Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• PTFA Family Bingo

  Fri 19 Feb 2021
  A big thank to you to our PTFA for organising a fantastic Kids Bingo Event last night. The feedback has been so positive. Events such as these are very important in the current climate to create a welcome distraction for the children. Everyone is already looking forward to Family Bingo next week!

  

• Safer Internet Day Competition

  Sat 13 Feb 2021

  There were many fantastic and creative entries sent in for the Safer Internet Day competition this week and tough for teachers to choose a winner from their classes, with so many deserving pieces of work.

   

  The winners will each receive a voucher that they can exchange to enjoy an afternoon using the iPads or laptops in school! This voucher can be used when the pupils return to school.

   

  The competition winners were:

  
  P1A - Nancy Jennings
  P1B - Keighan Hanna
  P2 - Grace Manley
  P2/3 - Sophia Grace Hull
  P3 - Lily Casement
  LSC 2 - Dara Reid
  P4 - Dylan Mageean, Michael Keenan, Oscar Manley
  LSC 3 - Bryn Ross
  P4/5 - Maria Rooney
  Nurture - Eoin McCoubrey
  P5 - Nevaeh Rice
  LSC 4 - Abbie Fitzsimons
  P6 - Miley Keenan
  P6/7 - Katie Flynn
  P7 - Aoibhe O’Donnell

   

  Well done everyone!

  

• Welcome Garden

  Fri 12 Feb 2021

  As part of our work on enhancing the school grounds, we are constructing a Welcome Garden at the front of the school.

   

  The Garden is under construction at present and when completed will include:

   

  Raised flowerbeds that the children will plant out and maintain
  Seating for parents to wait on their children
  New signage which will be welcoming and informative to visitors to the school site
  Stone/gravel paths
  Bird tables and bird baths
  Trees, plants and shrubs
  Water fountain
  Circular stone flower bed (centre piece/focal point)

   

  It will be completed in April 21 when it will be possible for the summer planting to take place. I am sure you will agree it will be a nice addition to our school premises and compliment our new Outdoor Classroom/Sensory Garden and Playpark.

   

  Huge thanks to our parent, Mr Fergus Rooney of Art of Stone,  who is giving freely of his time, labour and talents to create a bespoke stone centre piece for our garden, to another parent Mr Lawrence Blaney who is also giving freely of his time, labour and woodwork talents to create a bird table and to our grandparent Mr Stephen Vaughan, who has freely given his time, woodwork skills and outdoor talents to build and install the raised flowerbeds and create paths which will traverse the garden. These features will be a lovely addition to the garden! We look forward to completing all of our outdoor work in the near future!

  

• 💪🏃‍♂️ 4/4/48 Challenge 🏃‍♂️💪

  Thu 11 Feb 2021

  Ronan will be taking part in the David Goggins Challenge from the 5th-7th March to raise money for our school. This incredible challenge requires Ronan to run 4 miles every 4 hours for 48 hours!

   

  You can check out all the preparations for this challenge on Ronan’s page:

  Ronan’s Facebook Page

   

  If you would like to sponsor Ronan, you can do via the School Shop on SchoolMoney.

  

• Exploring the Well-being and Educational Development of our Pupils during Lockdown Survey

  Wed 10 Feb 2021
  Good Afternoon Parent/Guardian, 

   

  Please see attached Survey- I would be very grateful if you could spare a few minutes to complete. The aim of the survey is to inform School Leadership on your thoughts and opinions of learning/supervision during Jan/Feb 21 Lockdown. 

   

  Thank you in advance for your cooperation,

   

  S Austin (Principal)

   

  Exploring the Well-being and Educational Development of our Pupils during Lockdown Survey

  

• Safer Internet Day 2021

  Sun 07 Feb 2021
  On Tuesday, we will be celebrating Safer Internet Day 2021, the theme of which is ‘A Reliable Online World’. Class teachers will be setting related learning activities on Seesaw and we will also be having a competition for Foundation Stage and Key Stages 1 & 2! Please see the competition posters below for details.

  

• Child Mental Health Week

  Sat 06 Feb 2021

  As we near the end of Child Mental Health Week, here are some ideas to reflect upon and great suggestions to help those who may be struggling during lockdown.

  

• 🌿🍄🌳 Sensory Garden, Outdoor Classroom & Play Park 🌳🍄🌿

  Fri 05 Feb 2021

  Great progress is being made on our new Sensory Garden, Outdoor Classroom and Play Park. The groundwork is nearly complete, with the majority of equipment to be installed within the next week or two. This exciting development represents an investment of £40,000 to provide our pupils with state-of-the-art outdoor learning and play areas to ensure their school days at St. Colmcille’s are truly remarkable and memorable!

  

• Road Safety Education Tasks - Be Safe, Be Seen

  Wed 03 Feb 2021

  Please see the following link to our Parent Information page, where you will find lots of great ideas and resources to help your child learn about the importance of Road Safety. The Be Safe, Be Seen follow up activities will be included in pupil work packs next week and posted to Seesaw!

   

  Parent Information