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TY Awards 2021
Created : 30 May 2021, 3:21 PM
Archived : 30 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
On Thursday afternoon we celebrated the achievements of our 2020/2021 TY students. To adhere to covid guidelines the students watched proceeding through a live stream on Microsoft Teams in their base classes while enjoying a pizza and refreshments. Ms Niamh Hyland MC’d the afternoon which awarded academic, pastoral and personal achievements of our TY group. The individual awards (picture attached) were designed and made by Mr Brennan. Mr Cahillane summed up the celebration by saying ‘What a year, what an amazing group of young men. The pleasure was ours. Thank you all.’ Below are the recipients of the 2021 TY Awards: Spirt of TY Award Luke Walsh TY Academic Student of the Year (A,B,C) Padraig Delaney Sean Zou Jack Ahern TY Community Award Aaron Dooley TY Personal Development Award Devin Walsh TY Creativity and Innovation Award Gary Young O’Shea Congratulations to all award winners. You should be proud of the way you have represented yourselves and your school throughout this academic year.
Sports Day
Created : 27 May 2021, 1:07 PM
Archived : 27 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
1st and 2nd years will have a sports day tomorrow for their last day in school! Wear sports gear&head to your SPHE teacher at 9am(whatever classroom you normally have SPHE) This is a fun day so we are encouraging all come & join in! There will also be a few treats throughout the morning! Please wear sun cream. School finishes at 12pm tomorrow so please have arrangements made to be collected for that time. We hope you enjoy the morning!
Speech and Drama Gold Medals.
Created : 26 May 2021, 11:07 PM
Archived : 27 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
Well done to all the TY students who were successful in their Communication Skills Examination with the Irish Board of Speech and Drama. Special congratulations to Dan Culliton and Luke Walsh for being awarded gold medals.
St. Mary’s CBS Students Launch Podcast
Created : 26 May 2021, 11:37 AM
Archived : 26 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
Transition Year students launch first episode of their podcast produced during lockdown Transition Year students from St Mary’s CBS have today announced the launch of the first episode of their new school podcast. The students wrote, recorded, edited and directed their own podcast series during lockdown from January to May 2021. Commenting on the announcement, teacher and producer Ms Evelyn Quinlan said, “I’m so proud of the lads, they have made a strong piece of work and I’m excited for audiences to have a listen and enjoy.” With themed segments such as ‘Music Recommendations’, ‘Lessons in Lockdown’, ‘Why We Love Laois’, and ‘What We’re Grateful For’, the students address topics such as mental health and wellbeing, as well as the lived experience of adolescence in Laois. The first episode features an interview with actor Shane Casey a.k.a. Billy Murphy from ‘The Young Offenders’. Future episodes boast interviews with; award-winning DJ Ann-Marie Kelly from Midlands 103 virally successful musician ‘There’s Only One Conor McGregor’ Mick Konstantin DBT therapist Nollaig McSweeney, who specialises in working with teenagers Republic of Ireland footballer Della Doherty The podcast is recorded, edited and directed by tech-wizard Cormac Allen, and co-hosted by inimitable duo Luke Walsh and Finn Brophy. Featured contributors to the first episode are Noah Thompson, Ben Doyle, Callum Leonard and Aaron Dooley. Third year student Karl Mulligan composed and recorded the jingle. Many thanks to teacher Mr Glavin for taking part in the Quick Fire Teacher Quiz and Transition Year Co-ordinator, Mr. Paul Cahillane for supporting the production. More episodes will be released in the coming weeks, tune in by following St Mary’s CBS, Portlaoise on Soundcloud. The first episode is available to stream here: soundcloud.com/user-1471405-715517703/st-marys-cbs-podcast-episode-2 You Tube ad for the podcast made by our students and Shane Casey here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7AwwtCkO24
Free cookery school run by TU Dublin
Created : 25 May 2021, 4:40 PM
Archived : 25 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
It is a week-long, creative, cook-along programme for health & well-being for 15-17 year olds. There will be 2 sessions per day (Morning session 10-12 and Afternoon session 2-4pm) and enrolled students will be expected to attend both sessions. The amount of weeks we run it for will depend on how many students we get. At the moment we are thinking of 5 weeks over the following dates below. Dates: Days Online Times 1 21st-25th June Monday- Friday 10.00-12.00 14.00-16.00 2 28th June-2nd July Monday- Friday 10.00-12.00 14.00-16.00 3 5th July-9th July Monday- Friday 10.00-12.00 14.00-16.00 4 12th July-16th July Monday- Friday 10.00-12.00 14.00-16.00 5 19th July-23rd July Monday- Friday 10.00-12.00 14.00-16.00 There is no cost for the course but students will need to buy their own ingredients. It should only cost about €5 per day and all recipes will be in line with whatever ingredients are on special in Lidl that week. Students will need parental supervision while doing the course. Please contact niall.hill@tudublin.ie for further details.
6th year Graduation
Created : 25 May 2021, 3:45 PM
Archived : 25 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
To commemorate our sixth years past 5/6 years here with us we will be celebrating their graduation at 7pm tomorrow evening. The boys are encouraged to to start arriving at the school from 6:30pm. Parents are invited to log on via this link: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a7e54dd6184e9409bb7686892caac8858%40thread.tacv2/1621953195851?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22a12ae800-b885-4ddf-b119-68beca77f075%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22e94a49d0-f34f-42f0-88e3-2bf9dab35ace%22%7d Please get your son to show you how Teams works so you can tune into the graduation. All 6th years are expected to come into school tomorrow to enjoy their last day together. Their will be breakfast for 6th years to begin the days celebration.
Recipients of 'From Each his Best' Scholarships for 2020 and 2021
Created : 25 May 2021, 1:12 PM
Archived : 25 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
This is our third year to offer the 'From Each His Best Scholarships' to incoming first year students. This scholarship is based on the double criteria of the sporting success of the applicant in addition to the results of a written exam carried out in the CBS by all applicants. Last year's winners for the current first year were Jack Fennell from Scoil Bhride Knockmay and Ciaran Donoghue of Emo NS. The current 6th class winners are Eoghan Deegan from St Colman's National School Stradbally and Daniel Downey from Rathineska NS. Please see the two PDF's for further information and photos. All 4 beat stiff competition from within their year group. We are delighted to have been able to increase the number of scholarships to two for each school year due to the strong interest in them and the very high academic and sporting standards which the students displayed. We look forward to a new beginning for all our students next September, after the uncertainty of the last two. I want to thank all parents and students who submitted applications, you created a very high standard.

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REMINDER OF THE NAUGHTON FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP-6th years please read this now!!
Created : 25 May 2021, 12:02 PM
Archived : 25 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
The Naughton Scholarships CLOSING DATE – Sunday 30th May 2021 Dear Sir, Madam, The Naughton Foundation would like to advise interested Leaving Cert Students that the final closing date for this year’s Scholarship program is Sunday 30th May. The Naughton Scholarships are a scheme of scholarships for students sitting their Leaving Certificate in 2021 who intend on studying Engineering, Science, Maths or Technology at third level in Ireland. The Scholarships are aimed at high achieving students in science, maths and engineering and if you have any students interested in applying please do send on details of the closing date to them. This year another 36 winners will be selected from each County in the Republic of Ireland. Each Naughton Scholarship is valued at €20,000 i.e. €5,000 for each year of the students third-level course. There is also a €1,000 prize for each winning school’s science lab. Full details on the Naughton Foundation Scholarship Program and a link to the 2021 application form are available for download and can be completed online on The Naughton Foundation website www.thenaughtonfoundation.ie Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further queries at all. With kind regards, Yours faithfully, Rachael Naughton t: +353-86-2326545
6th Year Construction Studies
Created : 25 May 2021, 11:27 AM
Archived : 25 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
Can all 6th year Construction Studies students please ensure they call to the Construction room tomorrow to sign the roll for their project. Your project cannot be marked until this is completed. Thank you.
Scholarship Winners 2020/2021
Created : 25 May 2021, 11:15 AM
Archived : 25 Jul 2021, 12:00 AM
Congratulations to Eoghan Deegan and Daniel Downey on winning the St Marys CBS “From each his best” scholarship awards for 2020/2021. CBS has offered two scholarships due to the high number of applications in recent years. As part of this new initiative, the CBS are seeking to combine academic excellence, sporting ambition and all-round character development with a close working relationship between teachers and parents. These scholarships aim to facilitate the holistic development of CBS students by rewarding those who strive to achieve academic excellence in conjunction with their sporting careers. The scholarship covers the cost of an iPad, books, and school uniform here in St. Marys CBS. These scholarships will continue for the duration of the student’s first academic year. Eoghan is a past pupil of St Colman's National School Stradbally and is a proud winner of the 2021/2022 award. We would like to wish Eoghan and his family the best of luck during his time with us. Eoghan has an interest in numerous sports such as GAA, athletics and soccer. He has captained numerous teams as a natural leader and has won community games finals along with being selected for the Midlands soccer team. He has showcased some of his academic ability with the magnificent results he recieved in the scholarship exam. Daniel is a past pupil of Ratheniska National School and is our second reciepient of the 2021/2022 scholarship award. Daniel has a numerous sporting endeavors with Athletics, GAA, Soccer and Rugby. Daniel has represented Laois and Leinster at provincial and national levels. He has had All-Ireland success in cross country and is the current record holder for the 600m indoors sprint. He has also had cross-country and long jump success along with numerous GAA accolades. His excellent academic ability helped Daniel to achieve fantastic results in his scholarship entrance exam. We would like also to wish Daniel and his family all the best for his time here in St. Mary’s CBS.