Hazelwood College

Berlin Trip 2014

Bright and early on Thursday the 23rd of October, thirty-seven students and four teachers left Hazelwood College to travel to Dublin airport to begin our historical school trip to Berlin, led by Mr Farrell.
Undoubtedly, the trip was jam packed with historical outings, from Checkpoint Charlie to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. Of course, we did allow time for fun, with visits to Berlin Zoo and BunteSchokoWelt Chocolate Factory.

Our tour commenced with a visit to Checkpoint Charlie, followed by the Berlin Wall Museum. Each and every student was immensely interested in the information showcased in the museum as events involving the Berlin Wall were brought before our eyes.

The following morning began with a tour of Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, now home stadium to Hertha BSC, of the Budesliga. The tour involved viewings of the dressing rooms, VIP lounges and also, the remains of the balcony where Hitler addressed the crowd during the Berlin Olympics in 1936. We then went on to visit the Jewish Museum, where we viewed various exhibitions, educating us on Jewish culture.

Saturday began with a long-awaited visit to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. Without a doubt, this was the most eye-opening aspect of our trip. This revealed to us the true horror of the Holocaust, and brought to life these horrific events.

That evening, we travelled to the DDR museum, which showed us everyday life in East Germany throughout its existence. Afterwards, we headed for the Reichstag, where we saw a birds-eye view of Berlin as we scaled the dome.
Thankfully, each and every student and teacher thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the trip.

By: Gráinne Ahern, Patricia Galvin & Sarah Harnett.

Picture 1: Sixth Year Hazelwood College students on tour in Berlin are photographed at Checkpoint Charlie. Pictured are (from left to right) Chuck, one of the guides at Checkpoint Charlie, Peter Gilmore, Tadhg O’Sullivan, Padraig Lordan, John Ahern, Mairead Lordan, Kelly Buckley and Frank, another guide at Checkpoint Charlie.

Picture 2: Fifth Year History students open the iron curtain. Pictured (from left to right) Checkpoint Charlie guide Chuck, pictured with Mr Ronan Farrell, Siobhan O’Callaghan, Kate Farrissey, Janice Reidy, Niamh Enright, Paul Kirwan, Darragh Lynch Linehan, Cliodhna O’Keeffe, Jack Carroll, Sarah Lynch, James Curtin, Liam Doody and Checkpoint Charlie guide Frank.

Picture 3: Hazelwood College Transition Year students take Berlin. Pictured are (from left to right) Chuck, James Guidera, Quentin Reidy, Chloe Reidy, Ellen Ryan, Emma Stone, Sarah Hartnett, Dwayne Sheehan and Frank.

Picture 4: James Guidera, Dwayne Sheehan and Patricia Galvin pictured with the remaining sections of the Berlin Wall, during their recent tour to Berlin.

Picture 5: Ellie Stone, Cliodhna O’Keeffe, Cathal Murphy, Jack Carroll, Ellen Ryan and Grainne Ahern with some of the remaining sections of the Berlin Wall.

Picture 6: Kate Farrissey investigates some of the methods people used to escape from the former ‘East’ Germany at the Checkpoint Charlie Museum.

Picture 7: David Simcox reviews some of the exhibitions at the Checkpoint Charlie Museum.

Picture 8: Hazelwood College Transition Year Students outside of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.

Picture 9: Pictured are (back row left to right) Gearoid Matthews, Dwayne Sheehan, Quentin Reidy, Diarmuid Murphy, Patricia Galvin and Sean Twohig. Pictured front row (left to right) Emma Stone, Ellen Ryan, Chloe Reidy, Grainne Ahern, James Guidera, Jennifer McCarthy and Sarah Hartnett.

Picture 9: Transition Year students (from left to right) Grainne Ahern, Sarah Hartnett and Patricia Galvin pictured with the 2006 World Cup Bear outside the Olympic Stadium.

Picture 10: Hazelwood College students pictured outside the Olympic Stadium, from left, Patricia Galvin (TYP), Darragh Lynch Linehan (Fifth Year) and Grainne Ahern (TYP).

Picture 11: Hazelwood College students pictured during their tour of the Olympic Stadium outside Berlin. Pictured are (standing from left to right) John Ahern, Padraig Lordan, Tadhg O’Sullivan, Sean Twohig, Gearoid Matthews, Peter Gilmore, Dwayne Sheehan, James Guidera, Liam Doody, Quentin Reidy, David Simcox, Chloe Reidy, Jerry O’Brien, Cliodhna O’Keeffe, Sarah Lynch, Sarah O’Callaghan, Ellie Stone, Niamh Enright, Evan Coleman, James Guidera, Jack Carroll and Alison Mulqueen. Pictured in front row (left to right) Kelly Buckley, Kaileigh O’Brien, Mairead Lordan, Emma Stone, Ellen Ryan, Paul Kirwan, Jennifer McCarthy, Janice Reidy, Grainne Ahern, Darragh Lynch Linehan, Patricia Galvin, Sarah Hartnett, Kate Farrissey, Cathal Murphy and Diarmuid Murphy.

Picture 12: Talking to the Animals: Hazelwood College students get up close to one gorilla during their school tour to Berlin. Pictured are (standing from left to right) Patricia Galvin, Jerry O’Brien, Liam Doody and Peter Gilmore as well as Grainne Ahern (foreground).

Picture 13: Sean Twohig (left) and James Guidera (right), both TYP Hazelwood College students, get a novel means of transport around Berlin Zoo during their visit there as part of their History Tour to Berlin.

Picture 14: Hazelwood College students (from left to right) Evan Coleman, Gearoid Matthews and Diarmuid Murphy take a break in the course of their visit to Berlin Zoo during their History Tour to Berlin.

Picture 15: Hazelwood College students Darragh Lynch Linehan (left) and Jennifer McCarthy (right) at the start of their visit to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, during their History tour to Berlin.

Picture 16: Hazelwood College students view one of the interactive exhibits at the DDR Museum during their History tour to Berlin. Pictured (left to right) Tadhg O’Sullivan, Liam Doody, Dwayne Sheehan, Jennifer McCarthy, Darragh Lynch Linehan and Peter Gilmore.

Picture 17: Sean Twohig TYP student at Hazelwood College with one of the interactive exhibits at the DDR Museum during the Hazelwood College History tour to Berlin.

Picture 18: Hazelwood College students (from left to right) Gearoid Matthews, Evan Coleman and Diarmuid Murphy try out the East German ‘Trabby’ car, in the DDR Museum during the Hazelwood College tour to Berlin.

Picture 19: Hazelwood College students Sarah Hartnett, Patricia Galvin and Alison Mulqueen settle in to the replica East German apartment at the DDR Museum during their History tour to Berlin.

Picture 20: Hazelwood College students who participated on the History tour to Berlin are photographed before the Brandenburg Gate during their recent tour there.

Picture 21: Hazelwood College students on their recent History tour to Berlin also visited the Reichstag. Pictured are (back row left to right) Paul Kirwan, John Ahern and Tadhg O’Sullivan as well as (front row left to right) Mairead Lordan, Kayleigh O’Brien and Kelly Buckley in the glass dome of the Reichstag during their evening visit there.

Picture 22: Hazelwood College students, who participated in the recent History Tour to Berlin, in the glass dome of the Reichstag during their recent visit there.

Picture 23: Paul Kirwan (left) and Kate Farrissey (right) with the Ritter Sport Bear in the Ritter Sport Chocolate shop in Berlin during their recent History tour to Berlin.

Picture 24: Niamh Enright (left) and Janice Reidy (right) in the Ritter Sport Chocolate shop during their recent visit to History tour to Berlin.

Picture 25: Hazelwood College Fifth Year students pictured in front of the Berlin Concert House. Pictured are back row Paul Kirwin (left) and Mr Donal McCormack (right). Third row (from left) David Simcox, James Curtin, Evan Coleman, Ellie Stone and Jack Carroll. Second row (from left) Kayleigh O’Brien, Liam Doody, Cliodhna O’Keeffe, Sarah Lynch, Cathal Murphy and Alison Mulqueen. Front row (from left) Kate Farrissey, Darragh Lynch Linehan, Jerry O’Brien (seated), Niamh Enright, Janice Reidy and Sarah O’Callaghan.

Picture 26: Hazelwood College TYP students on their recent History tour to Berlin pictured with Ms Sarah Fogarty (back). Students pictured (front row from left) Patricia Galvin, Emma Stone and James Guidera. Second row (from left) Sarah Hartnett, Ellen Ryan and Emma Stone. Third row (from left) Jennifer McCarthy, Grainne Ahern, Gearoid Matthews and Sean Twohig. Four row (from left) Dwayne Sheehan, Quentin Reidy and Diarmuid Murphy.

Picture 27: Sixth Year Hazelwood College students with their History teacher Mr Ronan Farrell. Pictured are back row (from left) Kelly Buckley, Mr Ronan Farrell and Peter Gilmore. Pictured are front row (from left) Padraig Lordan, Mairead Lordan, Tadhg O’Sullivan and John Ahern.

Picture 28: Hazelwood College students (from left) Tadhg O’Sullivan, Kayleigh O’Brien and John Ahern at the Kaiser Wilhem’s Church, which was bombed during World War II and remains in ruins to symbolise the destruction of war.

Picture 29: Hazelwood College students on their History tour to Berlin outside Berlin Zoo. Pictured (from left to right) are Niamh Enright, Kate Karrissey, Janice Reidy and Ellie Stone.

Picture 30: John Ahern (Sixth Year) and Kayleigh O’Brien (Fifth Year) photographed at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp during the Hazelwood College History tour to Berlin.

Picture 31: Kayleigh O’Brien (left) and Ms Sarah Fogarty (right) pictured at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp during the recent Hazelwood College History tour to Berlin.

Picture 32: Kate Farrissey (left) and Kelly Buckley (right) pictured at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp during the Hazelwood College History tour to Berlin.

Picture 33: Hazelwood College students (from left to right) Darragh Lynch Linehan, Dwayne Sheehan, Liam Doody and Jennifer McCarthy in a replica East German kitchen during their visit to the DDR Museum, part of the Hazelwood College History tour to Berlin.

Picture 34: Sweeter than the real thing! Hazelwood College students (from left) John Ahern, Kayleigh O’Brien, Kelly Buckley and Mairead Lordan stand before a chocolate version of the Reichstag during their recent History tour to Berlin.

Picture 35: The Sweet Taste of Freedom: Hazelwood College students (from left) Niamh Enright, Sarah Lynch, Janice Reidy and Kate Farrissey taste the chocolate version of the Berlin Wall, while n their recent History tour to Berlin.

Torc Challenge 2014

Images from the recent Climb of Torc Mountain by Transition Years

The four hour walk took the students from the base of the Waterfall at Torc in Killarney to the top of Top Mountain, a 5km climb of 535m (1755ft) in just over 2 hours. The walk took the steep tourist climb from the base of the waterfall to the top of the waterfall. They followed the Old Kenmare Road between Torc and Mangerton mountains until they reached the south face of Torc. From there it was a trek along the OPW constructed trail to the top where a fantastic 360′ panoramic view was to seen on what was a cold but clear day. In the artic wind it was a crisp 6′C at the top. Credit to this years walkers who knocked a full 30 minutes off the last years time returning to the bus 3.5 hours after first leaving.

Images from the recent Climb of Torc Mountain by Transition Years

Historic Characters Day

By Keith Coughlan Transition Year

In Hazelwood College, on Thursday 16 October, the Transition Year Programme students brought history to life by becoming their favourite historic figure, under the direction of their teacher Mr Finn.

Everyone in the class dressed up as an historic character they admired. Notable figures included Albert Einstein, Princess Diana, Florence Nightingale, Henri Dunant and many, many more from a variety of backgrounds and eras. The scholars pulled out all the stops and many other students and staff commented on the great work.

The work the students put into the project was, without doubt, a great way to honour our historic heroes, who paved the way for our success today.

Picture 1 is of the Transition Year 1 class who brought some of the personalities they had studied as part of their History studies to life by dressing up as their heroes.

Picture 2 Laura Stack (left) as Florence Nightingale and Keith Coughlan (right) as Henri Dunant, founder of the International Red Cross complete their studies into the lives of their heroes by dressing up as their heroes.

Picture 3 is of Grainne Ahern (left), as Countess Markievicz, and Norma O’Sullivan (right) as Maximilian Robespierre of French Revolutionary fame, who dressed up as their heroes as part of their project of study into their heroes, under the direction of their teacher, Mr Matt Finn.

Cappanalea Outdoor Education

Some pictures from the recent 1st Year Bonding trip to Cappanalea Outdoor Education Centre.

As well as getting to know there new colleagues for their coming years in Hazelwood College, students experienced Hillwalking, Kayaking, Rock Climbing, Abseiling, Orienteering and Team Building.

Our thanks to the Transition Year assistants who helped make it such a successful trip.

Picture 1 Hazelwood College first years students prepare for rock climbing at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre during their induction programme. Pictured are (left to right) Conor Falvey, Fiona Wright, Aisling Brennan and Melissa Duggan.

Picture 2 Hazelwood College students at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre scale new heights during their induction days. Pictured are (from left to right) Brian Stack, Aaron Buckley, Michael Quinn, Jack Walsh, Conor Falvey and Brian Ahern.

Picture 3 First year Hazelwood College students (left to right) Melissa Duggan, Molly Roche and Chloe Dineen prepare to go rock climbing at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre.

Picture 4 Brian Ahern, Hazelwood College first year, rests after scaling the heights during rock climbing at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre.

Picture 5 Pictured (from left to right) Melissa Duggan, Sarah Sheehan, Fiona Wright and Aisling Brennan make their final preparations as they prepare to absail down the rock face at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre.

Picture 6 Brian Ahern, Hazelwood College first year student, uses the absailing skills he learned while at Cappanalea Outdoor and Training Centre.

Picture 7 Hazelwood College’s Brian Stack scales the heights at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre at the first year induction programme.

Picture 8 Transition Year student Niamh O’Brien (right) helps Melissa Duggan (left) into her harness during rock climbing at the Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre.

Picture 9 Hazelwood College students receive instruction as they prepare to go kayaking at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre.

Picture 10 Hazelwood College students Conor Stack (left) gives Jack Walmsley (right) a push as they learn how to surf at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre

Picture 11 Jack Walmsley, first year Hazelwood College, finds his feet as he learns to surf at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre during the first year induction programme.

Picture 12 Colm Ryan, first year Hazelwood College, plunges in while at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre during his induction programme.

Picture 13 Pictured (from left to right) Daniel Cunningham, Michael Simcox and Darragh Ryan, all first years attending Hazelwood College who participated in the induction programme for first years at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre.

Picture 14 Keith Falvey (left) and Conor Falvey (right) share some fun after kayaking at the Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre, during the Hazelwood College induction programme.

Picture 15 Big Smiles! Shauna Cunningham (left) and Sarah Sheehan (right) are all smiles after coming out of the water at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre during the Hazelwood College induction programme.

Picture 16 Hazelwood College students participate in their induction programme at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre as they prepare to go hill walking. Pictured are (from left to right) Claudia Walsh, Clodagh Watson, Jack Walmsley, Michael Barrett, David Condon, Connor Davy, Darragh Stack, Rachel Doody, Aoife Sheehan, Sarah Enright, Jenny Prunty (TY), Ms Noreen Daly, Shauna Cunningham, Ms Betty Cotter and Íde Collins. .

Picture 17 First Year Hazelwood College students on their hill walking event in Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre. Pictured (from left to right) Íde Collins, Rachel Doody, Aoife Sheehan, Darragh Stack, Jack Walmsley, Connor Davy and Michael Barrett.

Picture 18 Darragh Ryan, first year student at Hazelwood College, makes his way through at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre.

Picture 19 Hazelwood College students while hill walking at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre. Pictured are Shauna Cunningham (top), (from left to right) Aoife Sheehan, Connor Davy, Jack Walmsley, Ms Katie Kelly of Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre, Darragh Ryan, Claudia Walsh, Sarah Enright, Íde Collins, Jenny Prunty (TY), Michael Barrett and David Condon

Picture 20 From left to right Ms Katie Kelly, an instructor at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre, with Hazelwood College first years students Íde Collins, Shauna Cunningham and Michael Barrett.

Picture 21 Hazelwood College first year students participate in Orienteering at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre. Pictured are back row (from left to right) Clodagh Watson, David Condon, Rachel Doody, Aoife Sheehan, Ide Collins, Darragh Ryan, Jenny Prunty (TY), Michael Barrett, Jack Walmsley and Claudia Walsh. Front row (from left) are Sarah Enright, Shauna Cunningham and Connor Davy.

Picture 22 Hazelwood College first year students receive instruction before beginning their Orienteering Course at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre.

Picture 23 Sarah Shanahan (left) and Melissa Duggan (right), both Hazelwood College first year students, participate in Orienteering during the induction programme at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre.

Picture 24 Hazelwood College first year students at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre rest before participating in events at their induction programme. Pictured are back row Melissa Duggan, Fiona Wright, Sarah Sheehan, Brian Aherne, Aisling Brennan and Niamh O’Brien (TY). Front row (from left) Jack Walsh, Aaron Buckley and Connor Falvey.

Picture 25 Making a Splash! Hazelwood College first year students enjoy themselves at their induction programme at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre. Pictured are (from left to right) Jack Walmsley, Shauna Cunningham, Íde Collins, Jenny Prunty (TY), Darragh Ryan, Michael Barrett, Sarah Sheehan, Connor Davy, Rachel Doody, Michael Quinn, Chloe Dineen, Clodagh Watson and David Condon.

Picture 26 Hazelwood College first year students at Cappanalea Outdoor Education and Training Centre during their induction programme there.

Transition Year Induction

Hazelwood College Transition Year Programme students enjoy the blue skies and glorious weather as they participate in their Induction Day in Ballyhass Lakes Activity Centre. The day, which serves to cement close bonds within the group, challenged students physically and mentally, while providing an excellent opportunity to develop the skills and friendships to make a successful Transition Year Programme.

Transition Year Graduation Night

Picture 1: Hazelwood College Transition Year students who were recipients of Awards on the Hazelwood College Transition Year Graduation Night. Pictured are back row, left to right, Ms Cliodhna Ryan, Transition Year Co-ordinator, Ellen Condon (Budding Biologist), Simon Donegan (Transition Year Ethos Award), Ellie Stone (Leadership Award), Lea Doktor (Contribution to Transition Year Award) and Mr Brendan Burke, Hazelwood College Principal. Pictured Front Row, left to right, are Maria Cremin (Transition Year Ethos Award), Sarah Tachoua (Transition Year Student of the Year) and Laoise Bennis (Transition Year Work Ethic Award).

Picture 2: Hazelwood College Principal, Mr Brendan Burke presents Laoise Bennis with her Transition Year Work Ethic Award at Hazelwood College’s recent Transition Year Graduation Night.

Picture 3: Ellie Stone, Hazelwood College Transition Year student, receives her Leadership Award from Principal Brendan Burke at her recent graduation.

Picture 4: Hazelwood College student Simon Donegan receives his Transition Year Ethos Award from Principal Brendan Burke at the recent Transition Year Graduation Night.

Picture 5: Maria Cremin, Transition Year student at Hazelwood College receives her Transition Year Ethos Award from Principal Brendan Burke in the course of the recent Transition Year Graduation Night.

Picture 6: Hazelwood College Transition Year Student of the Year Sarah Tachoua (centre) is congratulated by Principal Brendan Burke (left) and her mother Mary (right).

Picture 7: Ellen Condon receives her Transition Year Award from her Biology teacher, Ms Kay Treacy, during the recent Hazelwood College Transition Year Graduation Night. Ellen’s award was in recognition of her success in a national competition run by University College Cork; Ellen’s project came first and secured her a week long study programme in the Biosciences in University College Cork.

Shanghai Adventure

by Maria Cremin TY 2014

As part of the Transition Year Programme, we were able to study Chinese language and culture with Zhu Zhenghao, who is a tutor in the Confucius Institute in University College Cork. One of the benefits of this course was that Hazelwood College was eligible to send a student to an Easter camp to continue studying Chinese. Amazingly, the lucky student would be going to Shanghai to do so.

Mr Burke assigned a project to all students who wanted to participate in the Easter Camp in order to decide who would go. The project was made up of two essays; the first one was about Chinese people and culture and the second essay was about why you wanted to go to China. I was delighted to be chosen for the two week study camp. Apart from the essays I also had to learn a traditional Chinese craft, learn how to make an origami shape and write Hazelwood College in Chinese script.

Everything about Shanghai is very different from home. Every day we had two to three hours of Chinese Language class. On the first day of class we were given a work book which we were to use during the two weeks. The class was quite fast intensive, but the teachers were great and were really helpful if you had any problems.

Chinese teachers are very different from Irish teachers in that if they notice students are not paying attention in class or on their phone they don’t correct them, they just continue teaching the students that are interested in learning. Apart from Chinese class we all had two classes of Chinese calligraphy and four classes of taiji. Once we had all our classes finished for the day we were free to go site-seeing.

During the two weeks we went to a range of different places, such as the East Pearl TV tower, an overnight trip to Hangzhou and Suzhou. We went to Tiger Mountain and went into an old Buddhist temple. We went on a night cruise on the Hanupang River, we visited an ancient water village and went through it on a gondola style boat.

HazelNut

HazelNut, the AIB Build-A-Bank Hazelwood College Transition Year entrants, are pictured at the regional final, where they narrowly missed out on qualification for the National Final. Pictured are (from left to right) Maria Cremin, Tara Fitzgibbon, Laoise Bennis, Bank Mascot Mr Chip, performed by Aaron Walsh, Mary Cussen and Cathal Walsh.

Hazelwood Students Enter Junior Spider Awards

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Hazelwood College Transition Year Students with the support of Dromcollogher Credit Union have developed www.dromcollogher.com as their entry to the National Junior Spider Awards.
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Dromcollogher.com is a community based website funded by Dromcollogher Credit Union. It aims to be a central point of information for local community groups, associations and businesses as well as being the primary website of Dromcolloger Credit Union. Access to the site will be given, free of charge, to any group or volunteer who has appropriate information to publish on the site.
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Currently all of the content visible on the site, images etc. have been developed and sourced by a team of 20 Transition Year students at Hazelwood College, all of whom had no previous experience in web design and development. It has been a fantastic learning experience for the students, several of whom hope to continue working with the site to help maintain it in the future. We are grateful to the staff of Dromcollogher Credit Union who trusted us to take over their domain name and allow us to develop this site.
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The site is currently in a ‘live preview’ state and will be further expanded in the coming weeks. Any comments/suggestions would be welcome. Please email: [email protected] and we will try our best to accommodate them.
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Best of Luck to the Transtion Years of 2013/14 in the National Junior Spider Awards.
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For more information visit:
Click Here for more information about Hazelwood College
Click here for more information about the Junior Spider Awards
Click Here to visit Dromcollogher.com

Transition Year Songs Released

Song School

Hazelwood College Transition Year students recently took part in a workshop entitled “SongSchool”. The Songschool workshop gave students a first hand insight into life as a professional songwriter / musician and an overview of song writing and the music business. Students wrote, performed and recorded their own songs during the workshop.