Avondale Community College

Avondale Community College
School Notes
Week beginning November 22nd 2010

Senior Girls Football Glory

History was made in Avondale Community College when our Senior GirlsFootball Team booked a place in their first ever Senior A Final. The team, captained by Sarah Miley, emerged victorious after a closely contested semi-final against St. Kevin’s College, Dunlavin. Best wishes to the girls in their next match.

Success at Sports

It seems as if our winning streak is continuing at present as a numberof teams experienced wins in recent matches.

• The U16 Boys Basketball team had an excellent win over St. Michael’s College, Dublin and are now through to the All-Ireland Semi-Final.
• The Senior Girls Camogie team defeated St. Mary's Colllege, Arklow in the quarter final.
• Our Junior Boys Football Team enjoyed a similar success in their match against Abbey Community College. They will play Blessington Community College in the next round of the league.

Best wishes to all.

Young Chef Competition

Best wishes to Transition Year student Rebecca Cullen who will takepart in the Rotary Club Young Chef Competition, which will be held in East Glendalough School, Wicklow Town on Thursday 25 November.

Dancing at Lughnasa

Having recently studied Brian Friel’s masterpiece Dancing at Lughnasa our Transition and Fifth Year students enjoyed a Second Age production of the play in the Helix Theatre. As this trip coincided with the University’s Open Day our students also enjoyed a tour of the DCU Campus.

Science Week

To celebrate science week our students took part in a number of activities, aimed to promote an awareness of science and its uses ineveryday life. Our Transition Year students attended a lecture on Bio-sciences in D.I.T, Kevin Street. Our junior students enjoyed a number of activities, including a Science Table Quiz, which was hosted by Transition Year.

Ice-skating

With the Christmas season fast approaching a date has been set for our annual trip to 7 UP Christmas on Ice in the RDS. As part of our positive award system our Second and Third Year students will travel to this event on Thursday 9 December, after school.

Poster Competition

A poster competition to promote the use of the journal was recently held in the school. Congratulations to First Year student Amy Goldsmith, who took first prize in this competition and Killian Keogh who came second. Molly Underwood and Amaris Borel were joint third. We hope this initiative along with our recent Journal Seminars will encourage students to use their journals effectively.

Study Skills

Study Skills are strategies and techniques that enable students tomake the most efficient use of their time, resources and academic potential. Developing and improving study skills can help make learning easier, and enable students to retain what they have learned for longer. Over the past weeks our students have participated in study skills workshops which we hope will be put to good use.