worked hard on put-

ting the play together.

We were then taken

out to Rossmore thea-

tre, where we pre-

formed the play in full

costume. We put on a

matinee for the first

and second year stu-

dents. They seemed

to get a great kick out

of some of the

scenes. Later that

evening we returned

to Rossmore Theatre

for the evening perfor-

In early September TY

students were divided

according to choice

into three groups:

Cast, Set Design and

Marketing for the up-

coming TY production.

The drama group

started practising eve-

ry Wednesday

from 11:10 to 1

o’clock.

The theme was

based on the 1916

Easter Rising and the

story of Michael Col-

lins. “Brothers of the

Rising” was the name

of the play. The char-

acters were given

out amongst

the students

and the

script

was

written

by

Kieran

Doyle. For

about 4-5

months we

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LEAVING CYCLE HISTORY TRIP

On the 3rd of March a

group of students from

TY went to Dublin as

part of a senior history

trip. The trip was based

on the 1916 Easter

Rising which included a

walking history tour of

Dublin city showing us

everything from Trinity

College to the GPO.

Then we went to Ar-

bour Hill where the re-

bel leaders are buried

followed by a trip into

Dundrum Shopping

centre and back to the

hotel until the next day.

CLONAKILTY

COMMUNITY

COLLEGE

Newsletter Date: MAY 2016 SUMMER 2016

Inside this issue:

T.Y. PRODUCTIION

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LEAVING CERT HISTORY TRIP

1

STUDENT ENTERPRISE

2

ZIP-IT 2

SELF DEFENSE

2

YOUNG SCIENTEST

3

CAREERS DAY 3

The next day we got a tour of Glasnevin Cem-etery where Michael Collins and Eamon De Valera are buried fol-lowed by a trip to Croke Park, tthe Croke Park museum and the skyline tour of the sta-dium.

GAISCE TRIP

LOCAL HISTORY

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Editors: Rory O’Connor

Kevin Connolly

Student enterprise is about coming up with a business idea, making a business plan and hopefully trying to make a profit from selling goods or items. At the start of the year we chose to do student enterprise. We picked our groups and started thinking of our ideas. There was seven groups in our class and they all thought of different ideas, our group decided to sell

half zip jackets. Another group sold

scented fire logs.

This was a good idea

at Christmas. Others

sold wrist bands, one

group came up with a

great idea for small

children, a children’s

activity book. Two

groups got through to

the regionals finals in

Skibereen. They

were handmade hur-

ley holders and CCC

auto kits. These

groups were judged

and asked questions

by business men and

women. Their stands

were examined by the

judges also. Unfortu-

nately neither group

got through to overall

student enterprise

finals. Afterwards the

group continued to

sell their merchandise

and made a great

success of their busi-

ness. Overall it was a

very worthwhile expe-

rience.

when self-

defence is need-

ed. Once the the-

ory was finished

we went to the

community hall

and he demon-

strated things to

do in different sit-

One module

that we did

this year was

self-defence

with Ian King-

ston. We start-

ed the class

with a theory

lesson about

uations. He then

let us practice

them with a part-

ner. I feel all stu-

dents who took

part in the module

learned how to de-

fend themselves and

enjoyed doing the

SELF DEFENCE MODULE

ZIP-IT

unclip and clip on

the zip lining items.

We then went on

the first zip lining

course. It was fun

but very slow at the

start. Once we got

the grasp of it we

went on to harder

zip lining cours-

es. They were

challenging but

really enjoyable.

Overall we did 4

courses. This

activity helped

challenge our

fear of heights.

Zip-it is a high

ropes activity cen-

tre in Farran

Co.Cork. We start-

ed off the day by

putting on the zip

lining harnesses.

We then proceed-

ed to learn how to

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Five groups of stu-

dents including 3

groups of TY stu-

dents competed in

the BT young scien-

tist and technology

exhibition 2016. It

took place between

the 6th – 9th Janu-

ary. We left for

Dublin early and

arrived at the RDS

at 11am. Over 5000

students took part

from 396 schools.

2000 projects quali-

fied for the exhibi-

tion with 140

awards available.

Judging com-

menced on Wednes-

day the 6th at 3pm.

The judges firstly let us

explain our project,

and then proceeded to

ask us questions

about our projects.

There were two further

rounds of judging on

Thursday, there were

a few secret judges

roaming around on

Friday further investi-

gating our projects.

Taking part was an

excellent experience.

Also the 5 groups

competed at Sci

Fest. A regional com-

petition held in CIT. it was a

one day event held on the 22nd

of April. It involved one round

of judging with a few secret

judges roaming around also.

Unfortunately we came away

empty handed.

Mr. Nyhan who would

sign off on our work.

As part of our Kenmare

Outdoor pursuits trip we

spent our first day doing

our Gaisce walk. After

around 2 hours we

reached Torc waterfall,

gave our bags to the lead-

ers and headed off. As we

walked through the

mountains we stopped

for lunch and had water

To participate in the

Gaisce programme you

had to part take in three

schemes: physical in-

volvement, community

involvement and personal

involvement. These three

were mandatory to do,

and then you have to do

an additional 13 weeks of

your favourite involve-

ment. These were then

checked by our teacher,

breaks. We also had a

history tour on the trip

with Mr. Nyhan. The

whole walk was 20kms

long and we were relieved

to finally finish. We then

headed to the star activity

centre for a meal with the

whole TY group.

GAISCE TRIP

at all the stands from

universities in Great

Britain and Ireland and

view the different PLC

colleges as well.

In October all transition

year students went to

the Rochestown Park

Hotel to a careers open

day. The purpose of this

trip was to help us learn

more about what we

might want to do in the

future after we finish

school. We were given

the opportunity to look

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ROCHESTOWN CAREERS OPEN DAY

random trivia. Next we visited Béal

Mr Doyle taught a mod-ule called local history. We learned about the local IRA and the major events in the local ar-ea. We organised an outing in which we vis-ited Kilmichael, Béal Na Bláth and went on a walking tour of Bandon. During this trip Kilmichael was the first of our stops and having already studied the landscape in class we noted the changes in the landscape and tried to imagine what it would’ve been like dur-ing the ambush. Mr Doyle led us around the various spots in which the Flying Col-umns hid and also pointed out some other

Na Bláth, the famous spot where Michael Collins was ambushed and killed. It was an odd feeling knowing a national hero was killed where we were stand-ing. Mr Doyle told us the story of the shoot-ing and we debated as to why he stood out from behind the car. Last stop was Bandon.

We were led through

the town and told about

the infamous

protestant/Catholic di-

vide. We were told

about all the famous

fights that happened

throughout the town. All

in all it was a great day

and we learned a lot

from the experience!

LOCAL HISTORY MODULE

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TY Production 2016