Hazelwood College Transition Year students have been given the opportunity to study a module of Chinese language and culture under experienced tutor Zhu Zhenghao, from the Confucius Institute in UCC. This module allows students to discover more about an ancient culture while also having the potential to open up increased job opportunities through further study. One Hazelwood College student can participate in an Easter Camp, to pursue further study of Chinese in Shanghai. Pictured here are (left to right) Maria Cremin, Shaye McNally, Laoise Bennis, Zhu Zhenghao, Kevin Stokes, Paul McMahon and Cathal Walsh.
Hazelwood College Leaving Certificate Applied II student Niamh Ryan. As part of her Contemporary Issues Task, Niamh sold Angels as part of an Irish Wheelchair Association fundraiser
Hazelwood College Fifth Year Home Economics’ students Sharon Carmody (left) and Catherine Corbett (right) sell Organic Berry Jam for Bothar’s ‘Money for Jam’ project. This project is designed for students to use their skills, honed in school, for the benefit of some of the poorest people on the planet. Sharon and Catherine are pictured here on the night of their recent Parent/Teacher Meeting.
Culinary trio hope to bring home some Baking Bacon!
Three craft cooks at a West Limerick school are hoping that beetroot, butternut squash and lemon chicken will be their ingredients for success on national television. Neasa Fahy, Cathy Foley and Meadbh McCarthy from Hazelwood College, Dromcollogher have made it to the finals of the national Easy Food Home Cook Hero competition and will this weekend have the chance to show off their skills in front of a panel of celebrity judges in Dublin.
The girls are among 30 finalists of all ages whose dishes were selected from one of ten categories and they will now feature in an awards ceremony that will be broadcast on TV3 next Saturday. Hazelwood College Home Economics teacher Noreen Daly said that everyone at the school is excited for the girls. ‘This is a remarkable achievement for the girls considering the hundreds of entries received for each category. The students are busy putting the final touches to their dishes and we’re all looking forward to the final and wish the girls every success’.
The three dishes that have brought the girls to the doorstep of culinary fame showcase their tastes and creativity. Cathy, a second year student will be cooking an Indian Butternut Squash Curry; Neasa, a first year, will prepare a bacon surprise with beetroot and feta cheese skewers, while Meadbh, also a first year, will be hoping to impress with her lemon chicken.
All three will travel to the Cooks Academy Cookery School on South William Street, Dublin this Saturday, November 9 where they will cook their dish in front of celebrity chef judges Catherine Fulvio and Kevin Dundon.
The winners of each category will then be announced at an awards event at the Shelbourne Hotel, which will be presented by TV3’s Martin King and will be televised on the channel on Saturday November 16. A number of enticing prizes are on offer in the competition including kitchen appliances, restaurant and supermarket vouchers, kitchenware, utensils and hampers. The competition is sponsored by Easy Food magazine.
The contest is backed by a number of companies, including Moy Park, Dubliner Cheese, Heinz, Kenwood Lidl, Mr. Crumb, Sacla, Connaught Gold and the Powerscourt Hotel.
Article by Gerard Fitzgibbon- Limerick Leader
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6th Year student Clare Fehin has reached the final 10 from 0000’s of entries in the Female Leaving Certificate Student category at the Hot Press Write Touch Journalism Contest
The winners will be receive an internship in HOT PRESS, to be arranged at their leisure during the Spring or Summer of 2014. Plus, they’ll receive a €250 cash prize, a Certificate of Achievement from The Write Touch and Hot Press and an ALCATEL ONETOUCH IDOL ULTRA – an essential gadget in any journalist’s toolkit! They’ll also have their winning entry published in HOT PRESS, a significant achievement that will enhance the CV of any young writer.
Máiríde Bennis a 1st year student has qualified to the semi-final stage of the uncle Ben’s begin with Ben cookery competition. The 4 competitors with the highest number of votes will qualify for the final and will get the chance to cook their dish in front of Nevin McGuire who will decide which dish wins. The winner will get 10,000 euro for their school; this will go towards the school canteen. So start voting!!!!!
Follow these steps to vote:
1 Log in to your face book page.
2 Go to Uncle Ben’s Ireland – or – Click the link below and move to step 4
3 Click on the link for voting on their page.
4 Click vote now.
5 Scroll down to apricot and beef stir-fry.
6 Click on the video and press vote underneath.
7 When the vote box turns blue your vote has been counted.
8 Share the video by clicking on the button beside vote.
NB To be able to vote you need to be a Facebook User and be logged into Facebook. Access to Facebook/Vimeo and Facebook Apps are blocked from within Hazelwood College. It is not possible to vote, follow links or watch the above video while in school with student access. You will need to vote from home.
Hazelwood College received a visit from the Dromcollogher-Broadford GAA team, who recently defeated Monaleen in the Senior Football County Final. The team, which included a number of past pupils was made feel at home in the course of their visit, catching up with former teachers as well as fans and family. Pictured are back row (left to right): Seamus Lordan, Chairman of Drom-Broadford GAA Club, Bob Boyce, Brian Noonan, Pat Donnelly, Gearóid Greaney, Killian Fahy, Derry McCarthy and Mike Fahy. Front Row left to right: Seanie Buckley, Niall O’Brien, Micheal Reidy, Timmy O’Connor, Paul Madigan, Mike Buckley, Garth Meaney and Mr Tom Halpin Head of Sport at Hazelwood College.
Hazelwood College Leaving Certificate Applied students, in costume staged a ‘Halloween Hell’ event in Hazelwood College, for First Year students. The event was staged as part of their General Education Task and is linked to their studies in Drama encouraging students’ independent learning and teamwork skills.
Some pictures from the recent Leaving Certificate Applied visit to An tIonad Glas the Organic College in Dromcollogher
Picture 1: Hazelwood College LCA1 students (from left to right) Charles Butler. Kevin Daly, Kevin Moore, Aodan Brennan, John Larkin, Kevin O Connor and Steven Dunleavy receieve information on the propagation of strawberries from Della Collins on a recent visit to An tIonad Glas as part of their Ecology studies.
Picture 2: Hazelwood College LCA1 students Sean McCarthy and Declan McDonnell on a recent visit to An tIonad Glas for a key assignment on Ecology.
Picture 3: Hazelwood College students Caitriona O Sullivan, Ciaran O Sullivan and Shaun Shannon with their strawberry plants at a recent visit to An tIonad Glas where they combined Food Studies with Ecology.
Picture 4: Hazelwood College students Charles Butler, Rebecca Roche & Caitriona O Sullivan are pictured appropriately in front of the hazel tree on a recent visit to our local Organic College, An tIonad Glas, during which they learned about growing fresh environmentally friendly food.
Holocaust Survivor Bears Witness at Hazelwood College
Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental visited Hazelwood College last week and spoke to History students about his experiences of growing up in Slovakia in the 1930s and of enduring life in the concentration camp at Bergen Belsen. Throughout the ninety minute talk, Tomi spoke of the horrors that he had witnessed, the loss of forty of his relatives, the disrespectful burial of his grandmother’s corpse and the betrayal of members of his family by those they had live alongside and been friends with. Despite this and the horrors he witnessed firsthand as a child, Tomi also spoke at length about the courage and bravery of those who attempted to shelter him, including the local parish priest, who treated Tomi’s family and other Jewish families with respect. Tomi inspired awe in how he described his mother’s determination to get both Tomi and his brother Nicholas through their ordeal.
Students heard of vile crimes of the Nazis and those who collaborated with them, but also of Tomi’s father who escaped from a moving train and how he came to live in Ireland. While Tomi’s talk concerned the past, his message for students was directed towards the future. He warned them about the dangers of using scapegoats and about the importance of tolerance and the dignity of the individual, while his own story since 1945 suggested that even in the worst of circumstances, it is possible to find a way to have a happy life again.
