A special ceremony to launch this year’s Senior Cup campaign was held in the Hall on Monday.  All pupils from Prep School and Secondary School attended.  Past pupils Donncha O’Callaghan and Tomás O’Leary were on hand to present the jerseys to the 2010 squad.  Best of luck to them!

The Senior Cup Campaign was launched on Monday by Donncha O’Callaghan, Daithi Heffernan and Tomás O’Leary (front row) and Captain Kieran Stokes and Vice-Captain Cathal Gallagher (back row)

Prep School boys at the launch of the Senior Cup campaign

 Weekend Results: CBC v Kinsale, Saturday 23 January

3rd Class: CBC 45; Kinsale 15; try scorers for CBC: Jacob Coughlan Farrell, Rohan Keily, Adam O’Brien, Eoghan Fisher; Coach: Mr Steven Lynch

4th Class: CBC 15; Kinsale 15; try scorers for CBC: Ronan Barry, Séan Lynch; Coach: Mr Martin Owens.

5th Class: CBC 35; Kinsale 25; try scorers: Sam Casey, Paul Harrington, Tommy Hyde, Marc Burke, David Love; Coach: Mr Dennis Linehan.

6th Class CBC: 15; Kinsale 15; try scorers: Robbie O’Flynn, Rory O’Mahony; Coach Mr Ian Rea.

The Parents Council dinner is on Friday next, 15 January.  If you did not get your ticket yet, tickets are still available from members of the Parents Council.  Your support would be appreciated for this, the fist event organised by the new Prep School Parents Council.

On Friday last, all the pupils, apart from Junior Infants, took the ten minute walk from the Prep School to the Everyman Theatre to see a performance of Aladdin.

Special thanks to Mr Adam Clarke for providing the following photos of last Thursday’s School Concert

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Excitement is mounting as the time of the Christmas concert draws closer.  A final dress rehearsal was held this morning and everything is now ready for the performance at 7.30pm this evening.  Parents are asked to drop their sons to the Secondary School building by 7.10pm to give some time to get organised.

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.

Rehearsing for the Christmas Concert in the Lunch Room

Rehearing for the Christmas Concert in the Main Hall

Rehearsing for Christmas Concert in the Main Hall

Getting ready to go on stage for the rehearsal

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.  Later the full group attended a film show in the ‘Stardome’ set up by the Blackrock Castle Observatory. After that, it was back t school again and, luckily, we got there between showers.

Pupils rehearse for Christmas Concert with Ms Ruth O'Shea

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 to the choral verse groups.  All the pupils are looking forward to the concert scheduled for 3 December.

Evening Echo, Tuesday 10 November 2009

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 short notice, and dropped the Junior Infants, Senior Infants and First Class pupils to City Hall.  The other pupils braved the elements and walked down and back as planned.

The boys enjoyed the popular orchestral pieces, introduced by conductor Evelyn Grant.  There were plenty of opportunities to clap, stamp the feet and to sing along with some popular songs as Gaeilge and some American spiritual numbers.

Thanks to Sonya Keogh for the above photos of the the Prep at the Pops

Cork Pops Orchestra

On Monday next, 9 November, all pupils will be taken to a performance of the Cork Pops Orchestra for primary schools in the City Hall.  The performance is scheduled to begin at 12 noon. 

 Pantomime at the Everyman

On Friday 18 December, all classes apart from Junior Infants, will go the Pantomime in the Everyman Theatre.

 School Concert

Rehearsals have started for the School Concert, which takes place in the Hall of the Secondary School on the evening of Thursday 3 December.  Families are invited to attend and admission is free.

 Nativity Play

The Junior Infants will perform a Nativity Play on the last day of term (instead of on 18 December as originally planned).  This performance will take place in the Secondary School Hall on Tuesday 22 December at 11.00pm.  All Preparatory School pupils will attend, and parents and families are welcome to come along too.  The play will finish at approximately 12 noon.  Pupils will then return to class and may be collected shortly afterwards as there will be early closing (as on Wednesdays) on that day.

 Texting

Texting has been set up and is being used to remind parents of upcoming events.