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Pres Are ISTA National Science Quiz Winners! Report by Principal Ken Whyte Pres Gazette Spring 2016 The Newsletter of Presentation Brothers College, Cork Pres are ISTA National Science Quiz winners! Report by Principal Ken Whyte This year’s academic results were exceptional yet again, and highlight the benefit to our students of the educational ethos and methodologies practiced by Pres since its foundation. and hard to prepare our students for both their exams This year’s highlights included an average CAO points and extra-curricular competitions. achieved by all students of 465, within which 41% of our students achieved 500 points or better, and 63% of As we have begun the rugby ‘Cup’ season we wish all our students achieved over 450 points. We are our teams the best of luck in their upcoming games. consistently in the Top 10 in the national league table of Both our Senior and Junior Cup teams had excellent 1st Secondary Schools; rising this year to number 2 and Round wins over St Clements, with our Seniors having a being the top ranked boys’ school nationally. In the comprehensive Quarter Final win over Bandon GS. They Junior Certificate also, results this year were again now look forward to a serious semi-final examination of excellent. their cup winning credentials against our age old rivals, CBC, after the mid-term break. Of more immediate Our former students continue to excel at Third Level, concern is our Junior Cup team who face very tough with UCC recently awarding seven entrance scholarships Quarter Final opponents in Rockwell College on to members of the class of 2015. Other members of February 10th. Our Senior Soccer squad have also that cohort were also rewarded for their examination acquitted themselves excellently this year, winning efforts with entrance scholarships to Trinity College and through to the Munster Senior Schools Cup final, a UCD. All of their achievements are recognised in this competition the School won in such fine style last year. issue of the Pres Gazette. This edition of the Pres Gazette contains many items Current Pres students continue meanwhile to gain highlighting the various activities and accomplishments national academic recognition. What is particularly of our students since the current academic year noteworthy here is the recent success of a number of commenced. We hope that you enjoy reading about the our current Leaving Cert students at the National Senior efforts of our students and staff during that time. Science Quiz held in Trinity College, and the retention of the Regional Senior Team Maths Quiz trophy, held I would like to thank Don Buckley, editor of the Pres last week. This group now progress to the National Final Gazette, and Nora Walsh for her many photographs and on March 5th, we will monitor their progress with all the team involved in its production. interest. Another significant academic success was the victory in the South Region Junior Maths Problem Solving Competition. The lads now go on to contest the Ken Whyte All Ireland final in March and we wish them the best of Ken Whyte luck.’ Principal These recent successes are also a tribute to the many Cover photo shows back (l-r) teachers Ian Lehane (Physics), Clare members of our teaching staff who have laboured long Lynch (Biology) and Marion Carey (Chemistry). Front (l-r) Alex O’Carroll, John Fehilly and Jimmy Costello . Pres students excel and receive UCC Entrance Scholarships Congratulations to PBC Students who received UCC Entrance Scholarships in October 2015: (l-r): Rob Coffey, Adam Cohalan, William Buckley, Prof John O’Halloran, Vice President for Teaching and Learning in UCC, Barry Ryan, Cian Carey and Patrick Hogan. Oisín receives UCC Entrance Scholarship Colm receives UCD Entrance Scholarship PBC past pupil, Oisín Kidney, who recently received a UCD Entrance Scholar 2015, Colm Griffin, UCC Entrance Scholarship to study Computer Science. who is studying Economics & Finance shown with PBC Vice Principal Aidan Twomey Séafra Gulfoyle sails away with a Quercus Sports Scholarship from UCC Photo shows (l-r) Dr Ian Pickup, Head of Student Experience UCC, Séafra Gulfoyle, Quercus Sports Scholarship Recipient and Prof John O’Halloran, Vice President for Teaching and Learning in UCC. John and Luke receive TCD Scholarships Ben receives a Quercus Scholarship Trinity College Dublin Entrance Scholarship Winners 2015, Ben O’Callaghan received a UCC Quercus Talented Scholars John Ryan-Purcell and Luke Gayer, Award in October 2015, for his work in the Creative and both studying Theoretical Physics. Performing Arts field. He is currently studying Politics and Music, and in his spare time is an accomplished music producer as well as running four record labels. Pres are National Science Quiz winners I was very excited when I first found out that I was going to be taking part in the regional ISTA Science Quiz. This quiz follows the general table quiz format drawing questions from the Biology, Chemistry, and Physics courses. It also includes questions based on general scientific knowledge and topical issues. We began studying for it about three weeks in advance of the regional round. All three teams put a lot of effort into preparing for the quiz, including meeting up during mid-term to practice quiz questions. The regional quiz was held in the Boole Lecture Theatre at UCC, where 47 teams competed for one of the six places in the national final. It ended with two Pres teams in a tiebreaker for third and sixth places. Unfortunately, only one Pres team made it to the national final, after coming fourth in the regional quiz. The other Pres teams placed seventh and ninth. The team consisting of Alex O’Carroll, Jimmy Costello and I had the chance to take part in the national final that was held in Trinity College Dublin. We put a lot of effort into strengthening the areas that we felt had let us down during the Regional Quiz. During this quiz, 48 school teams from all over Ireland competed for the podium spots. As a team, we were very surprised when the first and second tallies indicated that we were in the lead. There was a huge sense of anticipation before the final results were announced and we were absolutely delighted when we realised that we had secured first place. All the teams would not have got as far as they did if it was not for the expert guidance of our teachers. We are all very thankful to Ms Lynch, Ms Carey, Mr Ian Lehane and Mr Enda O’Regan for supporting us at the regional round. As a team, Alex O’Carroll, Jimmy Costello and I would like to thank Ms Clare Lynch and Ms Marion Carey for giving up their personal time to support us in Trinity. Finally, all the teams are especially grateful to Ms Clare Lynch for mentoring us and giving us the resources to prepare for these quizzes. John Fehilly, 6th Year Biochemistry DNA Workshop in UCC Last November all 4th Year Biology classes attended UCC for a DNA Biochemistry workshop in the Western Gateway Building. We heard an introductory lecture on the structure, components and facts of DNA in the Brookfield Science Health Complex by Dr Sinéad Kerins. We studied Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) which is the process of replicating and producing multiple DNA, and also going through the experimental procedures to be done in the lab. We were given a booklet with all the notes and studied the genetic disease, sickle cell Anaemia. After lunch, we were taken to the undergraduate Photo shows 4th Year students, David Higgins and Biochemistry Lab. There we used Gilson Pipettes which Harry Walsh, at work in the UCC Biochemistry Lab. was a new experience for us all. We carried out an experiment, using Restriction Enzyme Digestion of PCR generated DNA to genotype a family for the genetic disease, Sickle Cell Anaemia. We prepared agarose gels to run the DNA profile and see if the family had genes for sickle cell Anaemia, finishing with a computer where we placed our gel in UV light to see the bands. We did two further lab experiments isolating DNA from green peas and our check cells. I found this fascinating as you could clearly see the strands of DNA in the test tubes. Similar processes were used in school with onions. The day was incredibly educational as it really opened our eyes to the world of biochemistry. It also exposed us to a lot of different scientific techniques. It was a privilege to get the opportunity to work in these advanced labs. On behalf of the TY Biology classes, I’ld like to thank UCC and Dr Kerins and her staff who helped us and gave us a great day, and of course our Biology teachers, Ms Clare Lynch and Ms Lynda Meiklejohn, who made the day possible. Jack O’Sullivan, 4th Year Ronan Scott RIP - An Appreciation January 10th last marked the tenth anniversary of the untimely passing of our friend and former colleague, Ronan Scott. Ronan was a very proud Pres man, graduating from the school in 1990, and after a period of time spent in UCC where he studied Commerce, and a subsequent career in banking, he decided to change tack completely and embark on a new career in teaching. It was the thrill of his life to be accepted into his alma mater as a H.Dip student in September 2002, and he soon immersed himself in all aspects of school life, almost as if he had never been away. He gave freely of his time in 1st and 2nd Year rugby, and loved nothing better than an animated discussion on the merits of players he coached, a conversation that invariably extended into the possibilities of Pres winning the Senior Cup, and how Munster were going to win that elusive Heineken Cup (won eventually in May 2006).
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