Congratulations to our Past Pupils Sean Condon, Ben Cunningham and Ben O'Connor who were all awarded U.C.C. Quercus Scholarships for their outstanding achievements to date in their own areas. 

Sean Condon - Rugby with U.C.C. and Munster Sub-Academy

Ben Cunningham - Hurling with U.C.C., St. Finbarrs and Cork Senior Hurlers

Ben O'Connor - Rugby with U.C.C. and Munster Academy

Unfortunately Ben O'Connor was unable to attend the awards evening due to commitment with Ireland U-20's training camp.

Pres. is very proud of the achievements of these young men and we wish them the very best of luck with their respective sports and with their studies in U.C.C.

Pictures show, Mr. Barry, Principal, with Ben Cunningham and Sean Condon. Seperate image shows Ben O'Connor in his Munster jersey and the final picture shows the all the award recipients present at the awards evening.

Big congratulations and well done to all our debaters from 1st to 6th year for hosting and taking part in the Cork City Schools October League. It is a huge honour and privilege to host this prestigious event and our students did us proud. We wish them the best of luck and continued success in the league and future competitions this year. 

PBC Debating. 

Tuesday, 21st of November, Presentation Day, all first years set off on a 7 kilometre walk. The walk was made possible by the peer mentors, prefects, teachers and the Preslink committee so we would like to thank them. We left the school at 13:25 and returned at 15:00. It was a very enjoyable walk on a lovely day.

The walk began at Pres we went through Fitzgeralds park continued past the Mardyke and walked through the Lee fields. Senior students set up checkpoints along the way. We came back the straight road turned back into the park at the Kingsley hotel and walked back to Pres. the walk was a great opportunity to raise funds for preslink.

Preslink is an organisation run by the students and teachers in Pres. it helps Presentation Brothers schools in Ghana and Nigeria by providing funding to schools who lack the resources to create the best possible educational environment.

The Preslink walk was not only great fun but it was also for a good cause. Altogether, we raised €2,529.75

Ronan O’Mahony and Jack Fitzgerald 1A

TY French students of Ms. O' Driscoll and Ms. Brodericks classes attended the Cork International Film festival in the Everyman Theatre last week for the screening of the new French film '16 ans'. Quelle belle journée !

On the 9th of November a group of 20 film makers and extras set off for this year's film shoot. This is the third year of the film studies module and the 6th film to be made by our very talented film makers. After weeks of planning, brainstorming, story boarding, testing, script rewrites, location scouting and dress rehearsals, this year's Film studies group were fired up and ready to go. It was a go for lights, cameras and action!!! 

The location scouted by Sami Flannery 4A was a fantastic choice. Longueville House Hotel is a picture perfect hotel. It is a country house dating from 1720. This is a family-run hotel on the Blackwater Valley estate. Aisling O’ Callaghan, the proprietor, allowed our students full access to the hotel and grounds. She truly rolled out the red carpet for PBC, which the boys really appreciated, especially the food and drinks provided by Aisling and her team! 

The day was to say the least, an intense day of filming, with two crews shooting on the grounds and in the interior of the hotel. There was some outstanding acting and directing throughout the day and even some students from last year's film studies module made a cameo or two.  

The group are currently hard at work in post-production, editing the footage from the day and look forward to entering it in both the First Cut and Fresh Cut Film Festival's in early 2024. 

A huge thanks to all involved

Mr. Casey 

We are delighted to announce that Pres has been named Munster Rugby School of the Year for 2023.

This is a great honour for our school and is deserved recognition for the many successes of our rugby teams at all levels last season in getting to every major final, winning the Mc Carthy Cup, and perhaps most importantly, the Senior and Junior Cup double for the first time since 2007.

Huge appreciation to all our teachers, coaches, players, school management, ancillary staff, student body, parents and sponsors for their unique contributions to this long overdue success.

Our class wanted to do something to create awareness around bullying for this year’s "No To Bullying Week".   

  We were inspired by the ‘Black Eyed Peas’ song ‘Where is the love’ as this song is about everyone’s entitlement to be happy and to be themselves.

We used the song title to make a statement, each class member drawing a letter and a No To Bullying sign and we constructed a display in our school social area. 

CLASS 2/B

The excitement was palpable as Transition Year students in Chemistry and Physics dazzled the audience with their captivating science projects! From chemical reactions to the wonders of physics, our TY students showcased their ingenuity and knowledge, presenting to an eager crowd of first-year students. The energy in the room was electric as the first year students were thoroughly engaged and genuinely enjoyed learning from their older peers' experiments and discoveries.

Last week, we celebrated our inaugural Stand Up Awareness Week. This week, introduced by the BelongTo organisation, aims to recognise and celebrate the diverse school community we have here in Pres. Many of our students put their literary and artistic skills to use by making vibrant and meaningful posters that filled the social areas of the school. These posters highlighted the importance of standing up as well as what it means to belong in Pres. Students could also visit our library to engage with various books about diverse characters and written by people from the LGBTQ+ community.

This marked the first year where we celebrated Stand Up Awareness Week and it was a great success, which we hope to build on in the future. As our school continues to grow into a diverse and wonderful community, we are committed to recognizing this week year on year. We want our school to be a safe, special and happy place for all of our students. Let’s look forward to Stand Up Week 2024!

Movember is an international campaign to raise awareness and funds for cancer research amongst men – specifically prostate and testicular cancers, and mental health.

Now in its twelfth year in Pres, this year’s campaign is once again normalizing conversations around the topic, raising much needed funds and proving very popular amongst students and staff alike. As in previous years, our campaign for 2023 consists of an art initiative to raise awareness throughout the school, a fundraising competition between all class groups, and teachers and senior students cultivating Mo’s and garnering sponsorship during the month.

In a collaboration with the Mercy Hospital, we will once again welcome Consultant Oncologist, Dr Derek Power, to speak to our senior students about his work, the prevalence of men’s cancers and the preventative measures that our young men can take to protect themselves. In addition, this year we are encouraging senior students to take before and after selfies to be displayed on the social area screens in the school. All funds raised go directly towards cancer research locally through the Mercy Foundation and all donations will be gratefully received.

Grow a Mo, save a bro!