Hazelwood College Primary School’s Science Quiz goes ‘round’ West Limerick for Science Week 2014!
Science Week Ireland 2014 was celebrated at Hazelwood College with the sixth annual Primary School’s Science Quiz on Thursday night, November 13th. All local primary schools were invited to attend this exciting event to promote Science Week. 2014 was a record breaking year for the number of tables competing in the quiz, with 42 teams registered to take part on the night. It was wonderful to welcome all of the primary school pupils, teachers, parents and friends who attended on the night. All of the primary pupils thoroughly impressed, with their teamwork and knowledge, during ten rounds of questioning. Spectacular lucky dip spot prizes and refreshments were very popular among the eager pupils at the half-time break. As the end of the quiz came to a close, excitement was high as the top three placed teams became apparent.
Congratulations to Broadford N.S who were overall winners, with Dromina N.S coming in second place and Mahoonagh N.S in third place. Thank you and well done to all the teams from Tullylease, Dromina, Ashford, Dromcollogher, Ballyagran, Raheenagh, Mahoonagh, Feenagh, Ballingarry, Newtownshandrum and Broadford, who took part on the night and we look forward to seeing you next year!
Pictured from left to right Shaun Shannon, Rachel Doody and Ayesha Shortt at the recent Cheeios’ Childline Breakfast Morning held in Hazelwood College.
Hazelwood College students pictured from left to right Shauna Cunningham, Íde Collins and Sarah Enright at the Cheerios’ Childline Breakfast Morning, which was recently organised by 3C students.
Hazelwood College LCA2 students Aodan Brennan, Kevin Moore, Caitriona O Sullivan, Rebecca Roche and Áine Cunningham with some of the Christmas shoe boxes collected at Hazelwood College as part of Team Hope Shoebox Appeal. The show boxes were given by students and their families in order to help families across the developing world.
Hazelwood’s Aisling Has All the Ingredients for Success
Hazelwood College students Cathy Foley, third year, and first year student Aisling Brennan were selected as finalists in the ‘Easy Food Home-Cook Hero Awards 2014 Cookery Competition. This is a national cookery competition which is open to the public, of every age, and sponsored by ‘Easy Food’, which is Ireland’s bestselling food magazine. Aisling, who was making her debut in this competition won her category, Easy Cheesy, while Cathy Foley came in the top three in her category.
The ten categories in this year’s competition are: Fabulous Fowl, sponsored by Moy Park; Larder Luck, sponsored by Heinz; Easy Cheesy, sponsored by Irish Dubliner Cheese; Best Burger, sponsored by Mr. Crumb; Take 5, sponsored by Braun, Magic Mealtimes, sponsored by Green Farm, Squisito, sponsored by Barilla; Butter Me Up! Sponsored by Connacht Gold; €10 Family Favourites, sponsored by Lidl; and Everyday Inspirations, sponsored by Birds Eye.
The two finalists were invited to the Cook’s Academy Cookery School, South William Street in Dublin 2 on Saturday, 8th November, last where they cooked their chosen recipes in front of a panel of celebrity judges consisting of Paul Flynn – The Tannery Restaurant, Townhouse and Cookery School, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford and is also a proud brand ambassador for Lidl Ireland, Catherine Fulvio of Ballyknocken House & Cookery School and Gina Miltiadou, Managing Director of Zahra Media – publisher of Easy Food Magazine.
€1,500 worth of prizes, including a weekend break, kitchen appliances, restaurant and supermarket vouchers, and a hamper of utensils, kitchenware and food hampers were the rewards on offer for the culinary champions.
TV3 cameras captured the 30 finalists during the Easy Food Home Cook Hero Awards Ceremony and the public will be able to watch the broadcast which is 1 hour duration on TV3 at 1:40pm this Saturday 15th November.
Cathy Foley cooked Breast of Chicken, Celeriac Puree with a Creamy Shallot, Mushroom and Bacon Sauce. Aisling Brennan prepared Bacon and Cheese Surprise. The favourite top ten dishes were selected by the judges and the winners announced by TV3 ‘s Martin King at a gala black tie awards dinner in the c, St Stephen’s Green Dublin on Saturday night.
Their Home Economics teachers were impressed by the enthusiasm and commitment demonstrated by the girls and are delighted with their recent success. It is just fantastic to see such passion and interest. Ms. Noreen Daly said ‘it is a remarkable achievement for the girls considering the hundreds of entries received for each category. Both students were highly complemented on their natural flair and ability to work under pressure.
Hazelwood College first year students Conor Stack (left) and Chloe Farrell (right), both members of the Under 12 Grupaí Ceoil Cluain Chreadhail Co. Luimní, who won the All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil 2014 recently. They are pictured with the cup which they were presented with for winning the competition
A careers night will be held in Hazelwood College on Thursday November 27th from 7pm to 9pm.
All 5th and 6th year students along with their Parents/Guardians are invited to attended. Representatives from Universities, Institutes of Technologies, Further Education Colleges as well as Solas(FAS) will be available to discuss course information and answer any queries you may have.
Picture 1 is of the 3B CSPE class, who, as part of their CSPE Action Project, travelled to Cork Penny Dinners in order to present a cheque raised by the students. Pictured are Betty Cotter, Catriona Twomey (of Cork Penny Dinners), Dylan Hennessy, Conor Long, Cian Magner Flynn, Ben Long, Noelle Lenihan, Cathy Foley, Eimear Lenihan, Nicola Madden, Brid Flanagan, Shauna Kiely, Kasey Farrell, Daragh Lane (presenting the cheque), Tara Barrett, Aiden Murphy, Ethan Evans, Stephan Dunleavy and Declan Leahy. Front row (left to right) Robert Leavitt, Connor McCarthy, Aoife Kiely, Tara Hartigan, Shauna Kennelly, Bridget Foley, Amy Farnan, Eamonn Forde, Dean Falvey and Sean Madigan.
Picture 2 is of 3B CSPE students during the visit to Cork Penny Dinners, as part of their CSPE Action Project. Pictured are (from left to right) Cathy Foley, Shauna Kennelly, Bridget Foley, Tara Hartigan, Shauna Kiely, Amy Farnan, Ben Long, Robert Leavitt, Eamonn Ford, Conor Long, Ethan Evans, Dean Falvey, Declan Leahy, Kasey Farrell and Connor McCarthy.
Bright and early on Thursday the 23rd of October, thirty-seven students and four teachers left Hazelwood College to travel to Dublin airport to begin our historical school trip to Berlin, led by Mr Farrell.
Undoubtedly, the trip was jam packed with historical outings, from Checkpoint Charlie to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. Of course, we did allow time for fun, with visits to Berlin Zoo and BunteSchokoWelt Chocolate Factory.
Our tour commenced with a visit to Checkpoint Charlie, followed by the Berlin Wall Museum. Each and every student was immensely interested in the information showcased in the museum as events involving the Berlin Wall were brought before our eyes.
The following morning began with a tour of Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, now home stadium to Hertha BSC, of the Budesliga. The tour involved viewings of the dressing rooms, VIP lounges and also, the remains of the balcony where Hitler addressed the crowd during the Berlin Olympics in 1936. We then went on to visit the Jewish Museum, where we viewed various exhibitions, educating us on Jewish culture.
Saturday began with a long-awaited visit to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. Without a doubt, this was the most eye-opening aspect of our trip. This revealed to us the true horror of the Holocaust, and brought to life these horrific events.
That evening, we travelled to the DDR museum, which showed us everyday life in East Germany throughout its existence. Afterwards, we headed for the Reichstag, where we saw a birds-eye view of Berlin as we scaled the dome.
Thankfully, each and every student and teacher thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the trip.
By: Gráinne Ahern, Patricia Galvin & Sarah Harnett.
European History Tour
European Tour
Picture 1: Sixth Year Hazelwood College students on tour in Berlin are photographed at Checkpoint Charlie. Pictured are (from left to right) Chuck, one of the guides at Checkpoint Charlie, Peter Gilmore, Tadhg O’Sullivan, Padraig Lordan, John Ahern, Mairead Lordan, Kelly Buckley and Frank, another guide at Checkpoint Charlie.
Picture 2: Fifth Year History students open the iron curtain. Pictured (from left to right) Checkpoint Charlie guide Chuck, pictured with Mr Ronan Farrell, Siobhan O’Callaghan, Kate Farrissey, Janice Reidy, Niamh Enright, Paul Kirwan, Darragh Lynch Linehan, Cliodhna O’Keeffe, Jack Carroll, Sarah Lynch, James Curtin, Liam Doody and Checkpoint Charlie guide Frank.
Picture 3: Hazelwood College Transition Year students take Berlin. Pictured are (from left to right) Chuck, James Guidera, Quentin Reidy, Chloe Reidy, Ellen Ryan, Emma Stone, Sarah Hartnett, Dwayne Sheehan and Frank.
Picture 4: James Guidera, Dwayne Sheehan and Patricia Galvin pictured with the remaining sections of the Berlin Wall, during their recent tour to Berlin.
Picture 5: Ellie Stone, Cliodhna O’Keeffe, Cathal Murphy, Jack Carroll, Ellen Ryan and Grainne Ahern with some of the remaining sections of the Berlin Wall.
Picture 6: Kate Farrissey investigates some of the methods people used to escape from the former ‘East’ Germany at the Checkpoint Charlie Museum.
Picture 7: David Simcox reviews some of the exhibitions at the Checkpoint Charlie Museum.
Picture 8: Hazelwood College Transition Year Students outside of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
Picture 8: Hazelwood College Transition Year Students outside of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
Picture 9: Pictured are (back row left to right) Gearoid Matthews, Dwayne Sheehan, Quentin Reidy, Diarmuid Murphy, Patricia Galvin and Sean Twohig. Pictured front row (left to right) Emma Stone, Ellen Ryan, Chloe Reidy, Grainne Ahern, James Guidera, Jennifer McCarthy and Sarah Hartnett.
Picture 9: Transition Year students (from left to right) Grainne Ahern, Sarah Hartnett and Patricia Galvin pictured with the 2006 World Cup Bear outside the Olympic Stadium.
Picture 10: Hazelwood College students pictured outside the Olympic Stadium, from left, Patricia Galvin (TYP), Darragh Lynch Linehan (Fifth Year) and Grainne Ahern (TYP).
Picture 11: Hazelwood College students pictured during their tour of the Olympic Stadium outside Berlin. Pictured are (standing from left to right) John Ahern, Padraig Lordan, Tadhg O’Sullivan, Sean Twohig, Gearoid Matthews, Peter Gilmore, Dwayne Sheehan, James Guidera, Liam Doody, Quentin Reidy, David Simcox, Chloe Reidy, Jerry O’Brien, Cliodhna O’Keeffe, Sarah Lynch, Sarah O’Callaghan, Ellie Stone, Niamh Enright, Evan Coleman, James Guidera, Jack Carroll and Alison Mulqueen. Pictured in front row (left to right) Kelly Buckley, Kaileigh O’Brien, Mairead Lordan, Emma Stone, Ellen Ryan, Paul Kirwan, Jennifer McCarthy, Janice Reidy, Grainne Ahern, Darragh Lynch Linehan, Patricia Galvin, Sarah Hartnett, Kate Farrissey, Cathal Murphy and Diarmuid Murphy.
Picture 12: Talking to the Animals: Hazelwood College students get up close to one gorilla during their school tour to Berlin. Pictured are (standing from left to right) Patricia Galvin, Jerry O’Brien, Liam Doody and Peter Gilmore as well as Grainne Ahern (foreground).
Picture 13: Sean Twohig (left) and James Guidera (right), both TYP Hazelwood College students, get a novel means of transport around Berlin Zoo during their visit there as part of their History Tour to Berlin.
Picture 14: Hazelwood College students (from left to right) Evan Coleman, Gearoid Matthews and Diarmuid Murphy take a break in the course of their visit to Berlin Zoo during their History Tour to Berlin.
Picture 15: Hazelwood College students Darragh Lynch Linehan (left) and Jennifer McCarthy (right) at the start of their visit to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, during their History tour to Berlin.
Picture 16: Hazelwood College students view one of the interactive exhibits at the DDR Museum during their History tour to Berlin. Pictured (left to right) Tadhg O’Sullivan, Liam Doody, Dwayne Sheehan, Jennifer McCarthy, Darragh Lynch Linehan and Peter Gilmore.
Picture 17: Sean Twohig TYP student at Hazelwood College with one of the interactive exhibits at the DDR Museum during the Hazelwood College History tour to Berlin.
Picture 18: Hazelwood College students (from left to right) Gearoid Matthews, Evan Coleman and Diarmuid Murphy try out the East German ‘Trabby’ car, in the DDR Museum during the Hazelwood College tour to Berlin.
Picture 19: Hazelwood College students Sarah Hartnett, Patricia Galvin and Alison Mulqueen settle in to the replica East German apartment at the DDR Museum during their History tour to Berlin.
Picture 20: Hazelwood College students who participated on the History tour to Berlin are photographed before the Brandenburg Gate during their recent tour there.
Picture 21: Hazelwood College students on their recent History tour to Berlin also visited the Reichstag. Pictured are (back row left to right) Paul Kirwan, John Ahern and Tadhg O’Sullivan as well as (front row left to right) Mairead Lordan, Kayleigh O’Brien and Kelly Buckley in the glass dome of the Reichstag during their evening visit there.
Picture 22: Hazelwood College students, who participated in the recent History Tour to Berlin, in the glass dome of the Reichstag during their recent visit there.
Picture 23: Paul Kirwan (left) and Kate Farrissey (right) with the Ritter Sport Bear in the Ritter Sport Chocolate shop in Berlin during their recent History tour to Berlin.
Picture 24: Niamh Enright (left) and Janice Reidy (right) in the Ritter Sport Chocolate shop during their recent visit to History tour to Berlin.
Picture 25: Hazelwood College Fifth Year students pictured in front of the Berlin Concert House. Pictured are back row Paul Kirwin (left) and Mr Donal McCormack (right). Third row (from left) David Simcox, James Curtin, Evan Coleman, Ellie Stone and Jack Carroll. Second row (from left) Kayleigh O’Brien, Liam Doody, Cliodhna O’Keeffe, Sarah Lynch, Cathal Murphy and Alison Mulqueen. Front row (from left) Kate Farrissey, Darragh Lynch Linehan, Jerry O’Brien (seated), Niamh Enright, Janice Reidy and Sarah O’Callaghan.
Picture 26: Hazelwood College TYP students on their recent History tour to Berlin pictured with Ms Sarah Fogarty (back). Students pictured (front row from left) Patricia Galvin, Emma Stone and James Guidera. Second row (from left) Sarah Hartnett, Ellen Ryan and Emma Stone. Third row (from left) Jennifer McCarthy, Grainne Ahern, Gearoid Matthews and Sean Twohig. Four row (from left) Dwayne Sheehan, Quentin Reidy and Diarmuid Murphy.
Picture 27: Sixth Year Hazelwood College students with their History teacher Mr Ronan Farrell. Pictured are back row (from left) Kelly Buckley, Mr Ronan Farrell and Peter Gilmore. Pictured are front row (from left) Padraig Lordan, Mairead Lordan, Tadhg O’Sullivan and John Ahern.
Picture 28: Hazelwood College students (from left) Tadhg O’Sullivan, Kayleigh O’Brien and John Ahern at the Kaiser Wilhem’s Church, which was bombed during World War II and remains in ruins to symbolise the destruction of war.
Picture 29: Hazelwood College students on their History tour to Berlin outside Berlin Zoo. Pictured (from left to right) are Niamh Enright, Kate Karrissey, Janice Reidy and Ellie Stone.
Picture 30: John Ahern (Sixth Year) and Kayleigh O’Brien (Fifth Year) photographed at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp during the Hazelwood College History tour to Berlin.
Picture 31: Kayleigh O’Brien (left) and Ms Sarah Fogarty (right) pictured at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp during the recent Hazelwood College History tour to Berlin.
Picture 32: Kate Farrissey (left) and Kelly Buckley (right) pictured at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp during the Hazelwood College History tour to Berlin.
Picture 33: Hazelwood College students (from left to right) Darragh Lynch Linehan, Dwayne Sheehan, Liam Doody and Jennifer McCarthy in a replica East German kitchen during their visit to the DDR Museum, part of the Hazelwood College History tour to Berlin.
Picture 34: Sweeter than the real thing! Hazelwood College students (from left) John Ahern, Kayleigh O’Brien, Kelly Buckley and Mairead Lordan stand before a chocolate version of the Reichstag during their recent History tour to Berlin.
Picture 35: The Sweet Taste of Freedom: Hazelwood College students (from left) Niamh Enright, Sarah Lynch, Janice Reidy and Kate Farrissey taste the chocolate version of the Berlin Wall, while n their recent History tour to Berlin.
Images from the recent Climb of Torc Mountain by Transition Years
The four hour walk took the students from the base of the Waterfall at Torc in Killarney to the top of Top Mountain, a 5km climb of 535m (1755ft) in just over 2 hours. The walk took the steep tourist climb from the base of the waterfall to the top of the waterfall. They followed the Old Kenmare Road between Torc and Mangerton mountains until they reached the south face of Torc. From there it was a trek along the OPW constructed trail to the top where a fantastic 360′ panoramic view was to seen on what was a cold but clear day. In the artic wind it was a crisp 6′C at the top. Credit to this years walkers who knocked a full 30 minutes off the last years time returning to the bus 3.5 hours after first leaving.
Images from the recent Climb of Torc Mountain by Transition Years
