Volume 21, Issue 08

Aibreán 2016 / April 2016

Linking home and school.

1916 Classroom: set up in the foyer until the summer holidays - well worth a visit!

Next Debate: Tuesday 19th in SnB. Cake Sale: This Friday 22nd of April in the school (3rd

classroom). See page 12 for more details. School Closed: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 2nd

to 4th inclusive of May, 2016. Macbeth Tickets on sale: 9th of May School Tour: Junior Infants - Friday 13th of May, 2016 School Tour: Rang 3/4 - Tuesday, 17th of May, 2016 Early closing at 12.00 p.m. - Thursday 26th of May -

due to the Rás coming through Clonakilty (Safety Con-cerns).

First Holy Communion: date is set for Saturday 28th of May, 2016.

School Tour: Rang 1 / 2 - Thursday, 2nd of June, 2016. School Closed: Monday and Tuesday 6th and 7th of

June, 2016. ** NEW !!! School Closed for Staff Inservice:

Wednesday 8th of June, 2016 - please note this day is not on the school calendar.

School Tour: Senior Infants - Thursday 16th of June,

2016 De Barra’s Gig / Macbeth unplugged: Saturday 18th

of June at 1.00 p.m. Summer Musical Macbeth - the Musical 2016: Tues-

day 21st, Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th of June 2016. Summer Holidays: Thursday 30th of

June @ 12.00 p.m. 6th Class Party: Thursday 30th of June

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Well done to everyone who made our first ever “Tea Party” such a

marvellous success.

It was a fantastic night, enjoyed by everyone.

Over 190 people attended and many more

purchased tickets but were unable to attend.

Many thanks to everyone who sponsored

Spot Prizes.

A special thanks to Eileen Collins ably

assisted by Finola O’Donovan and Catherine

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Well done to Rang 5 and Rang 6 who were recently crowned Munster Orienteering Champions. Well done also to Mikey Alverez (Rang 5) and Eoin Downey (Rang 6) who were individual champions. Many thanks to Ms. Regina Fitzmaurice for coaching the teams, to Ms. Orla O’Keeffe for accompanying the teams to Limerick, to Ms. Marie

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Well done to our Debating Team who won their first round debate again Castledonovan N.S. recently. Next debate is on Tuesday 19th April. Many thanks to Ms. Marie O’Neill for coaching the team and to Ms. Re-gina Fitzmaurice for her assistance. Debate Report by Harold Paulino | On the 11th of March, Castledonovan (Continued on page 2)

On Tuesday 15th of March we raised the Irish Flag at a ceremony in Scoil na mBuachaillí. The ceremony was organised by Mr. Tadhg O’Driscoll, assisted by Ms. Regina Fitzmaurice. We were very honoured to have very

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distinguished invited guests on the day - members of the Board of Management, former staff members - Mr. David O’Brien and Mrs. Mary Ahern and Mrs. Tess McCarthy (niece of Con O’Donovan), Mrs. Ann O’Donovan, Peter and Sarah Jane O’Donovan and members of the O’Donovan family Casheliskey and Mrs. Angela McCarthy. All the staff of the school took on different tasks to ensure the day was a memorable one for the boys. Each class did a project on 1916 e.g. The 1916 Leaders, Women of the Revolution etc. The senior classes also wrote a new proclamation for 2016 and this is reproduced on the last page of this Links. Three bands in the school wrote a song each for the occasion and they have been submitted to the “Song for ‘16” Competi-tion. Michael Deegan, Daniel O’Donovan and Fergal Murphy performed their song at the Flag Raising Ceremony. The boys in Rang 6 worked with pottery to create tiles (which were fired in our kiln) which represented differing aspects of the rising. These were framed by Kate Fitzgerald and can be seen hanging in our school. We also erected 6 new flagpoles along our driveway and we thank Finbarr O’Connor very much for his assistance with this and many other projects associated with the day. Mr. Tadhg O’Driscoll, Mr. Michael Harte and Mr. Denis Murphy assisted by Finbarr have created a 1916 classroom in our foyer which will remain there until June. Mrs. Elaine Connolly dressed the boys up as they would have looked in 1916 to create a living classroom. Finally we planted a tree to mark the occasion and unveiled a plaque to remember our past pupils who played a prominent part in the rising. Mr. O’Driscoll has also catalogued Roll Books and Inspector’s reports dating back to 1890!. I wish to thank all the staff of the school for their assistance in making this a great occasion for the boys in our school. Please turn to page 9 and page 11 for photographs and check out our photosite for over 80 photographs of the day.

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National School visited our school for a debate. Our debate team consisted of Daniel Daly (team captain), Simon Jennings and my-self. We also had three subs who were Chinaza Ogwudiegwu, Eoin Downey and Tim McCarthy. The motion was “Uniforms are a good idea” and we opposed the motion. We’ve been practicing for the debate for a couple weeks. Ironically, on the day of the debate, it was a non-uniform day. So it was quite fitting for our motion. During the debate, both teams gave great points and good rebuttals. The score were very close but we were successful on the day. We would like to thank the team researchers for all their hard work. We would also like to thank the adjudicator, Mr Fin-barr O’Donovan and Castledonovan N.S. for coming to our school. We will be advancing to the next round and if we win the next round we’ll be first team in our school’s history. We will be going away this time, we will be looking forward to the challenge.

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Mulcahy. Thanks to all the class and teacher’s

coordinators. Thanks to Patrick Murphy, John

Coleman and Tom Mulcahy of the Parent’s

Association. Thanks to Caitríona Kennedy and Inchydoney Lodge and Spa. Thanks to the GAA Club - Ger McCarthy, Timmy

Anglin, James O’Donovan and Carmel Calnan. Thanks to Keith Kennedy and John O’Donovan for IT. Thanks to Ka Fitz for all

her artwork. Thanks to Hettie and Robert Walsh. Thanks to Joe Hodnett. Thanks to Monsignor O’Driscoll, Fr. Collins and

Noreen Minihan. A total of €4387 was raised on the night. Loads more photographs up on our photosite (under April) and on

page 10 of this Links.

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Basketball 15/16: Basketball training is going on after school at present. After East-er it will be before school at 8.45 a.m. Thanks to Ms. Carol Anne O’Brien for as-sisting with Basketball this year.

Quizzard ’15/16: classes from Rang 3 - Rang 6 are participating. Tim McCarthy and Cian Scally are be in charge of the quiz this year. We are now at the 1/4 fi-nals - one match left to do.

Chess: Learner’s Chess is now finished for the year. The Wednesday group has reached the Top 8 stage and are now playing off for places on the school team during break times organ-isied by Dylan O’Donovan.

Soccer Competitions -

Senior Infants Soccer Held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thurs-days. No Soccer on Monday or Friday. Teams are on website.

Rang 1 agus Rang 2 Held on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Teams are on website.

Rang 3 - Rang 6 Mondays - Thursdays - new league Champi-ons League and UEFA Cup. Thanks to Wil-liam Chen, Dylan Geaney and Conor Daly.

Extra day’s soccer for the classes is on Fridays. Boys are told on Thursdays.

Multi-Media Authoring / Video Editing / Computer Lessons / Coderdojo - for Rang 2, Rang 3, Rang 4, Rang 5 and Rang 6

Swimming: Rang 6 and Rang 3 starting on the 22nd of April until the 27th of May

Wardens – Boys in fifth/sixth class train with Mr. Harte for Jun-ior Warden Duty. Many thanks to Mr. Harte. Macbeth - practices have started after school - Monday to Thursday. Backstage on Fridays. There are 112 boys involved - 3rd to 6th.

GAA - Timmy Anglin Rugby - Ian Rea - February. Athletics: Ms. Mary Horgan has the team organised and training is starting this coming week. Many thanks to Ms. Horgan.

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First Holy Communion: 28th of May, 2016. First Confession: Thursday 14th of April, 7.30 p.m. Children who were baptised outside of the parish of Clonakilty will have to send in a copy of their Baptismal 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 immediate-ly. For children in Junior Infants it is the ideal op-portunity to locate and send in your Baptismal Cer-tificate – we won’t have to ask for it ever again.

Many thanks for your tremendous support for Daffodil Day again this year. €1910.15 was raised on the day.

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Pictured below: 1916 GPO Rang 2, Knex Engineer’s Week, Healthy Eating - Juniors, Surfing Group 1, Song for ‘16, Mad Hair Day for Daffodil Day

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Best of luck to our 3 bands who composed “Songs for ‘16”. All of these have been recorded on video and sent to Dublin on the 11th of March. The winning songs from all over Ireland - both primary and post-primary will be performed in the National Con-cert Hall. Fingers crossed! Thanks to Ms. Regina Fitzmaurice for videoing all of the songs. The bands were made up of Michael Deegan, Daniel O’Donovan and Fergal Murphy (Very Highly Com-mended). Cillian McDonald, Simon Walsh, Rory White, Duncan Rose and Cian Downey (Commended). Chinaza Ogwudiewu and Juliusz Milewski (Commended). Thanks to Gillian Barrett for all her work with Rang 3

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Pictured: Juniors A & B Seniors Rang 1 Rang 2 Rang 3 Rang 3/4 Rang 4/5 Rang 5/6 Rang 6 Míe buíochas d’Úna

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All cans gratefully received. Please contact Ms. Regina Fitzmaurice 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 Ja-mie and Sam for helping with cans this year.

O’Neill and Mr. Denis Murphy for their assistance. Eoin Downey. 6th Class

On March 10th 5th and 6th class boys went orienteering in Newcastle West Demesne. It was the Munster Championship so we were all looking for-

ward to the day. We were up early in the morning to head off up to Limer-ick. The bus trip was very enjoyable. We all did our best and we did very

well. In 6th class we won the team event and we won the 5th class team event also so we are both Munster

Champions. Mikey Alverez won the 5th

class event, making him the Munster

Champion and I, Eoin Downey, won the 6th class event,

making me also the Munster Champion.

Overall it was a miraculous day out

with an extra treat

afterwards when we stopped

in Supermac’s.

We want to say thanks to Thelma who organised the

bus, thanks to Ms O Keefe who came with us on the

day and was a massive help with our maps and points. A huge thank you to Ms

Fitzmaurice who coached us all through the year. We’ll

be going to the All Irelands in May so we are all looking

forward to that.

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Individual Munster Orienteering Champions

Rang 5 & Rang 6

This very popular scheme has started again, for all classes except Junior Infants. Stamps cost €1 each. Junior Infants will start collecting later in the year. Thanks to Eileen O’Donovan for her assis-tance. Children in Rang 6 have to use this scheme for saving for their Surfing lessons and boys in Rang 5 have to use this scheme for Kayaking.

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“Just One” Cent boxes continue again this year. Jack, Eoin and Adam will be in charge of or-ganising the collection each week. This year we have got off to a great start with the Hoola Hoop Coin Challenge. So far we have collected €1423.11 this

year! This has passed out last year’s total al-ready. This time last year €181 was collected. Well done Adam, Jack and Eoin! Every week on a Friday the boys call to each classroom to collect the money that has been brought in during the week.

If you would like to book an ad for the coming school year 2014 -2015 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.

On Saturday the 24th of March. Tomas, Jim and I went up to Water-

ford Crystal Pool to represent Cork for the Munster’s. The Munster’s is a qualifier for the All Irelands. In the Munster’s the top 6 from each race would qualify for the All Irelands in Dublin. On April the

2nd the All Irelands started. It was in Tallaght Aquatic Centre. It was a very tough competition. There were 12 counties at the All

Irelands and Cork won over all. Its Cork 2nd time in a row winning the pool lifesaving

and we have won it three times in a row in the sea. We

hope Cork will win the Munster’s and

the All Irelands in the sea this year.

Thank you Justin and Alice for training us this year. We could-

n’t have won it with-out them. By Mi-

chael Deegan

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 example NUTEL-LA!!!! 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.

Zach Harrington giving tips to our 5th and 6th class Orienteering teams before going to the Munster Cham-

pionships.

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Pictured below: “Gentlemen of the Week” during the month of March and beginning of April 2016

Week 1 Week 2

Week 3

Week 1

Week 2

Lift Off Boy - is an initiative to

reward boys who do their best each

week in Literacy

Lift Off. The

boys have to have

* their sheet signed

* be polite and kind to all the

adults

* try very hard at all sessions.

Here you can see

the month of March and begin-

ning of April 2016

Lift Off Boys.

Week 3

Pictured below: “PENman of the Week” during the month of March and beginning of April 2016 for boys who excel in Handwriting and presenta-

tion of work during the Month.

Week 1 Week 3 Week 2

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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 at-tempt the same on his own with possible disastrous consequences. Please, always use the wardens, when on duty and, at the very least, the zebra crossing which is there for this purpose. Thank you.

Pictured on the right: Knex Senior Infants and 1916 living classroom

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Pictured below: Tea Party, Cinema Pass Winner, St. Patrick’s Day Art Competition sponsored by Bank of Ireland, 1916 classroom with Senior Infants, Daffodil Day cheque, Spelling Bee.

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Our annual Spelling Bee was held in the school at the beginning of April. It was compered by Mr. Michael Harte assisted by Ms. Orla O’Keeffe. All of Rang 5 and Rang 6 participated. In the end the winner was Harold Paulino (Rang 6) and the second placed pupil was Cormac Hall (Rang 5). Both boys will travel to Cork in early April to compete in the next round of the competition. Thanks to Ms. Regina Fitzmaurice, Ms. Marie O’Neill and Mr. Denis Murphy for their assistance. Thanks as always to Mr. Michael Harte and Ms. Orla O’Keeffe for running the Spelling Bee. Good luck to Harold!

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Pictured below: St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Con O'Donovan (Sydney, Australia), son of Con O'Donovan, home for Centenary Celebrations in Dublin, made a historic visit to see the tree planted to honour his father, who fought in the Four Courts, 1916 Classroom

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May thanks to everyone who made our St. Patrick’s Day Parade such a great success again this year - Ms. Orla O’Keeffe who organised it in Scoil na mBuachaillí, Pat-rick Murphy and John Coleman who built the float, all the boys who participated in the parade. Thanks also to the staff members who helped out on the day - Ms. Regina Fitzmaurice, Mrs. Elaine Connolly, Mrs. Maire Houstoun, Ms. Kathryn O’Shea, Ms. Carol Ann O’Donovan

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Children really don’t need pocket money but for all

relevant TOURS a minimum of Pocket Money may be

brought.

Junior Infants A &B Tour (35)

Date: Friday 13th of May, 2016

Venue: The Secret Garden, Kilbrittain (lunch included)

Leaving school at 9.00 a.m. and returning 2.00 p.m.

Price: €19.00

NO POCKET MONEY

Children must bring a snack, drinks, raingear, wellies and an empty plastic bag for rubbish.

Rainwear/Sunscreen.

School Tracksuit must be worn on the day - including polo shirt - there is no exception to this.

Old clothes / wellies or runners / Sunscreen (entire change of clothes)

Senior Infants (23)

Date: Thursday 16th of June, 2016

Venue: Rumley’s Open Farm, near the Viaduct (lunch in-

cluded)

Leaving school at -----9.00 a.m. and returning 2.00 p.m.

Price: €20.00

NO POCKET MONEY

Children must bring a snack, drinks, and an empty plastic bag for rubbish.

Rainwear/Sunscreen.

School Tracksuit must be worn on the day - including polo shirt - there is no exception to this.

1st / 2nd Class Tour (56)

Date: Thursday, 2nd of June, 2016

Venue: Mardyke Arena

Leaving school at 9.10 a.m. and returning 3.00 p.m.

Price: €26.00

NO POCKET MONEY

Lunch and 2 drinks

School Tracksuit must be worn on the day - including polo shirt - there is no exception to this.

Children must bring a snack, Packed Lunch, drinks, and an empty plastic bag for rubbish.

3rd / 4th Class Tour: (79)

Date: Tuesday 17th of May, 2016

Venue: West Cork Secret Garden (lunch included)

Leaving school at 9.00 a.m. and returning 3.00 p.m.

Price: €19.00

NO POCKET MONEY

School Tracksuit must be worn on the day - including polo shirt - there is no exception to this.

Children must bring a snack, drinks, and an empty plastic bag for rubbish.

Old clothes / runners / Sunscreen (entire change of clothes including socks and underclothers)

Rang 5 – Kayaking

Venue: Reen Pier, near Union Hall

Date: May 5th and 6th

Price: €50 - but all boys should have this saved already in the Savings Scheme.

NO POCKET MONEY

1st,3 rd and 3rd/4th are holding a Cake Sale

on Friday 22nd of April, to raise funds to

attend their Art exhibition in the Uilinn

West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen. Pu-

pils from all classes will be able to purchase

homemade treats on this date. All baking

from participating classes welcome.

Classes for 2016 / 2017 will be organized as follows: Junior Infants: 21

Junior and Senior Infants: 7 + 10 = 17

Senior Infants: 25

Rang 1: 24

Rang 2: 28

Rang 3: 28

Rang 4: 28

Rang 4 / 5: 13 + 9 = 22

Rang 5: 29

Rang 6: 33

The arrangement above should not change unless a large num-ber of children enroll between now and September in a class that we have not anticipated. Should this happen we will email parents during the summer. Class lists will be put up before the end of April.

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Pictured below: Rang 2 at “Scríobh Leabhar” in Dunmanway, Rang 6 on their Maths Trail, The Census explained to Rang 6 recently, Rang 4 / 5 working on the Sunshine Garden, Mission Control - Aistear Junior Infants, Scratch Experts, Spelling Bee

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May thanks to Mr. O’Riordan for all the work he did in preparing the boys for their First Confession recently. Thanks to Josie Files for all her help with the practices and for playing on the night. Thanks also to Mar-garet Deegan for her help. Thanks to Fr. Eddie Collins for his assistance through-out. We wish him wish with his forthcoming operation.

Above: Science Experiments in Rang 3 / 4 | Below: Aistear

POBLACHT NA H EIREANN2016

THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT

OF THE

IRISH REPUBLIC TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND.

PEOPLE OF IRELAND here we stand 100 years later after the proclamation of 1916. Thanks to those Irish people in our past we can now shape the future of Ireland. We must always remember the past while looking to the future. We deserve a bright future but only we can create that future for ourselves. I think Ireland should make a difference. The government needs to tackle homeless-ness. Every person has a right to their own home. We call on Irish people to make an effort to make sure that homeless people have a shelter at night and get the support they need. We also need to make a difference globally. We have to respect that people around the world are coming to look for shelter and protection in our country because of war in their own countries. It is not that long ago that Irish people were emigrating to England or America. Let us not forget our past . Ireland and all the people who live within it should reach our helping hand to other countries in trouble, to aid them and bring them what they need. We deserve better facilities in the areas of health and education. In our hospitals it is not right that people must wait for hours on trollies. Doctors and nurses are under a lot of pressure. Large numbers of nurses and doctors are emigrating to England and other countries for better conditions. We call on you now to rise up and call on our govern-ment to do something about this. We also state that all people are entitled to a good education. We ask that all schools should have a gym and an Astroturf. This will bene-fit all pupils making them healthier and keeping them fit . I call on you, the nation of Ireland to look after our environment. We must look after our pets properly. We must take care of our new young farmers so they can continue to farm the land, maintain and increase their herds. We must make an effort to reduce car-bon dioxide and strive to make the country a cleaner, less polluted place to live in. We should have more cycle lanes on roads, to walk more instead of driving short distances. One small change can help the environment a lot . I call on you to shop in your local shops and support the local businesses so they may thrive. This will result in a better economy for us all . Buying local will help to look after the suppliers also, which will support local farmers and small businesses. This will lead to better food for the nation, thus a healthier nation. We believe that Ireland is entit led to the best . We don’t know what the future holds but we can shape it. We have good ideas for Ireland as a whole and we have respect for Ireland. Our hope for Ireland is that future generations will be able to follow their des-tiny and live in a peaceful, progressive and inclusive Ireland.

Signed on behalf of Rang 5 agus Rang 6, Scoil na mBuachaill í , 15 a d h Márta 2016

WILLIAM CHEN,

LIAM O’CONNELL, TIM MCCARTHY,

CIAN SCALLY. EOIN DOWNEY. RORY WHITE.