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

• St Colmcille's Girls win the Cumann na mBunscoil final

  Fri 07 Jun 2019

  Congratulations to our girls' football which won the Cumann na mBunscoil Allianz Cup final in Garvaghey. In a very close game, they beat our fellow parishioners; St Teresa's PS by two points. Mr Pat McGivern presents the cup to Aine McGarrity.

   

  The boys narrowly missed out on glory. Reaching the final, they were beaten by one point by a strong and talented side from St Teresa's PS, after extra time. congratulations to St Teresa's, both cups were won by the parish schools. We'd like to thank Miss McRory, Miss Owens, Mr O'Neill and Mr Donnelly for all their support throughout the year.

  

• Cumann na mBunscoil - Football success

  Wed 15 May 2019
  Congratulations to the school's boys and girls football teams which both won the local heats of the Cumann na mBunscoil competition and will represent the school at the finals' day on 6th June in Garvaghey.  Special thanks to Mr O'Neill, Mr Donnelly, Miss Owens and Miss McRory for supporting the children throughout the year.

  

• Get Go club

  Wed 15 May 2019
  The Get Go Club concluded its activities for the year. The children received their well-deserved certificates after greatly enhancing the school environment. Well done boys and girls. The children greatly appreciate the fantastic efforts made by Miss Owens, Miss McRory and Mrs Rogers.

  

• Easter Week activities

  Thu 18 Apr 2019

  EASTER BONNET PARADE

  Foundation Stage children and their parents and grandparents enjoyed making the Easter bonnets, there were many very creative designs on display in the parade.

   

  EASTER BINGO

  Children in KS1 & KS2 took part in Easter Bingo on Wednesday afternoon.

   

  FairTrade Raffle

  Mrs Mary McKee’s class has organised a FairTrade Raffle. Mrs Brenda McCabe and Mrs Shauna Moore won the Easter Hampers.

  

• Focus on Dyslexia

  Thu 18 Apr 2019

  Watch this useful link below to get an understanding about Dyslexia.

   

  https://youtu.be/gbWspi2_A1Q

   

  

• Morning Maths Club on "You Tube"

  Thu 18 Apr 2019

  Watch the presentation below to get an insight into the successes of our Morning Maths programme.

   

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52xnrWVEkgc&feature=youtu.be

   

  Numeracy Coordinator; Miss Treanor and Miss Owens provided an eight-week Maths Club from each morning for  43 children from P2 - P7 / R2-R7 who we felt would benefit from booster sessions.

   

  The teachers were supported by 18 Maths Pals; these P6 leaders helped develop children's skills through practically-based activities.

   

  We would like to thank parents for ensuring that the children arrived early each day for the programme which was organised before the school formally started in order to minimise disruption to their normal classroom activities.

   

  We had a party to celebrate the children's progress. The feedback from the pupils' questionnaires and teachers has confirmed that it was a fantastic success. Children's confidence has developed as well as their skills in Place Value, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, division Problem Solving and Telling time.

   

  Well done everyone. 

   

   

   

• Holy Week Newsletter available: News and Events/ Newsletter

  Tue 16 Apr 2019

• Sprocket Rockets awarded their certificates

  Thu 04 Apr 2019
  The 2nd "Sprocket Rocket" group received their certificates having been taught FUNdamental cycling skills by Cycling Ireland's qualified Instructors, Mrs Rogers & Miss Gillespie. The programme focuses on 4 skills; Cornering, Pedalling, Braking and Balance. Well done everyone.

  

• April Newsletter available in "News & Events"/ Newsletters

  Thu 04 Apr 2019

• ECO Club news

  Thu 04 Apr 2019

  Cancer Focus

  On Thursday 28th March Cancer Focus visited our school as part of our Eco-Schools initiative. They talked to all the pupils about how to make healthy lifestyle choices. The pupils learned that some food packaging have traffic lights to show if the food is a healthy or unhealthy choice.

   

  GET GO CLUB

  The "Get Go" After-school Club meets weekly to complete environmental challenges in the school grounds. So far, they have made bird feeders & built "bug hotels" where mini-beasts can shelter from predators or bad weather. This week's challenge is to create "Welly boot gardens".