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Junior CertiFiCAte YeAr 2
Here we are at the end of our 2nd year of Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine and Junior Cert is just around the
corner .We had a great year between Cappanalea, arts week and the school musical. The 2nd year
lads had a great year winning the Munster final in football and winning the All-Ireland basketball
playoffs that were hosted at our very own school, but then they lost in the All-Ireland semi-final by
1 point. Stephen O’Sullivan, Pat Spillane, Ray O’Shea and Brian O’Sullivan were all on the panel for
the junior boys who got through to the Munster final. The girls also had a fantastic year winning a
muster final in football and making the All-Ireland basketball playoffs, but losing their first game
by a point. Another successful sporting event was the All-Ireland Athletics, Laura Hallisey, Chloe
Hawker and Clodagh Quinlan participated and did exceptionally well! The main outing of our year
was Cappanalea, an outdoor activity centre and we stayed nearby in local accommodation for three
days, two nights.
Moosa Mathibela represented our year as Romeo in our annual musical which was “Romeo and
Juliet”. We had loads of other pupils involved from our year …some dancing, some singing, some
acting. It was a very enjoyable show.
Everybody is now starting to work hard on their Junior Cert projects such as Home Economics, Art,
Woodwork, Metalwork, Music and Technical Graphics.
We would like to thank our year head firstly Mrs Judy O’Connor for helping us up until now. Also we
would like to thank all our class tutors, Mr McCarthy, Ms Sanford and Ms Riordan. We had a great year.
Corina Van Deventer and Sinéad O’ Sullivan
Second Year Students 2012
Well, here we are! Another great year in Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine. We are much more settled as it
is our second year in the school. It is hard to imagine that we will be sitting our junior cert exam next
year. During the year we have done many great activities both educational and entertaining. To stat
off, in March of this year, the four classes of second year visited the Cappanalea outdoor centre near
Killorglin. We got to do many fun activities such as kayaking, hill walking, orienteering and rock
climbing. We spent two wonderful days there. At the beginning of the year we had a retreat day,
which we found useful and relaxing as we had a break from the normal busy day in school. Many of
our class mates took part in the school talent show in March. They all did exceptionally well and we
are very proud of them!!
Class Brid went for a trip to an organic farm in Tralee which they said was a day to remember. Class
Caoimhe went on a history trip to Dublin and also went to see the ‘’The Hunger Games’’ earlier this
month. As part of class Ailbe’s CSPE project, they organised a mock presidential election, which the
whole school were able to vote in. Class Seannan went to support the Vita Cortex workers in Cork.
A lot of the second year’s took part in this year’s musical ‘’All You Need Is Love’’. Our fellow student
Moosa Mathibela had the honour of playing the main part of Romeo in the musical both boys and
girls participated in sports such as basketball football and athletics and they all got very far. So
overall second year was a great year and we hope that third year will be just as good.
Ellen Woods & Alicja Zuk
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Junior Certificate 3
Junior Cert is a very important year. It is made up of hard
work, study and exams. It is important for students to
make the right choices about subjects for Leaving Cert
and keep their options open. Third year is a year in which
we, as a year group, become a lot closer as it is an end of
a cycle in school .We must begin to face our futures
towards the end of the Junior Cert years and therefore
begin to make some of life’s important decisions. In the
end, we all know a little more about ourselves and we
will never forget the good times we have had. “We are
the masters of our fate. We are the captains of our souls.”
By Travis Reilly, Aoife O’Shea and Goran Nikic