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.
Welcome First Years
Author: Hazelwood College
Calendar 2024-25
August
Friday 23rd August 1st year Orientation from 9:00 to 12:40 Followed by meetings
September
Monday 16th September Oide Whole School Planning Day School Closed
Thursday 19th 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 22nd October Parent / Teacher meeting 6th years and LCA 2. Classes finish at 3:45. P/T Meeting from 4:15 to 6:45. No Homework Club or Study
Friday 25th October Start of Mid-term break.
November
Monday 4th November Return after midterm
Friday 8th November Final date for enrolling 1st years for September 2025
Monday 11th November 3rd year Parent / Teacher meeting. Meeting from 4:15 to 6:45. No Homework Club or Study
Monday 25th November Start of Christmas Exams. TY work experience all week.
Thursday 28th November LCETB Muintearas Day. School Closed
December
Friday 6th December DATS tests for 3rd year
Tuesday 10th December 5th Year Parent / Teacher Meeting Meeting from 4:15 to 6:45. No Homework Club or Study.
Thursday 19th December Christmas Concert 1:00 to 3:00 PM
Friday 20th December Christmas holidays
January
Monday 6th January Return after Christmas holidays
Monday 13th January 2nd year Parent /Teacher meeting Classes finish at 3:45. P/T Meeting from 4:15 to 6:45. No Homework club or study
Friday 24th January End of term 3 for TY
Tuesday 28th January 1st year and TY Parent / Teacher meeting and Market Place. No Homework club or study
Wednesday 29th January Course option meeting 3rd yrs
Saturday 25th January Assessment for incoming first years
February
Monday 3rd February Bank Holiday
Tuesday 4th February Start of Junior and Leaving Certificate Pre Examinations. Junior Cert
finish on Monday 10th February, Leaving Certificate finish Friday 14th
Wednesday 5th February Start of LCA Pre Examinations
Thursday 13th February Staff Meeting . No Homework club or study
Friday 14th February Mid-term break
Monday 24th February Return after mid-term break.
Friday 28th February Final date for repeat applications. All Junior Certificate State Exam levels to be confirmed by this date. (Irish English Maths)
March
Monday 3rd March TY Show week and Work Experience week 2
Friday 7th March School Musical
Monday 17th March Bank holiday
Tuesday 18th March School Closed
Tuesday 25th March 6th and LCA 2 Parent / Teacher meeting
April
Wednesday 9th 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 1st May LCETB Athletics Day
Monday 5th May School Closed May Day
Wednesday 7th May Meeting of parents of incoming 1st years
Thursday 15th May Staff meeting 3:20 – 4:20. No Homework club or study
Tuesday 20th May LCA 5 Summer exams and LCA Summer Holidays
Monday 26th May TY Tour.
Friday 30th May Summer holidays
June
Wednesday 4th 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.
#helpCarolfightMND
A busy start to our week in Hazelwood as preparations get underway for our Coffee Morning this Thursday 18th April. TY’s are busy baking and organising the raffle prizes. We are thrilled to be able to #helpCarolfightMND.
1st Soccer Munster League SemiFinal
It wasn’t to be for our 1st year boys soccer team today who came up short against a strong St Caimin’s side in the semi final of the North Munster League.
In desperately challenging weather conditions, the boys put in a great effort but finished second best.
Onwards and upwards boys – we still have another chance at silverware as we prepare to take on Crosshaven in the Munster Cup in two weeks time. Well done lads, we go again!!
Cookery practicals
Cookery practicals completed by 3rd year students this week. Relieved and happy students having completed 50% of their exam. Well done everyone!
LCETB Athletics
Congratulations to the 45 Hazelwood students who represented the school at the LCETB Athletics event at Newcastle West track yesterday. A fantastic day out hosted this year by Desmond College and the icing on the cake was bring home the third place shield. Well done to all who took part- and a special congratulations to the medal winners who are listed below
U19 Boys Shot Putt 1st Johnny Murphy, Daniel O’Connell
U19 Boys Medley 2nd Tomás Galvin, Johnny Murphy, Adam Kelleher, Stephen Minihane
U19 Mixed Medley 2nd Moya O’Connor, James Lake, Eimear Galvin, Aaron Angland
U19 4x100m Boys 3rd Jack Hogan, Adam Hourigan, Johnny Murphy, Tomás Galvin
U16 4x100m Boys 1st Fionn O’Brien, Kieran O’Connor, Jack Noonan, Kyle O’Sullivan
U16 Boys Long Jump 2nd Rua Daly, Mikey O’Connor
U16 Boys Medley 2nd Rua Daly, Kieran O’Connor, Mikey O’Connor, Sean Holmes
U16 4x100m Girls 2nd Kristin O’Sullivan,Aoife Donnelly,Angelina Mason,Doireann O’Leary
U14 4x100m boys 1st Adam Curtin, Eddie Broderick, Ollie Stokes, Joey O’Connor
U14 Girls Medley 2nd Tess Castle, Amy Beaulieu, Lucy Sheahan, Aoife Donnelly
U14 Girls Long Jump 3rd Amy Beaulieu, Lucy Sheahan
U14 Boys Shot Putt 3rd Adam Curtin, Adam Shanahan
U14 Mixed Medley 3rd Adam Curtin, Ollie Stokes, Grace Cussen, Nicole Reidy
D-Day for our fantastic debating team!!!!
After weeks of preparation and hard work we couldnt be prouder of our fantastic debating team and their teacher Ms Shanahan as they head to Dublin today to take on CBS Mullingar in the All -Ireland Semi- Final of the Concern Debating Competition. Hazelwood will be opposing the motion ” The current world aid system is ineffective- its time to shift the power”. Whatever happens this evening at the Camden Court Hotel in Dublin- this team have everything to be proud of for many years to come finding themselves in the top 4 of Irish Secondary schools. The future is incredibly bright for these young people. Best of luck to all the team- as we wait with baited breath to hear how they get on
u15 Soccer Munster Cup Final
It wasn’t to be for the U15 soccer team in the Munster Minor trophy Final but this match report documents a thrilling encounter where the Hazelwood boys gave 120% and we couldn’t be prouder of their efforts
