Latest news
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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💙💙 Cash for Kids School Challenge 💙💙
Wed 29 Sep 2021Our Cash for Kids Competition has now launched. Please support via the link below and via the School Money Shop Area. Every penny raised will go towards improving resources and facilities for our fantastic children!
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Free School Meals & Uniform Grants
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🍃🌍🌻 Green Flag Success 🌻🌍🍃
Sat 25 Sep 2021Congratulations to our hard working Eco Committee and Eco Coordinator Miss Vaughan, as our school has recently been awarded the prestigious Eco-Schools Green Flag for the third time by the environmental charity Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful.
The Eco-Schools Northern Ireland Official programme is the world’s largest Environmental Education programme and aims to make environmental awareness and action an intrinsic part of the life and ethos of our school. Our school has chosen to develop the eco-topics of Outdoor Learning/Biodiversity, Marine Life and Transport in collaboration with Sustrans NI.
Over the past year, we have developed our school grounds to develop Outdoor Learning opportunities and Biodiversity in our local area. In addition to the wonderful Outdoor Learning that has taken place, evident through our regular updates, there have been many further initiatives and activities carried out in school which you can see below. Thank you to all of our families for your continued support with our Eco-Schools initiatives. Thank you also to Mr McReynolds, Head of Outdoor Education, and to our many staff members that have freely given their time and talents to contribute to developing our outdoor environment.
To keep up with our Eco Committee’s latest news and events, visit our school website page for regular updates. 🌻
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🌟 St. Colmcille’s Cash for Kids 🌟
Fri 24 Sep 2021We are delighted to have been chosen as a finalist for Cool FM’s Cash for Kids School Challenge. Please see the poster below for information on our exciting upcoming events.
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🎻🎸 Music Tuition 🎻🎸
Wed 22 Sep 2021Violin Tuition
Violin Tuition will begin in school on Wednesday 29th September for Key Stage 2 Classes (P5-7). The lessons are scheduled weekly (on a Wednesday) and are provided by a tutor from the Education Authority (EA) Music Service. This is an excellent opportunity for your child to explore and develop their musical talents.
The tuition fee for is £5 per lesson – this is a subsidised cost.
The cost to rent a violin from the Music Service is an additional £35, with the school subsiding this cost to £25 (payable Term 1)
There are limited places available- if you wish your child to participate in violin tuition this year, please inform your child’s class teacher via Seesaw before Friday 24th September. As there are limited places- 1st priority will be given to older year groups.
Guitar Tuition
Guitar Tuition will begin in school on Friday 1st October for Key Stage 1/2 Classes (P4-7). The lessons are scheduled weekly (on a Friday from 1pm-4pm) and are provided by a local Guitar Tutor Philip Hanna.
The tuition fee is £7.50 per lesson and children will be provided with a guitar (for in school practice). Phillip’s lessons are not subsidised by EA hence the higher cost. It is also likely that at some point parents will have to purchase a guitar recommended by Philip.
There are limited places available- if you wish your child to participate in Guitar Tuition this year, please inform your child’s class teacher via Seesaw before Friday 24th September. As there are limited places- 1st priority will be given to older year groups.
All tuition monies payable via Seesaw from Monday 27th September!
** In Term 2 there are a number of music workshops arranged for our P1-2 pupils. It was advised by the EA Music tutor that children are best suited to learn a musical instrument from P3 upwards.
Thanks to Mrs McKeown for organising our in school music tuition- she can be contacted via email on rmckeown873@c2kni.net with further queries or questions. Please do get in touch today or tomorrow with your class teacher or Mrs McKeown to express your interest in music tuition!
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🍩 50p FRIDAYS ARE BACK!! 🍩
Wed 22 Sep 2021🍩🍩🍩🍩50p FRIDAYS ARE BACK!!🍩🍩🍩🍩💥💥FRIDAY 24TH SEPT💥💥
Some info.... The last Friday of each month the PTFA bring "treats" into school for every child! Every month = a different tasty treat 😋 and it's always a suprise! 🤫😉
All we ask is that you pay 50p on School Money (school shop section) before Friday. Thank you! 😊 #makingmemories
All allergy guidelines are adhered to.
Thanks to our PTFA for organising such a lovely treat for the children and for all of their continuous fundraising efforts which help us to improve our resources and premises for the benefit of our fantastic children!
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⚽️ Football Coaching Sessions ⚽️
Mon 20 Sep 2021We are delighted to offer football sessions to our P1-P3 classes, including LSC 1 & LSC 2!
The sessions will begin tomorrow (Wednesday 22nd September) and will include a variety of different warm up games and activities, ball skills and fun games that incorporate the skills taught in each session.
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Young Enterprise
Fri 17 Sep 2021We are very excited to announce that we will be collaborating with Young Enterprise Northern Ireland in order to encourage a hands-on approach to entrepreneurship skills both in and outside of school, beginning in January 2022. Each year group from P2 to P7 will take part in a different programme before taking part in a whole school event putting what we have learned into practice before the end of the school year.
We hope that working with Young Enterprise will have a number of benefits for your child. Not only will it be a something fun and new which will boost their confidence and problem solving skills, but it will have a number of medium and long term benefits such as enhancing behaviour, attitudes, application of knowledge, emotional capabilities and decision making as well as creating an awareness of the worth and importance of money before ultimately preparing your child for working life.If you would like more information on Young Enterprise Northern Ireland, please follow the link below:
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*** School Photographs P2-7 ***
Thu 16 Sep 2021Dandelion Studio are delighted to be visiting St Colmcilles PS on the 30th September.
All parents who would like their child/rens photographs taken MUST pre-register by using the link below by Thursday 23rd September at 23:59
No registrations/permissions will be accepted after this date so it is very important to register if you wish for photos to be taken.
To pre-register for your child’s photos:
please go to: dandelion.gotphoto.co.uk
enter access code: SCP2021
Then just follow the simple steps to complete registration.
Once the photos are available for sale via the online shop you will receive a notification by email or text. You will then be able to shop online for printed packs, gifts and digital files.
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📚🍫🍭 Tomorrow is Roald Dahl Day at St. Colmcille’s! 📚🍫🍭
Sun 12 Sep 2021
