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

• EXPRESS YOURSELF DAY- CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH WEEK

  Tue 06 Feb 2024

  As part of Children’s Mental Health Week we are holding a fund-raising non-uniform 𝔼𝕏ℙℝ𝔼𝕊𝕊 𝕐𝕆𝕌ℝ𝕊𝔼𝕃𝔽 DAY this Friday.

   

  We encourage children to share their favourite hobbies, wear their favourite colours, or simply just be themselves!

   

  We’re all different – we all have different things that make us tick and that bring a smile to our face. Express Yourself allows children and young people to celebrate what makes them unique with an incredibly fun dress-up day – this could be sharing their favourite hobby, such as skateboarding or dancing, or wearing their favourite colour or accessory. Or it could just be coming in as themselves. Express Yourself is about letting children’s voice shine through and empowering them to tell their own stories!

   

  Need a little inspiration, see the poster for some ideas to get you started.

   

  Funds raised from our EXPRESS YOURSELF DAY will be used towards resources for our outdoor area.

   

  Many thanks for your support.

  

• DOHERTY CUP QUARTER FINAL

  Tue 06 Feb 2024

  ⚽ℂ𝕆ℕ𝔾ℝ𝔸𝕋𝕌𝕃𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊 to our football team who won their quarter final match in the Doherty Cup against Portstewart P.S. this afternoon. 😀

  
  Well done boys!! 👏👏

  

• SAFER INTERNET DAY 2024

  Tue 06 Feb 2024

  Today is 𝕊𝕒𝕗𝕖𝕣 𝕀𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕥 𝔻𝕒𝕪 2024

   

  Safer Internet Day aims to create both a safer and a better internet, where children and young people are empowered to use digital technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively.

   

  #SID2024 #SaferInternetDay

  

• CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH WEEK, 5TH-11TH FEBRUARY

  Mon 05 Feb 2024

  This week we are proud to be taking part in CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH WEEK from 5th - 11 February.  The theme this year is MY VOICE MATTERS.  

   

  Join us and help shine a light on the importance of children and young people’s mental health.

   

  Please see 'Top Tips for Parents' ... https://www.stcolumsprimaryschool.co.uk/newsletters-2/

  

• NEXT WEEKS MENU, FROM MONDAY 5th FEBRUARY

  Fri 02 Feb 2024

  Next weeks menu, from Monday 5th February.😋

   

  Please book lunches online through our SchoolMoney system. School lunches should be booked by 11pm the previous evening.

  

• HAPPY ST. BRIGID'S DAY

  Thu 01 Feb 2024

  Today is the Feast of Saint Brigid. Saint Brigid is renowned for her hospitality, almsgiving and care of the sick.

   

  Saint Brigid was born in 454AD and she went on to found a double monastery in Kildare with the assistance of Bishop Conleth. The Saint Brigid’s Cross, in legend used by Brigid to explain the Christian faith, remains a popular sign of God’s protection.

   

  Tradition tells us that as Brigid explained the passion and death of Christ to the dying pagan chieftain, she took some rushes from the floor of the bothán and fashioned a cross. The Old Irish custom of placing a St. Brigid’s cross over the doors of dwelling houses and animal shelters thus began. People believed that in so doing Brigid would look after their households and stock and that full and plenty would be theirs in the year ahead. Later the custom of sprinkling the cross with holy water and invoking the following blessing began:

  “May the Father, Son, Holy Spirit and St. Brigid bless this cross and all who look upon it.”

   

  People ask her blessing on themselves, their families, and their work. They use her name in prayer.