3rd Class enjoyed the Egg Drop Challenge.

Our 3D Printing club made Balloon Powered Dragsters with the 3D Printer that was donated to the Prep School’s STEM department by Stryker.

Congratulations to all the winners of our annual Preparatory School Awards Ceremony.

6TH CLASS
Jacinta Tyrrell Award​​ Max Power 

Student of the Year ​​Kaya Sayin

Principal’s Merit Award​: Finnbarr Murphy Gulati

Rugby Player of the Year​: Luke Farah

Rugby Back of the Year: ​Dalton Caren

Rugby Forward of the Year: ​David Kelly

Hurler of the Year​​: Seán McLoughlin

Gaelic Footballer of the Year:​James Earle

Soccer Player of the Year: ​Seán Fleming Byrne

Athletics:​​​Harry Machie Lowry

Chess Winner​​​: Johnny Chen

Chess Runner-Up​​: Nikhil Sundaram

Draughts Winner: ​​Adam Farah

Draughts Runner Up​​: Johnny Chen

Best on Tour​​​: Matthew Lordon, ​​​​Seán Myers​

3D Printing: ​​​Riain Cotter

5TH CLASS

Rugby Player of the Year​: Ronan Sisk

Rugby Back of the Year: ​Malik Abdelrazik

Rugby Forward of the Year​: Donal Hegarty

Hurler of the Year​​: Harry Hogan

Gaelic Footballer of the Year: ​Leo Dennehy

Chess Winner: ​​​Edmund White

Chess Runner-Up​​: Rasmus Jakobsen

Draughts Winner​​: Killian McCarthy

Draughts Runner Up​​: Rasmus Jakobsen

3D Printing: ​​​Jack Crowley

4TH CLASS

Rugby Player of the Year: ​Hugo Bailey

Rugby Most Improved: ​Matthew Barry

Chess Winner​​​: Ethan Bambury

Chess Runner-Up​​: Isaac Kennedy

Draughts Winner​​: Patrick McLoughlin

Draughts Runner Up​​: Rory Buckley

3D Printing​​​: Eoin Banim

3RD CLASS

Rugby Player of the Year: ​Andrew Post

Rugby Most Improved​: Kevin Sun

Chess Winner​​​: Justin Chen

Chess Runner-Up​: Paddy Murphy Cullinane

Draughts Winner​​: Kimi Weng

Draughts Runner Up​​: Peter Sheehan

3D Printing​​​: Ewan Twohig

SPORTS DAY

1ST​: RED

2ND: WHITE

3RD: ​BLACK

We remembered our former student Rowan O’ Connell during a fun day in March. The day culminated in a colour run in Lansdowne which was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

This year saw the return of the 6th Class Tour. The boys, along with teachers Ms. Sharon McAdoo, Mr. Steven Lynch and Mr. Ger Buckley departed Wellington Road in the early hours of Friday 13th May and made their way to Belfast. It was a packed itinerary and a fabulous time was had by all.

*Full tour report by one of our 6th Class students to follow.

Congratulations to our 2nd Class boys and their teacher Mr Ger Buckley on the occasion of their First Holy Communion which took place on Sunday 8th May 2022.

Staff and students celebrated the feast day of the Blessed Edmund Rice last week. Each morning we join together to say the Edmund Rice Prayer as part of our morning prayers and Thursday was no different. We spent some time thinking about Edmund Rice and giving thanks for his life and work. In class, we learned more about the life and work of Blessed Edmund and students worked on artwork to celebrate this.

Congratulations to our 6th Class boys who celebrated their Confirmation on 7th April.

Congratulations to all the winners from our Easter Egg Raffle Fundraiser.

Winner of Easter Hamper: Riain Scannell (4th Class)

Our 5th Class students attended a rugby blitz in Musgrave Park in April. It was a fabulous day of rugby which the boys thoroughly enjoyed.

Pupils from 3rd to 6th Class took part in a Tráth na gCeist this week for Seachtain na Gaeilge.

Our Junior Infant boys kitted out for their first hurling training session on the Astro today.

Midterm 3D Printer Workshop

Irish Examiner confirms live broadcast of CBC-PBC Munster Schools Cup semi-final
Coverage from Musgrave Park begins at 2.30 Thursday.

Our 5th Class boys played Dolphin last week.

Third Class were learning about Leonardo da Vinci and had a discussion on Optical Illusions. We tried some of our own in class!

This morning’s virtual assembly was hosted by 4th Class who presented an A – Z of Edmund Rice. Have a look at the detailed study and account below that the boys compiled with their class teacher, Ms. Dineen. Well done to the three boys who presented the work on behalf of their class.

A  is for appreciation. Edmund Rice appreciated that everybody deserves an education and helped poor young boys to learn.

B is for Blessed. Edmund Rice was declared Blessed by Pope John Paul II in 1996.

C is for the Christian Brothers. This was the order that Edmund Rice Founded.

D is for died. Edmund Rice died in 1844 aged 82 after a long life of serving Christ by helping others

E is for Education. Edmund Rice educated lots of students in his own school in Waterford but lots of other schools were founded in his name after he died- Like our school CBC which was founded in 1888.

F is for Feast Day. The Feast Day of Edmund Rice is on May 5th.

G is for generosity. Edmund Rice gave his time and resources to those who needed It the most.

H is for Hedge School. Edmund Rice was educated in a hedge school in Callan, Co.Kilkenny but left at the age of seventeen to work for his uncle in Waterford.

I is for Ignatius this was Edmund’s middle name.

J is for Justice. Although Edmund Rice faced many challenges in his own life, he brought justice to so many people through his work.

K is for kindness. Edmund Rice was a kind man who fed, clothed and educated many children who had nobody to care for them.

L is for Lessons. Edmund Rice taught many young boys but he believed the most important lesson of the day was in religious instruction

M is for Mary Elliot. This is the woman that Edmund Rice married.

N is for New Street. When his wife died, Edmund sold his business and started a school for poor young boys in New Street county Waterford.

O is for Outdoor Classes. Edmund Rice’s school was small and there were 200-300 pupils so they decided to have outdoor classes as well so that everybody could get an education.

P is for Poverty. Edmund devoted his life to helping those who suffered from poverty and injustice.

Q is for Quotes. Edmund Rice had many great quotes that helped people to live their lives as followers of Christ. We discussed this one

‘’ to serve a neighbour for the love of God… we should prize it more than gold or silver’- Edmund Rice

R is for Religious Order. Edmund Rice made a Religious order that had a clear mission ‘to free people and communities from poverty and injustice’

S is for Mt.Sion. This was the first school founded under the leadership of Edmund Rice. It is a secondary school and is still open today!

T is for Thomas Grosvenor and Patrick Finn. These were his two friends from his home town that shared his vision of starting a religious order

U is for uncontrollable. The boys that went to Edmund Rice’s school were previously known as ‘uncontrollable’ and the people of Waterford were amazed at the effect Edmund Rice had on them.

V is for Vows. On the 15th of August 1808, Edmund and 7 other brothers took their first religious vows. They were known as ‘Brothers of the Presentation’. Later, Edmund moved on to found the Christian Brothers whilst the others continued their work for the Presentation Brothers.

W is for Waterford. Edmund Rice moved to Waterford when he finished school. He was a successful business man here before selling his business and starting his own school to help educate the poor children that were running around on the streets.

X marks the spot. There are now nearly 2000 Christian Brothers working in 28 countries all over the world carrying on the ‘Christian Brother Tradition’.

Yis for young people. Edmund Rice felt sorry for young people who were born into poor families and educated them so that they would be able to create a better life for themselves.

Z is for Zillion! There are a zillion examples of how Edmund Rice showed the goodness of faith, hope and charity. Let us honour him now by saying our Edmund Rice Prayer…

This week marks the celebration of Catholic Schools Week 2022. The theme for Catholic Schools Week 2022 is ‘Catholic Schools: Living Life to the Full’. This year CBC Preparatory will hold a series of virtual assemblies centred around this theme. The assemblies will be led by various classes who have prepared presentations for the occasion.