Pictures: Cork city school opens its doors to pupils from eight primary schools

MAYFIELD Community School opened its doors to students from eight local primary schools for its Open Night recently.

School principal Kieran Golden said the night involved current students from Mayfield Community School sharing their own personal experiences of the school with attendees.

“It was a very successful night. There was a very large crowd in attendance. We had representatives including students and parents from eight local primary schools.

“They had a great opportunity to meet and greet our own students. Some of our own students shared their own experience from studying in our school with them on the night,” he said.

“The crowd was so interested and enthusiastic.”

Over the course of the evening, attendees were invited to view the school’s facilities.

“There was great energy in the building. Parents and students availed of the opportunity to view our modern and very progressive school. We have top-class facilities, and they visited each room in the school.

“One of our past pupils Aidan Walsh who is doing Bio-Pharmaceutical Engineering in MTU came back and he spoke about his experience in our school. He gave a great insight into the opportunities that exist in our school.”

Mr Golden was full of praise for his ‘dedicated’ staff members who played a key role on the open night.

“All staff were present on the night to answer questions and meet the parents and students. Some of our teachers acted as guides on the night. They brought them around to the different subject departments. We have very committed and dedicated staff. They will do everything they possibly can to ensure our students do well in school.”

Extracurricular options were also on display. 

“We also took the chance to outline the extracurricular activities we do in the school. There are up to 15 clubs in the school which run before school, at lunch and after school. Our students are the voice of our school. They were able to tell them the story of what is happening in the school.

“There were lots of interested parents and prospective students. It was a great opportunity for them to meet our current students. We opened the night with the voice of our current students. They shared their stories of attending our school with the audience,” he added.