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

• ✝️ Holy Communion ✝️

  Fri 29 Apr 2022

  Best wishes to all our Primary 4 pupils making their First Holy Communion tomorrow. We hope you all have a wonderful day and may God be with you and your family on this special occasion.

  
  A reminder for tomorrow...

  
  All in attendance are asked to be seated for 09:45, the service will begin at 10:00 in St. Patrick’s Church. Photographs will be taken outside the church after the service. All our pupils making their First Holy Communion this weekend will enjoy a class party on Tuesday 3rd May to celebrate.

  

• EA Admissions Update

  Tue 26 Apr 2022

  In two days time, parents/guardians will receive the outcome of their Pre-school and P1 application for September 2022.

   

  If you applied online, updates on your child’s pre-school/school place will be published on our Citizen Portal from 10am on Thursday, 28 April. You can log in by visiting:

   

  ➡️ https://pupilservices.eani.org.uk/CitizenPortal_LIVE/en

   

  💻 Your login details will be the email address and password that were used at the time of your initial application. You can check these details by visiting the link above and re-setting your password if necessary. This will avoid any delays in viewing your outcome on the day of announcement.

   

  If you applied using a paper application, you will receive information on your child’s pre-school/school place by email/letter on 28 April.

   

  Parents who have a child with a statement of special educational needs awaiting Pre-school/P1 placement will be updated on the application process by their SEN link officer or school by 10 June, not via the Citizen Portal.

  

• 🐣🌼 Easter Break 🐣🌼

  Tue 12 Apr 2022

  School is now closed for the Easter End of Term Break and will reopen on Monday 25th April. Our Term 3 programme of After-School Clubs will begin on Monday 25th, along with our Breakfast Club and wrap-around care provision. We would like to wish all our pupils, families and the wider school-community a very happy and restful Easter break!

  

• 🏐 RGU Gaelic Tournament 🏐

  Tue 12 Apr 2022

  Representatives from Primary 6 and 7 enjoyed participating in a Gaelic Football tournament today at Russell Gaelic Union Downpatrick, to encourage young people to get active and to develop links between our school and our local club. It may have been a wet and windy day but that didn’t stop everyone from having a fantastic time and showing off their excellent skills and effort throughout. Thank you to Paul McAlinden and Collie Quinn at RGU for organising this very worthwhile event.

  

• 🌸🌺🌼 School Growing Challenge 🌸🌺🌼

  Tue 12 Apr 2022

  We recently saw the completion of our whole school Growing Challenge which began during our Science Week Celebrations. Each class were given a planter bed to design and decorate with colourful flowers and the effort from each class was tremendous! There were lots of different decorations and themes designed by the classes from fairytales to renewable energy. 

  With such fantastic work all round, choosing the winners took a lot of thought and deliberation!

   

  Joint 1st Place: P2 and P5/6
  Joint 2nd Place: P3/4 and P5
  Joint 3rd Place: LSC 1 and P6

   

  Each winning class will enjoy a class trip to the beach in the weeks following the Easter Break! Congratulations to everyone for all the fantastic efforts which have undoubtedly prepared our school grounds for Summer, with the addition of all these beautiful colours and designs!

  

• 🤩🏆 Quadruple Dance Champion 🤩🏆

  Tue 12 Apr 2022

  Congratulations to Olivia from our P5 class who recently became a quadruple champion in the 2022 European Dance Masters. Olivia achieved 1st in pro am, 1st in cabaret, 1st in duos, 1st in solos and 2nd in country classic. These fantastic achievements show Olivia’s breadth of talent and ability in dance and we are all very proud of her here at St. Colmcille’s! Well done Olivia! 💃

  

• 🎨⚽️📱 Term 3 After School Clubs 🎨⚽️📱

  Fri 08 Apr 2022

  Please see our latest programme of After School Clubs, beginning Monday 25th April. The programme is designed to improve pupils’ educational experiences, provide excellent value for money and assist working parents. All clubs should be booked/ paid for using the School Money System at the beginning of the week for the week ahead. Wrap around care is available until 4.30pm.

  

• 🔭🔬 P5/6 and P6 Visit W5 🔭🔬

  Fri 08 Apr 2022

  On Thursday 24th March, the Primary 5/6 and Primary 6 classes went to W5 in Belfast to explore exhibits based on their World Around Us topic; Inventors and Inventions. They completed a workshop called ‘Marvellous Machines’ and had to design and build a machine that could move a load from one point to another. The boys and girls used K’nex and worked in small groups to create machines before testing them out in the race area. Each group was able to move their load across the finish line successfully! After the workshop, there was some time to explore Levels 2 and 4. Some of the favourite exhibits explored were pulley systems, springs, levers, magnets, visual effects and the physics of flight. There are some great videos of the trip on their class pages on the school website!

  

• ✝️ Easter Updates & Trócaire Donations ✝️

  Thu 07 Apr 2022

  As we begin to prepare for Holy Week, we would like to take this time to reflect on the sacrifices Christ made and how we can gain a deeper understanding of His love for us. Today we celebrated our whole school Easter Mass by participating online. Next week, during Holy Week, we will reflect on the events that led to His crucifixion and resurrection. Through the Grow in Love programme, we will explore the values of Love, Trust, Forgiveness, Thankfulness, Hope and Friendship. As usual, we will be making a donation to Trocaire for their Lent Appeal. This money will help families dealing with poverty and the effects of climate change. Please donate what you can through School Money and every donation, however big or small, will be gratefully received. Together, we can make a difference. 
   
  Loving God,

  Help us to work together,
  to share what we have,
  so that everyone has what they need.
  Help us to build a better world,
  where each of us can become the best person we can be.

  Amen

  

• 🎉⭐️ Well Done Grace 🎉⭐️

  Sun 03 Apr 2022

  Congratulations to Grace from P7A who achieved an amazing 5th place in the U12 Preliminary at the Northern Irish Dance Championships this weekend! Grace continues to make herself, her family and our school very proud with her talents and achievements in Irish Dancing! Well done Grace! ☘️