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Second and Third Class enjoyed an interesting tour of UCC last week in the company of their teachers and some Transition Year boys.  As they made their way round the quad, stone corridor, etc, they encountered many past pupils of CBC, who were surprised and pleased to see them. The boys were given gowns and [...]

At Tuesday’s assembly, the  Sixth Class touring group were proud to show off the trophy they won for beating all comers at the Avonvale tournament over last weekend.  Pictured below: Mr Dennis Linehan, Ronan Barry (Touring Captain) with tournament shield, Daithi Heffernan (Team Captain) vice captains Tom O’Connor and Paddy Kelleher and Dr Larry Jordan.

The Sixth Class touring group returned to school at midday today after a very successful tour of Bath.  They recorded a famous win when they beat all comers at the Avonvale Bathford tournament and brought the trophy home to the Prep School trophy cabinet.    

Mr Michael Cronin (of John Cronin, Oliver Plunkett St, CBC uniform supplier) made a last minute dash to Cork Airport this morning to deliver a set of touring jerseys to the CBC Prep School team, arriving just before the flight took off for London.  The Sixth Class boys designed the special jersey for the Bath [...]

The annual Bath Tour has come round again, with this year’s Sixth Class boys  flying out to Heathrow Airport, with three Preparatory School teachers and many parents as well, early tomorrow morning. Dr Larry Jordan presented each of  the 25 members of the touring group with rugby gear this afternoon in a specially made McWilliams [...]

Fourth Class now have their own website.  It was started off to give information about their “I to I” Project.  The rather unusual name stands for  India to Ireland Project.  The project was launched in 2011 between Christian Brothers College, Cork and the Regina Mundi School in Goa, India. Since then the website has expanded and [...]

The Preparatory School boys had a visit from the Blackrock Observatory on Tuesday 6 February.  Ms Frances McCarthy brought the inflatable dome which was set up in the Secondary School Hall.  Each class, from Junior Infants to Sixth, had a forty minutes session in the dome where they saw shows on the sun, moon and stars [...]

The boys of the Preparatory School returned after the Christmas break on Tuesday 10 January.  By Wednesday, Christmas and 2011 were dim memories with everyone looking forward to the New Year and the new term.  As a little reminder of last year, have a look at the following photos.

The postponed Christmas lights ceremony will take place on tomorrow, Friday.  A rehearsal has been organised for 4.00pm at City Hall (the new glass section on Anglesea Street between old City Hall and Fire Station.  Pupils should be dropped there at about 3.55pm.  After the rehearsal, at about 5.00pm, the CBC group will be taken [...]

CBC Preparatory School has been invited by Cork City Council to participate in the Christmas Lights Ceremony on Friday next.  If a sufficient number of pupils and parents are interested we will make arrangements for a group to take part in this seasonal event.  A text was sent out today to parents about this event [...]