Open Night 2019

Mayfield Community School Open Night 

On Tuesday 10th September Mayfield Community School hosted their Open Night. The event started at 7pm with a constant flow of visitors until 9pm. All visitors were greeted at the main reception by Mr Kieran Golden  Principal and Mrs Kathleen Daly Deputy Principal.

Parents and their children were given a guided tour around the school by student representatives. They had the opportunity to visit many specialised rooms for example Music, Business Studies, Home Room, Computer rooms, DCG, TG, Home Economics Rooms, Science Rooms, Art rooms, Woodwork room , Engineering room , Computer Auotmated Design room while also visiting the core subjects of Irish , English , Maths, French, Religious Education, History and Geography. On hand also that night were representatives of UCC, CIT and Access to education Bridge to Employment (ATEBTE).

Parents were also welcomed by our Parents group with tea and coffee and then finally made their way to the school library where they were addressed by the school Principal Mr Kieran Golden and past pupils of our school that have gone on to study at third level. It was great to see so many new families showing interest in our school but as always, seeing old familiar faces always finds a place in our hearts.

Adam Nugent from the class of 2019, ready to start in UCC
Ms. Byrne with our music class demonstrating percussion
Happy drummers
Experimenting with a microscope in one of our well-equipped labs

 

Practicing hoops in our malls with Mr. Bonass, our PE teacher.

 

Students demonstrating their skills in our metalwork room.

Our Music Teacher, Mr. Casey, conducting the orchestra.

 

Jack O’Driscoll Fundraiser

RACE NIGHT in aid of the Jack O’Driscoll fund, Saturday the 19th of May, 8.00 pm in The Clayton Silversprings Hotel.

Free admission, strictly over 18’s event. We hope you can come and support Jack on the night.

New First Years

New First Years

Our Principal, Mr. Golden, met with the parents of incoming first years to go over some of what our school has to offer.

As part of his presentation, he had this slideshow for them to view.

During and after the slideshow, parents were offered the chance to ask questions about starting in Mayfield Community School.

Click Here to download the presentation

 

Gradam 2017

Gradam 2017

A night of celebration in Mayfield Community School

The night opened with a musical performance celebrating the theme of student success and achievement right across student life and this theme carried through the evening. Guest of honour on the night, past pupil. Professor Susan Rafferty-McArdle from University College Cork, remembered her own attendance at Gradam as a student and shared her story of life in Mayfield Community School. Dr. Rafferty-McArdle spoke with fond memories of her
teachers, her involvement in the Students Council, the school bank and the hockey team. She encouraged all the Gradam nominees to get fully involved in all that Mayfield Community School has to offer today.

Mr. Golden, school Principal, welcomed the invited guests, parents and Gradam nominees with the great news that 84% of the class of 2017 are now in Third Level and Further Education. The other 16% are in employment. Mr. Golden paid tribute to invited guest, Mr John Murphy, the first Principal in Mayfield Community School and assured him that his educational vision lives on every day in the school.

The night celebrated what Mayfield Community School offers to the students. Sporting achievements were recognised in hurling, soccer, rugby, rowing and gymnastics. Top results were acknowledged in the Junior and Leaving
Certificate. Excellence in the many subjects on offer were rewarded.

Special awards were given to Kyle Crowley, second year, who is playing with the Cork under 14 hurling squad, Leona O’Dwyer who won the European Championships in 16kg kettlebells and to Connor Morrissey who represented
Munster in the under 18 inter-provisional championships. Breaking news on the night was that Connor has been selected to play with the Ireland under 18 rugby team.

Kieran Golden, school Principal, brought the night to a close, sharing with the large audience in attendance that the night was a great opportunity for the school community to come together to celebrate what is best in our school.

Back Row:
Kevin White; Mr. James McMurtry; Marina Birioukova
Front Row:
Ms. Kathleen Daly (deputy Principal); Dr. Rafferty-McArdle of UCC; Mr. Kieran Golden (principal); Mr. Paul O’Leary (chairperson of the board of management)

 

 

Back row:
Rory Murphy; Connor Morrissey; Sam Brickley; Loren O’Driscoll; Tina Busic; Leona Dwyer
Front Row:
Ms. Kathleen Daly (deputy Principal); Dr. Rafferty-McArdle of UCC; Mr. Kieran Golden (principal); Mr. Paul O’Leary (chairperson of the board of management)

 

Back row:
Kyle Crowley; Jake Courtney; Barnabas Somodi; Mr. James McMurtry (year head); Reuben Miranda; Sophie O’Flynn
Front Row:
Ms. Kathleen Daly (deputy Principal); Dr. Rafferty-McArdle of UCC; Mr. Kieran Golden (principal); Mr. Paul O’Leary (chairperson of the board of management)

 

L to R: Ms. Amanda Dorgan of AIB (Past pupil); Shelley Cashman (class of 2017); Ms. Marian Crowley of AIB

 

 

 

Homework Club

On Thursday 6th April, a number of our students represented our school at a ceremony at the Aula Maxima, UCC.
Since Christmas, these students and others from our Junior School participated in a Homework Club after school on Mondays.
This experience afforded students an opportunity to study in a supported environment as well as learn the value of working in a community of learners.
Ucc Plus marked the participation of both students and tutors by the awarding of certificates at this ceremony.
This initiative was supported in the school by Ms. O’Regan and Miss O’Sullivan.
On the night, Ms Daly and Ms Carne also joined in the acknowledgment of our student’s success.

Lifelong Learning Festival

Lifelong Learning Festival

A number of students represented our school at a Lifelong Learning Festival event at Mayfield Library today, the 5th of April.
Our students from 1st to 5th Year performed 3 different Abba numbers from the musical “Does Your Mother Know?” including “Thank you for the music”.

Much practice was put into this performance over a number of weeks and students were commended for their excellent singing and how well they represented the school by members of the local community.

The group were coached, supported and accompanied by Mr. Corbett, Miss O’Sullivan and Miss Holden.

SciFest and European Space Agency Winners

SciFest and European Space Agency Winners

The phrase ‘Out Of This World’ can be overused, but is exactly the right one to describe the amazing achievement of four of our Transition Year students in the past fortnight.

Sarah Buckley, Dylan Halpin Hurley, Sean Murphy and Rachel Sheehan were a winning team who have succeeded in getting their computer programs onto the International Space Station (ISS)

The students wrote two experiment programs on a ‘Raspberry Pi’ computer, as part of a competition with the European Space Agency.  This programs will be sent to space and the two experiments will be used on board the ISS.

One experiment is designed to measure when an astronaut enters or leaves the Columbus Module (a compartment on the space station) based on a change in the humidity, while the other is designed to measure anomalies in the Earth’s magnetic field.

The student’s work has been hugely successful, and they are the only team from Ireland that have programs going on the AstroPi (the space version of the Raspberry Pi).

In addition, they also won a SciFest award in C.I.T on Friday 31st March.  This prestigious award is further recognition of the work achieved by our Transition Years.

Click here for the full story of the work done by the team.

More information on the European Space Agency’s AstroPi competition.

The full list of winners of the AstroPi Competition

The Team at Cork Institute of Technology on Friday, 31st March, where they were awarded the Sci-Fest trophy.

The team at work with their programs in the science lab at Mayfield Community School.

 

One of our Raspberry Pi Computers, with the LED display lit up.

 

 

Post of Deputy Principal

** PLEASE EMAIL admin@mayfieldcs.ie FOR AN APPLICATION FORM **

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

Mayfield Community School, Old Youghal Road, Mayfield, Cork

Category XIII

 

The Board of Management of Mayfield Community School invites applications from suitably qualified persons for the post of Deputy Principal to take effect from Monday 6th February 2017. The school is a co-educational community school with an enrolment of 322 on 30th September 2016.

 

To qualify for appointment candidates must have

  • Recognised post-primary teaching qualification
  • A minimum of 5 years’ satisfactory teaching experience
  • Registration in accordance with Section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001

 

An application form may be obtained by emailing admin@mayfieldcs.ie

 

Completed application forms should be submitted in hard copy by post or hand only no later than 4.00 p.m. on Friday 20th January 2017.  Applications submitted by email will not be accepted.

 

Short listing may apply.

All appointments are subject to sanction by the Department of Education & Skills.

Canvassing by or on behalf of the candidate will automatically disqualify.

Late applications will not be accepted.

Mayfield Community School is an equal opportunities employer.