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Childline Visit to First Years

Childline Visit to First Years

Representatives from Childline visited the school last week to speak to all First Year students about the work that they do. Childline spoke to students about the range of services they offer and the increased need for these services over the past number of months. They also spoke to students about online safety, the rights of children and what to do if […]

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Students of the Month

Students of the Month

Well done to First Years, Ciaran Cuttle, Harry Kilcoyne and Sean Devine who were named as November 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 stude

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Fire Station Visit

Fire Station Visit

Transition year students went on a trip to Roscommon fire station recently, where they got a chance to meet some of the fire fighters and witness first-hand the rescue work that they carry out on a regular basis. After a tour of the station, they were shown the range of vehicles and heavy-duty cutting equipment […]

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CBS Jersey Company

CBS Jersey Company

TY students Michael Moran, Cathal Feerick and Daniel Bolger have developed a new Enterprise company, and selling eye-catching CBS branded crew neck jerseys.   The jerseys feature the school’s distinctive logo and colour scheme and are of very good quality.  The students have taken deposits on a large number of jerseys already and are delighted with their sales so far. They decided to market sports jerseys because of the passion for sports within the […]

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Local Entrepeneur speaks to TYs

Last Friday, local entrepreneur and past pupil, Gearoid Tully spoke to TY students about his professional path and the steps that led him to forming a thriving business and getting him to the career he is currently in.  Gearoid is a former CBS Roscommon pupil and went on to study Business development in Sligo IT. He then went on to obtain a role in recruitment […]

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Chess Tournament

Well done to the CBS chess players who came in to school on their day off to compete in a national online chess tournament! Although they didn’t win, they put in a great performance and thoroughly enjoyed the experience! Well done, Mikus, Ciaran, Aaron, Axel, Craig and Pitor! 

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SVP Talk for TYS

Last Thursday, Helen Ralph, a representative from the society of St Vincent de Paul visited the CBS and spoke to students the organisation and how they help people in different communities. Helen spoke about what the SVP does, the aims of the organisation, its founder and how they raise awareness for people in need. She spoke in particular about happens […]

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History Trip to Derry

On Monday 22 November, Leaving Cert History students embarked on a trip to Derry with Ms. Reale and Mr. Hodgins. On arrival, they enjoyed a guided walking tour around the city walls where they learned of Derry’s past and in particular the “Siege of Derry 1688”. This was followed by a visit to the “Apprentice […]

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Chess Tournament

Students in CBS Roscommon took on twenty-eight other schools in an online chess tournament last week. Aaron, Axel, Ciaran, Craig, Danny, Mikus and Antoni succeeded in making it to the National finals on 6th December. Best of luck to all students and many thanks to Ms O’Connor for co-ordinating the event.

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Anti-Bullying Course

The CBS will be hosting an Anti-Bullying workshop delivered by Dublin City University Anti-Bullying Centre FUSE team. This is a free parents webinar for all FUSE participating schools, which includes the CBS. This will take place on Tuesday, December 14th from 7 pm to 8 pm. Details to register will be sent out to parents.

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