We are holding our annual Christmas Fair on Sunday 2^nd December. The event will run from 4-6pm in Star of the Sea Parish Centre.

 

As well as craft stalls, we will have a cake stall, tombola, face painting, nail art, glitter tattoos, Throttle a Bottle, arts and crafts, lucky dip, games and refreshments. We also hear that we may have a special visitor in a red suit! Admission is £3 for adults and accompanied children are free. Everyone is very welcome.

 

In order to make this event a success, we need donations for some of our stalls…

• Tombola Stall… new and unused items. Perhaps you have some unwanted gifts you could donate?
• ‘Throttle a Bottle’ stall… we need bottles for our new stall…anything from shampoo to sauce… so long as it’s in a bottle!
• Nearly new Toy &Book stall ... all toys and books should be in good used condition.

 

Please leave donations in the School or Pre-School Centre by Thursday 29^th November. 

 

Donations of baked goods for our cake stall would also be greatly appreciated. For example, buns, cakes, tray-bakes, apple/rhubarb tarts, wheaten bread, scones etc. Home-made items only please as ‘shop bought’ do not sell. Please enlist help from any bakers you may know.

 

On the day, we also need some help to man stalls and games and tidying up after the fair. If you are available to help, even for a short time, please contact the PTA… stcolumspta@hotmail.co.uk or contact a member of the Fair Sub-Committee (Olivia McLaughlin, Angela Cassidy, Ria Carey,Ita Harley, Linda Mulholland, Daniel Turner)  ... or leave your name and contact number with the school office… t:02870833010 or Pre-School Centre… t:02870835737.

 

We really appreciate your support.

 

We are looking forward to a fun-filled festive afternoon.

 

St. Colum’s PTA and Pre-school Committee

Primary 5 parents/guardians,

 

Tickets for the Peace Proms 2019 at the SSE Arena are now on sale. Please contact the SSE Arena Box Office directly on 028 9073 9074 or www.ssearenabelfast.com. When booking please inform them that your child belongs to St.Colum’s Primary School, Portstewart so that they can allocate seats where you will get the best view of your child.

As part of our on-going collaboration with Action Mental Health, Primaries 5, 6 and 7 pupils have been invited to Movie House Cinemas, Coleraine on Wednesday 21st November to attend a screening of the film 'Wonder' followed by a short workshop. 

 

The workshop will explore the importance of learning to see the world through other people's eyes and how we should always strive to choose kindness. We are really looking forward to raising our pupils' awareness of positive mental health, the signs and symptoms of mental distress and how to cope with the various challenges that may arise in our lives.

 

The workshop will reinforce the work we have been doing during Anti-Bullying Week on the theme Respect.

 

We had an exciting assembly this afternoon when we unveiled our new sports kit for the girls. A huge THANK YOU to our sponsor Stephen Wilson of WILSON HOMES & MORTGAGES who joined us. And a big THANK YOU also to all of you who supported our fundraising draw towards our kit earlier this year. We are thrilled with our new gear.

It's Anti-Bullying Week NI!

 

Under this year’s theme of ‘RESPECT, we will think about what respect means to us, what it feels like to be respected and how to show respect to others. We will explore how respect for others can build an anti-bullying culture in our school and community.

 

Find out more here:

http://www.endbullying.org.uk/anti-bullying-week/

THANK YOU to everyone who donated bags of unwanted textiles for our Cash for Clobber Collection today... raising £60! Fantastic! We really appreciate your support for this scheme - recycling and fund-raising!
Thank you to Primary 1 and Primary 6 for helping to load the lorry. 🚛♻️

 

Energy Saving Week 2018 is taking place in Northern Ireland from Monday 5^th to Friday 9^th November 2018. The Energy Saving Trust, alongside the Housing Executive and a range of other stakeholders are promoting Energy Saving Week and have invited our school to take part in an energy saving challenge.

 

They are asking pupils to carry out four simple energy saving activities at home, tick off the boxes of the activities they have completed on the challenge sheet and return the forms to school on Friday.

 

We will then total up the number of pupils who have completed each activity and submit our results to the Energy Saving Trust who can then issue our school with a certificate stating how much Carbon Dioxide our pupils have managed to save throughout Energy Saving Week.

 

Energy Saving Week is a great way to get us all thinking about how we can save energy and to show us all how simple changes can make a big impact on the environment.

 

We hope you enjoy The Challenge!

 

WOW (Walk on Wednesday) this week. 'Walking Buses', leaving Manina and The Warren at 8.40am SHARP!! 

Remember to dress for the weather and wear hi-vis vests.

 

Many thanks for your continued support.

Looking forward to having everyone back to school tomorrow, Monday 5th November, for the remainder of our Autumn Term. Hope you all had a lovely week off. 😀🍂🎅🎄
 

Winter is coming! ❄Don't need those summer clothes anymore? Time for a clear out of old or unwanted textiles?

 

Our next Cash for Clobber Collection is on Wednesday 7th November. Why not help us recycle and raise funds for our school.(The school that collects the most clobber per pupil wins a magnificent cash prize... £1000!!) 😲

 

Please leave bags of clean, unwanted textiles on the stage in the school assembly hall. Many thanks for your continued support. ♻️ 👚 👔 👗 👖👢👜🧥🧦👞🎒👡🧣