Entries from November 2009 ↓

The date of the Christmas Concert has been changed from Thursday 3 December to Thursday 10 December.  Please note that the Preparatory School will be open as usual on Thursday 3 December.

CBC Preparatory School, as already stated, will be closed on tomorrow, Tuesday for health and safety reasons (the Secondary School will also be closed). 
On Wednesday 25th, both the Preparatory School and the Secondary School will be open as usual.  Though CBC’s piped water has been cut off, a tanker will deliver a supply which should be adequate for the [...]

CBC Preparatory and Secondary School will open as usual tomorrow, Monday 23 November.  Though the water supply to the school has been cut off since yesterday, there is a sufficient supply in the roof tanks to last one day.  Pupils in the Secondary School will finish at 12 noon as planned to facilitate a Second Year Parent [...]

Though the city centre was flooded this morning due to the torrential rain of the past few days, the sun was shining brightly.  The boys of Third and Fourth Class were looking forward to tag rugby, but the piches in Lansdowne were water logged and unplayable.  However, the Astroturf all-weather pitch lived up to its name and [...]

Third and Fourth Class went to the Discovery 2009 Science exhibition in the City Hall this morning at 9.00am.  It runs from 9-21 November.  The walk took fifteen minutes and the weather remained reasonably dry.  Pupils had the opportunity to visit the various stands, choosing whichever ones interested them.  The ‘Slime Station’ seemed to be the favourite.  [...]

 
This morning, and every Monday morning, music and singing can be heard throughout the school as the boys practice their songs for the Christmas concert under the direction of our new Music Teacher, Ms Ruth O’Shea.  On Fridays, Ms Eveleen Whelton, our Speech and Drama Teacher, gives s her attention to the boys with speaking parts and also [...]

Three players from the Munster Senior Squad, all past pupils of CBC, came to Lansdowne today to help out Prep School trainers Dennis Linehan and Steven Lynch with the training of Prep School Rugby Teams.  The boys were delighted to get a full training session with Stephen Archer, Billy Holland and Duncan Williams.

The popular Folens Christmas Annuals are available for sale in the Prep School.  They cost five euro each.  They are described by the publishers as: ‘Educational and fun, each annual is bursting with quizzes and activitied, fantastic facts, jokes, fiction and non-fiction, interviews and much more.  Great competitions with bikes and stereos to be won!’
There are [...]

The whole Prep School went to see a performance of the Cork Pops Orchestra at 12 o’clock today.  The weather was not as nice as we would have liked, and the 15 minute walk began to look a bit more daunting than anticipated.  However, parents came to the rescue and a fleet of cars materialised at [...]

On Tuesday next, 10 November, there will be an open morning for parents who wish to enrol their son in next September’s Junior Infants’ Class.  Parents are welcome to view the school during the school day and to meet the Junior Infants teacher.  The session will be of about one hour’s duration.  It will start at 9.45am and conclude [...]