Hazelwood College

Athletics News

TY student Kieran represented Limerick in the U16 200m in the All Ireland at the start of September in Carlow SETU track.

He also came first in the county finals in Mungret and qualified to go straight to the All Ireland where he won a silver medal!

Locally, he recently ran in Liscarroll AC Sports and came 1st in the 100m, all while wearing his Hazelwood Vest with pride!

To top it all off, Kieran has been invited by athletics Ireland into the Munster Performance Squad!

Well done, we literally can’t keep up with your achievements!

We were delighted to welcome Shane and Kahlin from Treaty United to school today for a training session with our soccer Munster Champions ahead of their All Ireland semi final against Blessington College next week.

It was fantastic to see our own students and Treaty players Robbie Lynch and Katie Lawlee out on the pitch sharing their expertise. A fantastic opportunity for the boys to find tune their skills and to show off some of their own silverware.

Art News

Aranya de Silva in 1st year has won 4th place in the All Ireland Community Games U14 Art last weekend in Carlow !!

Climate Council

Our Climate Council’s first meeting g of the year. Welcome to all the students who volunteered their time and energy. Making plans to reduce our school’s impact on the environment.

Gardening

TY had a hot introduction to ESD and Gardening. (Over 40’C in the tunnel!) Well done lads, ye’ll have the place looking great for the Open Evening on October 1st

Project work

1st years working on their first group project preparing for the upcoming open night

Welcome First Years

Another day down for our lovely first year class where they became more familiar with their timetables , the school day and met some of their subject teachers.

Calendar 2024-25

August

Friday 23rd August 1^st year Orientation from 9:00 to 12:40 Followed by meetings

September

Monday 16^th September Oide Whole School Planning Day School Closed

Thursday 19^th September Staff meeting. No after school study

Monday 30th September School Closed

October

***Tuesday 1st October Open Night*** – Change of Date from Original Publication

Tuesday 22^nd October Parent / Teacher meeting 6^th years and LCA 2. Classes finish at 3:45. P/T Meeting from 4:15 to 6:45. No Homework Club or Study

Friday 25^th October Start of Mid-term break.

November

Monday 4^th November Return after midterm

Friday 8^th November Final date for enrolling 1^st years for September 2025

Monday 11^th November 3^rd year Parent / Teacher meeting. Meeting from 4:15 to 6:45. No Homework Club or Study

Monday 25^th November Start of Christmas Exams. TY work experience all week.

Thursday 28^th November LCETB Muintearas Day. School Closed

December

Friday 6^th December DATS tests for 3^rd year

Tuesday 10^th December 5^th Year Parent / Teacher Meeting Meeting from 4:15 to 6:45. No Homework Club or Study.

Thursday 19^th December Christmas Concert 1:00 to 3:00 PM

Friday 20^th December Christmas holidays

January

Monday 6^th January Return after Christmas holidays

Monday 13^th January 2^nd year Parent /Teacher meeting Classes finish at 3:45. P/T Meeting from 4:15 to 6:45. No Homework club or study

Friday 24^th January End of term 3 for TY

Tuesday 28^th January 1^st year and TY Parent / Teacher meeting and Market Place. No Homework club or study

Wednesday 29^th January Course option meeting 3^rd yrs

Saturday 25^th January Assessment for incoming first years

February

Monday 3^rd February Bank Holiday

Tuesday 4th February Start of Junior and Leaving Certificate Pre Examinations. Junior Cert

finish on Monday 10^th February, Leaving Certificate finish Friday 14^th

Wednesday 5th February Start of LCA Pre Examinations

Thursday 13^th February Staff Meeting . No Homework club or study

Friday 14^th February Mid-term break

Monday 24^th February Return after mid-term break.

Friday 28^th February Final date for repeat applications. All Junior Certificate State Exam levels to be confirmed by this date. (Irish English Maths)

March

Monday 3^rd March TY Show week and Work Experience week 2

Friday 7^th March School Musical

Monday 17^th March Bank holiday

Tuesday 18^th March School Closed

Tuesday 25^th March 6^th and LCA 2 Parent / Teacher meeting

April

Wednesday 9^th April Staff meeting. No Homework club or study

Friday 11th April Start of Easter Holidays

Monday 28th April Return to School after Easter holidays

May

Thursday 1^st May LCETB Athletics Day

Monday 5th May School Closed May Day

Wednesday 7^th May Meeting of parents of incoming 1^st years

Thursday 15^th May Staff meeting 3:20 – 4:20. No Homework club or study

Tuesday 20th May LCA 5 Summer exams and LCA Summer Holidays

Monday 26^th May TY Tour.

Friday 30th May Summer holidays

June

Wednesday 4^th June Start of state examinations

_{The management reserve the right to alter the calendar at any time. Some dates outlined here are proposed dates and subject to change. Dates may also change or be subject to cancellation based on health or other guidance at the time of the event. Please check this website for amendments to the calendar.}

_{*** Denotes Change/Addition to Timetable from original publication}

Construction Projects 2024

Below are the projects submitted by this years Leaving Certificate class for the State Examinations 2024.

The Leaving Certificate course is broken into three sections with 50% awarded for the terminal exam, 25% for a practical examination and 25% for the projects shown below.

Junior Certificate Woodwork 2024

Below are the projects submitted by this years woodwork classes for the State Examinations.

Students had to pick one of the following design briefs and submit a project they felt answered the brief.

Select one design brief from below

Handcrafted items of elegant design can enhance our living spaces.
Design and make a decorative artefact to display household notices and reminders. It should include a facility to hold keys and to store other small items. The artefact should evoke a theme of your choice and be designed for wall-mounting or for placement on a surface. The use of carefully chosen solid woods, complemented by a range of handcraft skills, should enhance your design.
Young people enjoy music as a form of relaxation.
Design and make a unique and elegant artefact which celebrates the joys of music. Your design should reflect a musical theme, genre, artist, or group of importance to you. Your artefact should be enhanced by the use of contrasting solid woods and should showcase a range of handcraft skills and techniques.
An elegant footstool is a useful item in a home.
Design and make a compact footstool suitable for use, in an area of your choice, in a home. Your artefact must be designed to be sturdy, safe in use, and should incorporate a useful secondary function. The use of suitable solid woods enhanced by handcrafted joints should be a distinctive feature of your footstool.

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