Pictured are the Hazelwood College Transition Year students who recieved certificates for completing the Lucca Leadership programme with west Limerick Volunteer Support Service.
Pictured with them are School Principal, Mr Brendan Burke and Mr Paul Moriarty of The West Limerick Volunteer Support Service.
Following a successful Log On Learn programme at Hazelwood College participants received their certificates of completion. Photo includes Principal Mr Brendan Burke, TY tutors and newly qualified LOL TY graduates.
Log On, Learn is a nationwide programme run in conjunction with Transition Year. Its aim is to guide senior members of the community through an introduction to computers by using a ‘buddy’ system whereby a transition year student sits with each participant so that they get individual and personalised tuition. This is the first time the course has been run at Hazelwood College and it has been a great success. Each week a different topic was covered so that over the course of 6 weeks participants gained computer knowledge and became more confident. Transition year students themselves became the teachers and it was a great way of bringing the school and the wider community together. Following its great success it is hoped to run the programme again in the autumn.
Congratulations to all involved in this years production.
After months of hard work the almost 200 performers produced three great nights of entertainment to an audience of over 1000 people
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Agri Aware with the support of Bord Bia and AIB set a challenge earlier in the school year for budding enterprising students to come up with an innovative marketable product or service. Hazelwood College students with an entrepreneurial spirit rose to the challenge and many business ideas were put forward to the Home Economics Department based on the areas of food, agriculture and the environment.
Two senior teams were successful with their business submissions and were chosen to participate in the Munster Regional Heats of the Green Dragon Challenge. “GreenFlow” is the brainchild idea of Fifth Year students Paudie Walsh and Michael Twomey while Transition Year students Deborah Daly, Mairead Noonan and Megan Ahern are the creators of “Handy Fuels”.
Under the guidance of Ms. Daly, Mr. O’ Grady, Mr. Hennessey and Mr. Keane the students worked extremely hard on their business and marketing plans. The students ingenuity and creativity skills were evident during the creation of marketing tools such as a television advertisement and a brochure. Each team had the unenviable task of having only five minutes to pitch their business idea before the judges using only a storyboard. They then had to be able to answer questions regarding the feasibility of their business idea, target market, product strategy, pricing etc.
More than 100 business and marketing ideas from students across the province were pitched before the judging panel on Saturday 13th April in the Fir grove Hotel in Mitchelstown Co. Cork.
The overall winner of the competition will receive project and mentoring development worth €10,000 to build up their business and a €2,000 cash prize shared between them and their school. Five runners-up will be awarded €500 each. The winners will be chosen at a final in March. All fingers and toes are crossed for our budding entrepreneurial hopefuls!
Hazelwood College Annual Variety Show due to demand an extra night has been added to the show – Sunday 28th March
This year the variety show will be followed by a performance inspired by the music from the movie Dirty Dancing.
Tickets for both Friday and Saturday Night are now sold out
Tickets for Sunday Night now available from the school reception
Adults €10
OAP/Children €5
Doors open each night from 7pm – Ticket Only.
Pictured are Christine Mulcahy and Jonathan Morrissey who will play leading roles in Hazelwoods Annual Variety Show. The concert will take place on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th March. Admission is by ticket only. Tickets can be purchased at the school now.
Hazelwood College Annual Variety Show takes place on the 26th and 27th March 2010. This year the variety show will be followed by a performance of excerpts from the show Dirty Dancing.
In the past this show has regularly sold out on the night, which has led to the disappointment of people being turned away. In an effort to prevent this from happening this year it has been decided to sell tickets in advance. It is expected that there will be no tickets available at the door on the night.
Tickets available at school reception from Monday 15th March
Adults €10
OAP/Children €5
Doors open each night from 7pm – Ticket Only.
Hazelwood College Annual Variety Show takes place on the 26th and 27th March 2010. This year the variety show will be followed by a performance of excerpts from the show Dirty Dancing.
Tickets on the Door each night from 7pm. You are advised these shows usually sell out each night and you should arrive early to be guaranteed entry
As part of the transition year Irish programme the T.Y. 2 class performed an Irish play go huile is go hiomlán as gaelige!
The play – Snow White and The Seven Dwarves was a great success. When we were first told we would perform a play in Irish we weren’t very optimistic to say the least! But with a bit of work we pulled it off. We decided to put a modern twist on the beloved fairytale and took it into our own hands to write the play.
We did the play as a way of promoting the Irish language and culture in the school. We performed the play for 1st and 2nd years and they all enjoyed it. We charged each student €2 and donated the proceeds to the victims of Haiti.
We all had great fun while rehearsing for the play as well as learning the auld cúpla focal!
Katie Lordan
Transition Year
Pictured are the Hazelwood College Transition Year class who are currently taking a class in sign language. They are pictured here with their sign language teacher Mr Ger Boyce.
