Volume 19, Issue 04

Nollaig / December 2013

Linking home and school.

Christmas G.A.A. Mass in Ahamilla

on Tuesday 3rd of December @ 8.00

p.m. Full uniform please.

Remembrance Tree Lighting Cere-

mony is on Fridays 6th of December @

8.00 p.m.

Carol Singing for Just One is on Sun-

day 8th of December outside O’Dono-

van’s Hotel @ 1.00 p.m.

Christmas Pageant: Wednesday 18th

of December @ 7.15 p.m. in the church.

Christmas Holidays: closing @ 12.00

p.m. 20th of December. School reopens

on January 6th.

Enrolling for next year: Tuesday 11th

and Wednesday 12th of February @

2.00 p.m.

Midterm break: Thursday 20th and

Friday 21st of February

Parent / Teacher Meeting: Junior In-

fants (only) 3.15 p.m. - 5.45 p.m. 6th of

March

School closed: Monday 17th and Tues-

day 18th of March

Easter Holidays: Friday 11th of April

@ 12.00 p.m. Back to school Monday

28th of April.

School closed: Monday 5th of May.

First Holy Communion: Saturday 24th

of May at 11.00 a.m.

School closed: Monday 2nd of June.

Summer Musical: June 17th, 18th and

19th, 2014

Summer Holidays: Thursday 26th of

June @ 12.00 p.m.

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around the country” - The Minister for Education and Science

Email: info@snbclonakilty.com

Website Address: www.snbclonakilty.com Mobile site: m.snbclonakilty.com

Telephone/fax: 8834487

Twitter: @snbclonakilty

Congratulations to the school’s

Sciath na Scol team who won the

final in Páirc Uí Rinn on Tuesday

19th of November last.

Below is the match report from

Darragh O’Neill (Assistant Man-

ager) of the team. After that

Dean Harte (Captain) has written

a piece.

Sciath na Scol Final Match

Report follows on page 2

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just scan the QR Code on the

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What a week it has been: first our Sciath na Scol win, then Orienteering and

just last Tuesday our debating team travelled to Bantry to compete in the first

round of the competition and won! Well done to all concerned especially to

their teachers Ms. Fitzmaurice and Ms. O’Shea.

Below is a report from Diarmuid Caverly (team Captain)

My name is Diarmuid Caverly and I would like to give you a quick report

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Congratulations to the School Orienteering teams who competed in the Cork

League recently. Our Rang 6 were crowned Champions of Cork while Eoghan

Ferguson (Rang 5) came first on the day. Many thanks to Mr. O’Brien, Ms.

Fitzmaurice and Ms. O’Shea for bringing the boys to the competitions.

Below is a report from Dan O’Donovan and Shane Dullea(Rang 6) on the day.

On the 22nd of November the boys of 5th class and 6th class went orienteering in

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“Just One” Cent boxes is doing

very well this year. Rang 4 are in

charge fo organising the collection

each week.

So far we have collected €152.00.

Venue: Pairc Ui Rinn, Weather: Sunny, Throw-in: 11:07

Hello, this is Darragh O’Neill, (age 12) and I’m reporting on the

Scial na Scoil Boys Division 2 Football Final, with Clonakilty going

up against Beaumont. Being the final, it was a very heated affair,

with the Clon end of the stand roaring, ‘We, we, we are we, we, are

Scoil na Buachaillí!’ Beaumont were quieter. As the match warmed

up, with all the players called out, everyone was itching for action.

As the match began, the first seven minutes were scoreless. Adam

Hunt opened the score with a point, with Dean Harte following up

with a goal for Clon. The match went on, with a few people slipping

and falling. On 11:17, Owen Ferguson scored a point for Clon. The

match went on without events until 11:24, where Hunt tackled a

Beaumont player, fouling him in the process. The ref got rather an-

gry, and booked Hunt, the first booking of the campaign. After four

minutes of extremely scary situations for Clon, Beaumont scored a

point at 11:28, opening their scoring. Half time came one minute

later. Beaumont scored a phantom point somewhere in the first half,

bringing the half time score to 1-2 to 2 points.

While Hunt was injured, a Beaumont player took some of Clon’s

water, leading the water boy for Clon being yelled at by a statisti-

cian. Restart was at 11:35, with Harte scoring a goal at 11:37

amongst a flurry of players. Although Ferguson thought he scored a

point a few seconds later, it turned out to be wide. After a Beaumont

point a minute later, something very controversial happened. On

11:39, Michael Mensah was running for the Beaumont goal, when

he was suddenly assaulted by three Beaumont players. To the anger

of the Clon side, the ref gave a free to Beaumont, rather than Clon.

At first, it seemed like they converted from the unfair free, but it was

wide. Brian White then hit a point to counter a few seconds later. On

11:41, Conor Daly then scored a goal for Clon, extending Clon’s

lead to six points. However, Beaumont wouldn’t let that stand, scor-

ing another goal a few seconds later.

For the next six minutes, players slipped, balls were cleared away,

and the ref made a bad decision or two. Finally, at 11:47, Harte

scored a point for Clon, than scoring a follow-up two minutes later.

Full time was drawing in, and Beaumont were desperate. On 11:50,

Clon’s goalkeeper, Craig McDermott, got a bit careless, letting in a

cheap goal for Beaumont. In the last five minutes, nothing notewor-

thy happened, and the final whistle was blown at 11:55. Clon’s subs

and reserves charged onto the pitch in delight, while the Beaumont

players crumbled down in sadness. After Clon was finished jumping

for joy, the two teams then proceeded to receive their medals in the

stands. Clonakilty are now Division 2 champions, promoted up to

Division 1. Beaumont were close, but just failed. This is Darragh

O’Neill, and I hope you enjoyed the report. Goodbye!

Final score: Clonakilty 3-5 to Beaumont 2-3.

Dean Harte’s Captain’s Report is on page 4

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If you would like to book an ad for the coming school year 2013-2014 please let Thelma know as soon as possible. The number of ads is limited. Our Links goes to all parents in the school - 10 times a year - at the beginning of each month. The cost is €20 per issue or at a discount of €150 for the entire year! Please ring Thelma 8834487 if you are interested.

This very popular scheme has started again, for all

classes except Junior Infants. Stamps cost €1 each.

Junior Infants may start collecting later in the year. Thanks to Mái-

réad Coombes for her assistance.

Children in Rang 6 will use this scheme for saving for their Surfing

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Pictured below: Sciath na Scol final - November 19th 2013

There are loads more photos going with this Links

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Pictured below: Sciath na Scol final - November 19th 2013 and

Orienteering in Doneraile.

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First of all, I would like to

the Mr. O’Brien for training

us from the very start, he is

a brilliant trainer and

coach. Thank you so much also for arranging so many challengmatches at night and

at the weekend. To Darragh O’Neill who was a brilliant assistant manager and statis-

tician. To Killian Williamson who was great to be there to help Mr. O’Brien and the

team to prepare for matches and warming up. Thank you to Mairéad Coombes for

going to every match and for preparing the banners. We were very lucky to have the

support of so many parents and teachers for also going to the matches if they did not

go we would have had to pay for a bus but this way we didn’t need to. To Mr.

O’Riordan and Mr. Duke for helping Mr. O’Brien pick the team. The team for being

there for every match and training. Last but not least Mr. Harrington for being there

throughout the season and encouraging us.

Many thanks to Noel O’Callaghan for sponsoring the socks for the boys, to the Parent’s Asso-

ciation for paying for the boys to go to Billies after the match, to the anonymous donor who

supplies refreshments for the boys and finally to Mark Coombes for his fabulous photographs

and slideshow. Thanks also to Rosscarbery GAA, Ardfield GAA and Ballinascarthy GAA for

the challenge matches. More photos with Colm Cooper on pages 15

Doneraile to compete in the Cork schools orienteering league. In the 5th class category

Eoin Ferguson came first, in second place was Craig Bateman and then in third was

Stephen O’ Hea. In the 6th class category Niall Barrett

came first followed in second by Callum Holding and

Eoghan Cronin who came third. Overall sixth class

won the league. We are delighted with this achieve-

ment and we would like to thank Mr. O Brien for or-

ganising us and passing on all his orienteering skills!

We look forward to our next day out in January.

Words: Dan O’ Donovan aged 12 years | Typing:

Shane

Dullea.

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11

years

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in last

Links:

We omitted to say that Finn McCarthy

came 5th place.

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It would be so much safer if you did not bring children across

the road by the hand at 3.00 p.m. often crossing between cars and

traffic, which can be dangerous and may even encourage another

child to attempt the same on his own with possible disastrous con-

sequences.

Please, always use the

wardens, when on duty

and, at the very least, the

zebra crossing which is

there for this purpose.

Thank you.

What is the Remembrance

Tree?

The Remembrance Tree is an

opportunity to remember your

love ones in a special way this

Christmas.

For just €10 you can add your

light to the tree. Each subsequent

light will cost just €5 e.g. one

light €10, 2 lights €15, 3 lights

€20 etc.

Your light can now be purchased

from Scoil na mBuachaillí or

from any member of the Parents’

Association. In December, the lights will be on sale on the streets

of Clonakilty. The cards can be seen on page 13 / 14 of this

Links and on our photos site.

Spirit of Christmas

This year as last year, Spiller’s Lane will be converted into a Beth-

lehem scene. The tree will be here as will a crib and many more

surprises.

Thank you very much to Colette Twomey for her support.

What are the funds for?

The funds raised by this venture are being used for our new exten-

sion (i.e. to pay back the money borrowed for our fabulous exten-

sion) and for a local Charity. The local Charity this year is West

Cork Rapid Response.

Thanks to this tree - all children are being taught in permanent

accommodation!

And........ If you are free to sell lights between 8th of December

and Christmas (for approx. two hours) please contact Thelma at

the school - 8834487.

Lighting Up Ceremony

The Lighting up Ceremony will be held on Friday 6th of Decem-

ber, in Spiller’s Lane at 8.00 p.m.

First Holy Communion: 24th of May, 2013.

Children who were baptised outside of the parish of

Clonakilty will have to send in a copy of their Baptis-

mal Certificate (unless you have already done so).

Please send in these certificates as soon as you can.

Children in other classes who have not sent in their

Baptismal Certificate can do so at any time – it will be

photocopied and the original returned immediately. For

children in Junior Infants it is the ideal opportunity to

locate and send in your Baptismal Certificate – we

won’t have to ask for it ever again.

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Quizzard ’13/14: has started in classes

from Rang 3 - Rang 6 will be participating.

Darragh O’Neill / Oliwier Krawczyk are in

charge of the quiz this year.

Chess: has started. Learners’ play each

Tuesday and Players play each Wednesday.

Keep an eye on homepage - Dates for your

Diary for confirmation of days. 75 boys are

doing chess this year. Thanks to Ms.

Michelle O’Neill and Ryan Coombes for

their help.

Basketball - has started. It is on Tuesdays

and Thursdays. Thanks to Ms. Grace O’Shea

for her help with Basketball this year.

Keep an eye on homepage - Dates for your

Diary for confirmation of days.

Soccer Competitions - new opponents but days remain the same

– except for Senior Infants which can be found on School site.

Senior Infants Soccer

Held on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays or

Thursdays. No Soccer on Friday. Teams are

on website.

Rang 1

Held on Tuesdays or Wednesdays. Extra

day’s soccer on Fridays - between Rang 1

and Rang 2. Teams are on website.

Rang 2

Held on Mondays or Thursdays. Extra day’s

soccer on Fridays - between Rang 1 and

Rang 2. Teams are on website.

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Multi-Media Authoring / Video Editing / Computer Lessons /

Coderdojo - for Rang 2/3, Rang 3, Rang 4, Rang 5 and Rang 6 has

started with our new laptops.

Swimming: for Rang 3/4 and Rang 2/3 - finishes on the 13th of De-

cember. After Christmas Rang 2 and Rang 1 start on the 10th of Jan.

Wardens – Boys in fifth/sixth class will train with Mr. Harte for

Junior Warden Duty. Many thanks to Mr. Harte.

Rugby - starting in November

GAA - Timmy Anglin comes each Wednesday.

Pictured below are the “Writers of the Week” in

Rang 2 / 3. Well done to all the boys in Rang 2 / 3

who participate.

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Rang 3

Held on

Mondays

Rang 4

Held on

Tuesdays

Rang 5

Held on

Wednesdays

Rang 6

Held on

Thursdays

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Santa envelopes are still on sale from

Thelma as the office for €1.00.

These are stamped and addressed to

the North Pole for Santa. All pro-

ceeds go to the Cork Simon

Charity.

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Pictured below: Something Fishy Project visit Rang 5 / 6 (both), Junior Infants wearing their new “High Visibility Vests” that were donated by the Road Safety

Authority recently , Junior School Wardens with Mr. Michael Harte, Mark Coombes

taking school photographs and Mark with Phil from the Parent’s Association.

3rd of December: Ahamilla G.A.A. mass | Choir meet at 7.50 p.m.

Ends at approx. 8.45 p.m. Boys must wear uniform on the night.

On the 6th of December all boys from the choir who can will sing

in Spiller’s Lane for the launching of the Remembrance Tree / Spir-

it of Christmas. Be there for 8.00 p.m.

Thank you to all the boys who have volunteered to sing carols on

Sunday the 8th of December outside O’Donovan’s Hotel at 1.00

p.m. approx. Finishes at 1.40 p.m.. We were hoping to get 20 boys

as all the rehearsing is done during the break times but we have 58!

Boys will assemble at O’Donovan’s and will sing for approx. 30 -

40 mins. Bring Santa hats if you have them and warm clothes.

Many thanks to everyone who supported

our non uniform collection for the victims

of the Philippines disaster. €1200 was

collected on the day and given to the Red

Cross - see photo below.

Thank you to Finbarr, Mr. Michael Harte and Mrs.

Elaine Connolly and for decorating the school foyer again

this year for Christmas. It looks magnificent.

Thanks to all who are helping out with the Literacy Lift

Off Programme this year. I left our Sara Jane O’Donovan

from last month’s Links - apologies.

Thanks so much to Mark Coombes for all the photographs

- especially the ones recently for the Parent’s Association

and the Sciath na Scol Final. They were tremendous.

Thanks to Elzbieta Krawczyk for her painting in Spiller’s

Lane.

Thanks to Mrs. Elaine Connolly for preparing the boys for

the Intermezzo Concert in the church recently. Thanks also

to their teachers - Ms. Fitzmaurice and Ms. O’Shea.

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All cans gratefully received .

Please contact Ms. Regina Fitz-

maurice if you have any query

re. this matter. Many thanks to

Ms. Fitzmaurice.. She and her

class will also look after the

school garden and glasshouse.

The money that is collected by

this scheme is used in the school

garden. Thanks to Conor and

John Donnel for helping with

cans this year.

Photos on

right: Trying

out for the

school’s de-

bating team

in Rang 5 / 6

Our Christmas Pageant takes place in the Parish Church on Wednesday the 18th of December at 7.15

p.m.. All classes in the school are involved. Class teachers will inform the boys what time they have

to arrive by and what costumes they need to wear.

The pageant is called Hosanna Rock is produced by the teachers, organised by Mrs. Elaine Connolly

and promises to be a great night’s entertainment.

There is no admission charge but there will be a collection at the doors for the local St. Vincent

de Paul Society. This collection is being organised by Mr. Coman Duke’s class. Please support

this very worthy cause.

The pageant should last approximately an hour.

Note from Ms. O’Shea/Mrs. Houstoun: 2nd class are dressing up as cows, horses and sheep for their

part in the Christmas play so can you please look out a coat or jacket for your child to wear. We will

make the masks in school. Your child has been told which of these animals they are dressing up as.

Thank you.

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Last day for booking

Christmas Magazine

is Friday 6th of De-

cember. The price of

magazine is just €4.00

and is produced by

the boys themselves.

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Pictured below:

Captain, Vice Captain and Manager of the Sci-

ath na Scol team deliver speeches on their re-

turn to Scoil na mBuachaillí | Yard - construc-

tion.

Well done to Juliusz who won 3rd prize in

the Credit Union Art Competition recently.

Minor team visits SnB

A number of boys in the school are allergic to nuts and for them any contact

with nuts or products containing traces of nuts can be dangerous for exam-

ple NUTELLA!!!!

Please be aware of this when organising your child’s lunch and if possible

do not allow your child to bring anything containing nuts to school. Your

help in this matter is very much appreciated.

p.s. Please give your children water to drink coming to school - not

sweet or fizzy drinks.

Parents: now that children are back

in school, please be vigilant and

check your child’s hair regularly

for headlice. If you find any please notify the school and we will send a

note to all parents in that class.

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December

39 shoeboxes were collected in November for needy

children.

Many thanks to all those who sent in Shoeboxes.

Thanks also to Adam and Joshua who organised the

collection in our school. See below

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Pictured below: Rang 5 / 6 (both) and Junior / Sen-

ior Infants visit U.C.C. for Science Workshops,

Brownies in Rang 4, Paper plane engineer.

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1/3/5 December

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Pictured below: Buddies - Rang 2 /3 with Junior

Infants, Victorious 2009 Sciath na Scol panel train

our panel just before the final.

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Pictured above you can see our “Gentlemen of the Week”. These boys have made an extra effort to be polite and “gentlemanly” during

the month of October. The following are deemed to be Gentlemen of the Month: Dean Harte, Ciarán Daly and Michele

Leoni. Well done to all and many thanks to you the parents and staff for supporting this initiative.

Pictured below: “Gentlemen of the Week” during the month of November

about the debate we took part in recently. Scoil na

mBuachaillí were debating against St Finbarr’s

Boys School, Bantry. The motion was “ Home-

work is a waste of time “ and we opposed the mo-

tion. The adjudicator was Mr. O’ Regan. The

members of my team were Dan Peet and Liam

Crowley. We were preparing for the debate for a

few weeks. There was great excitement on the

bus! As they led us to our table we noticed there

was a jug of water and glasses on the table. We

felt very special. In the end,after an excellent debate, we

won. We were delighted and very proud.

After the debate, they gave us hot chocolate with cream and

marshmallows. The vice principal gave us a football and

told us we could play on the pitch. What a treat!! On the

way home we had great fun.This is Diarmuid Caverly and

hopefully we’ll meet again after the next debate….. and fi-

nally thanks to Ms. Fitzmaurice and Ms. O’Shea.

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Week 1

Week 2

Week 3 Week 4

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Junior Infants - Ms. Crowley Junior Infants - Ms. Crowley Junior Infants - Ms. Crowley

Junior / Senior Infants - Ms. O’Neill Junior / Senior Infants - Ms. O’Neill Junior / Senior Infants - Ms. O’Neill

Senior Infants / Rang 1 - Ms. Horgan Senior Infants / Rang 1 - Ms. Horgan Senior Infants / Rang 1 - Ms. Horgan

Rang 1 - Mrs. Connolly / Mrs. Buckley Healy Rang 1 - Mrs. Connolly / Mrs. Buckley Healy Rang 1 - Mrs. Connolly / Mrs. Buckley Healy

Rang 2 - Ms. O’Shea / Mrs. Houstoun Rang 2 - Ms. O’Shea / Mrs. Houstoun Rang 2 - Ms. O’Shea / Mrs. Houstoun

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Rang 2 /3 - Ms. O’Regan Rang 2 /3 - Ms. O’Regan Rang 2 /3 - Ms. O’Regan

Rang 3 / 4 - Mr. Duke Rang 3 / 4 - Mr. Duke Rang 3 / 4 - Mr. Duke

Rang 4 - Mr. O’Riordan Rang 4 - Mr. O’Riordan Rang 4 - Mr. O’Riordan

Rang 5 /6 - Ms. G. O’Shea Rang 5 /6 - Ms. G. O’Shea Rang 5 /6 - Ms. G. O’Shea

Rang 5 /6 - Ms. Fitzmaurice Rang 5 /6 - Ms. Fitzmaurice Rang 5 /6 - Ms. Fitzmaurice

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Picture above: Sciath na Scol team with Colm Cooper, Prize winners in Sciath na Scol (Cork Champions R.2), Orienteering (Cork Cham-

pions), Chess (Cork Champions), Quiz (Cork Champions) and Debating (at the moment through to Round 2 !!!).

Many thanks to Rosemarie O’Neill and Sacred Heart Secondary School for loaning Colm Cooper on Friday last. It was the perfect end

to a perfect month!

Pictured below: Members of Clonakilty Minor team (who did not win a Sciath na Scol final - lost to Cloghduv N.S. in 2008 - who coinci-

dentally - they went on to defeat in the Minor final as some members of the team now play with Iniscarra) visit SnB with the cup. They are

seen below with Mr. O’Brien their coach in 2008 and Ms. Fitzmaurice their 6th class teacher in 2008.