Friday 10th June saw the return of the ever popular Christian Brothers' Community Fun Day. With lots of events, games, food and fun for everyone young and old, this proved to be a fantastic day out for everyone. Many local schools attended and parents and teachers alike. Events ranged from sumo wrestling to giant slide and bouncy castles!! Even the school "rock group" played a session and proved to be a great hit.
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JUNE 2005
On Thursday 9th June we held our annual Sports Day. With the added bonus of great weather everyone had a brilliant time. Competition was as fierce as ever and the Pupil–Teacher relay race proved to be a great crowd catcher!!
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JUNE 2005
P6 pupils from St Aidans primary paid a visit to the Science Department on Wednesday 1st June 2005. Everyone had a wonderful time "experimenting" with science teacher Mr John Hannah in attendance. Safety issues were covered and how to operate the bunsen burner safely. Also they looked at how the bunsen burner can be used to recover substances from solution by evaporation.
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APRIL 2005
Christian Brothers' pupil James Fryers 8R, became the latest "CBS Champion" in the world of boxing. James took the All-Ireland title on April 2nd 2005 and travelled to Dublin on Saturday 23rd April 2005 where he beat off stiff competiton to get into the semi-final of the schoolboy 40kg division. The fight finished as an eight all draw and was given to James opponent on a "count-back" although general consensus was that James had won by "a country mile". James received the 4 Nations Silver to add to his All Ireland Gold.. Well done James.....
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8R celebrate!
APRIL 2005
Sinn Fein President Mr Gerry Adams MLA was invited to a "question and answer" session at Christian Brothers' on 5th April 2005. The audience was made up from the politics' students who are studying for their A-Levels and members of the Christian Brothers' Community Group as well as interested teachers. Plenty of challenging questions were put to the Sinn Fein leader, who answered subjects ranging from party policy to his favourite music and books.
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Mr Gerry Adams
APRIL 2005
Christian Brothers' 6th Year pupils and 6th Year pupils from St Mary's Grammar school attended a Human Rights Debate on 4th April 2005 in their new Careers Suite. The debate was chaired by Mr Colin Boylan (SEN) and the panel of guest speakers included: Mr Eoin O'Broin (Sinn Fein); Mr Tim Gracey (Police Ombudsman representative); Mr Robin Livinstone (Editor of the Andersonstown News) and Mr Harry Maguire (CRJ). In addition two Italian visitors were present, Lucia Gabrieli (Regional School Council in Venice) and Attilio Crrechio (Educational Concultant of the Venito Region). They were here to observe the proceedings. The panel were impressed with the quality of questions and the debate brought up many pertinent issues concerning anti-social behaviour, policing and education.
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Human Rights Debate Panel
MARCH 2005
Christian Brothers' had their long awaited New Library Launch today 3rd March 2005. The guest speakers were Danny Morrison and Martin Lynch, two past pupils who are actively involved in the arts. They officially opened the library and presented prizes to the winners of the Short Story Competition to a parent of a present pupil, Ms Anne Marie Logan, who won 1st Prize, and a grandparent, Mrs Marie Van Merkom, who won second prize.
The "Sean Dorrain Library Prize" was also launched. This year's winner was Paul Gallagher 10A1 and 2nd prize was awarded to Mark McCrory 8S. Sean Dorrian's mother, sister, wife and brother attended the event which was a great success.
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Library Opening
FEBRUARY 2005
Christian Brothers' School have in conjunction with the Park Centre Donegall Road Belfast, launched an Art Competiton for Primary Schools in West & South Belfast. The competiton which is open to all pupils in P5 and P6 is to design an A4 poster on the theme of "Springtime". The closing date is Friday 18th March 2005. For further details click on the link below..
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JANUARY 2005
Christian Brothers' School held their annual Open Night for prospective pupils and parents on Thursday 27th January 2005. Once again, this event was well attended by primary school pupils, parents and their families. Everyone had a great evening with competitions, displays and prizes on offer. Afterwards there was a welcome "cuppa" on hand and seat to rest all those tired feet! Christian Brothers' pupils were on hand to show everyone around and even the school "rock group" entertained guests as they visited the music room. Each department had a display of the pupils work and staff were on hand to answer any questions.
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New Library
JANUARY 2005
Pupils of Christian Brothers' School have again showed their caring community spirit by digging deep in to their pockets to help the victims of the Boxing Day tsunami disaster. Mr Martin McCaughan (Head of RE) isn't surprised by the generiousity..."It's just typical of our boys here at CBS" said Martin, "I was astonished when returning back from the Christmas break that so many wanted to try and do something to help the poor people in Asia. We have been collecting "spare cash" and have so far in only two weeks have over £2300!! An excellent effort to all concerned. Everyone here at CBS are very proud indeed and I would take this opportunity to pass this message on to all who have collected and gave money."
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