Latest news
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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🎉 Summer Fair - Save the Date 🎉
Sat 29 Apr 2023This year, our PTFA are holding a Summer Fair on Friday 23rd June! Please see the following poster for some of the fantastic attractions that this event will include. Further information will be communicated in due course.
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🕊✝️ P7 Confirmation 🕊✝️
Fri 28 Apr 2023Congratulations to all our wonderful Primary 7 pupils who received the Sacrament of Confirmation on Thursday at St. Patrick’s Church, Downpatrick Parish. We hope that you enjoyed this special day with your friends and families. A special thanks to Canon Murray for celebrating the Sacrament of Confirmation with our pupils and to Father Toland, our School Chaplain, for his ongoing work in developing and nurturing the faith in St. Colmcille’s. Thank you also to Mrs Aoife Curran, our Primay 7 teachers and all school staff who helped prepare our Primary 7 pupils to receive the Sacrament. St. Colmcille, St. Patrick and all the Saints of Ireland, pray for our Primary 7 pupils, that the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit may enrich their lives.
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✏️📖 Rights Respecting Pupils & Duty Bearer of the Week 📖✏️
Fri 28 Apr 2023Congratulations to our Rights Respecting Pupils of the Week. These are pupils who have gone above and beyond to promote and learn about rights and who help make sure that the rights of all children in our school are upheld. Well done boys and girls!
Our Rights Steering Group this week, following consultation with their peers, selected Mr Hanna as our Duty Bearer of the Week! Mr Hanna ensures that all children have the right to play by joining in and playing fun games with them. He also helps makes sure all children are heard and valued within our school by spending time to get to know all our wonderful children and building a positive relationship with them. Well done to all our rights winners this week!
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🐶 Canine Therapy 🐶
Fri 28 Apr 2023Some of our nurture pupils got the opportunity to take part in canine therapy today with the lovely Heidi.
Dog therapy can help children to relax and calm their bodies as well as helping with emotion regulation. Dogs are fantastic listeners and can often be easier to talk to than a human!
The children loved getting to play with Heidi and learning how to take care of her today. Thank you to Rachel Fitzpatrick (parent & Heidi’s owner) for facilitating and leading these sessions. 🐾🐾
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📚👩🏫 Parental Phonics Workshop 📚👩🏫
Fri 28 Apr 2023On Tuesday, Mrs O’Dowd, Miss Vaughan and Mrs Rooney organised and hosted a Parental Phonics Workshop to inform parents of the programmes and strategies used in the teaching of reading and writing in the school.
The workshop focused on the theory and practise of the Jolly Phonics and Linguistic phonics programmes and gave families an overview of how reading and writing is taught throughout school. A range of practical activities, used in class, were explored, These activities help develop letter recognition, letter formation, blending and segmenting sounds to read and spell words, and parents/carers had the opportunity to try out some of these fun and interactive ways of learning.
Feedback from the workshop was extremely positive and families expressed how helpful this training will be in supporting their children’s reading and spelling. We aim to facilitate this Parental Phonics Workshop again in the future and would highly recommend participation to parents/carers who are interested in supporting their children with their reading, writing, and spelling.
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📝📚🎨 Learning Around the School 📝📚🎨
Fri 28 Apr 2023This week, we visit LSC1, P4 & P7, to see at all of the fantastic practical and activity-based learning experiences that the pupils have been working hard with recently!
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🤩✨ Pupils of the Week ✨🤩
Fri 28 Apr 2023Congratulations to our latest Pupils of the Week. Your hard work and positive attitudes have earned you this well deserved award! Keep it up.
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🌳🌸 Nursery Partnership 🌳🌸
Fri 28 Apr 2023This week we were delighted to welcome Littleones Day Nursery to our school, to enjoy our Pond & Nature Area and Daily Mile Track. The girls and boys spent time exploring our outdoor areas, developing their play skills and emotional well-being. At St. Colmcille’s PS, we believe that our outdoor learning environments are a powerful resource that help develop our pupils and benefit the wider community of Downpatrick also. We are looking forward to our continuing partnership with Littleones and the benefits our community links will bring to our school and the wider area.
#outdooreducation #community #downpatrick
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🏊♀️🏊♂️ Primary 5 Swimming 🏊♀️🏊♂️
Fri 28 Apr 2023Swimming tuition has now begun for our Primary 5 pupils!
Primary 5 pupils in Mr Harbinson’s class (P5) will be swimming on Mondays. Primary 5 pupils in Mrs Cassidy’s class (P4/5) and Miss Connolly’s class (LSC3) will be swimming on Fridays. Payments for swimming tuition can be made via SchoolMoney.
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🎤🏆 Speech & Drama Success 🎤🏆
Fri 28 Apr 2023Congratulations to Cliodhna from our P5 class, who recently participated in the Mourne Stars Speech & Drama Festival. Cliodhna showcased her talents by reciting a poem and was awarded an amazing 4th place. Well done Cliodhna, keep up the good work!
