Last week we were honoured to have author Donal Ryan come to our school to present the SCC Edna O’Brien Awards 2023 Congratulations to our three Finalists, Ciara Cooney, Emily Chen and Eyla Lienhard. We are thrilled to welcome Donal and a host of other writers including Roisin Meaney, Luke Morgan and Fiona McGarry.
Congratulation to Eyla Lienhard winner of the 2023 Edna O’Brien Award for her poem, “Lost in Sound”.Eyla is the winner of the Edna O’Brien perpetual trophy, a beautiful bog oak sculpture created by local artist, Ian Kelly, 100euro cash and a place on a two day poetry-film workshop during …
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Information letter – school workshops.
Dear Parent/Guardian,
Rape Crisis Midwest have been asked to deliver workshops within Scarriff Community College on Tuesday 16th May 2023 to all 3rd year students within the school.
The workshop that we will be delivering will last for approximately two hours. The workshop is aimed at giving students a better understanding of health relationships, keeping themselves safe in within their peer groups and while engaging with social media, additionally we will explore how to ask for and get consent.
If you do not inform the school that you do not wish your adolescent to attend this …
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The attached is a policy in draft form – we invite any feedback before the policy is brought to the Board of Management for ratification in the near future. This will be shared with parents, students and staff. Please submit any feedback via email to angela.mcnamara@lcetb.ie by 4pm Wed 17th May 2023. Thank you.
SCC acceptable use policy_Draft
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There is a new Psychosocial Helpline, “Call Tanya,” which was launched on April 17th. The helpline provides confidential support to Ukrainians in Ireland who are experiencing distress due to displacement and the ongoing war in Ukraine. Trained call ambassadors are available on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 9:00 to 11:00 and from 15:00 to 18:00 to provide psycho-social support in Ukrainian and Russian. Callers can discuss their worries or concerns and receive support that respects their dignity, culture, and abilities, using the Psychological First Aid (PFA) model of look, listen, support.
The Call Tanya Helpline number is 0818 452 178.
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Please click on link below for dates of house exams and last day of term for year groups. Thank you
House Exams & End of term 2023
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Such great support from celebrities for our upcoming Bumper raffle & sports facility development #astroscc ! Huge thanks to Aidan of ‘Tierney Talks’ for ensuring the messages of support got to us !
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Tickets for our raffle still on sale – Click here for tickets
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Our badminton teams put in a very long day at the Munster Schools competition today in UL. Each of our 4 teams had to play the champions from the other Munster counties and after all their efforts, it was silver for the boys u19 team, losing out on the top spot by just 2 points – a tiny margin after 18 games played. The u16 boys also claimed 2nd place while the girls u16 and boys u14 came 3rd. Sincere thanks to all parents who drove the teams in this morning and supported them throughout the day. Our u19 girls …
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Students enjoyed the fun and energy that poet and filmmaker, Luke Morgan, brought to the creative writing process during his workshop last week. Our young writers wrote pieces that impressed everyone, including themselves! We are gathering material for The Edna O’Brien Award competition – open to all – closing date for entries March 24th – winner receives the perpetual Award, 100 euro, and a place on a summer writing workshop.
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Scariff Community College was extremely successful again at the indoor rowing competition. Every person competed excellently and enjoyed their experience on a day when the standard was very high. The 3rd Year boys and TY/5th Year boys were unlucky to finish 4th in their races. 1st year girls and boys had amazing silver medal finishes and the second year girls finished top with a gold medal in their category. Well done to all involved, it was great to see students supporting and cheering each other on.
Gold medal winners Claire Minogue, Hannah Tuite, Aisling Murnane, Rachel Danaher and Caitlin Curtin
1st Year …
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Click here to read our latest school newsletter !
Newsletter March 2023
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