Just What Happened After the first visit, the Day in the Life, where some LIT staff told us all about their own jobs, we had two great ses- sions in February and March with Ms. Joanne Holland, the Careers Officer to help us prepare for getting a job of our own! She made us more aware of our own skills and qualities, how to match them up to a specific job, she told us about matching our CVs to the job we had applied for and talked us through what to do and what not to do in an interview.
April Edition Nessan’s Newsletter Just What Happened Staff Zone Below are the three winners from the National: 1st. Noreen McDonnell 2nd. Mark Hennessy 3rd. Aoife Nicholas Congrats to all three Easter Raffle Winner Claire Kierce Ayers €106 was raised for CARI 1st April U14 Shield vs. Doon CBS 4th April TY Poetry Workshop. 5th April St Nessans U18s in the North Munster Final,L.I.T. TY RAFTING, U.L. 6th April Make A Book Exhibition, City Hall, Cork. 2DE,1DE,1DN 7th April D.E.A.R. 7th April Leaving Cert Irish Orals National Finals of the F1 IN Schools Competition, Dublin. 8th April Trocaire Walk. Trocaire Coffee Morning. 1st Year Soccer Match. Leaving Cert Irish Orals. TY Family Tree, WHC Library. Home Economics Cookery Exam. U16 Rugby Match vs. Limerick Irish College 1st Years vs. Select group of students from Northside Learning Hub, L.I.T. 12th April u14 Soccer vs. SMI BITC Group attend monthly meeting in LIT. 13th April Leaving Cert French Orals 3rd Years complete their CSPE LOGBOOK. 1st Year Easter Quiz with 1st Year Class Tutors. 14th April 1st, 2nd Year Boys Basketball 15th April-Easter Holidays ‘Happy Easter Everybody’ from the Newsletter Team. Business in the Community is a national programme that links schools with organisations in the community. One of the main aims of the programme is to help students prepare for working in the real world once they leave school. St. Nessan’s students are lucky to be linked with Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) and Ms. Anna Murphy from the Access Office who works very hard at making the programme interesting and enjoyable for us. Many other LIT staff volunteer to help us and some students help too through the GIVE programme in LIT. For me and my fellow St. Nessan’s students, BITC involves six trips over to LIT, our partner organisation, with our Guidance Counsellor. We walk there as it is so close to our school. Before our first visit in January we got a talk about the whole programme here in the school from Dr. Eleanor Walsh, the Regional BITC co-ordinator. She showed us a very interesting presentation with photos of previous St. Nessan’s students who participated. She mentors and supports us during the programme and helped us big time with our nerves the day of the mock interview! After the first visit, the Day in the Life, where some LIT staff told us all about their own jobs, we had two great ses- sions in February and March with Ms. Joanne Holland, the Careers Officer to help us prepare for getting a job of our own! She made us more aware of our own skills and qualities, how to match them up to a specific job, she told us about matching our CVs to the job we had applied for and talked us through what to do and what not to do in an interview. On the 22nd March it was time to face the dreaded mock interview! We were terrified walking over and sitting down in the waiting room waiting to be called. Ms. Walsh and the GIVE volunteers helped calm our nerves and Ms. O’Sullivan was happy no one had a panic attack! Some students after the interview was over said “I didn’t think it was that easy once you prepare for an interview” others said “the hardest question I thought was the tell me about yourself question”. Anna gave us a voucher for tea and coffee and lovely biscuits which we all enjoyed afterwards. We got an interesting motivational talk about setting goals from Mr. Graham Royce for the April visit. We had our final BITC visit to LIT in May where we were told that Christina, Emma and Thomas came first for the jobs as they did so well in the mock interviews. They said we were the best group ever!! Mr. O’Brien came over and he pre- sented the certificates for completing the course. All of 5th year would like to take this chance to thank the staff and students of L.I.T for making the BITC programme such an enjoyable and rewarding experience for us. By Lisa Roche – 5th year. Business in the Community (BITC) Thomas Meehan, Emma Roche and Christina Counihan are presented with virtual jobs by Ms. Joanne Holland (LIT).
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April Edition Nessan’s Newsletter
Just What Happened
Staff ZoneBelow are the three winners
from the National:1st. Noreen McDonnell
2nd. Mark Hennessy3rd. Aoife Nicholas Congrats to all three
Easter Raffle WinnerClaire Kierce Ayers
€106 was raised for CARI
1st AprilU14 Shield vs. Doon CBS
4th AprilTY Poetry Workshop.
5th AprilSt Nessans U18s
in the North Munster Final,L.I.T.TY RAFTING, U.L.
6th AprilMake A Book Exhibition,
City Hall, Cork.2DE,1DE,1DN
7th AprilD.E.A.R.7th April
Leaving Cert Irish OralsNational Finals of the F1 IN Schools
Competition, Dublin.8th April
Trocaire Walk.Trocaire Coffee Morning.
1st Year Soccer Match.Leaving Cert Irish Orals.
TY Family Tree,WHC Library.
Home Economics Cookery Exam.
U16 Rugby Match vs. Limerick Irish College
1st Years vs. Select group of students from
Northside Learning Hub,
L.I.T.12th April
u14 Soccer vs. SMIBITC Group attend
monthly meeting in LIT.13th April
Leaving Cert French Orals3rd Years complete their
CSPE LOGBOOK.1st Year Easter Quiz with
1st Year Class Tutors.14th April
1st, 2nd Year Boys Basketball15th
April-Easter Holidays‘Happy Easter Everybody’from the Newsletter Team.
Business in the Community is a national programme that links schools with organisations in the community. One of the main aims of the programme is to help students prepare for working in the real world once they leave school. St. Nessan’s students are lucky to be linked with Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) and Ms. Anna Murphy from the Access Office who works very hard at making the programme interesting and enjoyable for us. Many other LIT staff volunteer to help us and some students help too through the GIVE programme in LIT. For me and my fellow St. Nessan’s students, BITC involves six trips over to LIT, our partner organisation, with our Guidance Counsellor. We walk there as it is so close to our school.Before our first visit in January we got a talk about the whole programme here in the school from Dr. Eleanor Walsh, the Regional BITC co-ordinator. She showed us a very interesting presentation with photos of previous St. Nessan’s students who participated. She mentors and supports us during the programme and helped us big time with our nerves the day of the mock interview!
After the first visit, the Day in the Life, where some LIT staff told us all about their own jobs, we had two great ses-sions in February and March with Ms. Joanne Holland, the Careers Officer to help us prepare for getting a job of our own! She made us more aware of our own skills and qualities, how to match them up to a specific job, she told us about matching our CVs to the job we had applied for and talked us through what to do and what not to do in an interview.
On the 22nd March it was time to face the dreaded mock interview! We were terrified walking over and sitting down in the waiting room waiting to be called. Ms. Walsh and the GIVE volunteers helped calm our nerves and Ms. O’Sullivan was happy no one had a panic attack! Some students after the interview was over said “I didn’t think it was that easy once you prepare for an interview” others said “the hardest question I thought was the tell me about yourself question”. Anna gave us a voucher for tea and coffee and lovely biscuits which we all enjoyed afterwards. We got an interesting motivational talk about setting goals from Mr. Graham Royce for the April visit.
We had our final BITC visit to LIT in May where we were told that Christina, Emma and Thomas came first for the jobs as they did so well in the mock interviews. They said we were the best group ever!! Mr. O’Brien came over and he pre-sented the certificates for completing the course. All of 5th year would like to take this chance to thank the staff and students of L.I.T for making the BITC programme such an enjoyable and rewarding experience for us.By Lisa Roche – 5th year.
Business in the Community (BITC)
Thomas Meehan, Emma Roche and Christina Counihan are presented with virtual jobs by Ms. Joanne Holland (LIT).
J.C.S.P News Make A Book
On Wednesday 13th April 1 De. Di , Da and Dn enjoyed a Table quiz to mark their third term completed at St Nessan’s was a close contest, the first years dazzled their class tutors with their knowledge of ev-erything from literature to music, to sports and science. Well done to the prize winners you did Nessan’s proud. Thanks to Mr. O’Brien for sponsoring the prizes and to Mr. Kelly, Ms. Dunne, Ms. Kierce-Ayers, Ms O’ Brien and Ms Nally for organising the event.
First Year Table Quiz
RAINBOWS is a support group meeting of students with one teacher. In this school there are two Rainbows groups, Ms. O’Sullivan runs one and Ms. Aherne runs the other one. There are 7 first year students in my group and we have all lost a parent, brother, uncle, grandparent or some other important person in our lives. When we
meet every week we start the meeting by lighting the candle. Ms. O’Sullivan picks one student each week to light and quench the can-dle. We use play dough to make things that remind us of the person who has died. We talk about that person, what it was like when we heard he or she died, about the funeral and what life is like without that important person now. We talked about the different stages of grief when someone dies. It is very relaxing and private, we signed a form to agree we would not gossip outside the group. We meet in the Meditation room, sit on our bean bags and play relaxing music while we talk. When we finish up at the end of May we will have a small celebration and get certificates. By Danny Wyse.
Rainbows Support Programme
Well done again to 2DE, 1DE and 1DN at City Hall, Cork for the Make a Book Exhibition. The aim of this annual event is to celebrate the creative expression of students. It was great to see them in action, interacting with other students and taking ownership of their exhibition-two books: “What I’m Reading”-A collection of book reviews, best reads, evaluations, photos, writings and “Building on Success”- A collection of original poems written by each and every 1st Year, plus a wall of fame full of 1st Year photos.They did us proud – very positive feedback from JCSP team in Cork, they send regards to all here and commented that St. Nessan’s Community College has been represented in the exhibition since its beginning in Cork so serious brownie points totted up yesterday. And we even got to meet the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Michael O Connell who opened the exhibition and 1DN got to rattle his chain!
Transition Year News On Monday 4th April, TY were involved in a “Youth Speaks” Poetry and Creative Writing workshop. This was facilitated by Stephen Murray and Dave Lordan, both award winning poets and the workshop generated a high rate of creative material for use in their portfolios, newsletter, and end of year graduation. The morning also served as a very good intro to 5th Year English.The workshop took place in the lecture rooms and allowed the students to express their creativity and originality. The students were free to write poetry on any topic so there were some interesting compositions! From this, Arron Moloney from TY went to Galway to take part in a nationwide poetry slam and recited his poem.This took place in the town hall theatre in Galway City, amongst the crowd there were 31 competitors from around the country, and Included in this was another Limerick school. The winner received a Toshiba Laptop as well as a signed copy of Stephen Murray’s new book for which he will be doing a cycling tour of the U.S to promote.By Arron Moloney, TY.
TY Poetry/Creative Writing Workshop.Make A Book
Team Cheetah F1 competed in the National finals of the F1 in schools competition in Dublin last Thursday 7th of April in Griffith College. The team members are Angelique Coughlan, Grainne Hackett, Shannon O’Neill, Dan-ielle Quinn, Ellen Tobin-Hogan and Emma Roche. The highlight of the day was when the team was awarded the prize for the best team website in the competition.You can view the winning website at www.cheetahf1.wordpress.com.The team had to do two verbal presentations, one at their stand and a PowerPoint presentation in front of a group of three judges. They racedThe car against another school and we won 3 races to 1. The car was just over 0.1 seconds behind the fastest cars of the day.
The team photo attached shows (L-R) Mr. Jim Friars (Chief Executive ofthe Irish Computer Society) Back row: Shannon O’Neill, Danielle Quinn,Angelique Coughlan.Front row: Ellen Tobin Hogan, Emma Roche, Grainne Hackett.Work for the 2011 Finals began last September with schools registering their interest in competing. Intense competition followed with 600 students representing 150 second-level schools from across the country battling their way through the various stages of the competition to reach the National Finals.The F1 in Schools™ challenge is a global competition that challenges students to design, build and race model Formula 1 cars powered by compressed air canisters. The teams are judged on car speed, as well as supporting evidence of their design, verbal presentation and display stand. The competition is powered in Ireland by
the Irish Computer Society.
Cheetah F1
Transition Year Class arrived at Kilfinane at approximately 10.25 on Tuesday the 3rd of May 2011. When we arrived we got separated into different rooms. Anthony, Jody, Christopher and Luke were in room 7. All the girls were in room 9, and Aaron, Alan and Daniel were in room 11. When we sorted out our rooms we went down to the sports hall and started doing our activities. We started our activities by doing net ball. We were split into two teams of six and played against each other. Then we went into the other room and attempted rock climbing. We all got safety helmets and straps to keep us from getting hurt. We started off by doing the small sized rock climbing. Then we went onto the medium and then proceeded onto the high one. The entire group had a go to try and get to the top of the high one. After rock climbing we went outside and tried another activity where we had to get from the stick to the cabinet without touching the ground. We had to use drink holder boxes to get to the end. Then after that activity we went to the dining area for our lunch at 1.00.After lunch we went kayaking out in the lake in Lough Gur. We all had to put on wet suits and life jackets to keep us being safe. We all then went and got a kayak boat and went into the lake with the leaders. We played a game called Bing Bong, a group of people were the Bings and a group of people were the Bongs. The bongs had to catch the Bings and hit their boat three times for them to be on. When that activity was finished we went back to the chang-ing rooms and got changed and went to the bus and went back to the house. When we arrived back at the house we got changed into different clothes and got ready for dinner at 5.00. We went down to the dining area for dinner. After dinner we went out the forest for Orienteering. We got split into groups. Anthony, Grainne and Ellen were in one group. Christopher, Jody and Luke were in another group. Angelique, Shannon and Danielle were in one and Aaron, Daniel and Alan were in a group. We went around the whole for-est and looked for all different numbered labels and we had to write them down on a piece of paper. When we had them done we had to return to the bus with your group. We went back to the house and had free time to play pool or watch TV. After our free time we had to go to bed. The next morning we woke up at 8.00 am for our breakfast. After breakfast we got dressed and went down stairs to get safety helmets, rain coats and arm pads. We were going Mountain cycling. We had to cycle up a few hills and stop every time we got to a sign. Then when that was done we had to cycle down the hill till we got back to the bus. Then when that was finished we went back to the bus and went back to the house. When we got back to the house we got changed and then went for lunch. After lunch we went River Walking out in Lough Gur. We had to get wet suits and helmets to keep us safe. When river walking was finished we went back to the house and got changed. Then we packed our bags to go home at 4.00 pm. We gave them a thank you card for a great trip. It was a great trip and we would all love to go back there. By: Anthony Quinn TY.
TY Trip To Kilfinane
Layout & Design: Michael O’ Connor (Smile SCP), Senior Editor: Ms. Toomey. Photography: Mr. O’ Connor, Mr. Treacy & Ms. Campbell Cuddihy.
Golden Boot: Jonathan Woodland, Player of the Year: Michael Guerin, Defender of the Year: Ross Bowen, Midfielder of the Year: Stephen Hannon, Striker of the Year: Jonathan Woodland, Best Newcomer: Jason O’Callaghan/Evan Kelly (shared), Most Annoying Substitute(!): Nathan Molloy, Best Individual Performance: Luke McMahon vs. Doon CBS (1st April 2011)
U-14 Soccer
U18's SoccerSt. Nessan’s u18’s team were undone at the final stage in their quest to win the North Munster u18’s Cup. After going through the whole competition unbeaten, they lost the final to Crescent Comprehensive. It all started so well as Nessan’s took an early lead but as half time approached, the Crescent equalised from a free kick. One a piece at half time and all to play for. Within 5 minutes from the restart, a mix up in defence lead to a corner from which the Crescent scored to put them ahead 2 - 1. Nessan’s responded immediately with an attack but it was to prove costly as a swift counter attack from Crescent ended with them scoring a third which effectively finished the game as a contest. The Crescent had the bit between their teeth and sensed Nessan’s heads dropping. The game finished with Crescent running out clear winners 5 - 1. Crescent had wanted revenge after St. Nessan’s had beaten them 6 - 4 in the group stages of the competition (their only loss) and unfortunately for Nessan’s - they got it on the day, providing St. Nessan’s with their only loss. Looking back, it was an outstanding campaign from the u18’s with superb performances throughout the year coming from John Sheehan, Ger Meehan, Dean O Brien, Paul Whelan and Alex Purcell to name but a few. Team: (Back Row) Paul Whelan, John Sheehan, Shane Wharton, Ger Meehan, Stephen Stokes, Dean O Brien, Jamie Leahy, Sean Kelly. (Front Row) Alex Purcell, Adrian Mitchell, Reece Hargreaves, Christopher Mc Inerney, Edward O Neill, James Claery, Stephen Murphy. U-16 SoccerThe U16’s soccer team have qualified from their North Munster group after drawing against Desmond College from Newcastlewest 2 -2 and securing a 3 - 2 win over Salesian’s Secondary from Pallaskenry. Daniel McInerney and Jonathon Woodland were on the scoresheet against Desmond College in an evenly contested match. The match against Pallaskenry took on extra significance as a win would secure either team a second place finish given the results elsewhere. In another tough match, Jonathon Woodland continued his scoring streak with James Cleary adding a second. Pallaskenry were worthy opponents and it took a moment of skill and vision from Stephen Hannon to score a third in the dy-ing minutes to win the game 3 - 2. Given the nature of the group, Nessan’s finished second with a game to spare. They will now go onto play Doon C.B.S in the u16’s North Munster semi - final in early May.
Vive La FranceThe French Leaving Certificate started on the 13th of April with the French Oral Exam.. Nerves and stress was present but gave a proper fuel to great achievement. Well done everyone!!! You worked for five years… you did your best!!! The exam has officially started for you.. Bravo et Bonne Chance pour le reste de vos exams… Travaillez et etudiez pour realiser vos aspirations…Madame A.
