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

• Catholic Schools' Week

  Tue 23 Jan 2024

  Today the children attended Mass and then took part in a special assembly on the theme "Catholic Schools' Week - Communities of Service!" led by the Minnie Vinnies.

   

  All classes completed artwork on the theme which is displayed in the assembly hall.

   

  A special thanks to Mrs McKee, our RE coordinator for organizing this week's activities.

  

• PATRICIAN HALL: Talk on Drugs and Alcohol

  Mon 22 Jan 2024

  The first of the talks in the Learn | Create | Connect series is scheduled for Friday 26th January at 7.30pm.
  
  The focus is on drugs and alcohol.
  
  This talk will be upstairs in The Patrician and so will have limited seating.

   

  

• STRIKE ACTION: Thursday 18th January

  Tue 16 Jan 2024

  Dear Parents/Guardians

   

  STRIKE ACTION: THURSDAY 18^th January

  Members of the five teaching unions (INTO, NAHT, NASUWT, NEU and UTU) and four non-teaching unions (GMB, NIPSA, Unison and UNITE the Union) are being called to take part in strike action on Thursday 18th January 2024 in relation to a trade dispute linked to the Pay and Grading Review.

   

  While the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and all the political parties, have agreed that Public Sector workers should receive a cost-of-living uplift, to date no pay offer has been made.

   

  Having completed a Risk Assessment, we have determined that the school will be closed on Thursday 18th January 2024:

   

  Clearly, this is a difficult situation, which will cause disruption. I ask you, however, to be understanding. Strike action is very unusual and taking the step of strike action is not something that any member of the school staff undertakes lightly. Those on strike will have thought long and hard about their decision and will also lose pay for the period that they are on strike.

   

  The staff in our school are invaluable to the learning, development and safeguarding of your children and I, along with the Board of Governors, feel strongly that they should be paid fairly for the essential and very challenging jobs that they do.

   

  Yours sincerely

   

  Mr Peter Cush

  Principal

• ADMISSIONS

  Thu 04 Jan 2024

  Please check the Admissions section of this website in Key Information on applying for places in St Colmcille's PS, Nursery and Naíscoil Cholmcille.

   

  The EA's Admission's Portal opens on Tuesday 9th January 2024 and closes on Friday 26th January 2024.

   

  A meeting will be held on Tuesday 16th January at 7.00pm to explain the Admissions process and provide advice to parents.