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Open Day & Night

The annual open night for prospective incoming students will take place on the evening of Thursday 13th October from 7 – 9p.m.

Principals Address will commence at 7.15p.m.
All are welcome

On display on the night will be samples of student work from across the year groups, classroom displays and exhibitions, and a competition for incoming students.

In conjunction with the open night will be an open day on Wednesday 12th October from 9.30a.m. – 12.30p.m. 5th and/or 6th class students from local schools will be brought to the school to experience the school in action. Senior students will guide students through the school and its facilities. Students in fifth or sixth class from primary schools not attending on the day are welcome to visit also with their Parent/Guardian.

Available on the open night will include information on the programmes and subject we offer

  • Junior Certificate
  • Transition Year programme
  • Leaving Certificate
  • Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme
  • Leaving Certificate Applied

Comment from recent school inspections

Responses received from parents and students reflected a high level of satisfaction with the quality of teaching and learning in the school. – Inspection Team 2015

Details of State Examination Achievements

Leaving Certificate Results

Points Hazelwood Nationally
Over 600 1.6% 0.3%
Over 500 18% 9.7%
Over 400 53% 34.6%
Over 300 76% 60%

Average Leaving Certificate Points Nationally = 320
Hazelwood College Leaving Certificate = 385

For more details and information see our feature in this weeks Weekly Observer and advert in this weeks Vale Star

Achieving Our Full Potential

Cappanalea 2016 – Photos and Video

Over 100 First years and their Transition Year mentors recently spent 3 days and 2 nights in Cappanalea Outdoor Education Centre in Co. Kerry. As well as getting to know their new colleagues for their coming years in Hazelwood College, students experienced Hillwalking, Kayaking, Rock Climbing, Abseiling, Orienteering and Team Building.

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Here’s a highlights video of some of the fun from the trip.

Here are a selection of photos from the trip, the full set of almost 250 photos are available to view on the school Facebook page.

Dromcollogher Cinema Fire

Hazelwood College Second Year and Sixth Year students are pictured here participating in a ceremony marking the ninetieth anniversary of the Dromcollogher Cinema Fire. Students commemorated the tragedy with a prayer service a moment of silence.

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The story surrounding the unfortunate events of the night in 1926 can be read …here…

National Ploughing Championships

Hazelwood College students who travelled to the National Ploughing Championships in County Laois last week. Pictured are (back row from left to right) Muiris O’Keefe, Michael Donegan, William Boyce, Muireann Kelly, Shelia Browne, Jack Willis, Eugene Barrett, Timmy Brosnan and Colm McMahon. Pictured front row (left to right) Conor Daniels, Gerard Moore, Dean Falvey, Michael Geary and Jack McCarthy. Students were able to visit exhibits across a range of interests in the course of the day.

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Traffic Management

The safety of the children is paramount during the construction of our new extension and associated site works.

Only staff cars and buses will be allowed onto the campus from Monday 3rd October. Parents/Guardians should park away from the campus and not block the buses. It was never intended in the original design of the school that parents would drive on the grounds of the school. The intention was parents would let their children out of the car in the drop off zone outside the gates and students would walk on the paths into the school and thus not meet any cars.

As there will be a number of concurrent works taking place on site it is necessary to close the access road to the rear of the school to all traffic. The road space in the teacher car park to the front the of the school is to be reserved exclusively for the school buses and to facilitate the turning of these buses. Parents are no longer permitted to enter the staff car park to collect their students and must remain outside the school gates. Parents may wish to consider other collection points for their children such as ‘the square’ in the village.

We accept these changes will cause inconvenience and possible delay especially in the early days as we all get used to these changes, but remember these changes are designed with the safety of children in mind. Parents entering the school grounds and attempting to turn their cars while students are exiting the building will be an extremely risky activity and is not permitted.

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New Extension Commencing

Hazelwood College is happy to announce the next phase of expansion at the school will commence construction this coming week on Monday 3rd of October.

Pictured at the recent signing of contracts in the school are top row (l-r) Sean Twomey, Kevin Nolan, Shane Leyden, Kim Jacobsen, Brian Morrissey, Front (l-r) Elizabeth Dolan, Brendan Burke, Tom O’Connor, Eamon Murphy, David Leyden and Chris Casey.

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Those present represented the Main Contractor, Conack Construction, Architects Leydan Hassett and Associates, and Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board.

Videos:How the medal was won & Medal Ceremony

In case you missed all the action in the Discuss Final here are some of the highlights from Noelle’s great day in Rio.

Noelle was drawn to throw second in the opening round and set a strong marker for the rest of the field setting a new Paralympic record of 31.71m. But her main challenger to the title Mi Na had her own marker to set, breaking the world record with her opening throw.

The atmosphere in the stadium built over the four following rounds as the largest crowd to date in the Paralympics cheered on Brazilian Shirlene Coelho who was in second place between Noelle and Mi Na. The final round of throws was a nail biting affair as Noelle was under pressure to stay ahead of the Canadian Renne Danielle Foessel who was throwing very consistently and had beaten/run very close to Noelle in every round bar the crucial opening round. If she beat Noelle’s record throw of 31.71m then Noelle would have to throw better again to keep her hands on the Bronze. Here is the video from that crucial final set of throws.

Noelle’s level of maturity on the field was only surpassed by her maturity in the media centre afterwards. Not many 16 year olds would perform as well as Noelle did in front of the worlds media.

Unfortunately the live TV coverage ended before the medal ceremony took place. Fortunately though the Paralympics Committee have an excellent Youtube Channel. Here is the medal ceremony that we all missed:

Congratulations Noelle

Hugh congratulations to Noelle Lenihan on her excellent bronze medal performance in tonight’s Paralympic Discus Final.

Her best attempt was her opening throw which reached a mark of 31.71 metres, enough for third place. That in itself was a Paralympic record at that point of the competition. Noelle then saw China’s Mi Na break the world record that the Noelle had set in June 2016 in Lausanne. Na won with a record throw of 37.60 metres, which like Noelle’s best throw, was also her first of the night. Silver went to Shirlene Coelho of Brazil.

Our best wishes and congratulations to Noelle and all her family on their success.

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“Throw me to the wolves and I’ll return leading the pack.”

…More to follow…

Going for Gold – Rio 2016

Hazelwood College student Noelle Lenihan will tonight grace the world stage at the Opening Ceremony of the IPC Paralympics in Rio, Brazil. At 17 years old, Hazelwood College’s Noelle Lenihan is one of Ireland’s youngest athletes and has been named by the International Paralymic Committee as ‘One to Watch’. Noelle won silver at the 2015 World Championships and gold in this year’s European Championships. Having already twice broken the world record in the F38 Discuss, Noelle is first in the world rankings and one of our best medal prospects.

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Everyone at Hazelwood College wishes her the best in this years Paralympics and (no pressure!) we can’t wait to see her win the medal on the 17th of September in the Dicuss (F38)


Here is Noelle’s Profile from the International Paralymics website:

LENIHAN Noelle
Sport Athletics
NPC Ireland   
Gender Women
Age 16
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport?
 She took up para-athletics in Charleville, Ireland.
Why this sport?
 Her father trained as an athletics coach so that he could train her.
Club / Team
 North Cork Athletics Club: Ireland
Name of coach
 Dave Sweeney [national]; Jim Lenihan [father]
Senior International Debut
Year
 2015
Competing for
 Ireland
Tournament
 Grand Prix
Location
 Berlin, GER
General Interest
Sporting philosophy / motto
 “Throw me to the wolves and I’ll return leading the pack.” (Instagram profile, 09 Sep 2015)
Awards and honours
 She received the Achievement Award at the 2015 Munster Star Awards in Ireland. (corkathletics.org, 2016)

She was named the Sportswoman of the Month for October 2015 by Cork City Sports in Ireland. (irishtimes.com, 12 Nov 2015)
Famous relatives
 Her sisters Megan and Eimear have both competed in athletics at national level. (hazelc.ie, 20 May 2014)
Ambitions
 To win a medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (the42.ie, 26 Mar 2016)
Competition Highlights (historical)
World Championships
Rank Year Event Result
2 2015 Discus Throw F38 31.64
European Championships
Rank Year Event Result
1 2016 Discus Throw F38 32.14

Watch the Paralympics Live on RTE, Channel 4, Setanta Go and through the official live channels on Youtube …here…

Welcome First Year 2016

Hazelwood College 1 A Class are pictured with their Year Head Ms Frances Cregan (back row, second from right) and Hazelwood College Principal, Mr Brendan Burke (back row, far right),
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1 B Class are pictured with Hazelwood College Principal, Mr Brendan Burke (back row, far left), their Year Head, Ms Frances Cregan (back row, second on left) and their Class Teacher, Mr Ronan Farrell (back row, far right)
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1 C Class group are pictured with Hazelwood College Principal, Mr Brendan Burke (back row, far left), their Year Head, Ms Frances Cregan (back row, second from left) and their class teacher, Ms Aisling Culhane (far right).
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1 D Class group are pictured with their Year Head, Ms Frances Cregan (back row, far left), their Class Teacher, Ms Maeve Dennison (back row, second from right) and Hazelwood College Principal, Mr Brendan Burke, (back row, far right).
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