Our leaving cert students had a great night at their recent graduation ball.
Don’t they look well!
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Leaving Cert and LCA Results, 2016
A huge congratulations to our Leaving Cert and LCA students who received their results yesterday.
Well done everyone, and best of luck with the next stage of your careers!
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Gradam 2015
Our annual awards night, Gradam, is one of the high-points of our school year. It is a chance to celebrate the previous year’s achievements by our students.
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Open Night 2015
Each year we have an open night where we get to show some of what’s available in our school
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UCC Awards for Students
Mayfield Students awarded for Academic Excellence by University College Cork
There were proud scenes in Mayfield Community School recently when UCC awarded 2nd Year students in recognition of academic achievement. The students were awarded for excellence in Science, Maths, Languages and English by the University for the 10th year in succession”
Commenting on the awards Principal Kieran Golden said that “the school is exceptionally proud of the students who received their awards. In Mayfield Community School we pride ourselves on academic achievement and I think that today underpins the hard work and commitment shown by our students and staff. These 2nd Year students have worked hard and deserve the awards that they have received from UCC”.
“Since 2008 Mayfield Community School and UCC have had a formal link that allows our students to sample and participate in many programmes in the University before they sit their Leaving Cert. This has proven extremely beneficial to our students in the past and has helped them greatly in their career choices”.
Life-Skills Programme
Life Skills Programme
Our Transition Year and LCA students took part in a Lifeskills programme run by Aware. The programme is designed to give students the skills to help them deal with difficult times in life.
LIFE SKILLS PROGRAMME
The Aware Life Skills Programme (LSP) has been developed by Dr. Chris Williams. Dr. Williams is a Professor of Psychiatry and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the University of Glasgow and is a recognised expert in the area
CBT focuses on thinking and behaviour. When a person is dealing with very stressful issues or beginning to develop symptoms of depression they are more vulnerable to filtering out positive experiences and focusing on unhelpful thoughts. This negative bias informs a person’s behaviour and can start to influence their decision making process at school, at home, or in relationships
The principles of CBT illustrate interesting examples of common ‘ways we think’ and explores if ‘how we are thinking’ is helpful or not and if there is sufficient evidence to support our thoughts. It questions if we have, over time, mistaken our ‘thoughts’ for fact. This approach challenges habitual behaviour influenced by negative thoughts. The CBT approach can help us to make small, practical changes in areas of our life that we find difficult. Taking these small actions can improve our mood and also reduce some of the symptoms associated with depression, stress or anxiety.
There is excellent evidence that CBT works for the treatment of anxiety and mild to moderate depression and many previous participants of AWARE’s Life Skills course have found it to be hugely beneficial to them.
The Life Skills Programme is not individual therapy: it is a group programme which allows participants to learn some of the principles of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and apply them to their own life.
Some of our students with Dee Lynch, from Aware
Dee Lynch presenting to the group
Some of the ideas behind the Lifeskills Programme
Simon Community
Simon Community
Our Leaving Cert Applied Students did some excellent work raising money for the Simon Community this December
As part of the Simon Community’s “Christmas Jumper Day” many of our students came in to school wearing their brightest and best Christmas Jumpers.
All students who wore their jumpers donated €1 to Cork Simon Community. Those who didn’t have their jumper on the day were able to enter the Christmas spirit by donating what they could. All of those who contributed were entered in a draw for a selection box – and there was also a prize for the best dressed Student!
The event created a great atmosphere, with the added bonus that the money raised is going to such a good cause.
Well done to all our students who raised €233.60
Natasha Cronin presenting Kerry Mac Mahon of Cork Simon with our cheque
Kerry Mac Mahon with Natasha Cronin, Ms. O’Sullivan and Mr. Kieran Golden
Some of our students who got their Jumpers on
First years enjoying the event!
Keith Kelleher, our best dressed Christmas Jumper wearer
Anti-Bullying Workshop
Anti-Bullying Workshop
On Wednesday 25th November, we were delighted to welcome Cyclone Rep to our school.
This was the Company’s second visit to Mayfield Community School.
Our first years watched an engaging performance of the popular Bullying Prevention show. Students were treated to a most realistic portrayal of a number of bullying scenarios.
This was followed by a workshop, which gave students an opportunity to ask questions and to voice their opinions on bullying. They were encouraged to make suggestions on ways to tackle bullying. It was marvellous to see all students in the group contributing to this most worthwhile discussion. Their suggestions will be taken seriously by management and staff.
We are very grateful to the Mayfield Health Action Zone for partially funding this visit.
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New Rugby Tryouts
New Rugby Tryouts
MAYFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOL TO “TRY” ITS HAND AT RUGBY Fresh from the excitement of the Rugby World Cup a little piece of history was made in Mayfield Community School this week with the inaugural training session of the school’s new rugby team. Munster Rugby has selected the school for its prestigious “Emerging Schools Programme” which will see two development officers in hold weekly training sessions in the school for the coming months.
Commenting on the development Principal of Mayfield Community School Kieran Golden said “This is a truly fantastic opportunity for students interested in playing rugby to develop their skills whilst giving more experienced players the opportunity of showcasing their ability to coaches from Munster Rugby. Numbers at training have been increasing every week and it is hoped that we will be ready to field our first team in competitive action in an under 15 rugby blitz before Christmas.”
Mayfield Community School which has had huge success on the soccer and GAA world down the years is hosting the training sessions on its purpose built sports complex and is not the first Cork school to try its hand at different sporting codes in recent years.
In concluding remarks Mr. Golden said “Sport is vital to a healthy balance in life, and students who participate in sport can typically do better academically. Our students are sports crazy and have always showed this with their successes on the sporting field throughout the year. We are naturally delighted to now be partnering with Munster to ensure that young people in the Mayfield and surrounding areas can mix playing rugby with their studies in a local school setting”
Pictured: Alan O’Keeffe and James Morrissey
Mayfield Community School Scholarship Winners
THE SKY’S THE LIMIT FOR MAYFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Mayfield Community School recently awarded four of its students with the prestigious Maytrust Scholarship in recognition of outstanding academic excellence.
This year’s scholarship winners are Fionn Power, Marina Birioukova, Alicia O’Neill and Derek Morrissey.
Speaking ahead of the awards, principal Mr. Kieran Golden said “we are delighted to be in a unique position to be able to offer these scholarships to our incoming students again this year. Mayfield Community School has a culture of encouraging our students to maximise their academic potential and the awarding of the Maytrust Scholarship recognises the hard work and commitment they give to their studies. Previous students to have benefited from this scholarship have progressed onto a variety of colleges such as UCC and CIT so it proves that the sky is the limit for anybody who puts the work in” he concluded.
Newly appointed deputy principal, Ms. Karen Casey said “we are very proud of our 2015 Maytrust Scholarship recipients and I would encourage any current sixth class primary school student who is enrolled in Mayfield Community School next year to apply for the Maytrust Scholarship in 2016.
Pictured, from Left to Right:
Deputy principal Ms Karen Casey, Marina Birioukova, Fionn Power, Alicia O’Neill, Derek Morrissey and principal Mr Kieran Golden