Category: School News

CBS Transition year students Brian O’Connor, Adam Murphy and TJ Smyth have been selected to compete in the Virtual Finals of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition in January 2022.  Their research project is ‘Investigating the student experience of learning during a pandemic’. This project was one of 550 selected projects out of a total of 1400 […]

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Last Friday, a representative of The Simon Community held a workshop for the TY’s of CBS Roscommon. He spoke to the lads about homelessness, causes of homelessness and what the Simon Community do to help people who suffer from homelessness. It was a very insightful talk and opened the TY’s eyes to how prominent homelessness is in Ireland. They heard about ordinary people who suddenly found themselves homeless, and the impact […]

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Last week marked Stand Up Awareness Week where schools across the country joined in supporting of the LGBTI+ community. In class this week our students engage in some lessons which provided greater knowledge and understanding on this topic. We recently looked at the importance of our core values:  respect, tolerance, acceptance and equality –  in […]

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Music is now being offered as part of the Junior Cycle curriculum in the CBS. First Year students will be starting their Music course this week. They will be focusing on three key skills – Composing, Listening and Performing. Some students will be bringing in their own instruments for the class, and others will avail of a number of instruments already in the school. It is lovely to hear music being […]

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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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