Year: 2021

The CBS has been continuing its Stand Up Awareness programme designed to stamp out bullying, and raise awareness for LGBTQ rights. Students have been continuing to learn about ways they can be more inclusive, and have been designing posters with positive messages of tolerance, inclusion and respect. Many thanks to Ms Reale for co-ordinating. 

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Well done to Eoghan Carthy who won an All-Ireland U14 Handball Championship last weekend. Eoghan is a member of St Coman’s GAA Club. He has represented his school, club and country excellently – congratulations Eoghan

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TYs participated in a Sports Leadership Programme with past pupil and international cyclist, Daire Feeley. The programme was carried out in conjunction with Roscommon Sports Partnership. The first part of the day involved a taught module carried out in the Abbey Hotel in which students learnt about coaching, leadership and working as part of a group.  Then they carried […]

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Well done to First Years, Sam Malec Hannon, Daniel Nerney, Jack Finn and Lee Cash who were named as October Students of the Month. They provided a hugely positive contribution to the First Year cohort and they were presented with a Molloys voucher as a token of the school’s appreciation.   Principal Mr Kevin Scollan presented them with their vouchers last week. Well done to all students 

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The CBS is continuing with its series of visits from University School Liaison officers and department representatives who are giving the students an outline of courses on offer in the various universities and third level institutes whilst the usual Open Days are not currently available. The CBS recently had a visit from NUIG about the range of […]

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The Edmund Rice Centre is continuing to create fantastic learning opportunities for its students with a variety of experiences provided each week. Last week, students had great fun in Athlone Equestrian Centre where the students from the Edmund Rice Autism Centre groomed horses and cantered around the area. Many thanks to the staff of the equestrian centre, and to Edmund Rice staff members for consistently going the extra […]

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  The 4th of November marked UNESCO International Day Against Violence and Bullying at School, including Cyberbullying. In celebration of this day, CBS students were busy making posters and visual images to reiterate the school’s stance on bullying. The created images to reflect the school’s zero tolerance stance on bullying. Announcements were made Teams messages were sent, and classes […]

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The CBS is hosting a Virtual Open Evening this Wednesday, November 3rd at 8pm.  Parents of sixth class students in the catchment area are invited to learn more about our talented and caring teachers, hear from our fantastic students, find out about the wide range of subjects and facilities on offer in the CBS and get a virtual tour of the school building and classrooms. […]

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CBS was last week awarded a wall plaque in recognition of its participation in Jigsaw’s ‘One Good School’ initiative which supports the mental health and wellbeing of young people by developing a shared responsibility across the whole school community. Yvonne Lowry of Jigsaw presented Principal Kevin Scollan with a wall plaque highlighting the school’s commitment to the initiative. […]

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