Entries Tagged 'Curriculum' ↓

Second Class took the top prize today in the Feis Maitiu Choral Verse competition.  The boys were delighted to return to CBC with their big silver cup.  Congratulations to all the boys on their success.

The entire Prep School, from Junior Infants to Sixth Class, attended a performance of the Cork Pops Orchestra today.  CBC had the balcony to themselves, so even the smallest of the boys had an unobstructed view of the stage.  CDs of the songs performed at the show were sent to the school a few weeks [...]

Yesterday, Sixth Class visited UCC’s Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS) Department at its headquarters at the Western Gateway Building (where the old Greyhound Track used to be), where  UCC has laid on an Interactive Workshop for Primary and Secondary school pupils during Science Week. The boys were introduced to the displays by staff members [...]

All classes from First to Sixth have now started learning French with the aid of the computer-based Rosetta Stone French course.  Rosetta Stone is the nearest thing to total immersion in the language.  Photos show Third Class during their first lesson.

An interactive, computer-based French language course will be introduced to the Preparatory School in the next school year.  Classes from First to Sixth will have access to the course on a weekly basis.  It is hoped that the boys will have a good grasp of French before moving on to the Secondary School where French [...]

Fifth and Sixth Class boys go up to the Chemistry, Physics or Biology Lab for an hour of Science every week.  But even the Junior Infants enjoy simple scientific experiments in class, as pictured below

The weather has been very much in the news lately and Sixth Class pupil James Keaveney has taken a special interest in how information on climate is gathered.  He built a weather station consisting of a thermometer to measure maximum and minimum daily temperature, a precipitation gauge to measure rainfall and a barometer to measure atomopheric [...]

Hopefully the pottery will be dried out soon and ready to be given as Christmas presents