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Young Scientist’s 2017

Picture a is a picture of Hazelwood College entrants to the BT Young Scientist and Technologist Exhibition with the overall winner Shane Curran.

Picture b: Hazelwood College students Lauren Moran (left) and Tara O’Brien (right) whose entry ‘Migrane- It’s not just a headache’ was an investigation into the prevalence of migraine in adolescents in Ireland. The project also examined people’s awareness of the effects that migraine has on people’s school, social and sporting life.

Picture c Hazelwood College students Mary Kate Fehin (left) and Ava Mullane (right) are pictured at the BT Young Scientist and Technologist Exhibition with their entry ‘Accents- The Unspoken About Prejudice’ which was an entry in the Social and Behavioural Sciences Section. This project aimed to investigate whether people form a prejudicial opinion on somebody based solely on their accent and whether we acquire this prejudice as we grow older.

Picture d: Hazelwood College students Lauren Moran (left) and Tara O’Brien (right) are pictured with Micheal Martin TD at the Young Scientist and Technologist Exhibition recently.

Picture e: Hazelwood College students (from left) Caitlin O’Connor, Holly Hennessy and Yvonne O’Kelly are pictured at the Young Scientist and Technologist Exhibition recently with their project ‘An Exploration into the Acoustical Conditions Experienced by both Primary and Second Level Students in County Limerick. This project examined the effect being in a classroom had on student hearing.

Picture f: Hazelwood College students (from left) Liam Power, Ruairí Hannigan and Ronan O’Connor are pictured with their project at the Young Scientist and Technologist Exhibition recently. Their project, ‘An Investigation into the Production of Selenium Enriched Dairy Products with Commercial Potential’, was entered in the Biological and Ecological Section and aimed to allow for the production of selenium enriched dairy products benefitting bovine and human health.

Picture g: Hazelwood College Second Year students (from left) Sean O’Connor, David Noonan and Jamie Hennessy with their project ‘An Investigation into the Uses of Various Manures from Different Animals to Determine which has the Greatest Energy Supply to Farms’. The three students aimed to examine which manure produced the greatest amount of energy for farms: chicken. horse or cow manure.

Senior Camogie Munster Semi-Final

Victorious Hazelwood College Senior Camogie Munster Semi-Final Captain Chloe O’Brien (right) is pictured with Aislin Power captain of Blackwater College Lismore and referee Mike Sheahan before the Munster B Semi-Final, which Hazelwood won 6-15 to 1-4.

Hazelwood College Senior Munster Camogie Semi-Finalists are pictured after defeating Blackwater College, Lismore to secure their Munster Final spot. Pictured are back row (left to right): Ms Julie Corkery Orlaith Hennessey, Ashling Cunningham, Bríd Flanagan, Niamh O’Brien, Sarah Sheehan, Laura Stack, Aoife McMahon, Ciara McCarthy, Mary Kate Fehin, Megan Nolan, Abbey McDermott, Katie Carroll, Íde Collins, Aoife Murray, Ms Martina Mathews, and Mr Danny Corkery (Coach). Front row: Holly Hennessey, Sarah McDermott, Ave Mullane, Shauna Cunningham, Anna Walmsley, Sinead O’Donnell, Íde Cunningham, Caitlin O’Connor, Valarie Shanahan and Chloe O Brien (Captain).

Update to School Calendar

The Department of Education has instructed that Hazelwood College is to participate in training for the new Junior Cycle programme. As all of the teachers in the school will be involved in this event it will necessitate a school closure day for students on Tuesday 14th February. To facilitate this the timetabling of the ‘pre’ examinations will be adjusted by starting a day earlier than originally planned.

Secondly the Parents Council have decided to schedule the annual Hazelwood College Fun 5k for Sunday 5th March 2017 at 12.00. We greatly appreciate your support on the day.

The amended school calendar can be viewed …here…

Young Scientist 2017

Best of Luck to our 13 students taking part in this years BT Young Scientist Competition.

This year 5 group projects from our students qualified for the prestigious national competition.

The titles of this years entries are:

An Exploratory Investigation into the Acoustical Conditions Experienced by both Primary and Second Level students in County Limerick – Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences Group

An investigation into the use of various manures from different animals to determine which has the greatest energy supply to farms – Technology Group

An investigation into the production of Selenium-enriched dairy products with commercial potential. – Biological and Ecological Group

MIGRAINE – IT’S NOT JUST A HEADACHE!! – Social and Behavioural Sciences Group

Accents – The Unspoken About Prejudice – Social and Behavioural Sciences Group

Entrants of the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, in the Behavioural Science category, are Mary Kate Fehin and Ava Mullane, pictured at Hazlewood College, Dromcollogher
Source Credit: Limerick Leader

..more details to follow…

St Vincent de Paul

Hazelwood College Transition Year students (from left to right) Jake O’Sullivan, Eoin Enright and Martin Daly are pictured collecting money as part of the Annual St Vincent de Paul Hazelwood College Christmas Collection Campaign that took place in Dromcollogher recently.

Hazelwood College students pictured participating in the Annual St Vincent de Paul Hazelwood College Christmas Collection. Pictured from left are Marguerite Deely O’Brien, Emma Browne and Chriss Boyce.

Chinese Lessons for TY

Transition Year students are pictured here with their Chinese Language and Culture Tutor, Jessica Chan, from the University College Cork Confucius School of Chinese. Pictured are (back row, left to right): Blaithín Matthews, Amy Ryan, Martin Daly, Ronan Cahill and Eoin Enright. Front row (left to right): Jessica Chan, Neasa Fahy, Molly Kirwan, Mairíde Bennis, Millie Mulcahy and Aisling Enright.

Lifesaver

Hazelwood College students recently attended the Lifesaver Project, which was a day long programme organised by the Road Safety Authority for Fifth Year, Transition Year and Leaving Certificate Applied students. The Lifesaver Event is a joint event between all the State agencies involved in car crash situations and recovery, i.e. the Fire and Ambulance Services, the Gardai, Hospital Emergancy Staff. It is an event designed to show students the ‘real’ effects of car crashes and their aftermath.

Pictured are Hazelwood College students at the programme. Standing Ciara O’Callaghan (left) and Molly Kirwan (right). Front row (left to right): Michael Donegan, Jack Mullane and Oisín Brennan.

First Year Hurling News

Hazelwood Colleges first year boys team played Coláiste na Trócaire first year team in a challenge match at home in Hazelwood College, which they defeated . The match was held on the Hazelwood hurling pitch. The finale score was 7-6 to 0-2 points. Top Row: Pat Curtain, Jack Condon, Stephan Long , Robert McCarthy, Eoghan O’ Gorman, Ciarán O’ Sullivan(Captain), Ryan Reidy , Tomas Curran, Thomas Sheehan , Jack Shanahan, David O’ Riordan. Bottom row: Darragh Reidy, Kevin Normoyle, Mark Buckley, Conor Heenan, Ian Kelly, Stephan O’ Flynn, Jamie Reidy.

Science Week 2016

Science Week Ireland 2016 was celebrated at Hazelwood College with the eighth Annual Primary Schools’ Science Quiz on Thursday night, November 17th. All local primary schools were invited to attend this exciting event to promote Science Week. It was wonderful to welcome all of the primary school pupils, teachers, parents and friends who attended on the night. During eight rounds of questioning all of the primary pupils thoroughly impressed with their teamwork and knowledge. Spectacular lucky dip spot prizes and tasty, fruity refreshments were very popular among the eager pupils at the half-time break. As the end of the quiz came close, excitement was high as the top three placed teams became apparent. Congratulations to Courtney Boys National School in Newcastle West, who were overall winners, with Broadford National School coming in second place and Ballyagran National School placing third. Thank you and well done to all the teams from Dromcollogher, Tullylease, Monagea, Ballingarry, Milford, Dromina, Ratheena, Feenagh, Mahoonagh and Gaelscoil O Doghair.

The Courtney Boys’ School quiz team who won the recent Hazelwood College Annual Science Week Quiz

Scoil Mhuire, Broadford, silver medalists in the Hazelwood College Annual Primary School’s Science Week Quiz

Bord Bia Cookery

Hazelwood College Third Year Home Economics students are pictured here having travelled to Listowel recently to participate in the Demonstration in the Listowel Arms Hotel, which was an event organised as part of the Listowel Food Fair 2016. Students were able to observe the professional chefs in action to help hone their budding ‘Master Chef’ skills.

Hazelwood College Third Year student Jack Walmsley is pictured with the Lion of Bacon which he won in the course of the day, having participated in a student competition.