Dear Parents and Students,
GCC Open Evening 2024
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all our staff and students for their contribution to the success of our GCC Open Evening last night. The commitment and enthusiasm for showcasing all that GCC has to offer was evident throughout. We are also grateful for the thoughtfully prepared exhibits and informative presentations. The warm and welcoming atmosphere in the school certainly created a positive impression on prospective students and their families. Visitors will have experienced a vibrant, dynamic school where art, music, theatre, sport and high-quality learning is part of the fabric of what we do. The collaborative spirit and strong sense of community was obvious for all to see. Our thanks also to the staff and students of our feeder primary schools who, as always, extended a warm welcome to us when we visited this week.
GCC Fit & Well Morning for 6th Year Students
Next Thursday 3 October the GCC will hold its Fit & Well morning for 6th Year students. The morning is dedicated to supporting our Leaving Cert students and focuses on areas such as mindset, diet, exercise, study skills, reading and literacy. The programmes will be delivered by a combination of external providers and GCC school staff with expertise in dedicated areas. Our thanks to Ms McInerney and all our wellbeing team for organising this programme of support for our 6th Years. Our 6th Year group photo will also be taken on Thursday. All students are to be in full uniform. Please click on the link below to view the full schedule.
GCC Fit & Well 6th Year Morning 2024
GCC French Trip 2025
Please click on the link below to view a letter shared with 5th Year students this morning on Google Classroom regarding our planned French trip to Paris next January. Expression of interest must be returned to the school by next Friday 4 October 2024.
GCC French Language Tour – Expression of Interest
GCC Misneach
Our school Misneach committee supports diversity in GCC by educating students on topics like language,and how we use it, micro aggressions and empathy. The core of Misneach is to educate students on what is acceptable and what is not. The Misneach committee runs 3 big events throughout the school year: GCC Black History Week, GCC Culture Day and GCC Stand Up (LGBTQ+) week.
Applications for the GCC Misneach student committee are now open. If students are interested in being involved with the Misneach team this year they can fill out the form available on Google Classroom and submit an application no later than Friday 4 October 2024 at 1pm.
GCC CBA Assessment Calendar for 2024/2025
Please click on the link below to view the GCC CBA Assessment calendar for 2024/2025:
GCC CBA Assessment Calendar 2024-2025
GCC Activities of the Week 6 [Monday 30 September – Friday 4 October 2024]
Please click here to view our GCC Activities of the Week for next week Monday 30 September – Friday 4 October 2024.
GCC Review of the Week Friday 27 September 2024
Please click here to view a review of some of the recent cocurricular and extracurricular activities in GCC.
HSE – Nasal Flu Vaccine
Glanmire Community College have arranged for the Health Service Executive (HSE) to attend the school on Wednesday 16 October 2024 to administer the free Nasal Flu Vaccine. This is a nationwide HSE immunisation project, where all children are to be offered vaccination by the HSE. The vaccination will be administered by Dr John Crowley and his clinical team.
This is completely optional and vaccination will only be given upon receipt of online parental consent. There is no requirement for parents to be present for the vaccinations. It is a nasal spray, and no injection is involved.
Registration, vaccine information and consent are available at https://yourgp.ie/hse-nasal-vaccine-programme-glanmire-community-college/
Password: stayhealthy
Registration will close on Monday 14/10/2024 at 12 noon before vaccination takes place in school on Wednesday 16/10/2024. If you have more than one child in the school, please do a separate submission for each.
We would like to thank the HSE for providing this very important community service.
Please note that:
- The HSE will vaccinate all consented students up to 17 years old. For clarity, this includes those who are 17 years and 364 days old.
- GCC and Cork ETB is not the Data Controller or Data Processor for this information and consent is provided directly to the HSE through the link above.
GCC School Car Park
We would like to thank parents for their continued cooperation with our entry/exit system to the school car park. A reminder that:
- From 8.30am to 9.10am Monday to Friday the school car park is entry only. The exit lane from the car park will be closed at these times.
- From 3.30pm to 4.10pm Monday to Thursday and 12.30pm to 1.10 pm on Friday the school car park will be exit only. The entry lane to the school car park will be closed at these times.
We would be grateful if parents could remind students:
- to use the pedestrian footpaths and not walk along or between cars when entering/leaving the school
- use the pedestrian gates only and not enter or leave the school via the main gate
We kindly ask parents who are collecting their children from our school not to park their vehicles in appropriately. For example, we ask parents not to park up on footpaths. We are aware of some cars taking up the whole footpath, leaving no space for either our students or members of the public to walk freely by and limiting the access of wheel chair users.
We also ask parents and students to be respectful of the housing estates near the school around drop off & collection times. Cars queuing in school traffic on the Hazelwood Road are blocking the entrances to Old Avenue & Oakfield housing estates. Please leave a gap for residence trying to leave their estates.
We thank you for cooperation in ensuring added safety for our students when accessing the school grounds.
GCC First Year Library Membership Drive
The Literacy Intervention team are delighted to launch the library membership drive for all first year students. All students received information at tutorial this morning on how this will be rolled out. The team will be scheduling library visits once the drive is complete and TY’s will accompany classes on their visit to help support students. A Digital Literacy Workshop will be scheduled after this for students to reinforce their understanding of using the library/digital literacy apps. Thank you for your support in enriching your child’s educational journey.
Please click on the link to view the information letter.
GCC First Year Library Membership Drive
First Year access to the GCC Google Platform
As part of first year induction to GCC students have been busy navigating the VLE (Virtual Learning environment) of Google Platform to enhance their learning. Students will be receiving google classroom codes for different subjects over the next two weeks. Please note first year students do NOT require a mobile phone to access any aspect of their learning in school. Please click on the link to view a supporting document for students when accessing Google Platform.
Navigation of GCC VLE (Google Workspace)
Cycle Against Suicide – Webinar Series
Anxiety is one of the most common challenges of childhood and adolescence. This has been reflected in the registrations to and attendee feedback on previous Cycle Against Suicide webinars delivered by Cycle Against Suicide and the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCD.
Building on the previous series, Series 2 will take a more in-depth look at anxiety in young people exploring different types of anxiety common in this age group. Each 1 hour session will incorporate content on the causes, symptoms and evidenced-based approaches which support recovery.
September 19th : What is Generalised Anxiety Disorder?
October 10th : Social Anxiety: Why the worry?
November 7th: Understanding Post-traumatic Stress in Children and Teenagers
December 5th: Exploring Perfectionism and Obsessive-Compulsive Characteristics
These sessions delivered via zoom are free and open to all parents and teachers to participate. Register your participation please do so at:
https://www.cycleagainstsuicide.com/parent-talks/
GCC Upcoming Calendar Events – September
| Monday 30 September | GCC closed for Students & Staff | |
| Monday 7 October | GCC AP1-SMT Meeting | 4.00pm |
| Monday 7 October | Briefing session for 1st Year Parents | 7:30pm |
| Monday 7 October | GCC Parents Council AGM | 8.15pm |
| Monday 7-11 October | Autumn assessments (all year groups) | |
| Wednesday 9 October | Oide Staff Training Day – GCC closed for students | |
| Monday 21 October | Board of Management Meeting | 4:30pm |
| Monday 21 October | Parents Council Meeting | 7:30pm |
We hope you have a nice weekend.
GCC Senior Management [Ronan McCarthy (Principal), Patrick O Mahony (Deputy Principal) Caroline Byrne (Deputy Principal), Seamus Kennefick (Deputy Principal)]