In aid of UNICEF and the Tsunami appeal whose devastion shocked the world last St. Stephan’s Day there will be a non-uniform day on Thursday 20th January. Students participating should bring a donation of at least €2 which will be collected on the day.
Update:
A total of €1200 was raised by the Leaving Certificate Applied class who organised the day and the collecting of donations.
Senior Ladies Munster Colleges Semi-Final
Hazelwood College 3-7 v’s Presentation College Dingle 2-5
Played in Listroy Co. Kerry
Match Report to Follow
Final Monday 31st January v’s winners of Beara / Spainish Point
‘French Theatre for Schools Group’ who are based in Dublin are visiting to school on Thursday 20th January. They perform a play which is an hour and a half long and is performed entirely in French. In days coming up to the play all students of french study the text of the play. The play will be performed twice on the day once to Junior classes and once to the senior classes. Some students are selected to take part in the play with spoken roles – giving them a chance to practice their French in front of an audience.
This is the third year of the group visiting the school. In the past students have found the performance extremely enjoyable.It is also great preparation for their exmas and gives the students a chance to meet with French people and to practice their French on them.
Pictured here are Transition Year students from Hazelwood College who took part in the French play last year.
You’re a Star entrants ‘George’ visited the school today and performed a number of songs. Currently the are touring schools around the country in search of votes for Sunday nights all important performance. This Sunday will be even more tense for the contestants as two act will be eliminated. Also time for each act will be limited as all ten acts including commercial breaks will have to perform within the hour of broadcast
Maire Ide De Bhal one of the members of the band ‘George Girl’ is a student at Hazelwood College. The was formed as part of the singer/ songwriter workshops in Killarney by the judges and producers of the show. It comprises of Maire Ide De Bhal and two other girls – Sarah Goodwin from Ballincollig, Co. Cork and Julie Cunnane from Dundalk, Co. Louth.
Images from the visit an the performance
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Billy Fehin and Mary Ennis, Transition Year students from Hazelwood College Dromcollogher were last Friday night presented with an Esat BT Young Scientist special award from Comhra, National Sustainable Development Partnership.
With the help of their teacher Ms. Neville their project looked at Elephant Grass or Miscanthus as it is scientifically known. Miscanthus is a perennial low- input, high-output crop that has great biomass energy potential and loves soil with high water retention properties. Basically that means that Miscanthus is a type of grass, never before successfully grown in Ireland that requires very little work to farm but has huge potential to become a new type of environmentally friendly fuel.
This project has also been selected by ENFO to be displayed in their head office in Dublin and the students will be presented with 100 euro’s each by the Minister for the Environment for their research in the area of environmental science.
On Monday 17th January the Leaving Certificate Applied class are travelling to Croke Park to attend the FAS Opportunties Exhibition.
On Friday 14th January the Higher Level Leaving Certificate one class will travel to dublin to see King Lear in the SFX Theatre. As this is the play they are studying for their Leaving Certificate it will be of great benefit to them
Today the Transition Years visited the EsatBT Young Scientist Exhibition in Dublin to sample the athmosphere and the range of projects on display. Most importantly they went to offer their support to classmates Billy Fehin and Mary Ennis whose project was selected for display out of the thousands of entrants
On Thursday the 13th of January Transition Year students went to Dublin to
the Esat BT scientist awards. They traveled up on the 9 o’clock train from
Charleville Co. Cork. When they arrived in Huston station they had light
refreshments. They then got the bus to the Connolly station and got the dart
to Lansdowne road. They walked to the RDS where they meet with their
colleagues who had been selected to represent the school their project was
based to elephant grass. They got a considerable amount of support from their
science teacher Miss. Neville and support from Mr. Lenihan. There were many
interesting project from different schools from all over the country. The
young scientist is a brilliant way to show a person’s talent and dedication
to a project, by the way they present it. This would be a great day of
enjoyment and encouragement for the whole family.
By Helen White
Hazelwood make it three in a row in a thriller
Hazelwood College, Dromcollogher: 4-4
St. Josephs Convent, Doon: 3-5
In a thrilling encounter which was nailbiting to the final whistle, Hazelwood College overcame archrivals Doon to do the double, Junior and Senior, again this year. It was the third title in a row for our Junior girls who are now putting down a marker for other schools in the county for a Senior ‘Three in a Row’ next year. Sheer grit and determination for Hazelwood won out on the day over a confident Doon outfit who were also favourites on the day.
From the throw-in Hazelwood were quick to settle and Clodagh Reidy pointed from 20 meters after five minutes following great work from Joanne O Gorman in the middle of the pitch.Captain, Lizzie Costello then had a point from a free but after ten minutes Doon struck with a goal- this only served to wake the girls up. Three minutes later they were back on track with a goal from Joanne O Gorman and a further point from Clodagh. It was all Hazelwood for the remainder of the half and a goal from Michelle Buckley and a well taken point from Lizzie Costello left the half time score Hazelwood College2-4 to Doon 1-0.
Playing with the breeze in the second half Doon were awarded two frees from sustained pressure and pointed both, before they came storming up to snatch a great goal giving Sinead Kiely no chance in the Hazelwood goals. Weathering the storm, Lizzy Costello took a great pass from Joanne O Gorman to solo forty meters up the right touchline before crossing a high ball for Siobhan Enright to fist into the back of the Doon net. Doon came back at Hazelwood and were awarded another free and were then fortunate to score another goal following a rare slip up in the Hazelwood Defense.
Hazelwood came storming back and forced the Doon goalkeeper into makeing some fine saves. Following some great runs by center-back Jennifer Stokes Hazelwood kept the pressure on and were eventually awarded a penalty by referee Pat Molyneaux. Clodagh Reidy took responsibility for the spot kick and converted it from a beautiful strike to put Hazelwood four points clear. Doon had the consolation of two more points from frees but Hazelwood were finishing the stronger side and were unlucky not to increase their winning margin when the final whistle blew. The final score was Hazelwood College 4-4 to Doon 3-5.
Best for Hazelwood on the day when a great performance was put in by all were Joanne O Gorman, Clodagh Reidy, Jennifer Stokes, Marie Galvin, Lizzy Costello, Patricia Kirwan, Bernie Stokes and Siobhan Enright. Captain, Lizzy Costello accepted the trophy from Tim Woulfe, congratualted Doon on a good sporting game, the management of Neville Park, Rathkeale and teachers Louise Beamish and Tom Halpin from Hazelwood College. We now go on to play Mitchelstown College in the Munster Semi Final.
Hazelwood College team : S.Kiely, C O Regan, M. Galvin, L. Coleman, P. Leahy, J. Stokes, M. Geary, J.O Gorman, S. Enright, P. Kirwan, L. Costello, C.Reidy, B. Stokes, M. Buckley, S. Curtain
Subs Used: R. White, S. Browne, J. Lenihan, N. Cronin, M. Shannon, E. Browne, J. O Leary
Doon team: B. Barry, V.O Neill, A. Ryan, S. Gammell, C. Mullins, L. O Donnell, A. Lougnane, L. Mullins, S. Moloney, M.C. Ryan, M. O Meara, R. Cummins, E. Berkery, T. English and J O Dwyer
Scientific Research at Hazelwood College
Preparing for the Young Scientist Exhibition
By: Mary Ennis and Billy Fehin, Transition Year Students of Hazelwood College, Dromcollogher
We began preparing our Young Scientist project in September when our chemistry teacher, Ms. Neville brought us in an article she had read in the Limerick Leader. The minute we read it we were instantly fascinated. The article was in relation to Elephant Grass or Miscanthus as it is scientifically known. Miscanthus is a perennial low- input, high-output crop that has great biomass energy potential and loves soil with high water retention properties. Basically that means that Miscanthus is a type of grass, never before successfully grown in Ireland, that requires very little work to farm but has huge potential to become a new type of environmentally friendly fuel. It loves wet boggy land which is why the grass is growing very successfully in Adare. We went on to the internet hoping to find some research material in relation to our project. We were surprised to find millions of pages relating to Miscanthus. We spent weeks reading through the material with the help of our teacher who was always there to give us new ideas and motivation when we needed it. For the practical side of the project we began by visiting Joe Hogan, the farmer who featured in the article. Joe was a wealth of information and on a cold morning in November he happily explained to us how he got started and why he decided to invest so much of his time into his crop. At this stage all of the information we were gathering was starting to make sense. We then went on to spend a full day in the University of Limerick testing the Miscanthus we had taken fresh from Joes farm. This was a great learning experience in itself as we were using chemicals and equipment that we had never heard of before. Mr. JJ Leahy, an industrial chemistry professor in UL was a great help to us on the day as he also has a keen interest in the Miscanthus phenomen. He also works closely with Joe Hogan so it was a great privilege to be working alongside him testing for such things as its Kilogram Calorific Value and Nutrients. So now as the Young Scientist Exhibition draws closer it seems the end is in sight. The project has taken four months of hard work and dedication but it has been a fantastic learning experience and was certainly worth the effort.
Click picture below to view article from Limerick Leader 15th January 2005
