Activities

ICT

The school is fully networked and every classroom has an interactive whiteboard , a laptop and a mainframe computer. Computers also assist with the Acceleread Accelewrite literacy project.

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Chess Club

The Chess Club meets every Wednesday night from 7.00 p.m. until 8.00 p.m. It is organised by Mr. Victor Furness , Mr. Geoff Northcott and school principal Brian MacMahon.
The club is free and is open to pupils from other primary and secondary schools.

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The choir singing at the school's Open Night

The school choir

We are extremely proud of our school choir which has been in existence now for over 10 years. The choir is trained by Eanna McKenna who is one of the top choir teachers in the South East.

The choir is conducted by Ms. Quinlivan.

Ms. Quinlivan conducts while Eanna accompanies

The Rackard League Hurling Team

Sporting Activities

The school facilitates a number of different sports including Gaelic Football, hurling, skipping, soccer , athletics, swimming, and even Irish Dancing and Hip Hop dancing.

Skipping Day in the CBS

Tin whistle and drum group at Open Night

Music

The CBS places a great importance on music and as well as a very successful choir the school also has tin whistle groups, bagpipe groups, drumming groups, guitar lessons, etc.

Guitar group at End of Year Mass

Under 10 Table Quiz Team 2010

Quiz Club & Robotics Club

The Quiz Club meets once a week after school and the club is organised by Ms. Quinlivan. Each year, the school sends two teams to the local Credit Union Quiz.

The Robotics Club is organised for a class per term and it also operates as a summer camp. The pupils use Lego Mindstorm kits to construct robots. The robots are equipped with sound sensors, touch sensors, light sensors and are programmed on laptops to perform various tasks.

Michal's robot construction