Members of the Newspaper Club worked hard on the second issue of CBC Times and produced a great newspaper. Click on the link below to read about a visit to The Young Scientist exhibition, some school secrets as uncovered by the CBC Detectives, interviews with stars of the Junior and Senior Rugby teams, a roundup of the best movies, books and video games of 2017 and much more!
The boys in Senior Infants celebrated World Water Day on Thursday 22nd March. They explored capacity in Maths. They also tested items to see if they were waterproof and explored whether items float or sink in Science. It was a wet day in the classroom but lots of fun was had!
Our First Class boys enjoyed taking part in the Puc Fada competition as part of the school’s Seachtain na Gaeilge activities.
Third class engaged in learning their spellings in a fun and active way during Active School Week. They all did very well.
Third class had a fantastic time being active during Active School Week this year. Below are some pictures of the boys participating in aerobics with Lesley & Vince Giltinan of VIPr and Tone Cork.
Third and fourth class thoroughly enjoyed participating in their Robotics Workshop before the Easter holidays. The boys made their own LEGO boats and raced them. They’re looking forward to their second workshop this month.
As part of their research for the Port of Cork 2018 Project, 5th Class went on a walking tour of the Docklands area with Mr Lynch & Mr McCarthy before the Easter holidays.
The Prep School students gathered in the yard to show their support for the Senior Rugby team in the upcoming Munster Schools Senior Cup Final against Glenstal Abbey in Irish Independent Park on Sunday.
Best of luck to the team from all in the Prep School!
Well done to Luke from 5th Class who competed in the Eason’s Spelling Bee last week – a fantastic experience!
Our students responded really well to the first phase of the Food Dudes programme. All boys in the Prep School have now received their Food Dudes lunchbox and are encouraged to continue to eat healthily by bringing fruit and veg into school each day.
Our Junior and Senior Infant boys thoroughly enjoyed a Lego Workshop held in the Prep School on Friday. This hands on activity was great fun and the boys assembled some fantastic creations.
CBC hosted Cork Con U12s and Whitechurch U10s recently, under the lights at our Sports Complex at Lansdowne. Needless to say, both squads were very excited. Some great games by both teams.
There were some visitors to the Senior Infant classroom last week when some of Mr. Lynch’s 5th Class boys came to join us for the afternoon. The boys were a great help in the classroom, listening to reading and helping with our science and geography work.
Great fun was had last week in 5th and 6th classes for our Eason’s Spelling Bee Qualifier.
Well done to all boys who took part. Best of luck to Luke Philpott in 5th class who will represent CBC Preparatory School in the Cork County Final on Wednesday.
Our 6th Class boys made their Confirmation on Friday 9th March.
3rd Class are enjoying learning about electricity this month . They spent time this week investigating and experimenting to make their own electric circuits .
Well done rang a trí.
The Preparatory School boys have been participating in the Food Dudes programme this month. This programme encourages children to eat more fruit and vegetables both in school and at home. It is based on positive role models (the Food Dudes characters), repeated tasting and rewards. The boys have really been enjoying the daily videos and letters from the Food Dudes and have been excellent at tasting the fruit and vegetables on offer.
In February our third class boys learned about China and the Chinese New Year. In groups they worked cooperatively to create a class project all about China.
Our 5th Class students and their teacher, Mr. Lynch, fully embraced Active Schools Week. Here they are getting active over the course of the week.
There was great excitement in the classrooms of the Prep School when the teachers announced that homework during Active Schools Week would be a little bit different to what is usually written into their homework journals! Here are some of the boys doing their active homework.
Our Senior Infant boys took inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece “Sunflowers” as they created their own pictures of spring flowers in a vase using oil pastels. Here are the boys hard at work in their classroom.
Our Junior and Senior infant students picked up the hurleys and helmets in February as they began a block of hurling training with Liz. They started with the basics and by the end of the first session all were holding and swinging the hurleys with great style!
