Transition Year Awards

Picture a: Hazelwood College Transition Year students pictured with their awards at the Hazelwood College Annual TY Graduation night. Pictured are (back row left to right) Marguerite Nolan (TY Leadership Award), Kennedy O’Sullivan (TY Ethos Award), Letitia Cotter (Transition Year Student of the Year), Áine Bennis (TY Work Ethic) and Transition Year Co-ordinator Ms Cliodhna Ryan. Front row (left to right): Amy Buckley (TY Work Award), Aoife McMahon (TY Ethos Award) and Shanon Buckley-Lynch (TY Ethos Award).

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Picture b: Amy Buckley with her TY Work Award (left) and Shanon Buckley-Lynch with her TY Ethos Award (right) pictured at their recent Transition Year Graduation Awards.

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Picture c: Transition Year students (from left to right) Aoife McMahon (TY Ethos), Kennedy O’Sullivan (TY Ethos) and Áine Bennis (TY Work Ethic) pictured with their awards at the Transition Year Graduation.

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Picture d: Marguerite Nolan Hazelwood College Transition Year student pictured with her TY Leadership Award.

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Picture e: Hazelwood College Principal Mr Brendan Burke, Letitia Cotter (TY Student of the Year Award Winner) and TY Co-ordinator Ms Cliodhna Ryan pictured at the recent Hazelwood College TY Graduation Night.

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SciFest 2016

Hazelwood College students recently attended the SciFest science fair hosted by Limerick Institute of Technology. Here are some photos from the day.

Picture a: Hazelwood College Transition Year students (from left to right) Aoife Kiely, Eoin Donegan, Laura O’Connell pictured above with their project, “To investigate whether e – cigarettes are beneficial after quitting regular cigarettes”. The three students entered their project for SciFest, which is a series of one-day science fairs for second-level students hosted locally in schools and regional level in third level colleges.

Picture b Transition Year students from Hazelwood College (from left) Aisling Cunningham, Nicola Madden and Bríd Flanagan are pictured with their project, ‘Defrost the Frost’ at Limerick SciFest, which was held in Limerick Institute of Technology recently. Their project set out to investigate the speeding up of the defrosting process of frozen foods.

Picture c Hazelwood College Transition Year students (left to right) Jamie Singleton, Andy Quaid and Paul Power are pictured at Limerick SciFest, which was held at Limerick Institute of Technology recently, where their project, an investigate if there is a correlation between the type of music people listen to and their academic results was among those displayed.

Picture d Hazelwood College second year student Elaine Kennedy is pictured with her entry to Limerick SciFest recently. The project, which won an award of Highly Commended was an investigation into the use of pesticides.

Picture e Hazelwood College second year science teacher Ms Martina Matthews congratulates Elaine Kennedy on the receipt of her Highly Commended Certificate for her investigation into the use of pesticides at the recent Limerick SciFest, which was hosted at Limerick Institute of Technology recently.

Picture f Hazelwood College second year student Elaine Kennedy, being awarded her Highly Commended Certificate at Limerick SciFest recently, for her project investigating the effect of the use of pesticides.

Picture g Hazelwood College students Roisín Noonan, Ciara McCarthy (both second year) and Aoife O’Callaghan (first year) are pictured with their project “Does Wisdom Come With Age?” for the recent Limerick SciFest. Their investigation focused on whether people were influenced by outside factors and whether different age groups would respond differently to a same question. The project won a trophy in the Maths and Science category of the competition.

Picture h Hazelwood College Science students (from left to right) Ciara McCarthy, Roisin Noonan and Aoife O’Callaghan are congratulated by their Science teacher Ms Martina Matthews on winning a trophy in the Maths and Science category of Limerick SciFest, held recently in Limerick IT. The students investigated the factors that affect how people in different age groups respond to questions.

Picture I Hazelwood College students Ciara McCarthy, Roisin Noonan and Aoife O’Callaghan are presented with their trophy in the Maths and Science category of Limerick SciFest recently.

China Visit

As part of Hazelwood College’s link with the Confucius Institute at University College Cork, two students undertook a study trip to University of Shanghai. During Transition Year students at Hazelwood College study Chinese as part of the Confucius Institute’s second level. From the group two students were selected to travel to Shanghai.

Here are some photos from the trip

Picture 1: Hazelwood College students Ben Long (left) and Áine Bennis (right) pictured in the course of their recent study trip to China, which they completed in conjunction with the Confucius Institute, UCC, where they were able to develop their Chinese knowledge and skills.

Picture 2: Hazelwood College students Ben Long (left) and Áine Bennis (right) are pictured in Shanghai in the course of their recent study trip to Shanghai, which was organised by the Confucius Institute, UCC.

Picture 3: The hotel where Hazelwood College students Ben Long and Áine Bennis stayed with other Irish students on the Confucius Institute, UCC, organised study trip to Shanghai, where they were able to develop their knowledge of Chinese.

Picture 4: One of the tourist sites visited by Ben Long and Áine Bennis as part of their study trip to Shanghai with the Confucius Institute.

Picture 5: A view of the outskirts of Shanghai, which Hazelwood College students Ben Long and Áine Bennis visited as part of their study trip there, organised by the Confucius Institute.

Journey of a Lifetime

During the Easter Holiday, three Hazelwood College students, Bríd Flanagan, Letitia Cotter and Nicola Madden and a Hazelwood College teacher Ms. Betty Cotter left to embark on a journey of a lifetime to Calcutta, India with The Hope Foundation. The Hazelwood group raised over €12,00 for The Hope Foundation who work with street and slum children in India. Hope have set up many projects, for example orphanages, schools, homes and a hospital, all of which the girls got to visit. They are making huge differences in India and giving street and slum children the greatest gift of all, education. The four adventurers would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who contributed either financially or in other ways to help them on their journey. It was greatly appreciated.

Hope Foundation Visit to India

Hazelwood College students (from left to right) Bríd Flanagan, Nicola Madden and Letitia Cotter are pictured here as they prepare to head on an eye opening and once in a life time trip to India to visit the projects there. The trio raised approximately €12,000 for the Hope Foundation, who run schools, orphanages and hospitals in India, serving the poorest of the poor in Indian society. The girls will witness how the funds they have raised have been used, as well as participating in activities with the children in one of the orphanages there.

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Annual Show

This years annual school concert will take place on the 8th, 9th, (10th April TBC). The concert will commence each night at 7.30p.m.

Tickets Now on Sale

Tickets can be purchased in advance through Reception. Ticket prices are as before; €10 for adults €5 for Children/OAP’s. This years show is based on excerpts of the DreamWorks Film, Shrek and produced by the Transition Year students. Shrek will be preceeded by the annual Variety Show showcasing the talents of Hazelwood College students

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Build a Bank Winners

Hazelwood College ‘Build-a-Bank’ team who were winners in the ‘Build-a-Bank’ regional final are pictured here after their win secured them their place in the ‘Build-a-Bank’ National Final, which take place in the RDS on 21st April next. Pictured are (from left to right) Hazelwood College Business Studies teacher Ms Ciara Broderick, Fionn Roberts, Kennedy O’Sullivan, Áine Bennis, Amy Buckley, Letitia Cotter, Aoife McMahon and AIB Student Officer Michael Twomey.

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Annual Show 2016

This years annual school concert will take place on the 8th, 9th, (10th April TBC). The concert will commence each night at 7.30p.m. Tickets can be purchased in advance through Reception. Ticket prices are as before; €10 for adults €5 for Children/OAP’s. This years show is based on excerpts of the DreamWorks Film, Shrek and produced by the Transition Year students. Shrek will be preceeded by the annual Variety Show showcasing the talents of Hazelwood College students

Tickets Now on Sale

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