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

• BACK TO SCHOOL, WEDNESDAY 29th AUGUST

  Tue 31 Jul 2018

  Our new school year starts on Wednesday 29th August. We look forward to welcoming everyone back and meeting our new Primary 1 class.

   

  To help you with your back to school shopping... http://www.stcolumsprimaryschool.co.uk/back-to-school-shopping-list/

   

  Enjoy the rest of the holidays!

   

   

  

• AIR MONITORING RESULTS

  Sat 07 Jul 2018

  Remember our Air Monitoring Tubes we put up earlier this year? We're delighted that our air monitoring results have returned from the lab.

   

  Our first for the tube put up in the field at the back of the school is 5.9 µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre).

  Our second result for the tube put up at the front gate is 8.7 µg/m³.

   

  Our results will soon be up on the UK-wide AIR POLLUTION MAP ( https://friendsoftheearth.uk/clean-air/clean-air-campaign-air-monitoring-kit-results)

   

  What do our results mean? 

  The European Union has set the legal limit for NO₂ pollution at an annual mean (average) of 40µg/m³.  

  Which means that during the time our monitoring tubes were up, NO₂ pollution levels were below the level at which the annual legal limit is set.  

   

  The techy bit...

  These are a snapshot of the air pollution for the places and times we were monitoring.  

   

  Lots of things affect pollution levels over the course of a year, such as variations in the weather. This means that annual average results for the places we monitored could look very different from our snapshot results.  

   

  Air pollution levels also vary greatly depending on how close you put your tube to where the pollution comes from. So there’ll be a reduction in levels even a few metres away from the source.

   

  We do know that most areas of the UK are currently failing to meet legal limits set by the EU. And that short-term and long-term exposure to NO₂ – even at levels below these legal limits – can have significant negative health effects.

   

  

• TOMATO PLANT SALE - THANK YOU!

  Tue 03 Jul 2018

  Thanks to everyone who bought tomato plants at the end of term... raising £12.50 towards new seeds next year. Hope you all have a bumper crop of delicious tomatoes.

   

  Many thanks for your support. 

  

• FEET FIRST FAMILIES DRAW WINNERS

  Sun 01 Jul 2018
  Congratulations to our 'Feet First Families' Draw winners!
  Looking forward to lots more active travel to school in our next school year.

  

• COPPER CHALLENGE WINNERS

  Sun 01 Jul 2018

  Congratulations to our Primary 6 class who were the winners of the PTA Copper Challenge. Thanks to everyone who collected 'coppers' for our bottles, raising £358 towards PTA funds. Many thanks for your continued sup port.