Avondale Community College

Avondale Community College
School Notes

All-Ireland Young Chef Competition

Best wishes to Transition Year student Rebecca Cullen who will be
representing the school in the All-Ireland Young Chef Competition on
Saturday, 26 February. The Rotary Young Chef Competition is designed
to allow competitors to demonstrate their skills in menu and budget
planning, sourcing and purchasing ingredients and hygienically cooking
and serving a healthy three course meal for two. Following her recent
success in the County Final Rebecca will travel to the National Final
in Dublin where she, along with 9 other finalists, will be judged by a
panel of experienced chefs from Failte Ireland.


Parent Teacher Meetings for First, Second and Transition Year

A reminder to all parents and guardians that the First Year Parent
Teacher Meeting will take place on Thursday, 17 February, directly
after school. As mid-term is fast approaching, it is important to
remember that the Second Year and Transition Year Parent Teacher
Meeting will also be held after school on Tuesday 1 March. We look
forward to seeing all parents and guardians at this time.


First Year Boys Basketball

Our First Year Boys Basketball Team will take on De La Salle College,
Wicklow in the first round of the league this week. Best wishes to
all.

The Young Whistlers Refereeing Course

Following the success of last year's Young Whistlers Refereeing
Course, 40 Transition Year students have enrolled this year. The aim
of this course is to provide our students with valuable practical
experience in refereeing under the guidance of Hugh Kenny and the
Wicklow GAA. The course will run until March when the students will
sit their refereeing exams.

World Book Day Celebrations

World Book Day is a special event on the school calendar in Avondale Community
College. This year’s celebrations will include a reading week for all non-exam
students along with a Creative Writing Competition and Design Your Own
Bookmark Project.
Junior students will be given the opportunity to read popular novels like
Jane Mitchell’s Chalkline while senior students will sample other titles
from classic to modern literature.
This year World Book Day will be celebrated on 3 March.

Shakespeare Shorts

As part of St. Valentine's Celebrations our Junior students have been
reworking the Shakespearean Sonnet to write their own shortened
versions. Second Year student Ailish Kelly, wrote the following:
Shall I compare thee to a starry night
Thou art more twinkling and mesmerizing
But sometimes dark clouds cover the night sky
And the stars can no-longer light my way
But as long as the big bright moon will shine
My heart shall be yours and yours shall be mine