Staff Heath and Wellbeing are very important to school leadership and approx. 20 of our staff received health checks over this past week.

Tests were administered for blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose and body composition.

Further health checks are booked in the future for those who have missed out.

The information received will be very beneficial in helping staff members to improve their health, which will not only have a positive impact on their wellbeing but also on the pupils they work with!

This week our pupils have been focusing on Earth Week. The week began with Earth Day on Monday 22nd April, where each class were introduced to this year’s theme of 'Planet vs Plastics’. Throughout the week, each class participated in a variety of activities to help raise awareness of plastic pollution and the harm it does to our environment and wildlife. The children thought of great ideas to help tackle plastic pollution. At the end of the week the school was treated to a fantastic Earth Week assembly from our Primary 2 children. The assembly was very informative about our shared duty of protecting our planet.

This week we are visiting P3A, LSC1 & P7B!

Look at all of the fantastic practical and outdoor learning experiences that the pupils have been working hard with recently!

🌟 Congratulations to our latest winners of the Pupil of the Week Award, who have impressed everyone this week with their hard work in class and excellent behaviour!

📜 Well done to our Rights Respecting Pupils of the Week. These pupils have been exemplary at showing respect for the rights of their friends throughout the week.

🎶 Our fantastic Musicians of the Week have shown excellent effort and an on-going commitment to developing their musical talents.

🧑🏻‍🏫 Finally, congratulations to the brilliant Mrs Woodside, our Duty Bearer of the Week!

Congratulations everyone!

Reminder that the Sacrament of Holy Communion will be celebrated tomorrow (27th April) at 11:00 in St Patrick’s Church. 

Children and their families must be seated by 10:40am - the mass will begin promptly at 11am. 

Each child/ family has been allocated one pew within the church - staff will be on hand to direct people to their allocated seats. The mass will be shown on webcam via the Downpatrick Parish Facebook Page.

Refreshments will be served by the parish after mass in Patrick’s Place (the crypt) we encourage children and family members to attend and enjoy.

Professional photos, for those who have booked, will be taken in Patrick’s Place after the Sacrament mass.

Primary 7 have been working very hard over the last few months to develop their own business- Fruit and Vegi-pals. 

Our products are soft toys which deliver a positive message and hopefully help bring a calming atmosphere to their owner suitable for children aged 5 and above. All items are hand made from sustainable materials. We have four characters for sale. 

Say hello to Carrie the Caring Carrot, Annie the Amazing Apple, Lenny the Legendary Lemon and Peter the Positive Pickle.

We are delighted to announce that our products will be available to purchase for one week only on the School Shop on SchoolMoney. £2 each or 4 Fruit and Vegi-pals for £7. Once you have made a purchase, P7 will speak to your child to find out which Fruit and Vegi-pals they would like.

Fruit and Vegi-pals! Come and get one of your five and play!

To help our Primary 7s prepare for their upcoming Sacrament of Confirmation, they took part in the first of three Pre-Confirmation workshops with Sarah from 'Youth Initiatives'. In this session, they explored the importance and significance of the Sacrament of Confirmation, as well as choosing a name for this new stage in their lives. The boys and girls are already looking forward to next week's session! 

Many thanks to Sarah and the team at Youth Initiatives for their continued support!

This week was an exciting week for St. Colmcille’s PS, as our new modular building arrived onsite. The various sections of the building were brought in on trucks and moved into place by crane. Throughout the week, the contractors have continued work on outfitting the building. Take a look at the progress so far. Our modular building is scheduled to be finished and ready for pupils to use at the beginning of June! Western Building Systems LTD

Look at all of the fantastic practical and activity-based learning experiences that the pupils in Primary 2A, Primary 4B and Primary 7A have been working hard with recently!

Today, members of our P5/6 netball team played in the Down Netball Club annual tournament alongside 5 other local feeder schools. The girls worked excellently together as a team and displayed some amazing netball skills. Their hard work paid off when they were awarded the overall winners of the tournament! Special mention to Elle-Mae who was awarded overall Player of the Tournament and Renae who won Player of the Match. Thank you to the Down Netball Club for organising such a great day and well done to all of our fantastic netballers – what a great way to end the season! We are grateful to Mrs Morgan, Mrs Dagen and Miss Feenan our wonderful netball coaches who give so generously of their time and efforts!