“We are hosting the event in the hotel to add that extra element of glamour to the night” said one of the organisers

13 acts took to the stage on the night, those lucky enough to make the cut from the 50+ who auditioned in the first round.

With tickets sold out well in advance, there was a great air of anticipation and excitement in the crowd on the night.

We were treated to a great variety of performances from break dancing to beat box, the finest of guitar, violin and piano playing, topped off with wonderful singing, from both solo and group performers.

Our acts had to face an audience vote as well as the wrath of our Judging panel comprised of Teacher Mr Declan Ryan a.k.a  Carrig’s very own Simon Cowell, student Eavan O’ Shea and our special guest judge on the night Conor J Ryan, recent participant in Ireland’s ‘The Voice’.

Congratulations to all our acts who took part, the standard was extremely high, they certainly didn’t disappoint on the night.

Special congratulations to our winner Shauna Nolan who sang ‘Ave Maria’ and Adam Doyle along with Katie O Shea who finished second and third respectively.

A special thanks Ms N McCarthy (Music) and Ms A O’ Regan (English & Drama) for their great effort organising the night and showcasing the great talent in CCS,

Also further thanks to the Art department under the guidance of Mr Lyons who did a great job with a special stage design for the night.

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CCS students will strut their stuff for one night only to both entertain and hopefully win the title of ‘Carrig’s Got TALENT’. The show will take place in the Carrigaline Court Hotel, starting at 7.30 sharp.

‘We are hosting the event in the hotel to add that extra element of glamour to the night,’ said one of the organisers.

Over 50 students took part in the first leg of the auditions which happened weeks ago. Since then the 15 acts that made it through to the ‘live’ show have been going through their paces with teachers and organisers Niamh McCarthy (music) and Ann O Regan (Drama).

‘We are expecting a fun-filled night with plenty of outstanding entertainment,’ said the teachers. ‘The standard is exceptionally high and we have a great variety of acts that should appeal to everyone’.

A panel of three judges made up of teacher, Mr. Declan Ryan, senior student, Ms. Eavan O’Shea and a mystery guest judge will have a difficult job on the night. The audience will also have a say as they will each have one vote to put their favourite act forward.

Tickets at only 10 euro will be available in the school over the coming week. Students will be notified as soon as these ‘hot’ tickets are on sale.

Among the activities was a forensic science demonstration and students carried out forensic tests on samples taken from a crime scene.

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WSE MLL Report

Tomi signed copies of his book ‘I was a Boy in Belsen’ for students and staff and Deputy Principal Mr. Burke presented him with a specially commissioned drawing of the Shandon Bells by 4th Year student Lisa Mellett.

The visit was organised by Ms. O’Doherty.

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Congratulations also to Transition Year students Cormac Hickey, Niamh O’Mullane and Eoin O’Connor who achieved a Highly Commended award for their project entitled ‘What puts the power in “power balance” wrist bands?’. Well done to all students involved and a special thank you to teachers Ms. Jennifer Godsell and Mr. Ronan Neville for their guidance and support.

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Below is a sample of some of the activities that students participated in.

Mental Health Awareness Talk “Laughter is the best medicine with no side effects.”

Second Year classes Antain, Áine, Ailín, and Artair attended a mental health seminar with a community health nurse on Monday 14^th of November. The seminar addressed issues such as mental ill health, communication, and stress management.

What can you do?

• Get talking.
• Get active.
• Get involved.
• Get chilled.
• Get wise.
• Get help.

Health Challenges

During the week Ms. O’Keeffe and Ms. Godsell organised a series of health challenges for Junior cycle classes. With the help of fourth years, classes Blaithnaid and Blaithin from 1^st Year, Aifric and Ardal from 2^nd Year, and Fachtna and Ferghal from 3^rd year were chosen to take part in challenges such as a Health Quiz and a Blind-folded tasting Test.

Mmmm Food Samples

Free samples of Cottage pie, Smoothies and homemade soup were available in the Cafeteria. The yummy free samples were made fresh by 2^nd Year Home Economics classes in the kitchen.

Humourfit Drama “Time is precious, make some for yourself.”

A CCS health week regular, Michael O’ Sullivan from Humourfit Drama Productions performed his hilarious, and hard-hitting sketches on bullying and on general mental health in teenagers.

School Positivity

Our very own CCS student council took the tremendous subject of Mental Health into their own hands, and to spread the word on mental health and positivity they had special Health week t-shirts made and customised with positive mental health slogans and quotes. Every member of the student council, members of staff and some kind helpers wore the t-shirts every day during Health week to spread the positive messages.

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