Thank you to members of our Parents Council for adding sone festive cheer to the halls of CBC Preparatory School.

Click on the link below to see the fabulous work they did!

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3rd and 4th Classes were delighted to visit Stryker last week where they were given a tour.

A very successful fundraiser for World Diabetes Day was held in the Preparatory School on 14th November. A coffee morning for parents was held in the lunch room in the morning. Classes then gathered for the grand raffle draw and to watch brief video about Type 1 Diabetes. Following this, 3rd-6th Classes remained in the lunch room to do a maths challenge related to calculating carbs, etc. It was a very successful day. A very big thank you to Mrs. Niamh Power and all on the Parents’ Council for arranging a successful event for a very worthy cause.

4th Class really enjoyed Science Week. The boys did some research on famous scientists which they presented to their classmates. They also really enjoyed Friday afternoon’s butter making experiment, particularly tasting the end product!

Second class were very during Science Week being mini scientists. They completed various experiments throughout the week that led them to some thought provoking conclusions. One of their highlights was building their dream STEM playgrounds using materials they found at home.

Ms Murphy’s drama club have been very busy learning about different character roles and even dressing up in their own costumes for improv activities. What a talented bunch.

Second class have been learning and exploring the signs of Autumn this month and they have really enjoyed going on nature trails to do so. They took inspiration from the school garden to help with creating leaf rubbings and Autumnal themed art.

4th Class visited Pairc Ui Chaoimh twice in the last two weeks to take part in a hurling and a football blitz. The boys were a credit to the school on both occasions and did their teachers proud with their performance both on and off the pitch. They were in full voice on the journeys down and back (there were plenty of squeals as the double decker bus inched under some low hanging tree beaches on the marina!).
Well done boys!

We love seeing one of our CBC families arriving by bicycle in the mornings. Well done to Michael in 1st Class and his brother Shane in Junior Infants (and Dad!) for getting their exercise done early in the morning!

Front Row (L – R): Mrs. Dearbhla Bradley (SET), Ms. Fiona Buckley (Senior Infants), Mrs. Denise Lowry (Junior Infants), Ms. Sharon McAdoo (Principal), Mrs. Elizabeth O’ Donovan (4th Class), Ms. Tara Murphy (2nd Class)

Back Row (L – R): Mr. Ger Buckley (5th Class), Mrs. Caroline FitzPatrick (4th Class), Mr. Steven Lynch (3rd Class & Deputy Principal), Ms. Jane Scannell (1st Class), Mr. Cathal McNamara (6th Class)

Our Junior Infant class sat for their first class photograph earlier this year. All are looking very dapper in their blazers and are well settled into life at CBC.

Our 3D Printing Club is proving to be very popular. Boys were busy designing Photo Frames recently and were thrilled with the results.

One of our second class students, Ethan, is a budding photographer. Take a look at some of the great shots he took recently at a senior teams’ rugby match. He was even featured on the CBC Twitter account. Well done Ethan!

CBC Preparatory School were delighted to attend the annual Lord Mayor Visit in the secondary school gym on Friday 7th October. It is one of the very few occasions that the entire school, from Junior Infants to Sixth Year, gathers together in the hall and is always a very special occasion. Lord Mayor, Councilor Deirdre Forde spoke passionately about the city of Cork and encouraged the boys to contact her office if they had any ideas that they think would be useful to make the city an attractive place for them to visit with their families.

Representatives from each class met the Lord Mayor as she arrived at CBC.

Our 2nd and 3rd Class boys have been enjoying chess sessions under the guidance of some of our 4th year volunteers who are helping them to learn the rules and perfect the game.

This week in Ms Murphy’s Drama club, the boys made their own puppets to put on a show in the puppet theatre. The imagination and creativity from the boys was very impressive and a lot of fun was had throughout.

Today was the first day of Harry Potter Club so naturally the boys took part in Sorting Hat activities! We answered some questions to see which house we all belonged to – lots of Gryffindors here at CBC!- and then did a lovely Sorting Hat drawing activity.

Boys had to build a tempting main course & a dessert in Lego Club this afternoon!

4th Class were up and moving during their lessons this week, taking to the lunchroom on Tuesday with Ms. O’ Donovan for Maths and again on Thursday with Mrs. FitzPatrick for Gaeilge. They worked in small groups on various activities to help consolidate the learning in these core subjects.

The CBC After School Club programme kicked off this week with boys taking part in Art, Lego, 3D printing, Harry Potter, Drama and Club Gaeilge.

Take a look at some of our wonderful artists in action!

This morning our school mass was celebrated in the lunchroom, marking the first time the whole school has gathered together for mass since before the beginning of the pandemic. It was a joyful occasion and a wonderful way to mark a return to normality after the past years of disruption to regular school life.

The corridors of the Prep School were buzzing this morning with the arrival of students and staff back to school after the summer break. Old friends and new chatted excitedly with a highlight of the day being our first morning assembly for prayers in the lunchroom since pre-COVID times!

The morning was spent organising school books and getting to know new teachers with lots of fun and games. Pictured below are our 4th Class boys with their teacher, Mrs. Caroline FitzPatrick, who staged a “snowstorm” in the yard as part of their ice breaking activities.

Ms. Sharon McAdoo has been announced as the new Principal of the Preparatory School. Ms. McAdoo has been a key member of the Prep School staff for the past 13 years, holding the post of Deputy Principal for the past 4 years. She will commence her new role in August 2022, following the retirement of Dr. Larry Jordan. We wish both Ms. McAdoo and Dr. Jordan our best for the future.