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MEMORIES TO LAST A LIFETIME!

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Saturday is a day we’ll remember forever as over 40 boys travelled to Croke Park to support and cheer on the mighty Ballygiblin hurlers.
With excitement and anticipation building we left Mitchelstown Leisure Centre early in the morning “CBS Boys on Tour to Croke Park”! We got a mighty send off from our parents as we gave a rendition of “We are going to Croke Park.” We were all decked out in Red & White and with our flags & banners we were ready for Croke Park.

A quick pitstop at Junction 14 brought more excitement as we joined the rest of the Ballygiblin fans. One moment we’ll always remember is the singing on the bus as we approached the stadium. The chants of Ole, Ole and the waving of the flags was brilliant. We walked the final hundred yards to Croke Park, we had great fun and enjoyment with the Bally fans and also the Mooncoin fans. We had a fabulous moment outside Croke Park when we sang and cheered for Ballygiblin. We got a great response from all the people who were going to the match. The Guards and Stewards were very good to us. Mary O’ Callaghan also joined the singsong.

The Stadium was amazing and we were in awe to see our local heroes on the hallowed turf of Croke Park. Dreams do come true! The Stadium was full of colour – the red & white of Ballygiblin and the green & white of Mooncoin. The game was a welter of excitement from the start to finish. Darragh’s first score to Dean’s goal to Christy’s save brought tension & excitement to the stands.

The result may not have been what we wanted but we were so proud of the players. They are our heroes who sat in the same classrooms as us. They walked over to the stand at the end to acknowledge the supporters. Well done to Mooncoin and thanks Ballygiblin for the wonderful journey.

A final stop in Supermacs, Portlaoise left us all happy and delighted as we made the journey home to Mitchelstown. A day we’ll always remember and we are so grateful that the school brought us on this magnificent trip.

We are thankful to the people who helped the school to make this possible. We want to acknowledge them for their kind contributions and support given to us. We must mention Mervin Hodgins of Hodgins Sausages, Claire Devaney, Bright Sparks, AIB Bank, Supervalu and Tesco who provided lovely treats for the boys. Thomas Power of The Print House made lovely banners and Mitchelstown / Ballygiblin Juvenile GAA for the jerseys and flags.

Finally, and most importantly we really want to thank the five people who made this day possible. Mr. O’ Regan, Mr. Cahill, Ms. O’ Regan, Ms. Hennessy and Ms. Sheehan, we are so appreciative and thankful to you all for giving us a magical day that we’ll never ever forget. Thank you all! As Danny said he had no favourite part because the day just kept getting better and better. It was just a fabulous occasion from start to finish. Ballygiblin Abú!!!

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Best of Luck to our Footballers!

Hi everyone, we hope you are all set for an enjoyable weekend of sport.
We would like to wish Mitchelstown Footballers the very best of luck in the County Final on Saturday. 
Many of the players are past pupils of our school. 
Also well done to Darragh Flynn on his fantastic achievements in the past month. 
Best of luck to the Cork Hurlers on Sunday. Come on the Rebels!
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Ms O'Regan and Ms O'Gorman showing their support for 'Town.
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Brendan, Mr Cahill and Mr & Mrs O'Regan decorating the CBS Primary entrance.
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Ms O'Callaghan with her three helpers showing their colours.
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Ms O'Callaghan & Mr O'Regan risking life and limb to support our Footballers.
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CBS Primary supporting all our Footballing past pupils.
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This weeks Positive Quotation.

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The Longest relationship you will have is ​the one with yourself. 
Invest in it.

Every Difficulty you face
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Gives you the gift of growth.

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CBS Primary Community Page



​The haka - as Gaeilge

4th Class put a lot of work into this energetic version of the Haka.

It looks like they had a lot of fun doing it too!




Kop This!!

Ryan in 1st Class has just received a card from the Liverpool Team for his Birthday.

They have a lot of injuries at the moment so you'd never know - Ryan could be getting a call up very soon.

Happy Birthday Ryan!


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Healthy Mind Platter Winners Announced!

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The winners of the Healthy Mind Platter competitions are as follows:

1st class- Ms.O’Gorman’s- Kewin Janikowoski
1st class- Ms. O’Callaghan’s- Evan Roche

2nd Class- Ms. Griffin’s – Nojus Radzevicius
2nd Class- Mr. Davoren’s- Zack Wims

3rd class- Ms.Clifford/ Ms. Walshe- Mantas Zutautas
3rd class- Ms. O’ Keeffe’s- Seán McCarthy

4th class- Ms. Hennessey’s- Evan O’Regan/ Stocks
4th class- Mr. O’Regan’s- Ben Carroll Kiely

5th class- Ms. Barry’s- Seán Dennehy
5th class- Mr. Carey’s- Micheál Walsh
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6th class- Mr. Weir’s- Jack Crowley
6th class- Mr. Breen’s- Jacob Graham

Thanks to everybody for the super entries. It was very difficult to choose the winners. Kind regards, Ms.O’Regan😊

4th Class Character Strength Portraits


In SPHE 4th Class pupils  were talking about character strengths and some of the boys drew their picture and wrote in their character strengths around it. 

It was a nice idea and they called it Character Strength Portraits.

It is from the Weaving Well Being Programme for 4th class. 

3rd Class Healthy Mind Platters

Previous  week's Positive Quotations.
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Thank you Ms O'Regan and Ms Hennessy
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4th Class Healthy Mind Platters

An exercise in "Looking Forward"

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4th Class Find the Signs of Spring

This time last year!

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On this day last year our in-house Chicks and Baby Rabbits were born.
It's hard to believe - thanks to Mrs O'Regan for sharing these precious memories.
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The Healthy Mind Platter

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The seven essential daily mental activities are:

Focus Time. When we closely focus on tasks in a goal-oriented way, taking on challenges that make deep connections in the brain.

Play Time. When we allow ourselves to be spontaneous or creative, playfully enjoying novel experiences, which helps make new connections in the brain.

Connecting Time. When we connect with other people, ideally in person, or take time to appreciate our connection to the natural world around us, richly activating the brain's relational circuitry.

Physical Time. When we move our bodies, aerobically if medically possible, which strengthens the brain in many ways.

Time In. When we quietly reflect internally, focusing on sensations, images, feelings and thoughts, helping to better integrate the brain.

Down Time. When we are non-focused, without any specific goal, and let our mind wander or simply relax, which helps our brain recharge.
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Sleep Time. When we give the brain the rest it needs to consolidate learning and recover from the experiences of the day.
Make your own Healthy Mind Platter taking into account the 7 essential activities for optimum wellbeing.

There will be a prize for the best entries.

More Healthy Mind Platters From 1st Class

4th Class Platters

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First Class make "First Class" Healthy Mind Platters!!

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Well done to Evan 1st Class with his very creative entry to Mrs O'Regan's competition "The Healthy Mind Platter" for our Health Promoting Schools. Well done Evan!
 Nojus in Ms Griffin's 2nd Class drew a character from his favourite movie- The movie was 'Boss Baby'. 
Well done Nojus! That is unbelievable from someone who is just in second class.

If anyone else would like to share their work be it drawings, poems, baking or anything at all please share it with us and we would be delighted to publish it here.


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1st Class Boys Map their journey to school.

Well done to Ryan and Michael who put huge effort into these wonderful maps of their journey to school.
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CBS Staff working hard preparing food deliveries.

Thanks so much to all the staff who have volunteered to organise and deliver school meals to all our pupils. These drop offs are also a great opportunity to check in with all members of our School Community in a Socially Distanced manner.
So if there is anything you need or if there is anything we can help with do let the person delivering know and we will do our best to help.

​We are all in this together!




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Mr. Quirke has also given us a link to The GAA Rebel Og who are organising exercise classes over the next three weeks.
Videos from the Link below are split into 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th and 5th/6th.
More viideos will be posted next week.

​https://youtube.com/channel/UC32JMu4DI-gIzJ998ZqK_dw

Mr Coffey's Exercise Challenge

Mr Coffey's Exercise Challenge.



We will reveal our Positive Quotation of the week here - thanks so much to Ms O'Regan and Ms Hennessy for providing them


Below we have our 30 Day Positivity Challenge for Kids.
Try a few!

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