Congratulations to our TY Robotics students on their achievements at the @learniteire @first_official Lego League competition at the @laois_education_centre last week! All students worked so hard this year on their projects, which included coding, building, and engineering strategies, as well as a detailed innovation project ️ For the third year in a row, St. Mary’s CBS have won first place in robot design. A fantastic achievement, well done all!

#STEM #STEAM #Lego #FLL

This information night will take place in the GPA and the running order of the night will be as follows - 

TY Information Night 7pm - 7.45pm

For all prospective TY students for the 24/25 school year. Parents and students are welcome.

Our Principal, TY Co Ordinator, Guidance Counsellor and Past TY students will be speaking during the presentation.

Subject Options Night 8pm - 8.45pm

For all prospective 5th year students for the 24/25 school year. Parents and students welcome.

Thank you.

Portlaoise Library have asked us to let our students know about their Young Adult (13-15) Book Club that they’re running from the 23rd of February. 

If you would like to join, you must send an email with an expression of interest as spaces are limited.

I’ve attached the poster for exact details.

 

Huge congratulations to David Wajrak who finished in 13th place in the Inter Boys Leinster Schools Cross Country Championships in the Pheonix Park.  David had a brave run and went with the early paces and hung on for automatic qualification for the All Irelands on the 9th  Dec. Well done David, a brilliant achievement at this level!  Well done also to our Minor Boys team who competed very well on the day! 

Well done boys!

Today our TY and 5th Year League Team played their 3rd game of the league against Clongowes Wood at home in Tougher Portlaoise RFC. The CBS boys started very well with some big carries from Cormac Deegan Aaron Kingston and Captain Cian Butler to name a few. The CBS boys opened the scoring with some great carries and back plays which would see Ciaran O Brien McCormack in for his first try of the day, converted by Dan Thornton to give our boys a 7 nil lead. Straight from the kick off the brothers came again with even more carries over the gain line and big tackles flying in from Jayden Kelly and Theo Adams especially, to keep pushing Clongowes back. Clongowes eventually crumbled under all the CBS pressure to let Charlie Dwyer crash over for our second try of the match and Thornton split the posts again to increase the lead to 14. There was more to come before the halftime whistle though. With the CBS backs pulling off some great moves and carries to keep the pressure on Clongowes in their own half and yet again they couldn't handle the strength of the CBS pack nor the speed of our backs. All our hard work eventually paid off  when Ciaran crossed the whitewash for his second of the game and with a narrowly missed conversion our boys went into the break 19 nil ahead. 

The game was far from over and Clongowes wood rallied early in the second half to score their first try of the day with a conversion following to collect all 7 points. The hard work of the first half was taking its toll on the CBS lads who were tyring, straight from the kick-off again Clongowes broke the line and after a couple of phases managed to score their second try and convert it to drag themselves back into the game 19-14 in favour of the brothers. It was far from over though as our boys bounced back with big hits straight from the kickoff with Eoin McGowen and Patrick O'Callaghan haring down after the winger putting on great pressure. As the game got rowdy, the CBS showed great composure and coolness and it showed after a perfect chip over the top from Dan Thornton bounced right into the super sub Jack Condon-Egan's hands, still with work to do though Jack stepped the last man and tapped the ball down under the posts for kicker Dan Thornton to get his hattrick of conversions and almost seal the game for Portlaoise. The last 10 minutes showed how strong this team was mentally and physically breaking down every Clongowes phase with heavy hits and great rucking pushing them back every time they got the ball. great work shown from Cormac Deegan and Aaron Kingston.  As the referee blew his whistle for full time the CBS ran out 26-14 winners vs Clongowes and play Roscrea on Wednesday the 21st of February. MOTM had to go to the captain Cian Butler with great carries, tackles and leadership shown throughout the match.

Dear parent/ guardian, 

As part of the Social, Personal & Health education (S.P.H.E) syllabus, we are required to cover the area of Relationships and Sexuality (R.S.E). 

The teaching of this topic will commence after midterm. 

R.S.E plays a critical role in supporting and preparing young people for the transition from adolescence to adulthood. 

We encourage parents to respond and build on the learning that takes place in the classroom, through conversations at home. 

Should you have any queries or concerns, we will be happy to address these. 

Regards, 

School Principal