Midleton CBS Secondary School

Well done to our u19 Senior team who beat a good Millstreet CS side 5-0 in the Cork Cup Quarter final. They now play Ashton in the semi final. Pictured are goalscorers: Josh Dempsey, Matthew O' Sullivan, Eric Cunningham, Sean O'Callaghan and Daragh Bagnell. Also pictured is goalkeeper Ewan Wimpenny who kept a clean sheet.

Tonight's Lotto Jackpot is €625. Have you bought your tickets yet?
All funds raised through the lotto support the educational experiences of the students.
You can sign up at https://www.ourfundraiser.ie/org/midletoncbssecondary

Congratulations to all of last week's spot prize winners: Hayley McCormack, Caitríona Reilly, Caroline Groarke, Emer O'Dwyer & Mai Colbert who received (or their sons on their behalf) vouchers for Complete Office and Craft. Eilish Walsh won the signed hurling jersey. Michelle O'Connell won the signed football jersey.

As the jackpot wasn't won, our lucky dip winner received €20 and a bar of chocolate. Congratulations to Niall Ahern on being our first winner!!

Congratulations to the 1st year basketball team who yesterday won the Basketball Ireland Post Primary South Minor C League beating Scoil Phobail Bhéara in the final. Congratulations to the team and everyone involved. Special thanks to their coach Noel Ryan and Ms Ní Mhaoileoin for facilitating.

Munster Schools Indoor Athletics - 13th March 2024
The changeable weather did not dampen the spirits of the CBS boys competing in the Munster Schools Indoor Athletics in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary and we were all very glad that this event was indoors! We had 10 boys compete in various events; from long jump to 400m. All of the boys did very well in their respective events.

Cathal Lowney and Cormac Cashman (minor) took on the 400m and both boys ran great races. Cormac took second place on the podium with Cathal just out of the medals this time. Well done boys.

Harry Jaworski (minor) took part in both the 60m and the long jump. He took home bronze in the long jump. Well done Harry.

Matthew Mahony (junior) ran very well in the 600m to claim silver. An excellent effort. Well done Matt.

Wojceich Fraczek (inter) ran a superb 60m and his efforts were enough to take home the silver medal. Well done Wojceich.

Alex Jaworski (inter) took home bronze in the long jump with a fantastic series of jumps. Well done Alex.

The Junior Boys 4 x 200m relay gave an excellent performance and came home with the bronze medal. Well done to Jahbeni Kebana Boseni, Matt Mahony, Thomas Hennessy, and Harry Jaworski.

Finally, well done to Oscar Smiddy and Samuel Hayes on their performances. Both boys did very well unfortunately this time their efforts were just not enough to medal.

Comhghairdeachas libh on a fantastic effort. Thanks to Diarmuid and Eric who helped out on the day.

Wishing all our students, staff, families and the whole school community a very happy St. Patrick's Day.

Congratulations to our Minor Athletics Team on winning the South Munster and Munster Championships this year.

Well done to the 1st year Basketball team who beat Clonakilty Community College 53-39 in their semi-final. Best of luck to the team in next week's final.
Thanks to Ms. Ní Mhaoileoin, Ms. Smyth and Mr. O'Connell.

Congratulations to past pupil Paul Townend on winning back-to-back Cheltenham Gold Cups earlier today on Galopin Des Champs.

Midleton CBS had two teams at the annual Pi quiz competition today held in St Colmans College, Fermoy. Both teams did very well and one team was in contention up to the last round but came up short at the end.

Midleton CBS 17- 29 CBS High school Clonmel

The U19 Mungret Cup team lost to High school Clonmel in the semi final to bring their season to and end. Scorers on the day were Sean Lynch with 2 tries Dara Dempsey with a try and Lui Phibbs with a conversion.

We would like to thank the players for their effort throughout the year and the manner in which they represented their school. Best of luck to the 6th years who will move on next year Tiernan O Connell, Joel Joseph, Rowan McSweeney, Stefon Sigurdson, Oran Sweetnam, Eoghan Devaney and Dara Dempsey.

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Congratulations to our U16 soccer team who won their Cork Cup semi - final 2 - 1 against Douglas Community School.

The team will play CBC or Glanmire CC in the final.

Pictured are goal scorers, Alex Horgan and Gabriel Ebo.

Well done to the U14 blue & white panels who played Carrigtwohill CC today. There were some fantastic displays of hurling in terrible conditions and we recorded a comprehensive win. Well done to all involved

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Tá Seachtain na Gaeilge faoi lán sheol againn I Meanscoil na mBráithre Críostaí Mainistir na Corann. 🍀💚
Inniu , bhí an-chraic againn sa dara bliain ag glacadh páirt i dTráth na gCeist i halla na scoile. Bhuaileamar lenár gcomharsain béal dorais ón Árdscoil Naomh Mhuire agus bhí comórtas dian eatarthu!
Comhghairdeas le na buaiteoirí Pádraig Murphy, John O’Sullivan, Simon Osaghae agus James McIlroy.
Bhain na daltaí go léir an-súp as! Maith sibh go léir!

Irish week is in full swing here in Midleton CBS 🍀💚. Today, we had great craic in 2nd year with students taking part in a table quiz in the school hall. We met with our next-door neighbours from St.Mary’s and there was fierce competition between the two schools!
Congratulations to the above winners. All students really enjoyed the afternoon! Well done all!

To all the incredible women in the world, shine on, not just today but every single day. Happy International Women’s Day

1 week to go before our first draw. Have you gotten your tickets yet? We’ve lots of great spot prizes for the first draw also.

Our U15 hurlers take on Ardscoil Rís in the final of the Corn Aodh Uí Dhúda tomorrow. Throw in is at 1.30pm in Fethard Town Park 4G and tickets can be bought via the following link https://www.universe.com/users/munster-gaa-TR8ZGN

Best of luck to all involved 🔴⚪️

Mr Faherty's and Mr Kearney's 1st year Applied Technology students were tasked with creating a movie clapper boards. Here are some excellent results.

Our Paired Reading initiative kicked off last week with the initial groups of first year and transition year students. The initiative is aimed at building fluency and developing decoding skills.

A great first day skiing here in Folgaria, Italy on the 4th year trip. Lots of great progress made and some impressive falls!!

Well done to 6th year Student Rowan MacSweeney who recently won Gold and Silver medals at the Irish Taekwon-Do Association Munster Open. Rowan received the gold for Patterns with the silver coming in Sparring. Well done Rowan.

Today our senior cycle students presented Midleton Meals on Wheels , The Midleton Hub and St. Vincent de Paul, Midleton with cheques for €2850 each. The 52 strong team of 4th, 5th and 6th year students volunteered part of their Christmas holidays bag packing in SuperValu Midleton for these worthwhile causes. We were delighted to be able to support these groups doing such good work in our community. Our sincere thanks to Hurleys SuperValu and their very generous customers for their support over the last 20 years bag packing. Thanks to Mr. Brendan Wall for organising.

Our first year Graphics classes were working on their spatial awareness and visualisation skills this week as they worked on Tangram puzzles.
Students were tasked in pairs with recreating each of the designs with all of the given pieces. They needed to demonstrate good communication and problem solving skills, key parts of the Junior Cycle specification.

Midleton CBS 19- 13 Colaiste Pobail Bheanntrai

The Mungret Cup team progressed to the semi final of the competition with a win over Colaiste Pobail Bheanntrai this week. CBS had a slow start to the game going 6-0 down after conceding penalties in their own half. Their quality then shone through scoring 3 tries in quick succession. Cian Ahern allowed Eoghan Devaney to punch a hole in the defence with a delayed pass around the halfway line. Devaney was pulled down just short of the line and offloaded the ball to the supporting Lui Phipps to touch down for the first try before converting it himself.

Dara Dempsey made a line break immediately from the kickoff before setting Devaney running deep into the Bantry 22 once again. Some good carries from the pack resulted in a penalty to CBS which Cian Ahern kicked to the corner. A clever line out play put Dara Dempsey over for the 2nd of the game.

CBS controlled the play for the rest of the half with further dents put in the Bantry defence by Karol Babiarz, Tiernan O Connel and Cian O’Keefe. A half break from Joe Connelly allowed David Crotty to capitalise on quick ball from the ruck as he dived over for a third CBS try. This was converted by Lui Phipps.

Several players were brought on in the 2nd half who made positive impacts in the game. Great carries by Joel Joesph, Sean Lynch and Calum Deegan throughout the half put CBS within touching distance of a fourth try but they could not covert.

The 2nd half remained scoreless unless the final play of the game when the Bantry fullback scored an excellent solo try to make the final score 19-13 to CBS.

Next up is Clonmel away in the Semi Final on the 12th of March. Thanks to the supporters who attended the game the team appreciate it.

Exciting News!! We’re launching a Lotto fundraiser.
This fundraising initiative is also supported by the Parents’ Advisory Council and the Past Pupils Union with funds generated to enhance the overall educational experiences of our students.
Our first draw is only 2 weeks away on Thursday 14th March so join now to be in with a chance to win our Jackpot or weekly prize. Those entered in the first draw will also be entered to win some of our spot prizes.
We hope that the weekly option of 1 line for €2.50 will allow everybody to support us.
If you can contribute 3 lines for €5 it would be hugely appreciated, and you never know you might just win!
How can you get involved? Visit www.ourfundraiser.ie/org/midletoncbssecondary and click join. Thank you for your support.

Our 6th Year Geography students were out and about earlier this week as they completed the field trip to Ballycrenane beach. They investigated and identified landforms & processes of coastal erosion and will now complete a report on their findings for assessment in the Leaving Cert. Thanks to our Geography Dept. for facilitating the field trip.

Some important dates for our 6th and 3rd year students about project deadlines and practical assessments.

Our athletes were back in action today at the Munster Cross Country Championships with the Minor boys bringing home the gold in the team event. Matthew Mahony ran brilliantly to claim first place in his race. They now go on to represent their school and Munster at the All Ireland Championships in Tymon Park, Dublin on Saturday 9th March. Best of luck!

NASA Astronaut Steve Swanson Visits Midleton CBS
We were thrilled to welcome NASA Astronaut Steve Swanson to our school last week. Commander Swanson spoke to our 5th year students and students from the neighbouring secondary schools in the town in our hall while the remainder of our school watched via live stream.
Steve shared with our students, staff and invited neighbours his experiences as an astronaut on the International Space Station, his inquisitive nature and life experiences that led him to working in NASA and space. Commander Swanson is a highly accomplished individual with a remarkable career in space exploration. His achievements include space flight experience on the STS – 117 Atlantis and STS – 119 Discovery including 5 space walks. He was also in command of the International Space Station in 2014. Thank you for taking the time to speak with and inspire all those watching.
Astronaut Swanson was welcomed by members of our Student Council and received a guard of honour from our 1st years. Samuel Iskrzycki, 4th year, presented him with an incredible piece of art he created for the event which included aspects of Irish writing and symbolism. Students Rian Casey and Thomas Kearney performed a selection of Irish music for Astronaut Swanson and our guests. Arriving in the school hall two senior cycle members of the Student Council, Karol Babiarz and Cian O’Keeffe introduced Commander Steve and MC’d the event. Well done and thanks to all the students and staff, especially Deputy Principal, Mr. Tom Casey, who made this historic event possible.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to past pupil Jack Enright for making this event happen. Jack’s work as a physicist in Quantum Gravity has led him to working with NASA. For the last two years he has also worked with ISSET, an organisation dedicated to leveraging the wonders of space exploration to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. Thanks to Ross Barber of ISSET for his support with this occasion. Prior to this Jack also organised with our staff a Science, Technology, Engineering, (Apprenticeships), and Maths (STE(A)M) night for students in our school. Thank you, Jack, for continuing to share your enthusiasm for STEM with your alma mater.
This event could not have happened without the backing of Dell Technologies and their VP Regional CIO for EMEA & Cork Site Leader, Bob Savage, and Niall Ring, Regional Manager, Central & Eastern Europe, both alumni of the school and Marguerite Coleman, Site Strategist, Business Ops, Dell Technologies. Thank you all.
The presence of Astronaut Steve Swanson served as a source of inspiration and awe, sparking curiosity, and igniting imaginations. His words resonated deeply with both students and staff, reminding us of the boundless possibilities that await those who dare to dream and reach for the stars. Dell Technologies ISSET Edmund Rice Education Beyond Borders