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

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

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!!

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

1st Year Hurlers

Well done to the 1st Year Hurlers who played in the Cup final of the Munster GAA Blitz against Tralee CBS The Green, Patrician Academy Mallow & Colaiste Na Trocaire Rathkeale.

Hazelwood College and Tralee CBS ended up level on points and scoring difference at the end of the day. They will have to meet again for the 4th time this year to decide who is crowned cup winner.