Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in St Colmcille's PS

• Presentation to Jarlath Mullin

  Thu 29 Mar 2018
  Mrs Cush and Friends of St Colmcille's members; Lynne Hurson and Aisling Donnelly present a cheque for £330 to Jarlath Mullin and wish him the best of luck in the Special Olympics in Dublin shortly.

  

• Seachtain na Gaeilge

  Thu 22 Mar 2018

  Friday 16^th March - St Patrick’s pageant

  Pupils throughout the school present edvarious performances as part of the annual show to mark our patron Saint’s celebrations. The show included musicians, Irish Dancing, Recitations, St Patrick’s dramatization and prayers. Parents were invited to attend the performance and enjoyed teas with shamrock shortbread and muffins after the performances.

  

• EIRE ÓG Hurling club presents £500 to St Colmcille's PS

  Thu 22 Mar 2018

  Sean Óg Grugan on behalf of Eire Óg hurling club presented Mr Cush with a cheque for £500 which will be used to purchase sports and outdoor play equipment. The club had hosted a successful breakfast morning for the minor team which had reached the Ulster Final. The proceeds were donated to local groups in the area. As well as the school, £500 was also presented to both Starbreakers and the Afternoon Club. We thank the hurling club and the other local sporting organizations for their ongoing support for sport in the school.

  

• School holidays 2018 in "Parents - Useful information" folder

  Wed 14 Mar 2018

• St Colmcille's awarded Tyrone Shield

  Wed 14 Mar 2018
  St Colmcille's PS quiz team was awarded Tyrone Shield at Ulster final of the Cumman na mBunscoil quiz at the Hillgrove Hotel. They boys came fourth in Ulster and highest scoring Northern Irish school. Well done boys.

  

• Speech & Language Project: Parents Play and Stay Workshop

  Wed 07 Mar 2018

  St Colmcille’s PS, as a member of a local cluster of primary schools is taking part in an innovative  partnership with the Western Trust’s Speech and Language Department. Speech & Language Therapist, Orlaigh McCann is working with the 12 schools and was in St Colmcille's on Wednesday 28th Feb 2018 hosting a workshop for our Primary One parents and children. We were delighted with the excellent turnout of parents with almost full attendance.

   

  The workshop focused on helping parents to support their children’s language skills development through play with a particular emphasis on developing numeracy/mathematics skills.  There were lots of games and activities for parent to do with your children.

  We believe this workshop provided parents with opportunities to:

  • get a detailed insight into the activities carried out on a daily basis in school

  • observe how literacy is delivered in the Foundation Stage

  • to replicate some of these techniques at home using every day fairy tales or story books and objects.

  

• Termonmaguirc Credit Union Quiz U11 champions

  Tue 06 Mar 2018
  Congratulations to all the children who competed in the Credit Union quiz on Friday 26th January. We are very proud of all the competitors. Once again, we won the Under 11 section. The team included: Finbar Donnelly, Conor McGlinchey, Amy McAleer and Caolán Martin. They will compete in the chapter finals in Kelly’s Inn on 11^th March. We’d like to congratulate Tiarnán Mullin, Luke Gormley, Erin Nugent and Carleen McCrory who came third in the U 13 section.

  

• TYRONE ALLIANZ CUMANN Na mBUNSCOL QUIZ CHAMPIONS

  Tue 06 Mar 2018

  ALLIANZ CUMANN Na mBUNSCOL

  Tyrone and Ulster Quiz: 2018

   

  A great sense of anticipation and excitement was felt in our local primary schools this week, as Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Thír Eoghain organised a series of quiz heats across the county.

  This year almost 50 schools competing against each other.

  The format of the quiz saw 60 points up for grabs over 10 rounds of 6.

   Five  schools hosted the competition:

  Primate Dixon P.S, Coalisland; St. Conor’s P.S, Omagh; Edendork P.S;

  St. Colmcille’s P.S, Carrickmore and St. Mary’s P.S. Ballygawley.

  In order to qualify for the Ulster Final, schools had to secure the top two scores throughout the county (from all five heats).

  As things transpired, the two schools in the parish managed to produce teams who scored 49 & 50 out of 60. St. Colmcille’s P.S. Carrickmore with 50 out of 60 and  St. Teresa’s P.S. Loughmacrory with 49, both teams were level coming into the last round.

  Both schools now compete in the Ulster Final in The Hillgrove Hotel, Co. Monaghan, on Wednesday 14 March.

   Ádh mór oraibh!