Year: 2021

At the CBS, we are lucky enough to have a great diversity in language and cultures in our school community. Over the next few days, we will recognise and celebrate all languages in our school with the European Day of Languages. EDL is a day of celebration across Europe. It is the day that all member states promote awareness among citizens […]

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Mr Kevin Scollan has been appointed as the new principal in the CBS. Mr Scollan has been involved in teaching and managing in the CBS since 1994. We wish him the very best of luck in his new role. The best of luck also to Ms Fiona Gallagher who is moving on to a new […]

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The Head Boy and Deputy Head Boy of the CBS Roscommon have been named respectively as Luke Stephens and Sean Griffin. They were nominated by their teachers for their leadership skills, contribution to school life and positive role modelling within the school. They will represent the student body throughout the year. Congratulations to both students […]

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School life is back in full swing at the Edmund Rice Centre with students enjoying their usual array of activities designed to maximise their education, life skills and wellbeing. They kicked off the year with a barbeque, cooked by some of the students and enjoyed by all. The Edmund Rice Centre wish all its students […]

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Congratulations to CBS student Eamonn Coyle who won silver in the Boys U15 1500 metres at the Athletics Ireland Juvenile Championship. Eamonn is from Knockcroghery and runs with  Reeside Athletics club. Well done to Eamonn and we look forward to seeing him compete again in the near future.

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A huge well done to the Leaving Cert class of 2021 who did phenomenally well in this year’s exams. A number of students achieved very high points, with Conor McNulty and Naoise Coyle achieving 625 points each. Most students were happy with their CAO offers, and we wish them every success as they embark on […]

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First Years participated in a Team Building exercise last week as part of their Wellbeing programme. The brief was to create a giant poster depicting images of what the CBS means to them. Visuals of sports, friendship, positive messages filled the wall hanging, and students had an enjoyable afternoon in the sunshine creating it. Many thanks to Ms Quinn, […]

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Last Wednesday, Sixth Year students accompanied by their teacher, Ms. Eileen Parker, visited the Burren to carry out their geographical field investigation. The students always enjoy this section of the course as it allows them to apply what they have learnt in the classroom to a real-life environment, and use various types of equipment to carry out […]

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Eoin McLoughlin, Michael Reilly and Jack O Gara won a Chemistry Award at the SciFest@College 2021 regional STEM fair in Athlone IT for their project: How Coniferous Forests Affect Water Quality in the River Suck Co. Roscommon. The prize consisted of a Dublin Crystal trophy. In addition to the trophy each student received a €20 One4All gift card and a SciFest@College 2021 Regional Finalist […]

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