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

• REMINDER: QUIZ NIGHT THIS FRIDAY

  Tue 07 Feb 2017

  Don't miss the PTA Quiz this Friday, 10th February, in Portstewart Golf Club.  Quiz starts at 8pm.

  Please come along and bring a few friends. Everyone welcome!

  It's going to be a great night!

  

• MARVELLOUS MOVERS IN THE COLERAINE TIMES!

  Tue 07 Feb 2017

  Maura Hickey, the Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens and Mr Tony Sweeting, Engineering Process Leader at Rolls Royce visited our 'Marvellous Movers' recently to see our progress with our Rolls Royce project with Portstewart Primary School.

   

  Check out the photos in the Coleraine Times... 

  

• FREE TREE SEEDS

  Sun 05 Feb 2017

  It's the end of Catholic Schools Week. Having been reminded of the beauty of the world God has created for us and our responsibility to care for the home we share, why not do something practical to help 'Care for Our Common Home'?

  The Woodland Trust are giving away FREE tree seeds...

  • Plant a seed.
  • Grow a Tree.
  • Make a difference.
     

  https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/seeds/

   

   

  #ecoschools
  Eco-Schools Northern Ireland Official

  

• SAFER INTERNET DAY

  Sun 05 Feb 2017

  Tuesday 7th February is Safer Internet Day. Why not take a look at the tips and advice to help keep us all safe online?

  https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/

   

   

   

  

• CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK - FRIDAY

  Fri 03 Feb 2017

  As Catholic Schools Week comes to a close we are asked to think about how we can share our common home. Our world is a gift to all who live here: the people, the animals and the plants. Our world is not always shared equally: there are people who have no home, no food or water; people forced to leave the place they live because of war, natural disasters, famine or drought; plants and animals treated cruelly. In the letter he wrote to us, Pope Francis told us that ‘we must share with others’. This reminds us of the words of Jesus, who told us to love one another, to be kind and caring. To show God how much we love him and how thankful we are for the home he has given us, we have to work to share our home equally with all who live here.

   

  Lord, help us to share our common home

• MARVELLOUS MOVERS - Sorting Materials

  Thu 02 Feb 2017

  Well done to Primary 5 and Primary 6 who had a busy Thursday afternoon sorting the recyclable and reusable materials donated for our Marvellous Movers project.♻️️ Thank you for all the donations so far... we have a wide range of different resources that can be used to help us build our moving vehicles. 🚙🚘
  As our designs near completion, we are excited to start the building phase of the project! ⚙️🔧

   

  #marvellousmovers
   

  

• CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK - THURSDAY

  Thu 02 Feb 2017

  Today we think about how we can protect our common home. God has entrusted us with the care of the earth. We can protect and care for our home in all we do each day; for example, by reducing our rubbish, recycling and using the resources of our world carefully. We pray that God will give us the courage to make changes in how we treat and use the resources of our home so that every creature on earth can see the beauty of his creation and come to know their responsibility to be a steward of the earth.

   

  We pray that we may all work to protect our common home.

• GRANDPARENTS DAY ASSEMBLY

  Wed 01 Feb 2017

  Today we celebrated Grandparents Day and St. Brigid’s Day with a special assembly. We were asked to think about how our grandparents have watched over our common home, just as they watch over us and the special role they play in our lives. Once again lovely singing from our school choir and super readings.

   

  As a special treat, we watched a wonderful video dramatising the story of St. Brigid starring Primary 2. (We hear it will be released on DVD soon!)

   

  Well done everyone!

   

  Don't forget to check out the photos in the Gallery. http://www.stcolumsprimaryschool.co.uk/gallery/

  

• CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK - WEDNESDAY

  Wed 01 Feb 2017

  Today is Grandparents’ Day, and we are asked to think about how our grandparents have watched over our common home, just as they watch over us. Our grandparents can play a special role in our lives. They can be very important teachers who show us how to love, how to be caring and how to share. They can teach us about the past and about the importance of our common home and how to cherish it. They can teach us about the beauty of God’s creation and help us to learn to care for it as we grow.

   

  We thank you Lord for our grandparents, help us to be thankful for all they teach us.