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Musical Notes from Hazelwood College

Friday was a special day for Hazelwood College as they launched the first ever CD from the school. The CD entitled “N ÁtaÁ­ Ceoil Á Choillchoille”. The day was marked with a visit from members of the Allow Ceilí Band who were recently crowned All Ireland Champions at the All Ireland Fleadh in Tullamore. The band performed for the school and were joined by the schools own traditional music students and dancers. The CD will be available from the school and local shops at a price of €10.

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Picture 1:Members of the Hazelwood College Ceili Band pictured with group members from the Allow Ceili Band , winners of the All Ireland Ceili Band Competition in Tullamore at the All Ireland Fleadh at the launch of the CD.

Picture 2: Hazelwood College students perform with Mr Con Herbert and members of the Allow Ceili Band during the CD launch on Friday.

Picture 3: Dancers John Ryan, Christine Mulcahy and Liam Mulcahy perform at the launch of their schools CD.

Some short mobile phone video footage of the launch – opens in Real Player

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Below are some photos from the recent trip to Cappanalea. Over the week 102 first year and transition year students stayed for 2 nights and 3 days. While there they particiapted in a variety of activities including Hillwalking, Orienteering, Kayaking, Rock Climbing, Team Building and Night Hiking. More Photos to come in the coming weeks.

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Some Views from Cappanalea

The Kayaking Lake

The Views from the hillwalk

The annual Open Day for the local primary schools and their students will take place on Friday 16th November. The day gives the students an oppourtunity to see a working day in the school. Classes will take in place in the various labs, practical rooms and classroom. This is a great oppourtunity for student to find out about subjects they might be interested in taking up when they start in the College in September. Over the day the College will bring students to Hazelwood College and return them back to their school on the schools buses.

The thrid year science classes 3acand 3d will travel to Fota Wildlife park on 6th November to take part in an Ecology course.

The third year science classes 3a and 3b will travel to Fota Wildlife park on 5th November to take part in an Ecology course.

The Leaving Certificate 2 Biology class will travel to Fota Wildlife park on the 24th October.

Pictured are the Hazelwood College Concern Debating Team who defeated SMI, Newcastle West in the first round of the competition last week. Debating has become an important part of school life. Last years team beat off local competition to make it through to the last 16 in the country.

The Leaving Certificate Applied 2 class will travel to Killaloe Activity Centre on 15th October. While there they will take part in a variety of Land and Water based activities such as Kayaking, Windsurfing, High Rope Course and Team Challenges

The Leaving Certificate Applied 1 class will attend a Personal Development Course run by the Limerick Youth Service starting Friday 12th October for the following four weeks