Hazelwood College

Scholarship

Paul Sheehy, past pupil of Hazelwood College, pictured with Ms Michelle Herbert after receiving an award of a scholarship to University College Dublin recently.

Science Week 2012

Picture 1: As part of Science Week at Hazelwood College, Sean O’Connor with his hands ‘on fire’ as part of an experiment to illustrate the properties of Methane gas.

Picture 2: Paul Sheehy, past pupil of Hazelwood College, pictured with Ms Michelle Herbert after receiving an award of a scholarship to University College Dublin last week.

Picture 3: Hazelwood College students left to right Briana O’Connor, Aine Cunnigham and Sarah Shanhan all third year, get extra preparation and some fun in the course of Hazelwood College’s annual science quiz.

Picture 4: Hazelwood College First Year Students, left to right, Kathy Foley, Amy Farnan and Tara Hartigan enjoying the Science Quiz organised by Transition Year Students.

Picture 5: First Year Hazelwood College students Rachel O Regan, Alisha Shanhan and Helena O’Sullivan test their science knowledge against the quiz master in the first year section of Hazelwood College’s Annual Science Quiz.

Michael Collins Visit

Michael Collins MCC on a visit to 3rd yr. CSPE class in Hazelwood College last Wed. Nov. 21st. Also in picture is Mrs. Elizabeth Keane, CSPE teacher.

Hazelwood College Makes a Clean Sweep!

Hazelwood College students surpassed themselves yet again with another stupendous win on behalf of the Home Economics Department. Second year students Alison Healy & Rebecca McGuinness were the overall 1st prize winners with Brid Flanagan, Jessica Roche & Aoife Kiely taking 2nd prize in Category One of the Bord Bia Quality Mark Schools Competition in the Listowel Food Fair 2012 recently. The students were asked to compile pages for a new Bord Bia Quality Mark website which was to include a home page, recipe page and gallery page. The home page was to provide an outline of the Bord Bia Quality Mark, what it means and how Bord Bia promotes quality assured products to consumers. The students also had to devise a recipe using Bord Bia Quailty Mark products and to include a gallery page which included 3 photos/sketches of local products available in the area which carry the Bord Bia Quality Mark.

Alison and Rebecca received a €100 An Post voucher and certificate each, while Brid, Jessica and Aoife received a €50 An Post voucher and certificate each. The Home Economics department also received €300 prize money towards equipment. The department were absolutely delighted with the students’ achievements and acknowledged that their hard work paid off.

Hazelwood College Home Economics students enjoy the sweet taste of success in Category One of the Bord Bia Quality Mark Schools Competition in the Listowel Food Fair 2012 recently (L–R) Brid Flanagan, Aoife Kiely, Tara O’ Donnell, Orla Cunningham, Home Economics teacher Ms. Noreen Daly, Rebecca McGuiness, Alison Healy and Jessica Roche. Bríd, Alison and Jessica, all first years, achieved a remarkable second place in Category One, while Alison and Rebecca took first place honours.

Limerick Colleges’ Open Day

Hazelwood College students take time out to contemplate the future by attending the recent Limerick Colleges’ Open Day.

Sweet Success for Hazelwood

Hazelwood College’s Home Economics students enjoyed great success at the recent Listowel Food Fair. Since its commencement in 1995 the Listowel Food Fair has continued to be a phenomenal gastronomic success. It continues to provide the public with an array of events such as cookery demonstrations with celebrity chefs, food tastings, seminars, workshops and numerous cookery competitions.
One competition in particular that continues to prove popular with all age groups is the ‘Home Baker of the Year Award 2012’, under the category of ‘Best Cupcake Decoration’ and ‘Best Chocolate Biscuit Cake’ this year. Hazelwood College Home Economics students were invited to participate and the level of interest showed their enthusiasm and imagination. An enormous amount of time and energy was made by all the students who entered. ‘The cherry on the top’ was when Jessica Roche (1st year) was announced 1st prize winner and Tara O’ Donnell (3rd year) won 2nd prize in the best cupcake decoration category. This was followed quickly with the revelation that Orla Cunningham (5th year) was declared 3rd prize winner in the best chocolate cake category.
The judges were highly impressed with the school entries – Michelle O’ Connor one of the judging panelists commented that she ‘was amazed by the interest and the quality of the products entered and blown away by the creativity of the students.’ There was great excitement when news filtered through the school of the girls’ success.

Sweet Success for Hazelwood College! Pictured (L to R) ‘Home Baker of the Year 2012’ Winning students – Jessica Roche winner of Best Cupcake Decoration category, with Tara O’ Donnell who took second prize in the Best Cupcake Decoration Category and Orla Cunningham, who took third prize in the ‘Best Chocolate Biscuit Cake’ category.

Winning Snap Shot

Budding young photographer Keith Coughlan a second year student in Hazelwood College, Dromcollogher was recently announced as one of six winners in the West Limerick Tourism Schools Photography Competition. The prize giving event was held in the Woodlands House Hotel, Adare on Thursday 8th November last. This competition encouraged students to look around and identify all that is positive and attractive about West Limerick and to capture these images in order to raise the profile of tourism in West Limerick. Keith received an iPod Nano for his winning photograph in the Landscape – Natural & Built category. A series of Keith’s creative photographs were digitally shown in school the following morning for all his fellow students and teachers to admire . Hazelwood College were delighted with Keith’s success and look forward to his future photographic endeavours.

Hazelwood College student Keith Coughlan being presented with his award after winning the West Limerick Tourism Schools Photography Competition, in the category of Landscapes- Natural and Built. Photographed are (left to right) Patrick Dooley, Keith Coughlan and David Fitzgerald Chairperson of West Limerick Tourism

History Students Visit Berlin

by Clare Fehin Leaving Certificate

On Thursday morning at four o’clock, thirty three students from Hazelwood College, accompanied by their 4 teachers, left Dromcollogher and headed for Dublin airport. Despite the early hour and the fact many of us had got little or no sleep that night, the excitement on the bus was palpable. We arrived in Schonefeld airport, just outside Berlin, at half twelve and then travelled by coach the hostel in which we were staying. As soon as we dropped off our luggage, we were on our way again.

Our first stop was the museum at Checkpoint Charlie which gave us an interesting insight into the history of the Berlin Wall and the lengths which people went to in order to get to the other side. This included the welding equipment which was used to carry 29 people from east to west. Not all at one time, though that was one question that somebody asked. Following this, we walked to the Reichstag where we were able to walk around inside and climb the top of the large glass dome where we could look across at the city of Berlin. We each received a headset which explained the history of the Reichstag and the surrounding buildings.

Bright and early the next morning, we visited the Olympic Stadium where the 1936 Olympic Games and the 2006 World Cup were held. Luke even got to sit in Angela Merkel’s chair and we got to see the VIP box she uses. After this, we departed on a guided walking tour of the city and encountered many famous sights such as Charlotteburg Palace, Brandenburg Gate and The Soviet War Memorial. Some of the boys were taken with the tanks and artillery guns on display! Next we visited the Jewish Museum which is one of the largest Jewish museums in Europe where two millennia of German Jewish history are on display. Some of the pieces were very sad, especially the photograph of one woman taken hours before she was arrested and deported to her eventual death. Despite the sombre effect of the museums, everyone was ready after dinner, to go shopping in a nearby shopping plaza.

On Saturday, we visited the remains of the Berlin Wall and continued to the DDR Museum which was an interactive museum which shows the daily life in East Germany. We all got to see a recreation of the cramped apartments that people lived in throughout the old East German period. We also go to try out the Trabi cars, which were partly made of plastic and broke down in bad weather. Our next stop was the famous Berlin Zoo which everyone thoroughly enjoyed. Especially the park! We had more time for shopping that night at the Alexa Shopping Centre.

On our last day, in spite of our exhaustion, we made our way by S-Bahn to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp which was 35 kilometres outside of the city. It was a very eerie place, especially standing in the same spot as thousands were executed, or the cells that political and religious prisoners were kept. This was the last item on our itinerary so we began our long journey home after an extremely enjoyable and interesting trip.

Focus Ireland Visit

Leaving Certificate Applied students from Hazelwood College Noel Geary, Jack Deely and Tara Barrett pictured with speakers from Focus Ireland, who discussed the effect of homelessness.

Youth Connect Ireland

Hazelwood College Leaving Certificate Applied students John Matthews, Tara Barrett, James Foley, Conor Greaney pictured with Niamh from Youth Connect Ireland who talked to the students about Employment law.