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So day four of Skiing came to an end. All groups of students have travelled up the mountain on two man chair lifts. Learning how to navigate a chair lift is an experience in itself, but as usual all of the students rose to the challenge.
All of the students have skied some blue slopes, which is such an achievement after only four days. However, students of CSN will always rise to the challenge and always find a path (or slope) around any obstacle which they may encounter.
This evening, students completed a table quiz. A good time was had by all students, as they answered questions and worked collaboratively together. A good team spirit, confidence and friendships among fourth years is building as the week progresses on the 2025 ski tour.
Well done to our u15 footballers who came from 1.06 to four points down at half-time against Rochestown today to win on a scoreline of 14 points to 1.09.

They have now progressed to the Q Final stage of the Munster Championship in a few weeks time. 🔴⚫️
Tornado Tuesday.

All students and teachers continued with their third day of skiing. We are half-way there. All of the students are thoroughly enjoying themselves. From skiing to going on a two man chair lift and travelling up the mountain. Students are really getting a full experience. They are learning the difference between ‘snow plough’ skiing and parallel skiing… as well as a few tumbles thrown in for good measure.

This evening, the groups changed around for the snow walk and bum boarding. The bum boarding became very competitive with teachers versus students. Although the teachers claim they won, maybe the students just got the edge. However, the teachers will never admit it. Hot chocolate and marshmallows were devoured afterwards to much delighted students. Roll on day four!!!
TY Ski Trip Day 3

‘Mammoth Monday’.

Most of the students advanced to their first blue slopes this morning. This is a massive achievement after one day of skiing. After the boys two ski lessons today, half of the group went on a night time trek through the forest. The other half of the students did bum boarding following by hot chocolate and toasted marshmallows around an open fire.
Ski Trip Days 1&2 

Day 1
The transition year students departed Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh, at 8:00am. All the students were tired; they were all excited for the journey ahead to Madonna Di Campiglio, Italy. 83 students and 8 teachers boarded two buses and off we set for Dublin airport.

Our flight from Dublin was at 3pm, and everyone was excited to finally be on a plane to Italy for the ski trip. When we arrived, we collected our bags and made our two and a half hour journey to the ski resort. 

Although we arrived at the hotel at 11:00pm Saturday night, the screams and cheers from the boys were fantastic to hear at the sight of the snow. Some even said that they had “never seen so much snow in their entire lives”. Driving through the streets late at night, on the way to the hotel, was like a winter wonderland. There were beautiful street lights and Christmas trees lit up in all their splendour. The Christmas vibe continued into the hotel, with a decorated Christmas tree and decorations.

We all enjoyed a cold plate. It was a very welcome spread after a long journey. However, it was well worth the wait. With full stomachs, we went to sleep exhausted, however we were all excited for the day ahead.

Day 2

Everyone woke up early, to a hearty breakfast. After breakfast, we had the ski fit for all students and teachers. This ran very smoothly, as everyone was very keen to get onto the slopes. The excitement was building as the minutes ticked by this morning.

On the slopes, the students were divided into their groups for the morning lesson at 11:00am - 1:00pm. Students learned to stand in their skis, move off gently on nursery slopes and learn to stop. As the day progressed, students were mastering the famous, ‘snow plough’ which they heard other students from past ski trips discuss in the yard and classes of CSN.

After lunch, which was delicious, all students were on the slopes again for the afternoon lesson from 3:00pm - 5:00pm. All students gained more confidence on their skis in their afternoon and there were plenty of smiles and excitement all round. Although, there were on occasions some spectacular aero dynamic manoeuvres which ended in a cloud of snow.
Last Saturday, six of our Junior Students took part in the Munster Round of the National Debating Junior Mace in Coláiste Choilm. 
Representing the school were Ronan Byrne, Conall Conroy, Micheál O'Croinín MacMathuna, John Duggan, Enda Kennedy and Ivan Behan. For some of the students, this was their first time at a competition outside of the school. But that didn't hold them back! 
John and Conall won best overall team. John won best speaker of the day, a great achievement. Micheál and Ronan have qualified for the International Competition for Young Debaters, which takes place in Cambridge this year and hosts Debating teams from all around the world, including as far as India and Australia. 
Both teams have qualified for the National Debating Finals in UCD later this year. 
This was a very impressive sweep of wins for the boys and all six have made their school very proud! Well done Junior Debaters! We are sure there will be more success to come. 
Our Debating Club meets every Tuesday and Friday at lunchtime. Students from every year group are welcome to come along and try it out!
Our A chess team went to the SMA  Parish Centre in Wilton yesterday for Round 1 of the Cork Schools Chess Championship. A great day was had by all. The team got 1st place, which means that they will attend round 2 on Thursday, 30th January, at the same venue.

Well done to the lads who played very well and represented Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh in a very positive manner, as always. The students who attended the Chess competition were as follows:

Team A

Namo Siller-Aziz

Bart Cierniak

Ciaran Lear

David O Mahony
Last Thursday our 1st year soccer team played against St Colman’s Fermoy in the Munster Cup. 

They won 5-0. Noah X2, Sean Dollard, Joe Twomey and James Murray scored the goals. They have topped their Munster Group and are into the knockout stages in the coming weeks. Well done to the team and management. 🔴⚫️
Hard luck to our Senior Football team. Their year came to an end yesterday at the semi-final stage of the Simcox Cup. It marked a final game for our 6th years in the school colours but they leave with their heads held high having won back to back titles in the previous two seasons. Thank you to the team and management for their commitment throughout the year. 🔴⚫️