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.

There were lots of enjoyable outings for those who attended our summer camp in June 2022 including a trip on the Hop on Off Bus Tour of Cork and a trip to the Mixed Ability Rugby World Cup in Musgrave Park where they met the team from Belgium.

Amanda Banim, Chairperson of the Preparatory School Parents’ Council making a presentation to Dr. Larry Jordan to Mark his retirement as principal of the Preparatory School.

The 6th Class Graduation made a welcome return to the school hall this year with the boys and their parents enjoying a lovely ceremony to Mark the end of their time at the Prep School.

Congratulations to the Leaving Cert class of 2022z pictured are the students who started their CBC journey 14 years ago in Junior Infants in the Preparatory School. We wish the boys all the best in their future endeavours.

3rd Class enjoyed the Egg Drop Challenge.

Our 3D Printing club made Balloon Powered Dragsters with the 3D Printer that was donated to the Prep School’s STEM department by Stryker.

Congratulations to all the winners of our annual Preparatory School Awards Ceremony.

6TH CLASS
Jacinta Tyrrell Award​​ Max Power 

Student of the Year ​​Kaya Sayin

Principal’s Merit Award​: Finnbarr Murphy Gulati

Rugby Player of the Year​: Luke Farah

Rugby Back of the Year: ​Dalton Caren

Rugby Forward of the Year: ​David Kelly

Hurler of the Year​​: Seán McLoughlin

Gaelic Footballer of the Year:​James Earle

Soccer Player of the Year: ​Seán Fleming Byrne

Athletics:​​​Harry Machie Lowry

Chess Winner​​​: Johnny Chen

Chess Runner-Up​​: Nikhil Sundaram

Draughts Winner: ​​Adam Farah

Draughts Runner Up​​: Johnny Chen

Best on Tour​​​: Matthew Lordon, ​​​​Seán Myers​

3D Printing: ​​​Riain Cotter

5TH CLASS

Rugby Player of the Year​: Ronan Sisk

Rugby Back of the Year: ​Malik Abdelrazik

Rugby Forward of the Year​: Donal Hegarty

Hurler of the Year​​: Harry Hogan

Gaelic Footballer of the Year: ​Leo Dennehy

Chess Winner: ​​​Edmund White

Chess Runner-Up​​: Rasmus Jakobsen

Draughts Winner​​: Killian McCarthy

Draughts Runner Up​​: Rasmus Jakobsen

3D Printing: ​​​Jack Crowley

4TH CLASS

Rugby Player of the Year: ​Hugo Bailey

Rugby Most Improved: ​Matthew Barry

Chess Winner​​​: Ethan Bambury

Chess Runner-Up​​: Isaac Kennedy

Draughts Winner​​: Patrick McLoughlin

Draughts Runner Up​​: Rory Buckley

3D Printing​​​: Eoin Banim

3RD CLASS

Rugby Player of the Year: ​Andrew Post

Rugby Most Improved​: Kevin Sun

Chess Winner​​​: Justin Chen

Chess Runner-Up​: Paddy Murphy Cullinane

Draughts Winner​​: Kimi Weng

Draughts Runner Up​​: Peter Sheehan

3D Printing​​​: Ewan Twohig

SPORTS DAY

1ST​: RED

2ND: WHITE

3RD: ​BLACK

We remembered our former student Rowan O’ Connell during a fun day in March. The day culminated in a colour run in Lansdowne which was thoroughly enjoyed by all.