Recently some students visited the Clonakilty Agricultural College openday. The aim of the trip was for prospective students to visit the College’s facilities and investigate Third Level possibilties there for next year
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Senior students from Hazelwood College recently embarked on their
European Tour to Belguim, Holland and Germany. Over the course of the
trip students and staff enjoyed visits to historical and educational
sites as well as finding some time for some fun days out. A great time
was had by both staff and students alike.
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Picture 1: Hazelwood College students visit the chocolate factory in
Cologne, Germany
Picture 2: Eilis Lenihan and Anita Lucey enjoy a tour of the chocolate factory
Picture 3: Staff and Students enjoy a day out in Phantasialand themepark.
Picture 4: Hazelwood College on tour at Cologne Cathedral.
Picture 5: Nicola Duggan, Deborah Daly, Serena Murphy, Eilis Lenihan, and Maire Flanagan gear up for a game of Quasar while on their European Tour.
Picture 6: James Reidy, Daniel Egan and Sean Morrissey enjoying their school tour to Belguim, Germany and Holland.
Picture 7: Staff and students enjoying Quasar during the European Tour.
Hazelwood T.Ys say no to drugs, yes to leadership skills
We were only five days into the new school year when the Limerick Youth Service came to Hazelwood College to speak to Transition Year students about drug abuse and leadership skills. We learned all about the undesirable effects of drug abuse. We were given the opportunity to see each one of the drugs. It was both informative and disturbing at the same time.
From the leadership skills lecture we learned what skills are required to be a good leader. Characistics such as: Charisma, Foresight and being a good worker are vital in any leadership role.
Overall we have got a very good taste of what is to come in Transition Year from these two first lectures.
Written by Patrick Twomey – Transition Year
My Trip To Ballylochran
My bonding trip began on the 16th of september, the purpose of this trip has the same purpose of TY to make friends. The day began with use being assighned our seats on the bus the groups were TY 1 and the better class TY 2. We were accompained by Mr. Lambe and Ms. Beamish, Our first activaty began at half ten,it was kayaking, it was great craic, especlly knocking Mr. Lambe out of his canoe and his reaction. As the day carred on our second activity began. Rock climbing and over coming those crafty seaguls (you had to be there) The third activty was archery we split into teams and of course my team won and the last activity of the day was soccer and we had a competition and yes my team won again! We then ate our lunch , Which was well deserved and then we got on the bus and travelled home from a great day.
Written by David Finn – Transition Year
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13th 2009
10.00AM – 1.00PM
HAZELWOOD COLLEGE WELCOMES ALL 5TH AND 6TH CLASS PUPILS AND THEIR PARENTS / GUARDIANS TO VIEW THE SCHOOL
Principal Mr Brendan Burke congratulates Maire Flanagan, Anita Lucey and Celia Cremin on their exceptional Junior Certificate results. Between them the girls achieved 27 Higher Level A grades.
TSB Visits Hazelwood’s TYS
On Friday morning two employees from the Newcastle West branch of Permanent TSB came to our school to talk about banking and how to manage your money. They showed us a power Point presentation on the facts on banks. The presentation included how the save money, how a bank works, they showed us how to access our bank account from our mobile phones. The TSB employees asked if anyone would like to set up an account with there bank. If you signed up with the bank you got 2 free cinema tickets and a free personalised ATM card! This presentation is a great lesson for us as we learned the complicated ways of the banks.
Written by David Finn – Transition Year
“Hazelwood College top group to move into the quarter finals”
Hazelwood College Dromcollogher: 3-7
Colaiste Treasa Kanturk: 2-6
This game was highly charged from the beginning with the winners going through to the knock out stages and which left Hazelwood with a mountain to climb at half time-but the Dromcollogher girls don’t mind heights and came through in flying colours at the end of this engrossing contest.
Three minutes into the game Kanturk hit the back of the net and added on three well taken points before the first quarter. Suddenly Hazelwood found themselves six points behind and were struggling to put any score on the board. A great run by the inspirational Maire Flannagan found Emma Browne thirty metres from goal who turned and headed straight to within 10 metres of the goalline before shooting past the hapless Kanturk goalie to register our first score. Emma followed up with a well taken point.
At this point Hazelwood lost captain Ciara Meaney to an ankle injury (but returned again ten minutes into the second half) and they seemed to lose the plot again missing some easy chances but worse still leaving Kanturk in for another goal and two points before the referee blew for half time- a half where Hazelwood operated in first gear.
On the resumption where Aisling O’Brien was now operating at full forward things began to happen for Drom. Aisling laid off a beautiful ball to Vickie Harnett, who popped it over the bar within the first minute. Within five minutes Aisling had the ball in the net and Denise O’Connell slotted over two points from frees without any reply from Kanturk. Ciara came back on at this stage and after some strong running from mid-field got through to score a point. After some great work from Tara Hurley at half back the ball spun across the goal mouth and like a flash Helen Bradley had the ball planted to put Hazelwood ahead for the first time in the match. Kanturk came back scoring a point but two more point from Nicola O’Connell and Helen Bradley clocked the game out leaving the final score 3-7 to 2-6. Best for Hazelwood were M. Flannagan, C. Meaney, H Bradley, T. Hurley, N Kiely, E. Browne and A. O’Brien.
Hazelwood Starting team: A O Brien, S Forde, M Geary, N Greaney, T Hurley, M Flannagan, L Hanley, C. Meany(captain) N. Kiely, D. O’Connell, E Browne, V Harnett, H Bradley, E Noonan. A Moloney.
Subs used: A O’Connor, N. O’Brien, C. O’Leary.
The Transition Year class have been taking part in an Intergrated Dance Class for the past six weeks at the Cheshire Home in Rathfredagh. Intergrated Dance involves disabled and non-disabled people working together to create and perform dance.
Next week is the final week in which the finished production will be filmed and produced as a short DVD.
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. LCA 2 students from Hazelwood College attended the Lifesaver Project in The Crescent Shopping Centre on October 22nd last.
The Lifesaver project is a collaborative effort between An Garda Siochana, Limerick Ambulance Service, The H.S.E. Limerick City & County Fire Service and the Road Safety Departments of Limerick County & City Councils. This programme is geared towards the senior cycle classes in all secondary schools and other appropriate groupings and is aimed at reducing the number and severity of road traffic collisions and to improve road safety awareness. All aspects of road safety were covered including, safety belts, drink and drug driving, speed, pedestrians and cyclists, fatigue.
Actors, each portraying seriously injured traffic collision victims, were treated by emergency services during the demonstration.
Participants of The Lifesaver Project were also presented with hard-hitting road safety advertisements from around the world, personal accounts from people who have survived serious injury collisions and footage of the families of those who have died.
Emergency personnel also informed participants of their own first hand experiences at the scenes of accidents and also the follow on effects and how it changes people’s lives forever.
Some of the LCA1 students who travelled to Friar’s Gate theatre in Kilmallock. Students watched Ger Carey’s fantastic performance of ‘Psycho Spaghetti’ as part of their English & Communication module.
