After school Hockey for Primary 6 & 7 girls starts on Monday 2nd October, 3-4pm.🏑

Remember to bring a mouthguard and shinguards.

Download the latest booking form for Breakfast Club... http://www.stcolumsprimaryschool.co.uk/breakfast-club/

Please try to book and pay in advance to inform our planning but children may come any morning and pay on the day. 

Gaelic/Soccer starts after school on Thursday 28th September, 3 - 3:45pm.

Please return permission slips asap.

We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful morning for our Ditch the Dark Day! Thanks to everyone who walked, scooted or cycled to school in their brightest clothing. What a great start to our Sustrans Active School Travel programme. Looking forward to many more mornings actively travelling to school!

Remember Be Bright Be Seen!

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The Book Fair has arrived!

Come along to the Book Fair and earn FREE BOOKS for our school. The Book Fair is in the Assembly Hall, Wednesday 20th - Wednesday 27th September. Why not call in after school for a browse through the great selection available.

As part of our involvement with Sustrans Active School Travel programme we are excited to be holding a special Active Travel to school day on:

THURSDAY 21st SEPTEMBER

Ditch the Dark Day!

The theme of the day is to ‘Ditch the Dark. To raise awareness of safe travel to school during the darker days, we are encouraging children to actively travel (Walk, scoot or cycle) to school wearing the brightest clothing they can!

Children are invited to get creative with their outfits to be super bright. The possibilities are endless – bright clothing, glow sticks, fluorescent orange socks, a pink tutu, a neon green wig – get bright, brighter, brightest!

You are more than welcome to join the fun yourself! Please feel free to dress to impress in your best neon bright clothing and travel to school actively with your child on the day! We understand that it might not be possible for everyone to actively travel to school the whole way, particularly if you live far away. In this case we’d encourage you to park up along your way and walk the final bit to school with your child. In doing so we hope we’ll reduce the number of cars around school and have lots of active kids! If you allow your child to travel by bike/scooter we highly recommend the wearing of a helmet and ask that you check that clothing/decoration doesn’t interfere with the mechanisms (brakes, wheels etc). We hope that you enjoy taking part and getting active on the school run!

What would our school look like if everyone were to leave the car behind and travel actively to school? – Let’s try it and see!

Thank you to everyone who donated bags of unwanted textiles for our Cash for Clobber Collection today ... raising another £60! Fantastic!

And don't worry if you missed it, please hang on to any unwanted used clothes and textiles for a few weeks.Our next collection is Wednesday 18th October.

Finally thanks to Primary 6 for loading the lorry.

Class Teachers will meet with parents of children from P2-P7 on Thursday 21st September to outline the academic year 2016/2017 for each class. The timetable for these meetings is as follows: The timetable for these meetings is as follows:

P2 Mrs Borklu               2.15pm

P3 Miss Hanna              2.30pm

P4 Mr Shaw                    2.45pm

P5 Mrs Shaw                 3.00pm

P6 Miss Mc Goldrick    3.15pm

P7 Dr Greene                  3.30pm

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.

All children will be released from school at 1.50pm on this date, Thursday 21^st September, to accommodate these meetings.