43 pupils from 5th. and 6th. class along with 6 teachers will depart for London on Friday 4th. JUne , returning on Tuesday 6th. June. The London Tour has been an annual event in the CBS since 1976. While in London, the group will visit the Natural History Museum, The Science Museum, Thorpe Theme Park, The London Duck amphibious tour of London and the Emirates Stadium.
The boys have been saving for the tour since September.
The school recently completed the renewal of its Green Flag. This time the concentration was on the reduction of energy use and reducing the school’s ‘carbon footprint’. The photo shows Mr. Walsh and two members of our Green Flag committee receiving the new GReen Flag at a ceremony in Kilkenny. The new flag will be officially launched on Monday 21st. June by Minister Sean Connick T.D. who is a past pupil of the school . The ceremony will take place at 12.30 p.m.
Well done to the boys from the Rackard League hurling team who got as far as the District Final by beating Ramsgrange , Horeswood and Tintern. Well done also to the Taghmon team who proved too strong for us on the day of the final. Good luck in the County Semi Final. Thanks to Lalo Malone , Billy Cullen and Tomás Purcell for helping to train our hurlers.
It has just been announced that Wexford County Council have granted planning permission for the new school building which is to be built in Castlemoyle . The new school will be a fourteen classroom building with PE hall,etc.
Mr. Walsh organises five a side soccer tournaments for the pupils on two days each week at break time. There is a tournament for 2nd. class , another one for 3rd. and 4th. and a tournament for 5th. and 6th. We recently purchased two new goal posts as well as a pitch border. Mr. Walsh is assisted by Anthony, Damon and Seanie.
Two teams from the school took part in this year’s Credit Union Table Quiz which was held in the Horse and Hound Hotel in Ballinaboola on Sunday 31st. January. The under 11 team finished in 4th. place overall while the under 12 team finished in 7th. spot. Well done to both teams and a big thank you to Ms. Quinlivan who coached the boys for the quiz and who was on hand all day Sunday to look after them. Thanks also to parent Margaret Crowdle who helped with transport and supervision.
Each pupil receives a free portion of fruit or veg each day and in return for eating the said fruit or veg, they receive a prize or gift. It gets kids eating healthy food and it works! Food Dudes is a programme developed by the University of Wales, Bangor, to encourage children to eat more fruit and vegetables both in school and at home. It is based on positive role models (the Food Dudes characters), repeated tasting and rewards. In large-scale studies in schools in England and Wales and pilot studies in schools in Ireland, the Programme has been shown to be effective and results long lasting across the primary age range, regardless of gender, school size, geographic and socio-economic factors. The national roll-out of the Food Dudes Programme is being funded by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food and managed by Bord Bia. It is intended that the programme will be introduced to all primary schools over the next number of years.
The Food Dudes programme has just begun in the school.
I have recently added an album of photos showing life in the school in 1926.
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