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Fun Cycle

Recently over 70 students and staff undertook a fun 12km cycle around Dromcollogher and Broadford.

Funds raised on the day were donated the Ms O’Connor who is undertaking an incredible cycling challenge this summer.

To raise funds for Multiple Sclerosis Ireland Ms O’Connor will cycle the entire Wild Atlantic Way from South to North is approximately 25 days. To do this Ms O’Connor will need to average over 100km per day.

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Here is some video footage taken on the day.

To find out more about Ms O’Connor’s challenge visit her Facebook page here:

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Awards Day 2016

Here are some photos from the recent Hazelwood College Ethos Awards Day. Guest of honour on the day was Kerry Footballer Colm Cooper. Many more awards were given out on the day but too many to list here, congratulations to all those who helped to make 2015/16 such a successful school year

Picture 1: Hazelwood College Third Year student, Ciara O’Callaghan pictured with Kerry legend Colm Cooper receiving her Junior German Subject Award.

Picture 2: Neasa Fahy, Third Year Hazelwood College student, receiving her Junior History Subject Award from Kerry legend Colm Cooper

Picture 3: Ronan Cahill, Hazelwood College Third Year student, receiving his Junior English Subject Award from Colm Cooper.

Picture 4: Ronan Buckley, Third Year Hazelwood College student, is pictured receiving his Junior IT Subject Award from Colm Cooper.

Picture 5: Colm Galvin, Third Year Hazelwood College student, is pictured here receiving his Junior DCG Subject Award.

Picture 6: Mairíde Bennis is pictured here receiving her Junior Materials Technology Metal Subject Award from Colm Cooper at Hazelwood College.

Picture 7: Caroline Ahern is pictured receiving her Junior Business Studies Subject Award from Colm Cooper.

Picture 8: Ciara O’Flynn, Hazelwood College Third Year student, is pictured receiving her Junior Home Economics Subject Award from Colm Cooper.

Picture 9: Emma Browne is pictured receiving her Junior Music Subject Award at Hazelwood College’s recent Annual Awards Day from Colm Cooper

Picture 10: Edel O’Flynn, Third Year Hazelwood College student, is pictured being presented her Junior Art Subject Award by Colm Cooper.

Picture 11: Eilish Reidy is pictured receiving her Junior French Subject Award at the recent Hazelwood College Annual Awards Day from Colm Cooper

Picture 12: Ava Mullane, Third Year Hazelwood College student, is pictured here receiving her Junior English subject Award

Picture 13: Orlaith Hennessy is pictured receiving her Junior Maths Subject Award from Colm Cooper at the Hazelwood College Annual Awards Day.

Picture 14: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student John Ahern is presented with his Senior DCG Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 15: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Paula Reidy is presented with her Senior English Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 16: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Janice Reidy is presented with her Senior Business studies Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 17: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Jack Carroll is presented with his Senior Irish Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 18: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Meghan Banks is presented with her Senior Home Economics Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 19: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Cliodhna O’Keeffe is presented with her Senior Religion Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 20: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Kayleigh O’Brien is presented with her Senior Music Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 21: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Anthony Barrett is presented with his Senior Physics Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 22: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Aaron Walsh is presented with his Senior Chemistry Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 23: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Sarah Shanahan is presented with her Senior Agricultural Science Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 24: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Gerard Ahern is presented with his Senior Maths Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 25: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Ciara Lenihan is presented with her Senior Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 26: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Kate Farrissey is presented with her Senior German Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 27: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Albert Fenton is presented with his Senior Accounting Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 28: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Linda Brown is presented with her Senior Art Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 29: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Laoise Bennis is presented with her Senior Geography Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 30: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Sarah Lynch is presented with her Senior French Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 31: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Liam Doody is presented with his Senior History Subject Award by Kerry footballer Colm Cooper.

Picture 32: Hazelwood College Sixth Year student Laoise Bennis is presented with her Hazelwood College Principal’s Award by Colm Cooper (left) and Hazelwood College Principal Mr Brendan Burke (right).

ProdiJIG: The Revolution

Castlemahon native and past Hazelwood College student Darren Roche has been turning the traditional music world on its head with his colleagues in the band MOXIE. Moxie formed in late 2011 between Cillian Doheny, Jos Kelly, Darren Roche, Ted Kelly and Paddy Hazleton and are now busy taking over the rest of Europe. Their music has a solid traditional backbone, inspired and shaped by the surrounding of the west of Ireland, but with progressive, world and jazz influences creeping into their music it makes for a truly heady and distinctive sound, putting them at the forefront of new acoustic music from Ireland. In August 2014 they released their debut album ‘Planted’ to critical acclaim. With their unmistakable approach, MOXIE are becoming a festival favourite in Europe, America and beyond garnering a reputation for their highly charged live performances.

Prodijig won Sky’s “Got to Dance” competion in March of 2012. Their unique blend of hip hop, tap, flamenco and drill with Irish dance quickly captured the attention of viewers and judges alike. During their first round in the show the troupe showcased their new style to Kanye West’s hit song “Power.” Judge Adam Garcia correctly predicted then that the group could win the whole competition. Prodijig’s seven members include former “Riverdance” leads as well as regional, national, and world championship dancers. Kenefick is the dance crew’s leader and choreographer.

Now Moxie and Prodijig have joined together to create The Revolution, which will feature on The Late Late Show on RTE tomorrow night Friday 27th May

ProdiJIG: The Revolution is a ground breaking new Irish Dance show featuring Moxie and led by one of the most innovative choreographers and dancers in the world, Cork born Alan Kenefick. He will be joined on stage by 22 of the worlds best Irish dancers, leading Irish Dance in to a new era. ProdiJIG: The Revolution is exactly as the title suggests – a revolution in dance. Alan Kenefick’s innovative, spectacular style is at the forefront of this evolution of Irish dance. It looks different, it sounds different, it feels different, and it speaks to a whole new generation of people.

The show takes place in Cork Opera House and tickets are available now …here…
ProdiJIG: The Revolution

Preview: Thursday 21st & Friday 22nd July 2016
Opening: Saturday 23 July 2016, 8pm
Matinees 2:30pm

Tickets: €22-€32, Family Rate: €80-115*

SciFest 2016

Hazelwood College students recently attended the SciFest science fair hosted by Limerick Institute of Technology. Here are some photos from the day.

Picture a: Hazelwood College Transition Year students (from left to right) Aoife Kiely, Eoin Donegan, Laura O’Connell pictured above with their project, “To investigate whether e – cigarettes are beneficial after quitting regular cigarettes”. The three students entered their project for SciFest, which is a series of one-day science fairs for second-level students hosted locally in schools and regional level in third level colleges.

Picture b Transition Year students from Hazelwood College (from left) Aisling Cunningham, Nicola Madden and Bríd Flanagan are pictured with their project, ‘Defrost the Frost’ at Limerick SciFest, which was held in Limerick Institute of Technology recently. Their project set out to investigate the speeding up of the defrosting process of frozen foods.

Picture c Hazelwood College Transition Year students (left to right) Jamie Singleton, Andy Quaid and Paul Power are pictured at Limerick SciFest, which was held at Limerick Institute of Technology recently, where their project, an investigate if there is a correlation between the type of music people listen to and their academic results was among those displayed.

Picture d Hazelwood College second year student Elaine Kennedy is pictured with her entry to Limerick SciFest recently. The project, which won an award of Highly Commended was an investigation into the use of pesticides.

Picture e Hazelwood College second year science teacher Ms Martina Matthews congratulates Elaine Kennedy on the receipt of her Highly Commended Certificate for her investigation into the use of pesticides at the recent Limerick SciFest, which was hosted at Limerick Institute of Technology recently.

Picture f Hazelwood College second year student Elaine Kennedy, being awarded her Highly Commended Certificate at Limerick SciFest recently, for her project investigating the effect of the use of pesticides.

Picture g Hazelwood College students Roisín Noonan, Ciara McCarthy (both second year) and Aoife O’Callaghan (first year) are pictured with their project “Does Wisdom Come With Age?” for the recent Limerick SciFest. Their investigation focused on whether people were influenced by outside factors and whether different age groups would respond differently to a same question. The project won a trophy in the Maths and Science category of the competition.

Picture h Hazelwood College Science students (from left to right) Ciara McCarthy, Roisin Noonan and Aoife O’Callaghan are congratulated by their Science teacher Ms Martina Matthews on winning a trophy in the Maths and Science category of Limerick SciFest, held recently in Limerick IT. The students investigated the factors that affect how people in different age groups respond to questions.

Picture I Hazelwood College students Ciara McCarthy, Roisin Noonan and Aoife O’Callaghan are presented with their trophy in the Maths and Science category of Limerick SciFest recently.

China Visit

As part of Hazelwood College’s link with the Confucius Institute at University College Cork, two students undertook a study trip to University of Shanghai. During Transition Year students at Hazelwood College study Chinese as part of the Confucius Institute’s second level. From the group two students were selected to travel to Shanghai.

Here are some photos from the trip

Picture 1: Hazelwood College students Ben Long (left) and Áine Bennis (right) pictured in the course of their recent study trip to China, which they completed in conjunction with the Confucius Institute, UCC, where they were able to develop their Chinese knowledge and skills.

Picture 2: Hazelwood College students Ben Long (left) and Áine Bennis (right) are pictured in Shanghai in the course of their recent study trip to Shanghai, which was organised by the Confucius Institute, UCC.

Picture 3: The hotel where Hazelwood College students Ben Long and Áine Bennis stayed with other Irish students on the Confucius Institute, UCC, organised study trip to Shanghai, where they were able to develop their knowledge of Chinese.

Picture 4: One of the tourist sites visited by Ben Long and Áine Bennis as part of their study trip to Shanghai with the Confucius Institute.

Picture 5: A view of the outskirts of Shanghai, which Hazelwood College students Ben Long and Áine Bennis visited as part of their study trip there, organised by the Confucius Institute.

Temple Dairy Visit

Hazelwood College students (from left to right) Damien Burke, Kevin O’Leary and Chloe O’Brien are pictured with Marie Curtin from Temple Dairy, who spoke to students as part of their Business Studies Leaving Certificate course and Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme Enterprise studies. Temple Dairy is a family run company, from Rosstemple, Athlacca, Co. Limerick. The company produces farm fresh food products which are healthy, natural and wholesome. The company promotes active lifestyles and mindfulness.

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Picture b Marie Curtin, of Temple Dairy, pictured with Hazelwood College fifth year Business Studies students. Marie spoke about the running of a family business and producing healthy and wholesome food.

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Journey of a Lifetime

During the Easter Holiday, three Hazelwood College students, Bríd Flanagan, Letitia Cotter and Nicola Madden and a Hazelwood College teacher Ms. Betty Cotter left to embark on a journey of a lifetime to Calcutta, India with The Hope Foundation. The Hazelwood group raised over €12,00 for The Hope Foundation who work with street and slum children in India. Hope have set up many projects, for example orphanages, schools, homes and a hospital, all of which the girls got to visit. They are making huge differences in India and giving street and slum children the greatest gift of all, education. The four adventurers would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who contributed either financially or in other ways to help them on their journey. It was greatly appreciated.

Junior Cert Wood Projects 2016

Junior Certificate Woodwork 2016 Projects

Below are the projects submitted by this years woodwork classes for the State Examinations.

Students had to pick one of the following design briefs and submit a project they felt answered the brief

Coursework – Design and Realisation

Design Briefs – Ordinary Level
1. Design and make a decorative mirror for a child’s room.

The mirror unit should be designed to be wall mounted and must incorporate a theme from a storybook or animated film. The mirror unit should be safe in use, compact and well made. Any templates used should be included in your design folio.

2. Design and make a decorative artefact to celebrate the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

The artefact should be attractive, compact and well made. It may be wall-mounted or suitable for display on a shelf and should represent a specific aspect of this international sporting event.

3. Design and make an attractive organiser for sketching and colouring equipment.

The artefact should be designed to organise and store a variety of pencils, A4 paper and other relevant materials. The organiser should be well made and appropriately finished. The maximum dimension must not exceed 400mm.

Design Briefs – Higher Level

1. Storage spaces in the home are sometimes located at a high level and are not easily accessed.

Design and make a freestanding artefact which will enable an adult to reach such locations safely. Your artefact should be made from solid wood, with jointing techniques chosen to provide strength and stability. The unit should be designed to be portable and should incorporate an innovative secondary function. The maximum base footprint of the unit must not exceed 500mm.

2. Marking significant historical events is an important element of cultural identity for nations across the globe.

Design and make an artefact commemorating a significant historical event of your choice. The artefact should be elegant in appearance, be enhanced by the use of native Irish hardwoods and should incorporate a range of handcraft skills. Your design should be inspiring and encourage reflection on cultural values. The artefact should be suitable for display on a mantelpiece or shelf.

3. Young people take great pride in their appearance, presentation and image.

Design and make an elegant artefact which will neatly store and display a selection of personal grooming items. The artefact should be compact and designed to rest on a table top. Your design should be inspired by naturally occurring shapes and forms and should accentuate the beauty of skilfully crafted solid wood. The maximum dimension must not exceed 350mm.