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CBS Code Club
Created : 08 Mar 2023, 4:10 PM
Archived : 08 May 2023, 12:00 AM
CBS Code Club members began working on MakeCode Arcade projects this week. Students made a variety of different arcade games and will go on to make their own side scroller game over the coming weeks! #EdTech #CSforall #CodeClub #Teachcode

Chess Club Update
Created : 07 Mar 2023, 7:28 PM
Archived : 07 May 2023, 12:00 AM
On Tuesday, we had the pleasure of hosting the Scoil Chriost Ri students. Chess has become hugely popular within both schools and it was great to get the opportunity to show off the students skills. We look forward to the next meet up. @scoilchriostri_portlaoise
5th Year and LCA Art classes Visit Waterford Walls
Created : 07 Mar 2023, 7:25 PM
Archived : 07 May 2023, 12:00 AM
Yesterday the 5th Year and LCA Art classes visited Waterford Walls. They spent the day exploring public sculpture and street art by world famous artists such as Beerens, Mrkas, Sonny and Monkey Bird. Thanks to @streetartink guides MJ and Naomi for talking us around their beautiful city. @waterfordwalls #streetart #artintodaysworld #fromeachtheirbest
TYB Studying Mammalian Anatomy!
Created : 07 Mar 2023, 7:22 PM
Archived : 07 May 2023, 12:00 AM
TYB studied mammalian anatomy yesterday by dissecting rats as part of their Biology module. In LC Biology we study human anatomy and physiology but it is similar enough to all other mammals. The lads were equal parts delighted and disgusted! They did great at following the specific instructions on making incisions and identifying organs and structures. Well done all!
Creative Writing Workshop for Transition Year Students
Created : 06 Mar 2023, 9:54 AM
Archived : 06 May 2023, 12:00 AM
Our Transition Year students were visited by Roddy Doyle's charity Fighting Words. The students took part in a creative writing workshop to help develop their creative writing skills as a fun and powerful means of self - expression.
St. Mary's CBS Podcast is back!
Created : 06 Mar 2023, 9:40 AM
Archived : 06 May 2023, 12:00 AM
Welcome back to the St. Mary's CBS Podcast! This week we focused on books and literature for World Book Day but here in the CBS we don't do things by halves we have World Book Week! We have authors, book recommendations from students, interviews from our English teachers Ms. Quinlan and Ms.Carroll and Deputy Principal Mr. Thompson! Make sure to stick around to the end!


Minecraft Lesson for 1st Years
Created : 06 Mar 2023, 9:18 AM
Archived : 06 May 2023, 12:00 AM
On Friday, 1C took part in a Minecraft Lesson with the help of our excellent Transition Year lads to finish off a wonderful World Book Week. 

Students talked about the different genres of books and what they would expect to see on the book covers of these different genres and books. They also talked about their favourite books!  

Some excellent work from the students. Well done all!
Reminder - TY Application Form
Created : 01 Mar 2023, 6:23 PM
Archived : 05 May 2023, 12:00 AM
TY Application Form

Reminder - Your TY application form is now available from the 3rd year Microsoft Class Team listed below.

3 Alex - SPHE Team
3 Bobby - SPHE Team
3 Cristiano - SPHE Team
3 Dwight - SPHE/History Team
3 Eric - SPHE Team

Please submit forms 
Senior Rugby Win Vs Wesley College
Created : 03 Mar 2023, 12:11 PM
Archived : 04 May 2023, 12:00 AM

Yesterday the CBS travelled up to Wesley College in Dublin to play the second round of group games. Wesley College came out strong scoring the first try of the game but Portlaoise didn’t back down and answered back shortly after with a try from Evan Caffrey. But Wesley College kept their pace up, going on to score back to back tries.

The CBS got one back before half time to make it 19-14, down 5, at the break. 


Both teams came back out strong with the CBS making their mark with a try from Callum Leonard. Wesley scored their final try before a superb try from Adam Glynn meant that the CBS would win the game. Matthew Coonan’s kicking was the difference in this game with a final difference of only two points. Final score St. Mary’s CBS win, 26-24. Well done lads and coaches!


Thanks to TY students Danny Farrell and Patrick O’Callaghan for the match report and photos! 
TY's take part in Virtual Driving Academy
Created : 03 Mar 2023, 11:38 AM
Archived : 03 May 2023, 12:00 AM
This week our TY's took part in a Virtual Driving Academy. We were thrilled to have them visit the school as they are the first company in Ireland to introduce car simulators to teach people of all ages to drive. It provided  practical and effective training for our students who experienced all kinds of situations from city traffic to country roads, night driving to rain and fog or sleet. They also got to experience manual and automatic driving. 

The students learned how to -
  1. Handle an emergency 
  2. Handle high speeds and narrow roads 
  3. Swerving and skidding out of difficult situations 
  4. Driving in different weather conditions 
  5. Driving in different environments such as urban and rural areas. 
There was high competition between the lads to see who could complete the course and who may need some more practice.

We would like to thank the Drive Virtual Academy  for giving so much time to our TY’s who really enjoyed the two days.

To check out more visit the Drive Virtual Academy Instagram page:  https://instagram.com/drivevirtualdrivingacademy?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=