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First Year Class Captains

Contemplating their future impact in Wexford C.B.S. Class Captains 2015-16

First Year Newsletter

Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s),

I would like to bring a number of important items to your attention as your son sets out on his journey through secondary school with us.

             School Contacts

1.      It is very important that your son settles into the school quickly and that his early experiences here are positive. If you have any concerns regarding his progress, please contact the school. Each first year class has a Class Tutor. The first year group also has a Year Head. You should address your concerns initially to the Subject Teacher, Class Person or Year Head. However, if your concerns are of a more serious nature, please feel free to make an appointment to meet the Deputy Principal or Principal.

First Year Year Head: Mr. Walsh

Class Tutors:

Beethoven:      Mr. Dennehy

Handel:            Mr. Kehoe

Mozart:           Ms. J. Roche  

Strauss:            Ms. B. Roche

Vivaldi:            Ms. Wallace

Homework Journal

2.      The homework journal is a very important communication vehicle between you as parents and your son’s teachers. Please ensure that your son has his homework noted in his diary on a daily basis. This journal should be checked every evening for notes etc. from his teachers. Each first year is expected to do at least one and a half hours at homework and study every evening, with some additional time over the weekend. You are expected to sign the diary on a weekly basis. The journal also contains an Individual Merit/Reward Chart. This will be used by teachers to affirm and reward positive behaviour. I would encourage parents to monitor their son’s progress in the chart and perhaps use it to build in home based rewards for their son on reaching agreed target

Personal Property

3.      School jackets are an intrinsic part of the school uniform and have been distributed. Please ensure that your son has written his name on the jacket. Please also ensure that all property belonging to your son has his name on it. This will facilitate reuniting lost property with the rightful owner in the event of items being misplaced.

Uniform

4.      Please ensure that your son comes to school in full uniform every day, unless you are informed otherwise. You will be informed by text in the event of a ‘no uniform day’. Non uniform jackets, hoodies etc. will be confiscated.

Facial Jewellery

5.      Please note that facial jewellery is prohibited and will be confiscated. 

Personal Contact Details

6.      If you change your mobile number, please let us know as you will not be in a position to receive texts from the school. A text message will be sent home in the event of your son not presenting for morning and or afternoon classes. If he is absent without your permission, please contact the school. If your son is absent with your permission, please write a note in his journal explaining the reason. His journal should be presented to all his teachers on his return to school. Please also let us know if you change address.

Mobile Phones

7.      Students are not allowed use phones during class and should have them switched off. Those breaking this rule will have their phones confiscated. They will be returned to the student or parent at the principal’s discretion.

Staying In

8.      As you are aware, first students are not allowed to leave the school premises during the school day unless signed out and collected by a parent/guardian or accompanied by a teacher. Each class group has been assigned a classroom for lunch.

Extra-Curricular Activities

9.      There is a wide range of extracurricular activities on offer in the school. Cycling, swimming, public speaking, Gaelic football, rugby, hurling, golf, soccer, table tennis and basketball are available so I would encourage your son to get involved in one or more of these activities.

Nut Allergy

10.  I would also like to draw your attention to the fact that a number of our students and staff have severe nut allergies. Students should not bring nuts, peanuts, peanut butter sandwiches, nut bars etc. to school. It would be helpful if you had a discussion with your son on the matter and to further impress on him the importance of vigilance on this issue.

Information Evenings

11.  We will be holding information meetings for parents of first years on the following dates and times in the school:

       Mozart/Handel:  Tuesday 29^th September @7.30pm in Room 11

              Beethoven/Vivaldi/Strauss: Tuesday 13^th October 2014 @ 7.30pm in Room 11.  

             You are invited to attend to discuss how your son is settling in, raise issues of concern etc. The 

              meetings will last one hour approximately.

            

             Voluntary Contribution

12.  Thank you to those who paid the Voluntary Contribution. Any parent who has not yet paid and wishes to do so may drop the money into the school office.  This money helps to ensure that the school can pay the electricity, phone and water bills etc.

School Lockers

13.  Lockers have been distributed by the Parents’ Council. Any first year who wishes to rent a locker should contact the school caretaker if he hasn’t already got a locker.

Literacy and Numeracy Campaigns

14.  As part of our literacy campaign, I would ask you to continue to encourage your son to read. Your support and example in this regard are vitally important. We have a number of initiatives in the school promoting literacy including ‘Drop Everything and Read’ and ‘Book in the Bag’. For these initiatives to be successful programme it’s very important that your son brings a novel to school every day. We also organise ‘numeracy moments’ throughout the school year, where all students engage with numeracy challenges.

Parents’ Council

15.  The Parents’ Council would like to encourage parents to become involved with the Council and new members are welcome. The first monthly meeting of the new term is scheduled for Tuesday 29^th September @7.30pm in Room 5. The Parents’ Council AGM is scheduled for Tuesday 6^th October @ 7.30pm in R.11.  

School Mass

16.  The school will celebrate the beginning of the new school year with Mass in Bride Street church on Tuesday 29^th September @12pm. Parents/Guardians are welcome to attend.

Child Protection

17.   Any concerns on child protection or child welfare issues relating to any of our students should be reported to the Designated Liaison Person (Mr. McMahon) or in his absence the Deputy Designated Liaison Person (Mr. Hegarty).

Attendance

18.  Full attendance at school is vital if your son’s learning is to progress and he is to reach his potential. Family holidays etc. should be scheduled outside of the school calendar if at all possible.

School Redevelopment

19.  Work has begun on our school redevelopment project. Health & Safety is of the utmost importance. Students have been given clear instructions not to enter the restricted areas under any circumstances.

Talent Show

20.  The C.B.S. Talent Show will take place on Thursday 1^st October. There will be an afternoon and an evening show. Parent(s)/guardian(s) are invited to the evening show @8pm. Admission for evening show: Students €5/Adults €8. Venue: Dun Mhuire.

Student Leaders

21.  This year we are endeavouring to provide further leadership opportunities for our students. Each First Year class has elected a Class Captain and Class Vice-Captains. These students will represent their classes in meetings with Management, Year Head etc. and will be asked to liaise with Meitheal leaders etc. The First Year representatives (2) on the Students’ Council will be elected from the list of Captains by the First Year cohort. The class representatives for 2015-16 are as follows:

Beethoven: Captain- Daniel Bent

              Vice-Captains-Ben Hynes, Gergely Pap and Nathan Murphy

Handel: Captain-Darragh Collins

              Vice-Captains-Patrick O’Reilly and James Molloy

Mozart: Captain-Cillian Larkin

              Vice-Captains-Wiktor Janczy, Conor Keane and Ben Kehoe

Strauss: Captain-Joey Jackson

              Vice-Captains-Denis Miculescu and Jason Kelly

Vivaldi: Captain- Seán White

              Vice-Captains-Aaron Doyle, Adam Gourlay-Mackey and Bart Pakula

Best wishes to you, your family and your son for the forthcoming academic year.

Michael McMahon (Principal)          

C.B.S. Has Talent

Rehearsals are in full swing for the Annual Talent Show in the Dun Mhuire on Thursday 1st October at 2pm and 8pm. Ms. Kavanagh and Ms. Spellman are currently gilding the production. Good luck to all performers.

School Mass

The annual school mass to commerate the start of the school year will take place in Bride Street Church on Tuesday 29th September at 12 o'clock. All parents and friends of the school are invited to attend.

Class Captains

Congratulations to all those elected as class Captains and Vice-Captains recently.
Beethoven:
Captain - Daniel Bent. Vice -Captains - Ben Hynes, Gergely Pap, Nathan Murphy
Handel:
Captain - Darragh Collins, Vice - Captains - Paddy O'Reilly, James Molloy
Mozart:
Captain - Cillian Larkin. Vice - Captains - Wiktor Janczy, Conor Keane, Ben Kehoe
Strauss:
Captain - Joey Jackson. Vice - Captains - Denis Miculescu, Jason Kelly
Vivaldi:
Captain - Sean White. Vice - Captains - Aron Doyle, Adam Gourlay-Mackey, Bart Pakula

Golf

Congratulations to John Brady who has been burning up the golf courses of Ireland during the summer . He is in great form and has figured promimently in many competitions. He won the Connacht Open U.16, came 5th in the Leinster Open U.18, was on the winning Leinster U.16 team in the Interprovincial Championships. He finished 7th in the All Ireland U.16 competition, was on the Leinster U.17 team that drew with Surrey and was in the top 25 in the Irish U.18 Open.
Remarkable achievements indeed. We wish John and the rest of the school team good luck for their Leinster Qualifing tournement in Bray on Monday next.

Cycle Against Suicide

Well done to Kevin Birney who was selected to participate in the C.A.S. Leadership Programme during the summer. He found it to be a wonderful experience and picked up many new skills as well as making new lifelong friends on the course.
Congratulations also to Ms. Ivers who once again led the charge as we reached for Ambassador Status again this year. Our representatives were presented with a plaque in Dublin recently.

Dale Kicks To European Title

Congratulations to Dale White who was in San Sabastian recently for the European Championships in Lau Gar. Dale won the W.A.K.O. kick boxing event to add to his many other previous honours. He heads to Florida for the World W.K.K.C. championships in November, where hopefully he can add another World title to the one he won last year.

Positive Affirmations

The following students have been positively reaffirmed this week.
Extra Curricular
Dale White, Eoin Hickey
Good Deeds
Jordan Molloy, Daniel Browne, Nathan Murphy, Adam Baziz, Aaron Clancy, Cian Doherty, Justin Dempsey, Aaron Doyle.

Leaving and Junior Cert Results

Congratulations to all our Junior Cert and Leaving Certs who produced excellent results in their recent exams. Particular mention to top students Gearoid Finn in Leaving Cert and Chris O'Dowd who got 9 A,s in his Junior Cert.

Welcome back

Welcome back to all staff and pupils for another academic year at Coláiste Éamonn Rís. This year we have 120 new First Years who are divided into classes named after composers, Vivaldi, Mozart, Strauss, Beethoven and Handel. We wish them a productive stay and hope they get involved in all aspects of school life.

Exam Timetables 2015

Leaving Cert. Exam Timetable 2015

Junior Cert. Exam Timetable 2015

Book Lists 2015-16

Booklists 2015-16

Leaving Cert Award Winners

Applied Maths - Seán Gayer

Physics - Patryk Dluznski

English - Nicholas Lawlor

Irish - Gearóid Finn

German -  Aaron Scahill

French -  Hwan Lee

Geography - Conor Bolger

History - Conor Lynott

Maths - Hwan Lee

Chemistry - Gearóid Finn

Biology - Christopher Doyle

Music - Dylan Mc Donald

Business Studies - Nicholas Maloney

Classical Studies - Craig Murphy

Accountancy - Robert Scully

Art - Evan Dempsey

Design & Communication Graphics - Seán Gayer

Construction Studies – Shane Doyle

Performing Arts - Andrew Berry & Jack Robinson (Joint winners)

Kathleen Fahy Award - For community involvement and charitable work

Jack Barrett

Nicholas Moloney

Ross Long

Aaron Scahill (Winner)

David Tormey

Edmund Rice Award - The student that best embodies the school ethos and culture

Jack Barrett

Dylan Bolger

Niall Connick

David Dempsey

Evan Dempsey

Patryk Dlutzynski

Shaun Donohue

Christopher Doyle

Connor Fenlon

Gearoid Finn

Sean Gayer

Lee Kavanagh

Ciaran Kirwan

Ross Long (WINNER)

Nicholas Lawlor

Eric Mc Guire

Donal Moore

Nicholas Moloney

Jack Murphy

Andrew Ross

Aaron Scahill

Admissions Policy 2014-16

Admission Policy 2014-16

Awards Night

The Annual presentation night of academic, sporting and extra curricular awards was held in the Riverbank House Hotel on Monday night.
The winners are listed below.

 Fifth Year

 Irish (H): Chris Cash

 Irish (O):  Conor Ruttledge

 English (H): Dillon Broaders

English (O): Daniel Graydon

Applied Maths: Daniel Lynch

Maths (H):  Eoin Hickey

Maths (O):  Aidan Breen

History:   Ryan Byrne

Geography: Alex Lohier

French:   Dale White

German Dillon Broaders

Accounting: Adam Carroll

Business:   Kevin Reddy

Physics:   Dillon Broaders

Chemistry: Eoin Hickey

Art:    Jack Smyth

Construction Studies: James Freeman

Design & Comm.Graphics:  Darran Sills

Biology:  Adam Buckley

L.C.V.P. David Okegbile

Music: Noah Santchi-Cooney

Religion: Kevin Birney

Classical Studies: Chihun Lee

Third Years

Academic

Boland

Conn McIntyre

Jack O'Leary

Tony Wilde

 Meehan

Angelo Miculescu

Ben Butler

Cathal Crowe

 Heaney

Martin Kehoe

David Corish

Cormac Monaghan

 Yeats

Chris O'Dowd

Adam Flaherty

Sam O'Neill

Merits

Conor McGuckian

Shaun Hartigan

Jason Moore

Cathal Kirwan

Danial Bin Azaharan

Philip Rawson

Andrew Gibbons

Matthew Currid

Second Year

 Academic

Ash

Aaron Breen

Gary Hall-Roche

Uri Sanin

Birch

Eoin Bergin

Gary Carroll

George Gould

Cedar

Fionn Roche

Philip Cullen

Shane Moore

Oak

Cian Foley

Ryan Healy

Kian McCormack

Merits

Tre Kehoe-Long

Sean Reck

John Brady

Dyla Ffrench-Corish

Aaron Clancy

Cian Dempsey

William Cole

Adrian Morris

Academic

Euclid

Shane O,Leary

Glen Murphy-Butler

Jakub Pakula

Hamilton

Manus Harte

Chris Flood

Andrew Mythen

Newton

Adam Mahon

Richie Lawlor

Adam Feery

Pythagoras

Cormac Sinnott

Ian Sweetman

Joe Barrett

Merits

Paul Leonard

Ciaran Carty

Eoin Corish

Jason Malone

Sam McQuaid

Adam Moriarty

Richard Browne

Luke Crosbie

Sports Awards 2015

U.19 Soccer - Darragh Rossiter

U.17 Soccer - Ryan Byrne

U.15 Soccer - Kallum Broaders

Futsal Player Of The Year - Ciaran Carthy

Golden Boot -  Todd Hynes

Senior Football - Shaun Donohue

Junior Football - Jack O,Leary

Juvenile Football - Gary Hall-Roche

First Year Football - Ciaran Carthy

Senior Hurling - Nicky Lawlor

Junior Hurling - Cormac Byrne

Juvenile Hurling - Shane Doyle

Handball - Glenn Murphy-Butler

Senior Rugby - Conor Fenlon

Junior Rugby - Kyle Long

First Year Rugby - Jack Abrams

Senior Athlete - Shaun Donohue

Intermediate Athlete - Sam O’Neill

First Year Table Tennis - Lorcan Brennan

Golfer of the Year - John Brady

Basketball - Angelo Miculescu

First Year Swimming - Conor Brennan

Junior Swimming - Angelo Miculescu

Senior Swimming - Domantas Sniezka

Leaving Cert. Swimming - Corey Mahon

Water Polo -  Eoghan Mahon

Cyclist Of The Year - Jack Crean

Senior Cyclist  - Kevin Birney

Junior Cyclist - Patrick Dobbs

Extra Curricular Awards

Senior Debater - Evin Ryan

Junior Debater - Ryan Healy

Visual Arts -  Danial Bin Azaharan

Enterprise - Ryan Kavanagh

Junior Enterprise - Thomas O’Keeffe, Adam Feery

South East CIMA/BSTAI Business Quiz Winners

Angelo Miculescu, Martin Kehoe, Conn McIntyre, David Corish

Congtatulations to all winners.

Second Year Rugby - Waddell Shield

Well done to all the second years who competed in the Waddell Shield today. A very competitive event with Ryan Healy leading his team to victory.

First Year Rugby - Waddell Shield

Well done to all the First Year rugby players who participated in a blitz for the Waddell Shield yesterday. A great afternoon of rugby was had, with some excellent handling and passing, good tackling and team spirit in eveidence.
Congratulations to eventual winners Ireland, captained by Jack Abrams. Matthew Rossiter, Adam Feery, Ashton Rossiter, Conor Brennan, Bobby Freeman, Ryan Warren and Jamie Turbrit proved to be the top team in a tight encounter with Australia in the final, winning 3-1.

PAC(ed) Lunch

105 students who were positively affirmed at least three times by the PAC ( Positive Affirmations Committee) for hard work, good deeds and extra curricular achievement were invited to a free healthy lunch of juice, chicken salad wraps and fruit salad. Well done to all.