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“I hope you all stay safe during this difficult time. The children will get through this no problem. Paediatric hospitals are empty in Italy at present after 3 weeks of school closure as the usual viruses stopped circulating. Remember with corona children are vectors not victims. In most epidemics young children are the transmitters. Therefore for school closure to be effective it’s really important that the kids aren’t mixing with other kids while out of school. They will give it to each other silently pass it on to our loved ones. What we do now will contribute to how this develops in cork. Avoid situations that the children will interact. If the community respond to this it will shut it down more than anything we do in hospital. From my experiences in the hospital this last week I would say that corona virus is closer to all of us than we realise and the degrees of separation for all of us is getting narrower. I’m not that good at social media but if this could be shared as widely as possible with parents in cork it will help. This messsge needs to go viral to stop the virus.”

Some excellent work created from our engineering students during engineering week they were asked to create a creative model that includes a Linkage/Cam. Congratulations to our 1st year winners: Anna Palmer, Kiernan Daly, Rachel O Connor, Sean Williams and Sean O Callaghan. And our 2nd Year winners Dylan Fitzmaurice, Luke Linehan and Brandon Hogan.

An announcement was made this morning by the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD of the closure of schools, pre-schools and further and higher education settings, for a period until 29 March 2020, to support efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19. This will take effect from 6pm this evening, Thursday 12 March. This is in line with the advice of the National Public Health Emergency Team.

A coffee morning was held today in aid of Sophie Perrott and Aaron Finnegan's trip to Lourdes with the Cloyne Diocesan Youth Pilgrimmage. It was, as usual, extremely well supported by the local community! Many thanks to family and friends for such amazing continued support.

Fifth year higher level students enjoyed a wonderful performance of King Lear at the Everyman Theatre in Cork on Monday. It was great to see a Shakespearean play as it should be, performance by professional actors to a live audience. 

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The Department of Education and Skills has received an updated letter for all schools from the Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health, Dr Tony Holohan, addressing the recent school closure as a result of the confirmed Covid-19 case.

Even a small donation could help our Robotics Team reach their fundraising goal. And if you can't make a donation, it would be great if you could share the fundraiser to help spread the word. Thank you.

The choir had the most amazing day in Coláiste Treasa for this years Big Sing.  The fabulous Gemma Sugrue returned to teach 6 choirs ’That’s what life is for’ by Wallis Bird. Thanks to Ms O Flynn in Colaiste Treasa for hosting the event this year and to Gemma for once again inspiring all the students. We are already looking forward to next year!

We had the pleasure of inviting Celebrity Chef Joanne McEldwowney into our Home Economics kitchen. Joanne owns Thatch & Thyme, a very popular restaurant in Kildorrery. During the morning sessions, second year Home Economics students baked and decorated cupcakes under Joanne’s guidance.

In the afternoon, they were treated to a cookery demonstration of several dishes which are quick to make and serve but tasty enough for a restaurant menu. These included chicken and chorizo salad, spiced chickpea salad, Thai red chicken curry and sweet and savoury pancakes.

A special mention to the four Master Chefs, Caoimhe Byrne, Amy Fagan, Aaron Trimm and Sean O Shea who impressed Joanne throughout their baking! Well done to you!

Today the Student Council organised “tea and chats” for the Leaving Cert students. They were able to enjoy one class off during their stressful preparations for the exams and enjoy tea, buns and biscuits and a bit of banter. Thanks a million to everybody involved. Junior Certs - you’re up next 😊

Our sixth year Ag Science class paid a visit to a local pig farm today. What a fantastic, educational, hands-on, practical experience it was for us all. The facts we learned today will be put to good use in our up-coming oral exam in Ag Science just after Easter.
Thanks a million to Margaret (pig farmer) for showing us around her farm and allowing us to get us close with her baby bonhams.

Thanks to Anthony Cahill for the fantastic bodhrán workshops. The Trad group and 2nd year music students had a great afternoon and are ready for a jig and a reel! 

Congratulations to all the members of the Colaiste Robotics team on there recent All Ireland win. The picture shows vex robotics teams - KINETIC KELTS, ROBOTICS REBEL, AND MECH MAYHEM collectively picking up the tournament award for this years 2019/20 Tower Takeover Vex Robotics competition at CIT cork. This comes after picking up the robot skills award in the regional at DELL Limerick a week before.

Congratulations to Adam Carleton (Leaving Cert) and Liam Lynch (T.Y.) who were presented with Special Achievement Awards last night at the Garda Divisional Youth Awards in the Charleville Park Hotel. We are very proud of these two outstanding young men!

Both teams came out on top Friday away to Colaiste Treasa, Kanturk. Our 1st yrs had a very tight win 20-17 and our 2nd yrs had a convincing win 32-9. Two great games of basketball 🏀. Well done to both teams. Up next is Scoil Mhuire, Kanturk on Friday 14th February in Kanturk.

This week the 5th year Ag Science class paid a visit to our local sheep farmer Mrs Sheena Mc Carthy. Sheena gave us a detailed practical account on sheep management and husbandry on her farm. To answer any sheep queries we may have she has agreed to pay a visit to our Ag Science class in the next week or so.

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Our 1st and 2nd year girls were very unlucky today to lose two close matches away to Pres, Mitchlestown. A great performance from both teams.  Next up is Colaiste Treasa, Kanturk at home.