Visit nationalbooktokens.com/create for your childs' chance to design their own gift card and win a £10 National Book Token – emblazoned with their artwork – for themselves and each child in their class.

Competition runs until 28th June, one winner chosen each week. Good Luck!

You could win £5,000 of National Book Tokens for our school library, ready to spend when schools reopen – and if your entry is picked, you'll also get £100 of National Book Tokens to spend on yourself! Follow the link to complete the short entry form to nominate St. Colum's Primary. Fingers crossed! https://www.nationalbooktokens.com/schools

Thank you!
 

#WinBookTokens #StColumsLibrary #StayAtHome

Final Sentinus challenge of this week, Balloon Racers. 🎈🏎  How fast can your racer go? Maybe you can make 2 and have a race? Don't forget to take photos/video of your racers and sent to our page or mail to stcolumsoffice186@c2kni.net.

Have fun!

Your Weekend Art Challenge is here!!! This weekend, all you need to have fab family fun is chalk and your imaginations... you could be a superhero, be flying, be about to be eaten by a dinosaur, be finding treasure at the end of a rainbow. You could even get your neighbours to join the fun on your street pavement. And if you run out of ideas, why not play hopscotch, noughts and crosses or other games!

Please send your photots to our school Facebook page @stcolums or email to stcolumsoffice186@c2kni.net

We can't wait to see what your creations.

Don’t forget to share here to Flowerfiled Creative Kids and use the hashtag #flowerfieldcreativekids 

Today our challenge is to build a rocket. Follow the instructions and let us know how far it flies!

Can you recycle some paper/card to make your own straws? #TacklePlasticWaste

Remember to keep sending us your pictures/videos as Sentinus are looking out for a pupil of the week. At the end of the month, all pupils of the week are put into a draw and the winner will win an amazon voucher! Send photos/video to the schools Facebook Page @stcolums or email to stcolumsoffice186@c2kni.net

Have fun!

Our next Eco Five Senses Challenge is Smell. Plant seeds or seedlings based on you sense of smell.

You will need a pot or planter, some soils, seeds or small plants, spade. Now close you eyes and smell... do the soil, seeds/seedlings have a character scent?

Try to recycle yoghurt pots, plastic bottles, tin cans to make your plant pots. Can you recycle something to make your own plant labels? #TacklingPlasticWasteNI 

Please send us your photos of your potted seeds/plants and describe the scent ... to our Facebook page @stcolums or email to @stcolumsoffice186@c2kni.net

Happy planting!

CONGRATULATIONS to Anna in P7 whose photo of her favourite teddy reading a story won the Teddy Story Time competition by BookTrust NI as part of their Pyjamarama event on Friday.

'We just loved the sunglasses-clad bunny enjoying World's Worst Teachers!' 😀

A lovely bundle of beautiful books is heading her way. Thank you to everyone who entered. We loved all your photos. Well done everyone!

Ulster University researchers are seeking parental views of children from primary, post-primary and special schools across Northern Ireland on their experience of supporting their children’s learning during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The pandemic has led to school closures across the world. Local schools closed on 20 March with an expectation for children to learn at home with their parents. The team of researchers from the UNESCO Centre, School of Education at Ulster University will explore how parents or guardians of primary school children, post-primary school children and children at special schools are guiding and supporting their child/children’s learning, and the support they receive from schools, teaching staff and the wider community. The research is designed to highlight the challenges and the benefits that parents have experienced in supporting their children’s learning at this time, in order for the education system to be better prepared for any similar challenges in the future.

Please take some time to complete the primary school survey... 

 https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/primaryparentsNI

Further information can be found at ....https://www.ulster.ac.uk/…/ni-parents-views-sought-on-exper…

We know our pupils love to have a visitor come in to take assembly and so our Sustrans Officer, Johnny has sent us through a ‘virtual assembly’ about eco-friendly journeys that we’d love for pupils and parents to watch together at home this week. Enjoy!

We also have a Barriers and Bright Ideas Worksheet that we'd love you to have a think about and complete. Please send photos of you completing your worksheet to our Facebook page @stcolums or emila to stcolumsoffice186@c2kni.net 

We're looking forward to seeing your bright ideas. 

https://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8sodh12ZQA

This week we are going to be learning about 2 really fun types of Engineering - Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering. Engineering is all about designing, building, and using engines, machines, and structures to make some really cool things that we use everyday.  Today we will be building a helicopter - Are you up to the challenge engineer? 👨‍🔧👩‍🔧 

Please take photos/videos of your helicopters and send to our Facebook Page (@sctcolums) or email to stcolumsoffice186@c2kni.net📸