Schull Community College

Extra & Co-Curricular

W = Whole School
JC = Junior Cycle
SC = Senior Cycle

Cross Country Events – W
Hill running, Munster & All Ireland Events – W
4 Year: Work Experience visits in and out – TY
4 Year: Social awareness programme – TY
4 Year: German Exchange – TY
Debating – V.C.C. schools’ competition – TY
I.S.P.C.C. Workshops – Daíl ne n Óg – annual event – W
M.S. Readathon – 1 Years – JC
Cork County Council Local History Projects 2 Year – JC
European Youth Parliament – 4 and 5 year (3 students) – SC
Deidre Purcell – Writers’ Workshop 5 & 6 year – SC
Annual Community Project: 5 year – SC
Bollinger Scholarship ?? - L. Cert – SC
Theatre Trips: The Field – 5 Year – SC
(English) Hamlet – 4 Year – TY
Briery Gap One Act Festival – 4 Year – TY
CSPE – Fair Trade Speaker Raymond Ruttle 1 and 2 Year – JC
Presidents Award – TY
CSPE – Trip to Cope Foundation, Clonakilty, 3 Year – JC
5 Year French – Cork French Film Festival
Screening of “Le Grand Voyage”. – SC
2 Year French – Exchange Programme – JC
Visit to West Cork Arts Centre 5 Year (Youth Exh) – SC
VEC ‘Design a Card’ Art Competition, 3 Year ( ) – JC
Visiting Artist Alison Trim Working with 5 year pupils – SC
Irish Times ‘School Mag’ Competition – JC
Bullying Art Competition – JC
Schull Development Association poster competition – W
Anti-littering, recycling & composting – W
Display for Prize Giving – W
Texaco Children’s Art competition – W
TY – Night Orienteering – TY
2/3 Year Day and Night Orienteering – JC
4 Year Night Kayaking – TY
Active School Awards 2007 – W
Rescue & Emergency Core Level 2 (First Aid) – W
U-14 School Boys Soccer – JC
Sailing – weekends for all ages – W
School Table Tennis Team – W
Sports Day for 1 and 2 years – JC
Schools Regatta – W
Munster & All Ireland Team Racing – W
Sea Survival)
VHF ) 4 Year - TY
Cappanalea ) 4 Year - TY
North/South )
Christmas Concert – W
P.A. Law (4 year) – TY
Transition Year Dance Performance – TY
Adventure Activities with visiting Spanish Students – 2 year – JC
VEC Basketball – All years – W
SBAI (Schools Basketball Association Ireland) – W
Kevin Kelly – Personal Development Workshop (4 years) – TY
VEC Football
1 Year Girls Football Blitz – Cork County – JC
Boys & Girls Under 14 – Under 18 – LC
VEC Hurling Boys U-14-U18 – JC
Thomas Crosbie Holding Quiz Team – W
Electrical Engineering Quiz – UCC – W
Second Level Computers Programming in UCC – W
Junior Cycle & Senior Cycle Geography Field Trips – JC & SC
Table tennis competition for West Cork Schools – W
1 Year Cake Sale for Bóthar – JC
Amnesty Group in School – W
Bóthar fundraising ) - Tea/coffee for parent
Fairtrade fundraising ) teacher meetings – W
Famine lunch during lent – W
Science week quiz – W
Competition for Green Schools for green code – W
Samaratians purse collection of 80 Christmas she boxes – W
Hope bars of chocolate for sale as students went to Calcutta for HOPE – TY
Students fundraised for Orphanage in Belarus
Christmas Hampers are given to Skibbereen Hospital – TY
Green Schools applied for green flag and will hold a raffle – W
Seachtain na Gaeilge - W
Comórtas Filíochtá
Comórtas Ealaine
Annual Aifreann Lá ‘le Pádraig’
Briary Gap 5 yr play (drama)
‘Imithe le Gealaigh’ (drama)
Ré O Laighleis – Leabharlann Beanntraí
Making of 2 films in TY for national competition
Turasanna
Trad Session each Wednesday – W
String group each Friday – W
Pfizer L/C Chemistry Quiz – Pfizer – W
Ringaskiddy – Attended in May 06 and do most years – W
Geography fieldtrips – O’Connell’s Farm Goleen
Schull Village – W
Killarney National Park
CSPE – Courthouse visit – JC
Leaving Cert Retreats – SC
Leaving Cert Graduation – SC
Christmas Concert – W
National Spring Clean Week – April – W
Wheelchair Association Speaker – W
Brian Crowley (MEP) – W
TY Geography Competition – European Union – JC
Adult & Community Education – W
Music Through Adult Ed. Musical Recital – W
Link with Sailing Ed Marine Yachtmaster & Co. Courses – W
Drama Workshops (1st,2,3 years) – JC
Cork Schools Enterprise Trade Fair, Mahan Point, Cork – TY
Cork Schools Enterprise Regional Finals, Skibbereen – TY
North/South Exchange – Schull, Oct. 2006
Co. Down, Feb 2007 – TY
Open Evening – W
World Book Day – W
Wendy Smith Poetry Awards – W
Art Competition for 6 classes – Open Evening
Christmas Concert cast visits to local primary schools – TY
Timetabled day for incoming 1 years Feb – W
Information Meetings for incoming 1 years and parents – W
December 2006 – 24 hour Fast for Concern
Street Collection & Sponsorship Card
Collection €1,438.83 collected JÓD – W
March 2007 – Comórtas Elaíine – 2 & 3 bhiain,
JÓD & A.M.Nå.C. – JC
Home Ec
A Taste of West Cork Food Festival – Cookery Competition
Junior Cert Home Ec. Students – Overall Winners – Sept. 2006
Shannon Costello – 2 year Home Ec – Cork County Winner – Uncle
Ben’s Schools Cookery Competition - JC
Community Development – Weekly Visits to Local Hospital, Charity Shops, Playschool, Primary School, Social Satellite Centre, O.A.P. Bingo and Meals on Wheels – TY
Tesco Young Chef of the Year Competition
Class Entry – 2 year – Home Ec. – JC
Agri – Aware Healthy Eating Challenge
Transition year group – TY
Daffodil Day 23 March 2007 €1,200 raised – W
Ex. Curr. Music
Junior /Leaving Certificate taught as part of Adult Education Service – W
Annual Recital Concert: Public performance of group and individual performances of instrumental and vocal items – W
As many as 70 children receiving music lessons outside the school day from local teachers – W
Wind/Violin/Piano: Lessons provided by Co. Cork School of Music after school on premises
Exams results from Grade 1 – 8 on variety of instruments – W
Some students members of West Cork Choral Singers – W
Some (6) students auditioned and accepted as members of Co. Cork School of Music Youth Orchestra – Travel to Glanmire on weekly basis – 10.00 – 2.30pm Sat – W
Group Music: Weekly Meetings of School String Group – W
Group Music: Weekly Meetings of School traditional Group – W
Group Music: Orchestra – meet together to provide music for
Prize Day
Christmas Concert
Extra Special Events/Visitors
School Open Day – W
Visits from Outside Musicians: R.T.E. Symphony Orchestra
Callino String Quartet - W
Visits: Members of County Cork Orchestra visited Prague (4 students) – W
P.P.M.T.A.: Revision courses for Leaving Cert students Cork University 6 years – SC
Sailing
Munster Schools Team Racing (Boston/Newport) – W
American Sail training camp – W
Irish Schools Sailing Championship – W
Annual Fastnet Schools Regatta – W
World U21 Sailing Championship – W
Weekend Sailing - W