Thursday, May 22,  was the last day in school for the Leavng Cert. Class of 2014. On Friday, some of those who had started their CBC journey in the  Prep School came back to visit students and staff whom they encountered during their time in the Prep School and to have a look at where it all started for them.

Third Class had a great outing on Monday last, with a walking tour of Spike Island.

Junior Infants and Third Class are involved in a ‘Sow & Grow’ Project and have had some spectacular results to date.

We planted our Cress, Beetroot and Runner Beans outside in our School Garden

Our caretaker, Brian Austin, was willing to help as he is very interested in flowers and plants. He showed the boys how to build a wigwam to help the Runner Beans to grow and he explained why it was important to keep their leaves off the ground. Slugs would have a feast!! He showed some signs of where slugs were eating into plants.

The boys had great fun putting the wigwam together, using bamboo sticks and string and then planted all their plants in the garden, tying the Runner Beans to the bamboo sticks, and then planting the Cress and Beetroot.

We were very proud of our day’s work.

Sports Day at CBC is always a popular day and thankfully, the sun was shinning for our Annual Outing on Thursday, May 15.

A Rugby Camp was held in the School over the Easter Holidays.

CBC 40 – 20 CLEVE RFC

Junior Infants and Third Class were busy this week learning about planting vegetables.

Both Classes are learning about Cress, Runner Beans and Beetroot and each boy will record the progress of their plant.

Hugh and Arthur from fifth class with their quidditch pitch which they made using recyclable materials over the Easter holidays.
 

Our Easter raffle is an annual event. There is always great excitement as the winning numbers are picked from every class level!

Congratulations to Adam in 3rd class who was the lucky winner of this year’s giant egg!

Congratulations to David Keily from 6th Class who won the under 13’s league in South Munster.

CBC pupil Matthew Mallen (pictured above, left, with Lord Mayor Clancy) missed out on the highlight of the year for Sixth Class Prep School boys: the Rugby Tour to Bath.  However, he was not too disappointed. He jetted off to the USA last Wednesday instead, aboard the inaugural Aer Lingus flight to San Francisco.  He was invited, along with four other Cork students, by no less a person than the Mayor of San Francisco.

This invitation came about when Mayor Edwin Lee travelled to Cork in March 2013 to act as Grand Marshall in the St Patrick’s Day parade. During this visit, Mayor Lee visited CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory and was highly impressed with their CoderDojo group of ‘bright sparks’. He was eager to make the connection with CoderDojo in Cork, given the vital role the tech industry plays in both our economies.

A fantastic programme of events has been put together by Mayor Lee’s office with assistance from the twinning committees in both Cork and San Francisco. The 3 day program is packed and includes exchanges with students from the San Francisco Unified School District, and CoderDojo sessions at the California Academy of Sciences.

The latest news from the group is that Matthew made a TV appearance in San Francisco, demonstrating his computer coding skills to a group of US students.  He made a great impression, full of enthusiasm and confidence.  A great ambassador for Cork and CBC.

Check out Matthew’s TV appearance by clicking the following link:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/education&id=9491165

Congratulations to Conor Foley, Third Class, who won Gold in the U10 50m Freestyle and Silver in the U10 50m Breaststroke in the Munster Schools Swimming Championships 2014, held in UL recently.

Junior Infants (including teacher Mrs Lowry) are ready for the St Patrick’s Day parade!

Sixth class boys concentrating hard for their chess tournament.

The boys in Third Class celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as a character from their favourite book.
Can you find Wally in this picture?

C.A.P.E.R. (Children And Parents Enjoying Reading) takes place in First Class every Tuesday and Thursday. It is a fantastic opportunity for the boys to practice their reading and they really enjoy reading for the parents that come in to help out every week. We really appreciate all the parents that give up their time to come in every week to read with us!

First class boys can be seen here learning about capacity. They started by estimating the number of units it would take to fill various bowls, glasses, bottles, etc. and then took turns to measure accurately and record the information.