Some photos of the recent All Ireland Basketball final where our second year boys team did us proud. Losing by litteraly the last throw of the game in a tense final against Rathagan, Co. Meath
All Ireland Final Second Year C Boys:
Ard Scoil Rathangan 31 (A Whelan 10, N Nurney 7, D Gorry 7)
Hazelwood College 28 (S Flanagan 11, C Fahy 8, D Lacey 6)
Full match report to follow
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Below are the woodwork projects submitted this year by the Leaving Certificate Applied One class for their task. Each year in L.C.A. Construction and Manufacturing Students are required to produce a woodwork piece comprising of 10-15 hours work. Students then write a book about the process. Last week the final stage of the process took place where each student was interviewed for 15 minutes by an inspector from the Department of Education on how they completed their task.
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Hazelwood College is celebrating this week with the news that one of its entries has been awarded with the accolade of ‘Best Overall Project’ at Scifest 2010 held in Limerick Institute of Technology on April 27th. The project entitled, ‘An Investigative Study on the use of Seaweed and Commercial Fertilisers in Growing Winter Density Lettuce Variety’ was carried out by Second Year students, Bridann Cronin and Clare Fehin. On the day this project also won First Prize in the Junior Life Sciences category. The aim of the project was to investigate the use of seaweed as a fertiliser for Winter Density lettuce variety, compared with the use of a commercial fertiliser and the effect of both on germination and development of the lettuce plants. From the results gained through extensive experimentation the girls concluded that seaweed is the better fertiliser for aiding germination, seedlings development and lettuce plant foliage growth over the commercial fertilser used and over water. Concern for health and food sourcing is a worldwide issue and being more aware of the possibilities of using organic sources of soil and plant nutrition is important in advancing and caring for the health of the community. The girls worked laboriously to complete their investigation and congratulations are due in recognising their hard work and dedication to scientific research. Well Done girls from your science teacher Ms. O’ Connor. Bridann and Clare will now travel with Ms. O’ Connor to the National Finals of Scifest.
More news to celebrate came in the form of another award for two Transition Year girls Aideen O’ Flynn and Katie Lordan. Their project entitled ‘An Investigative Study on the Lichen Biodiversity in Limerick City and County as an Indicator of Air Quality’ was awarded Second Place in the Senior Life Sciences category. The aim of their project was to investigate the variety of lichens growing in Limerick City and an outward radius toward West Limerick as an indicator of locational air quality and potential changes in air quality.
As a result of their investigation it was concluded that Limerick City and County show complex biodiversity in lichen species found on trees. There are a wide range of species from ‘semi-tolerant’ to ‘very-sensitive’ species found throughout City and County locations drawing the conclusion that Limerick City and County has good air quality as indicated by the lichen biodiversity. A lot of hard work went into this project and the girls should be very proud of themselves. Congratulations from Ms. O’ Connor.
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Hazelwood College second year students Karen O’ Kelly, Áine O’ Sullivan and Aisling O’ Connor, are celebrating reaching the National Finals of ‘One Good Idea’ Project to be held in Dublin Castle on May 6, 2010. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland anchors the ‘One Good Idea’ Project on a national level. The girls have been imaginative and effective in deciding on a slogan for their group ‘AKA Energy’- Saving by Changing. The girls have developed programmes with the aim of raising awareness of primary school children on ways they can make everyday energy savings. The girls have developed a programme suitable for the younger junior and likewise for the older pupils at primary level. The programmes are informative, interactive and fun with ways of making changes to save energy everyday at home and at school at the core of their message. A very big thank you must be extended to all the primary school principals, teachers and pupils who have facilitated the girls and welcomed them into their classrooms. So far the girls have run their programmes in Tullylease N.S, Dromcollogher N.S, Milford N.S and Broadford N.S.
The girls are the only group from Limerick to be successful in this prestigious competition and are working hard to get ready for the finals. Only twenty projects from second-level schools all around the country were awarded with a place to compete in the finals. Staff and students alike at the college are ecstatic at the news. Congratulations from Ms. O’ Connor, the girls’ teacher who will accompany them to the final on May 6, 2010.
Many thanks must be extended to a sponsor of the project, McMahon Eco-fuels from Kantoher.
Pictured are the Hazelwood College Transition Year students who recieved certificates for completing the Lucca Leadership programme with west Limerick Volunteer Support Service.
Pictured with them are School Principal, Mr Brendan Burke and Mr Paul Moriarty of The West Limerick Volunteer Support Service.
Hazelwood College beat Castletroy, the powerhouse of Limerick Schoolgirls’ basketball, to claim their first county senior basketball title in front of a packed house at the UL Arena. The Hazelwood girls have come off second best to Castletroy for the past two years and the signs were again ominous after a lacklustre campaign this year. However a good showing against St. John the Baptist School, Hospital, four days prior to the final rekindled the spark that had been missing since the defeat in the All-Ireland final of the previous year.
Castletroy took an early lead in the first quarter as Hazelwood struggled to cope with the excellent inside play of Castletroy’s tall post players. Celia Cremin kept Hazelwood in touch with two good baskets before Victoria Harnett and team captain Ciara Meaney leveled the score with a basket each.
Hazelwood took to the floor for the second quarter, confidence boosted, and attacked the Castletroy defence. Never before have I witnessed these girls attack a quality defence with such skill and vigour. A combination of lightning fast breaks by Maire Flanagan and Vickie Harnett, aggressive drives by Celia Cremin and gritty defence by everyone saw Hazelwood outscore Castletroy by eleven points to two before Ciara Meaney nailed a three pointer with two seconds on the clock in the second quarter.
The dreaded nerves appeared at the beginning of the third quarter. Loose shots from outside gave the ball back to Castletroy too easily. Solid defence from Emma Purcell and Miriam Noonan in the centre of the key and Aoife Leahy in the corner made it difficult for Castletroy to capitalise on Hazelwood’s limping offence. A quick timeout settled the team and the girls went back on court and took control. Baskets from Cremin, Meaney and Flanagan gave Hazelwood a commanding 29 – 14 lead with one quarter to play.
The final quarter was played at a frenetic pace. Castletroy applied an aggressive full court press in an attempt to force quick turnover ball. Hazelwood, playing just one post and four perimeter players, easily broke the press and repeatedly scored from the fast break. Castletroy were reluctant to give up their title and dug deep to outscore Hazelwood by 18 points to 16 in the last quarter. The final action of the game saw Deborah Daly seal victory with a classy layup from a fast break by Suzanne Sheehy and Anita Lucey.
It was a special day for all concerned but especially so for four Leaving Cert students who were playing their last game for the school after many years fighting in the trenches with no reward. Best wishes for the future to Aoife, Ciara, Miriam and Vickie.
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Back Row L-R : Desmond Lambe, Miriam Noonan, Suzanne Sheehy, Emma Purcell, Deborah Daly, Celia Cremin
Front Row L-R : Anita Lucey, Aoife Leahy, Ciara Meaney (Captain), Vickie Harnett, Maire Flanagan
Following a successful Log On Learn programme at Hazelwood College participants received their certificates of completion. Photo includes Principal Mr Brendan Burke, TY tutors and newly qualified LOL TY graduates.
Log On, Learn is a nationwide programme run in conjunction with Transition Year. Its aim is to guide senior members of the community through an introduction to computers by using a ‘buddy’ system whereby a transition year student sits with each participant so that they get individual and personalised tuition. This is the first time the course has been run at Hazelwood College and it has been a great success. Each week a different topic was covered so that over the course of 6 weeks participants gained computer knowledge and became more confident. Transition year students themselves became the teachers and it was a great way of bringing the school and the wider community together. Following its great success it is hoped to run the programme again in the autumn.
Congratulations to all involved in this years production.
After months of hard work the almost 200 performers produced three great nights of entertainment to an audience of over 1000 people
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Agri Aware with the support of Bord Bia and AIB set a challenge earlier in the school year for budding enterprising students to come up with an innovative marketable product or service. Hazelwood College students with an entrepreneurial spirit rose to the challenge and many business ideas were put forward to the Home Economics Department based on the areas of food, agriculture and the environment.
Two senior teams were successful with their business submissions and were chosen to participate in the Munster Regional Heats of the Green Dragon Challenge. “GreenFlow” is the brainchild idea of Fifth Year students Paudie Walsh and Michael Twomey while Transition Year students Deborah Daly, Mairead Noonan and Megan Ahern are the creators of “Handy Fuels”.
Under the guidance of Ms. Daly, Mr. O’ Grady, Mr. Hennessey and Mr. Keane the students worked extremely hard on their business and marketing plans. The students ingenuity and creativity skills were evident during the creation of marketing tools such as a television advertisement and a brochure. Each team had the unenviable task of having only five minutes to pitch their business idea before the judges using only a storyboard. They then had to be able to answer questions regarding the feasibility of their business idea, target market, product strategy, pricing etc.
More than 100 business and marketing ideas from students across the province were pitched before the judging panel on Saturday 13th April in the Fir grove Hotel in Mitchelstown Co. Cork.
The overall winner of the competition will receive project and mentoring development worth €10,000 to build up their business and a €2,000 cash prize shared between them and their school. Five runners-up will be awarded €500 each. The winners will be chosen at a final in March. All fingers and toes are crossed for our budding entrepreneurial hopefuls!