Latest news
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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🤝💵 Charity Donations 🤝💵
Fri 31 Mar 2023This week, St. Colmcille’s PS were delighted to donate £500 each to Trocaire and Cancer Research UK, on behalf of our pupils, school community and staff. Our fantastic pupils Mia, Anton & Katie from P1 and Finlay & Shea from P6, presented our donations to Fr Toland, on behalf of Trócaire and Denise Higgins, on behalf of Cancer Research. Thank you to everyone for their kindness and generosity in contributing towards these donations to help those in need in our community and across the world.
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🤩👏 Speech & Drama Success 🤩👏
Fri 31 Mar 2023Congratulations to Ryan from our P4 class who recently represented Mourne Stars Speech & Drama, reading a poem at Newry Feis. Ryan received excellent scores and feedback, his confidence and effort is a shining example for all. Well done Ryan, we are so proud of you!
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🐣 Easter Fun Day & Bingo Night 🐣
Fri 31 Mar 2023On Tuesday 4th April, we will be holding a special Easter Fun Day Event. We are sure our pupils will be looking forward to this exciting event, with an animal farm, tractor rides and a special tuck shop full of Easter treats! Our fantastic PTFA will also be hosting a charity Bingo Night in the Assembly Hall at 7pm on Tuesday 4th- everyone welcome!
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📱 Managing Device Stress & Anxiety 📱
Fri 31 Mar 2023Important tips from National Online Safety…
Making life easier… or adding to our unease? 📱😟 Digital devices have changed the way we live – but the new forms of stress they can bring are an #OnlineSafety risk. Our #WakeUpWednesday guide has tips for reducing ‘always on’ anxiety 🛡
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⭐️🏅Pupils of the Week🏅⭐️
Fri 31 Mar 2023We are so proud of our latest fantastic winners of the Pupils of the Week Award. They have worked so hard all week long and have really impressed their class teachers, well done all!
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🌟 Autism Appreciation Day 🌟
Sun 26 Mar 2023Sunday 2nd April marks the beginning of Autism Awareness Month. Our whole school will be celebrating, with our own Autism Appreciation Day this Friday 31st March!
We are inviting pupils to dress up in their favourite costume/outfit to develop our awareness of Autism and to celebrate our individuality. We will be supporting the fantastic work of Downpatrick Autism Family Support Group and encourage our school community to make a donation through the School Shop on SchoolMoney.
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🔭🧪🥼 Scientists of the Week 🔭🧪🥼
Sat 25 Mar 2023This week, our class ‘Scientists of the Week’ were announced. These budding scientists were chosen by their class teachers, due to their enthusiasm, scientific curiosity shown and their effectiveness in following the six stages of a scientific method when undertaking an investigation. Within these investigations, each class posed their own scientific question to base an investigation on. These questions varied from class to class, but some examples included: ‘Is toothpaste actually effective?’, ‘Can we create a working parachute?’, ‘Can a drawing float in water?’ and ‘Can a rain cloud be created in a jar?’. Our pupils have also been working hard this week to present their 'Power Projects' to the rest of their class. Key Stage winners will be announced and awarded next week once children have had a chance to present.
Well done to our ‘Scientist of the Week’ winners, who are pictured within their key Stages!
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🙌💰 Charity Fundraising 🙌💰
Sat 25 Mar 2023A number of the staff of St. Colmcille’s PS, recently participated in a mixed rules basketball/netball tournament to raise money for our chosen charity partners, with other staff donating also. The tournament was very competitive and enjoyable, with the Black/Grey Team triumphing and the White Team taking the wooden spoon! A special thanks to Mr Lyttle for organising the staff charity fundraising event. The money raised, along with Green Day donations, came to more than £1000! We are therefore delighted to donate £500 of this to Trocaire and another £500 to Cancer Focus Northern Ireland, with the remaining money raised going towards our Cost of Living Crisis Support initiatives. Thank you to all members of our school community who donated for Green Day and to our staff, friends and families for raising a fantastic amount of sponsorship, all of which will support these great causes to help those in need.
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🫶 Love For Life Workshops 🫶
Sat 25 Mar 2023This week, children in Primary 6 enjoyed a workshop based on ‘Choices and Changes’, a very informative talk about the choices we must make through life and how we can deal with them. They also thought about their own strengths and chatted about who at home is their podium person that they can rely on at home, at school or at their clubs outside of school. Primary 7 pupils explored the theme, ‘What’s Inside?’, where they identified how ‘ups’ and ‘downs’ occur in all of our loves and how we can be resilient through these challenges. The children also explored the changes they will go through as they get older and the key steps they can take to support themselves on this journey. These were very enjoyable and beneficial workshops, which was enjoyed by all in Primary 6 and 7. Many thanks to ‘Love for Life’ for their support in planning and delivering these workshops.
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🥁 Introducing Drumming Lessons 🥁
Fri 24 Mar 2023St. Colmcille’s is proud to further expand our musical tuition provision. Alongside our popular guitar and violin lessons, we have recently introduced Drumming lessons for pupils. Drumming is an excellent addition to our musical tuition in school, as it helps children with communication, their ability to control their body through multitasking and helps to develop both the creative and logic sides of the brain. Drumming is fantastic at strengthening key mathematical skills such as counting, as well as developing crucial musical skills such as rhythm and
maintaining a beat. Most importantly, drumming is lots of FUN! Our lessons are provided by professional drummer, Mr Martin Galbraith, who has been drumming for 30 years and has played with amazing artists such as Bob Geldof! We love to see our pupils enjoying this wonderful
instrument and can’t wait to see their progress over the weeks to come.
