mahony enjoyed a well deserved day out in Dublin last Thursday to see "Grease" at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre.
Skibbereen Community School is delighted to congratulate Poppy Kilpatrick in TY, who won the All-Island Final Cookery Competition on Wednesday, in ATU, St Angela’s in Sligo.
Poppy’s performance was formidable on the day. A team of expert judges, led by celebrity chef, Neven Maguire were blown away by Poppy’s expert knowledge of food, her creativity & her culinary skills.
Poppy outclassed many skilled competitors north and south of the border to win the competition, claiming the ultimate prize. It is a fantastic achievement and we in Skibbereen Community School are exceptionally proud of her.
“It has been a life changing experience for me, to be able to represent my school, at a competitive level in an All-Ireland competition.”
Poppy’s dish consisted of:
Nettle & wild garlic pesto, gnocchi with nettle infused oil and homemade mozzarella.
Poppy used nettles & wild garlic found in her garden which are rich in nutrients, antioxidants and vitamins A and C. For the gnocchi Poppy used Irish locally grown potatoes, local eggs, (Caroline @ West Cork Eggs), and Gloun milk (Gloun Cross Dairy, Dunmanway) for the mozzarella cheese. Pine nuts were also added in to enhance the texture and fibre. Wild garlic was added to help the immune system. Gnocchi is a healthy filling dish, it's boiled, doesn't contain unhealthy oils that are commonly used in fried dishes.
Judges were particularly impressed by Poppy’s ability to make her own mozzarella cheese during the competition, within the permitted cooking time.
Neven Maguire praised Poppy’s ingenuity, stating that he had never seen a student make cheese from scratch in a competitive setting before.
Poppy’s ingredients in her dish were inspired by her mum’s suggestion of foraging outside,
“When I went to cook for the competition, I realised that there wasn't anything in the house and my mum said that she wasn't going to the shop. Little did she know that her casual suggestion ‘see what you can find outside and let nature be your guide’ would become the inspiration for the winning dish.”
But the icing on the cake, was a personal invite from celebrity chef Neven Maguire for Poppy, along with 12 of her classmates, to attend his cookery school @ Neven Maguire Cookery school-MacNean House.
Poppy is also invited to Dunnes Stores headquarters in Dublin to work with Neven in their product development kitchen.
She also received a €300:00 voucher from Dunnes Stores for herself and a voucher for the school.
Poppy previously excelled in the Macroom Food Festival cookery competition and has pursued her passion further, by recently completing her work experience at Restaurant Chestnut, (Michelin star restaurant) in Ballydehob and also at Liss Ard Estate, in Skibbereen.
Congratulations again to Poppy.
A successful day was had by our three students in poor weather conditions .
Katie was up first in the senior discus competition taking first place.
We had two students in the intermediate section.
Diana took 2nd place followed by Elaine in 4th.
Diana was our only athlete in the hammer, taking first place in the intermediate grade.
Congratulations & well done to all.
5th year LCVP students visited Clonakilty Black Pudding visitor centre on Wednesday last and were welcomed by Anita who gave an insightful presentation on the business.
Colette Twomey, Managing Director is the only person who actually knows the recipe for the famous Clonakilty Black Pudding.
We observed the factory floor from a viewing gallery and Anita talked us through the production process while answering any questions we had.
Our visit concluded with a complimentary tasting of their delicious sausages, rashers, black pudding, white pudding and veggie pudding.
The Guidance Department were delighted to welcome Mr Don McCarthy, SOLAS advisor to the school yesterday to speak about and discuss new developments in Apprenticeships with 5th year students.
Don outlined the fantastic opportunities that are available to students interested in this option after school.
This was the Annual Bantry and Dunmanway School Completion Programme Chess Competition. Kindly sponsored by Dunmanway Credit Union and supported by the Community Gardaí providing transport and some medals.
Other schools involved are COLÁISTE POBAIL BHEANNTRAÍ and MARIA IMMACULATA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DUNMANWAY
One of our Skibbereen Teams won overall. Team members were:
Ivan Prashel.
Liza Denysova.
Patrick Bahrynowski.
Danish Mohd Saiful.
Lucy Riley was on a mixed schools team that came third.
Liza got a special award as the highest scorer in the whole competition involving 32 players.
Well done to all.
Poppy Kilpatrick - finalist in the All-Island Healthy Home Chef Cookery Competition, pictured with Mr. O’Mahony.
We in Skibbereen Community School would like to congratulate Poppy Kilpatrick, who has been selected as one of the finalists in the All-Island Final of the Healthy Home Chef Cookery Competition in the Senior category.
The final will take place on Wednesday May 1st in ATU St Angelas College in Sligo, where celebrity chef Neven Maguire will be one of the team of experts judging the competition.
This a fantastic achievement for Poppy and the Home Economics Department are exceptionally proud of Poppy’s achievement to date, along with everyone in Skibbereen Community School.
Poppy previously excelled in the Macroom Food Festival cookery competition and has pursued her passion further, by recently completing her work experience at Restaurant Chestnut, (Michelin star restaurant) in Ballydehob and also at Liss Ard Estate, in Skibbereen.
Skibbereen Community School would like to take this opportunity to commend you Poppy on your fantastic success to date, and we wish you the very best of luck on Wednesday. You’re already a winner in our eyes!
There will be no classes on Thursday, May 2nd to facilitate a Staff Training Day.
Pictured are our 2nd years meditating during their well-being classes today on our new yoga mats.
Thanks to Ms. Orla O’Sullivan and Ms. Tina O’ Mahony for facilitating.
The Green Schools Club are starting a new initiative - Ways to Make a Difference - and are hoping to post a suggestion each week. Suggestion number three is as follows:
Pictures of our TY students who completed the Waterford Greenway cycle today.
A great day was had by all!
Pictured below are our 1st year boys gaelic football team who participated in a football blitz in Dunmanway yesterday, Wednesday 24th April.
Well done to all.
Pictured below are SCS students who participated in an inter school wheelchair basketball tournament in Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí on Wednesday 24th April.
Well done to all.
Best of luck to the West Cork U14 Soccer Team and especially Skibbereen Community School students Bobby Carstairs, Conall Whooley and Matthew Ashe who travel to Barcelona to take part in a soccer tournament.
They take on Korea, Spain and Holland over the next few days!
Pictured below are our 1st & 2nd years after visiting Skibbereen library today.
They were all encouraged to read and avail of all of the library services.
Thanks to Gina Davis, Sharon O’Mahony and Jim Coonihan for facilitating and to Ms. Orla O’Sullivan for organising.
Pictured below are some of our 4th year students litter picking this week.
Many thanks to Mr. Jerome Dwyer Skibbereen Tidy Towns, Cork County Council and Ms. Orla O’Sullivan for organising.