Join us for our Beginning of School Year Mass on Thursday, 27th September at 10:30am in the hall.

Everyone welcome.

Following on from another successful year of working on our Shared Education Programme with Portstewart Primary, we are pleased to inform you that our Primary 5, 6 and 7 will once again participate in this opportunity. The Shared Education programme is supported by the European Union’s “Peace IV Programme” and is structured to allow schools to forge meaningful links between children of different cultures, religions and social backgrounds.

During the school year 2018-2019 our participation will feature the children in P5, P6 and P7 becoming engaged in a range of projects with their peers from Portstewart Primary School. In broad terms the topics to be covered are:

• P5 Exploring Music 
• P6 Health/Fitness and Sport Awareness 
• P7 Tourism and Conservation

The topics selected, and the planning required to deliver them, have been chosen and designed by the class teachers of both schools and found to be suitable by the Shared Education Team.

We are looking forward to another successful year of Shared Education with Portstewart Primary.

Join us at Breakfast Club  for Fruity Rainbow Skewers on Friday 21st September, 7:50-8:50am. £2 per child. Everyone welcome.

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Come along to the Book Fair and earn FREE BOOKS for our school. The Book Fair is in the Assembly Hall Wednesday 19th - Wednesday 26th September. Call in after school for a browse through the great selection available.

Class Teachers will meet with parents of children from P2-P7 this Thursday, 20th September, to outline the academic year 2018/2019 for each class. The timetable for these meetings is as follows:

P2   2:10 - 2:20pm

P3   2:25 - 2:35pm

P4   2:40 - 2:50pm

P5   2:55 - 3:05pm

P6   3:10 - 3:20pm

P7   3:25 - 3:35pm

School finishes for ALL pupils at 1:50pm to accommodate these meetings.

Please note.

It will not be possible to discuss individual children’s progress at these meetings. Individual parent/teacher meetings will be arranged later in the school year. However, as is the usual policy in the school, should you wish to make an appointment at any time to discuss your child’s progress with his/her class teacher please contact the school office between 9.00am and 12.00 noon to make an appointment.

The PTA will be holding its AGM on Tuesday 18th September at 7pm. At this meeting they will run through the highlights of the previous year, review the finances and discuss plans for the upcoming year. The meeting itself should take no longer than 30 minutes.

They are be losing several PTA members this year. A big thanks to them for their efforts over the last few years. Although the shoes will be hard to fill, new volunteers are needed, so please consider helping out. It's not a huge commitment and is great fun and very rewarding.

There will be teas and coffees, so it'll be a good way to meet new parents in a relaxed environment. Please use the link below to reply so we can gauge how many pots of tea to put on!

Many thanks for your support. We look forward to seeing you there!

https://mailchi.mp/fe6d5f7d5174/st-colums-pta-agm-627085

Reminder: After School Camogie and Hurling, for P5-7, starts on Wednesday 19th September, 3-4pm.

Remember to bring sports gear and boots, helmets and hurls(if you have them). 

We are taking part in the Cash for Clobber scheme again this year as we work towards our second Eco-school Green Flag award. The scheme is aimed at raising awareness of textile recycling among children and to show how essential it is for everyone in the ‘developed world’ to reduce, reuse and recycle and is also a great way of raising funds for our school. Schools which collect the most textiles per pupil are in with a chance to win the annual ‘Cash for Clobber’ competition with fantastic prizes of up to £1,500.

On Wednesday 19^th September, we are having our next bag drop collection. Bags of clean, unwanted textiles may be left in the school assembly hall next week for collection by Cookstown Textile Recyclers, one of the Eco-school program partners, who will sort and recycle. Low grade material is used for industrial wipers and fillings, good quality clothes are re-used in the developing world. 

Why not have a post summer clear out of old and unwanted items? Perhaps you could encourage family and friends to donate their unwanted textiles too? 

What can you put in the bag??

All types of clothing (even with holes

• •  Bags and shoes (please tie shoes together with laces)
  • Hats and belts
  • Towels and curtains
  • Bed linen (sheets, pillow cases, duvet covers)  
  • Remember all items must be clean.

Many thanks for your continued  support.

After-school Football starts on Thursday 13th September

Please return reply slips asap.

Class Teachers will meet with parents of children from P2-P7 on Thursday 20th September to outline the academic year 2018/2019 for each class. The timetable for these meetings is as follows:

P2   2:10 - 2:20pm

P3   2:25 - 2:35pm

P4   2:40 - 2:50pm

P5   2:55 - 3:05pm

P6   3:10 - 3:20pm

P7   3:25 - 3:35pm

School finishes for ALL pupils at 1:50pm to accommodate these meetings.

Please note.

It will not be possible to discuss individual children’s progress at these meetings. Individual parent/teacher meetings will be arranged later in the school year. However, as is the usual policy in the school, should you wish to make an appointment at any time to discuss your child’s progress with his/her class teacher please contact the school office between 9.00am and 12.00 noon to make an appointment.