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Hazelwood Student has Recipe for Success!

Hazelwood Student has Recipe for Success!

In an attempt to safeguard the expertise and skills of grandparents in Ireland and in many parts of the world, Darina Allen helped to launch the first Slow Food International Grandmother’s Day, last year which was celebrated on April 25th. It is an opportunity for grandmothers and grandfathers to bring together their grandchildren in order to impart their knowledge, experience and to reminisce about their own childhoods. These occasions allow precious life skills to be shared and not forgotten.

The Irish Examiner newspaper in conjunction with Slow Food Ireland welcomed and supported the initiative for the second year running. School students were invited to enter the competition by sending in their favourite grannies’ recipe along with reasons for their choice. The winning recipe chosen was submitted by Sharon Geary, a 5th Year student in Hazelwood College, Dromcollogher.

Part of Sharon’s prize is a cookery demonstration in Hazelwood College by none other than Darina Allen of the internationally acclaimed Ballymaloe Cookery School, Shanagarry Co. Cork. “The Home Economics department are absolutely delighted with Sharons’ success and we are currently preparing for the forthcoming demonstration by Darina Allen in the school on Tuesday 17th May” said Ms. Daly.

Group Photo: 5th Year Home Economics Students

Back row: Michael Twomey, Suzy Boyle, Serena Murphy, Niamh O’ Brien, Suzanne Sheehy, Marcella Moloney, Sinead O’ Keeffe, Michelle Browne, Susan O’ Brien,

Front Row: Joan Lin, Sharon Geary, Lisa Collins, Rebecca Kiely

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Awards and Achievements 2010

Photos of the Transition Year Graduation night, the Leaving Cert Graduation Night and the Awards and Achievements day.

1. Hazelwood College student of the year, Ciara Meaney, with Principal Mr Burke
2. Hazelwood College student of the year Ciara Meaney pictured with her parents at the Leaving Cert graduation
3. Hazelwood College Green Schools Committee with their Green Flag
4. School Ethos award winners with School principal Mr Burke. Back Row L-R Martin Fitzgerald, Sean Morrissey, Front Row L-R Ciara O’Shea, Stephanie Barrett and Rachel Sheehan
5. Kieran Collins and Eileen Morrissey who received awards for
exceptional attendance during their time in Hazelwood.
6. Hazelwood College sports star of the year Jamie Coughlan with
senior hurling coach Mr Murphy and school games master Mr Halpin
7. Junior Subject award winners with school principal Mr Burke and 3rdyr year head Ms Ryan
8. Senior Subject award winners with school principal Mr Burke and 6thyr year head Mr Quinlan
9. Paudie Walsh, winner of the Hazelwood College Principals award,
with school Principal Mr Burke
10. Celia Cremin, Máire Flanagan and Sean Morrissey who received
awards for their outstanding results in the Junior Cert 2009
11. Hazelwood College students who received awards for captaining
successful teams this year
12. Leaving Cert Applied Award winners Martin Fitzgerald and Stephanie
Barrett with Leaving cert applied co-ordinator
13. Transition Year student of the year Deborah Daly with Principal Mr Burke

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Events 2009/10

Below is a summary of the calendar of events from the school year 2009/10. While this list is comprehensive it is not complete, it is indicative of the amount of extra-curricular work that the students and staff of Hazelwood College undertook in the past academic year.

September 2009

1/9 Transition Year Drugs talk

4/9 LCA Induction

9/9 Junior Cert Results

11/9 Leaving Cert Applied I Team Building Day to Ballyloughran

16/9 Transition Year Team Building Day to Ballyloughran

17/9 Group of Transition Year Students begin Camogie Referee Course

17/9/ U-18 Munster Football Championship v Killenaule (won)

21/9 U 18 Hurling v Doon CBS (won)

23/9 LCA 2 group visited Spin South West Radio Station and Thomond Park

22/9 TY and LCA Ploughing Champioship

23/9 Senior Ladies Football match v Boherbue (won)

23/9 Basketball Boys blitz

25/9 LCVP Class trip to Thomond Park

25/9 TY Herbal Medicine

26/9 School Concert

28/9 Class 1A and 1B to Cappanalea

29/9 6th Year and 5th Year and LCA Careers Exhibition

30/9 Class 1C and 1D to Cappanalea

30/9 Mini Sevens Munster Camogie Blitz (Runners up)

October 2009

1/10 Junior Ladies Football v St Annes, Tipperary Town (won)

2/10 Leaving Cert Biology Class trip to Fota Island

5/10 LC 1 & 2 Geography trip to Burren Co. Clare

6/10 1st and 2nd Year Limerick Camogie A Blitz (won)

7/10 1st Year Cork A Camogie Blitz

7/10 U18 Munster Hurling Championship v Brogans, Bandon (won)

8/10 5th and 6th Year Geography trip to Burren, Co. Clare

8/10 First Year Hurling Blitz

12/10 TY dance group to Rathfredagh

12/10 Intermediate A Munster League Camogie v St Marys Mallow (won)

12/10 LCA1 Fás Exhibition Tralee

14/10 Parent Teacher Meetings

14/10 Boys Basket ball blitz

15/10 U 18 Munster Football (lost)

16/10 Junior Ladies Football v Clonmel (draw)

16/10 Transition Year First Aid

19/10 Transition Year Lifesaver Project

21/10 LCA Theatre trip to Firar’s Gate

23/10 School tour to Germany

November 2009

6/11 Primary Schools Open Night

6/11 LCA began Tae-Kou-do Classes

3/11 Transition Year Integrated Dance Rathfredagh

6/11 Green Schools Committee to Charleville

6/11 Primary Schools Open Day

10/11 Primary Schools Science Quiz

10/11 Tea / Coffee fundraiser

12/11 1st / 2nd / 3rd Year Science Quiz

12/11 Senior Science ISTA Quiz

14/11 Primary Schools Camogie Blitz

9/11 Transition Year Lucca Leadership Programme (2 days)

11/11 Transition Year students to Clarion hotel Limerick

12/11 3rd Year CSPE to Limerick Prison

12/11 1st and 2nd year Basketball squads to SMI

17/11 U18 Hurling match in Ballina Co Tipperary

19/11 Transition Year Lucca Leadership Programme (2 days)

19/11 LCA first aid Classes

23/11 Junior Camogie match in Rathkeale

26/11 Junior Camogie Match – Borrisokane

December 2009

3/12 Senior Camogie Mallow

4/12 Frank Broderick Sugar Craft demonstration

7/12 LCA Hot dog sale

10/12 U16 Hurling Mallow

11/12 Transition Years to Tralee IT

11/12 Third year study skills

14/12 Senior Camogie v Tralee IT

15/12 3rd year DATS

15/12 LCA Ice skating

16/12 Junior Camogie Semi Final Mallow

17/12 Transition Year Handballl Course. Broadford Ball Alley

15th – 21st House Exams

January 2010

19/01 Transition Years to FM 102

20/01 U18 Football in Rathkeale

22/01 Transition Years to Tralee IT

25/01 Cross country event Newcastle West

26/01 Transition Year group visit FM 102

26/01 1st Year Hurling. Rathbane

27/01 U18 Hurling match in Cooleyroe

27/01 Senior Camogie match. Mallow.

28/01 Quiz and Debating teams to Castletroy

28/01 U16 Hurling match in Abbeyfeale.

28/1 Green Day

29/01 U16 & U19 Girls Basketball match. Newcastle West.

February 2010

01/02 Senior Girls football game in Bansha.

02/02 Transition group to FM 104

6/02 Assessment for incoming first years

2nd-12th February Leaving & Junior Pre Exams

09/02 Transition year group to FM 104

11/02 LC 1 & 11 Engineering classes visit Baldonnell.

21/01 U18 Hurling match. Doon.

23/02 Plúirín Sneachta agus na Seachtar Fir Beaga Transition Year Irish Play

24/02 U18 football match in Dromcollogher

24/02 School Retreats

25/02 5th and 6th Year Agricultural Science students visit Pallaskenry

27/02 U18 Munster Hurling Semi final in Lattin.

March 2010

01/03 RES for LCA

03/03 U16 Hurling Charleville

05/03 1st & 2nd year Basketball to Caherconlish

07/03 Build a bank regional finals

08/03 Art trip to Newgrange

10/03 AIB speaker

10/03 Junior Girls Football to Glin

10/03 U16 Football to Newcastlewest

11/03 2nd Year Boys Basketball to Limerick

11/03 Junior Girls Munster Final Ballincollig

11/3 2nd Year Home Economics class visit Broadford Childcare Centre

12/03 U18 Munster Hurling final in Abbeyfeale

16/03 U18 Football to Rathkeale

18/03 1st Year Girls football to Neville Park

18/03 LCA attend show in the Everyman Palace theatre Cork

18/03 One Good Idea contestants visit Broadford National School

20/03 U18 Hurling All Ireland Semi Final Cashel,

22/03 U16 Football to Askeaton

23/03 Leaving Cert Applied Lunch for Work Experience Employers

25/03 Success in Green Dragon Competition

26/03 U16 Basketball to Castletroy

26/03 Transition Years work with Milford National School

29/03 Winners of Best Display at AIB Build a Bank awards

26/03 1st Year Hurling Final in Newcastle West

26/03 Daffodil Day Fundraiser

23rd-26th Department Irish Inspection

26th-28th Variety Show and Dirty Dancing

26th-12th Easter Break. Various extra classes held for exam classes in Maths, LCVP, Biology, Woodwork, Construction, German, Irish

29th -30th Easter camp for incoming first years

April 2010

Transition Year Log on Learning Programme completed.

02/04 Good Friday Card Drive

12-16th April. Leaving Cert Oral Irish Exams

13/04 Transition Year Students visit Rathfredagh

14/04 Camogie Match in Limerick

15/04 First Year History Trip

15/04 JC HE practical exam

16/04 Transtion Year work with Milford National School

16/04 1st Year Hurling in Donoghmore

19/04 Leaving Cert German Oral Exams

20/04 Green Schools Inspection

20/04 Transition Year dance Rathfredagh

21/04 Transition Years work with Milford National School

21st-23rd Leaving Cert Oral French Exams

20th-23rd Practical Music Exams

22/04 1st Year Football Meelin

22/04 Winners of North Munster Schools History quiz.

23/04 County Athletics in University of Limerick

26th -30th LCA Task Exams

27/04 Staff planning meeting

28/04 Fund Raising Basketball Blitz

30/04 third year trip to opera house

May 2010

05/05 Basketball in UL

05/05 Basketball in Laural Hill

05/05 LCA HCT trip to Limerick

07/05 Basketball finals in UL

10/05 LCA HCT practical exam.

17/05 Primary schools volley ball finals

17/05 LCA English, Irish and German Orals

18/05 Darina Allen demonstration and LCVP enterprise talk

25/05 LCA end of year trip to Aquadome and Karting

27/05 Awards day

27/05 TY Graduation

28/05 2nd year trip to Torc Mountain

31/05 LC and LCA Graduation night.

June 2010

1st to 4th House Exams

Junior Certificate Woodwork 2010

Here are a selection of the projects submitted as part of the Junior Certificate Woodwork Exam. Students have to pick on of the briefs outlined below and design and manufacture what they believe is the best solution to the described situation. The project is then submitted with an accompaning book outline the stages undertaken in the process. The book and the project combine to be worth 66% of the overall grade

Design Briefs – Ordinary Level
1. Design and make a small elegant clock for display in a young person’s room. The design of the clock should incorporate a facility to display a favourite photograph.
Include in your design decorative features to reflect a theme of your choice.
2. Design and make a decorative artefact to dispense paper towels in a kitchen. The design should incorporate a facility to store a spare towel roll.
The artefact should be elegant in appearance and should incorporate a cooking theme.
3. Design and make a portable artefact to hold a number of small garden hand tools.
The artefact should be lightweight, suitable for outdoor use and should incorporate a nature theme.
Design Briefs – Higher Level
1. Many young people like to participate in sport and leisure activities.
Design and make an artefact to store sports and leisure gear for one activity. The artefact should be compact, freestanding, elegant in appearance and be designed to allow easy access to your sports
gear.
You should demonstrate how you considered your carbon footprint in the design, in the selection of materials and in the processes used in the manufacture of the artefact.
2. Young people are often concerned about environmental issues such as global warming and ecological biodiversity.
Design and make an artefact to express your commitment to the preservation of the natural environment. The design should be inspired by the idea of nature conservation and should reflect
the beauty of natural forms. The artefact should be elegant to behold in a setting of your choice.
3. Many young people like to read and to listen to music for relaxation.
Design and make a free standing artefact to hold a small number of your favourite books. The artefact should be designed to display personal items that reflect your interest in music and also to
allow the titles of the books to be easily visible. The design should be
elegant in proportion and be attractive to behold.

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Kerry Challenge 2010

The second year students recently climbed all 535m of Torc Mountain in Killarney.

In a four hour walk we initally climbed the side of Torc waterfall to the top where we joined the Old Kenmare Road until we reached the south side of the Mountain. We then followed the OPW installed trail to the top. The trail is made of a variety of gravel, rock and raised railway sleeper beds.

At the top students were treated on a perfectly clear day to a 360deg panoramic view taking in the Lakes of Killarney, Purple Mountain, McGillycuddy Reeks and the Black Valley, Inch Beach, Mangerton Mountain and County Cork towards Millstreet and Mallow.

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Darina Allen Cookery Demonstration

Sharon has Winning Recipe!

In an attempt to safeguard the expertise and skills of grandparents in Ireland and in many parts of the world, Darina Allen helped to launch the first Slow Food International Grandmother’s Day, last year which was celebrated on April 25th. It is an opportunity for grandmothers and grandfathers to bring together their grandchildren in order to impart their knowledge, experience and to reminisce about their own childhoods. These occasions allow precious life skills to be shared and not forgotten.

The Irish Examiner newspaper in conjunction with Slow Food Ireland welcomed and supported the initiative for the second year running. Home Economics students were encouraged by Ms. Daly to enter the competition by submitting their favourite grannies’ recipe along with reasons for their choice. The winning recipe chosen by Darina was that of Sharon Geary, a 5th Year student in Hazelwood College, Dromcollogher.

Part of Sharon’s prize was a cookery demonstration in Hazelwood College by none other than Darina Allen of the internationally acclaimed Ballymaloe Cookery School, Shanagarry Co. Cork. There was great excitement around the school as preparations were made for the visit on Tuesday 18th May 2010.

Ready steady cook! Tuesday the 18th May finally arrived and the Home Economics room was laid out so that every possible vantage point was secured. Darina Allen the world renowned chef, author and T.V. personality glided into the room and was met by over eighty excited students. Another eighty pupils watched the demonstration via wireless video link in an adjoining room thanks to the expertise of 5th year pupil Paudie Walsh. Darina and her lightening quick assistant Soricha demonstrated a vast array of culinary skills as a selection of delicious recipes were prepared, cookThe dishes included yeast pizza base topped with chorizo sausage, olives and mozzarella, white soda bread, tomato fondue, crunchy orange butter scones, oatmeal biscuits, Rachel’s drop scones and raspberry jam.

Darinas’ energy, passion and flare was mesmerising as she wowed both students and staff with her culinary expertise and knowledge. Students strained to see her every move such was the speed and ease at which she worked. Her energy and vigour inspired us and left us wanting more! She placed huge emphasis on promoting and using locally sourced produce while also, encouraging us to keep in touch with our indigenous roots.

Sharon’s grandmother who was the source of the winning recipe was present at the demonstration and watched with pride as Darina presented Sharon with a signed copy of her latest cookery book “Forgotten Skills”. As a small token of our appreciation Sharon presented Darina with a Hazel sapling which was provided by An T-Ionad Glas, the Organic College in Dromcollogher. This was a wonderful experience for the students of Hazelwood College and one they will treasure for years to come.

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