From the Blog

TY Sports Leaders

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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Students of the Month

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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University Visit

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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Edmund Rice Centre

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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TYs Buddy Up!

CBS Roscommon has undergone a new change, introducing a Buddy System where TY’s get an opportunity to mentor First Years and help them familiarise new students with secondary school life. First Year Head Breda Buckley decided to introduce it so that students have someone to help them in their First Year in school. At the start of the school year, TYs met their mentees and […]

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Anti-Bullying Day

  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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Virtual Open Day

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 Presented with One Good School Award

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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Pumpkin Carving

First Years enjoyed a Pumpkin Carving Competition last week to celebrate their first term in the CBS, and to get into the spirit of Halloween. The three First Year classes availed of the fine weather and brought their pumpkins outside to the large outside seating area, where they carved and decorated their pumpkins. Students brought their own pumpkins in and extras were kindly supplied by Fullards. Students got very […]

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Games Club

A Games Club has been set up at lunch time for students to meet and socialise over a number of board and card games. So far, it has proven very popular with First and Second Year students. Many thanks to Mr Ferguson for organising and to teachers and students for helping to organise.  

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