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Hazelwood College Students win ‘Waste to Art’ Competition

Pictured are Hazelwood College Students Brogan Clancy, Julette O Flynn and Katie O Connor who won joint 1st place in the recent ‘Waste to Art’ Competition. The competition was run by Limerick County Council as part of the Better Environment Awards, held at the Woodlands House Hotel recently. The students used waste materials to design and make a sculpture and these sculptures are currently exhibited in the County Council offices in Limerick. They are pictured with their art teacher Ms. Maria Curtin.

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The Third Year Science class will be travelling to Fota Wildlife Park to take part in an Ecology Study on Wednesday 19th October

The Leaving Certificate 2 classes will attend an all day Study Seminar in the school to teach them study techniques in preperation for thier exams this year.

Pictured are Hazelwood College students Colin Lordan, Sinead O Connor, Amanda Kenny and Ann Fitzgerald who have been shortlisted to the final of the Young Science Writers Competition run by the Royal Dublin Society. The students also received certificates of excellence for their work. They are pictured with their biology teacher Mrs Kay Treacy.

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Leaving Certificate 1 Classes will be visiting the MId-West Careers Exhibition in at the new Racecourse in Limerick on Tuesday 4th October

The Leaving Certificate 2 Biology class will travel to Kilarney to take part in a habitat study in preperation for their exams on Friday 30th September.

Leaving Certificate Habitat Study* – A detailed study of a localised sandstone/limestone transition is made using baseline mapping in order to examine the vegetation present on each rock type. Transects and quadrats are also used to assess the effect of shade on ground plants (including measurement of relative humidity, light intensity, soil depth etc.). In a separate part to the day, Longworth small mammal traps (which have been left out overnight) will be checked, any captured animals will be examined and released, and a full explanation of capture/recapture technique will be made.

On the September 28th a number of LC1, LCA1 and Transistion Year Students will be travelling to the National Ploughing Championships which takes place this year in Midelton County Cork

On Wednesday 21st September 3rd Years travvelled to Killarney Co. Kerry to take part ion a ecology course.

The courses are closely based around the curriculum and are designed to allow the student to practice a variety of field techniques and to illustrate key concepts of ecology.

Junior Certificate Ecology Day* – We use several different fieldwork techniques to examine a woodland habitat and the associated flora and fauna. In doing so, core concepts of ecology are introduced and illustrated. A typical day will include the use of quadrats, transects, pooters, beating trays, Longworth small mammal traps, measurement of environmental factors etc..

A speaker representing the National Universities of Ireland ( NUI Cork, Galway and Dublin ) will visit the school on the 3rd October to speak to Leaving Certificate 2 students about courses on offer in these colleges and their entry requirements.

The 3rd years will attend an all day Study Seminar in the school to teach them study techniques in preperation for thier exmas this year.