No break hatch this week due to covid staff shortages. Please remember to send break to school with your child.

Many thanks.

Lunch menu for next week, from Monday 24th January.

Please book online through our SchoolMoney system. School lunches should be booked by 11pm the previous evening. If you have any problems accessing SchoolMoney, please contact the office ☎ 02870833010.

Please see our latest newsletter... https://www.stcolumsprimaryschool.co.uk/newsletters-2/

School closes at 1:50pm for Primary 3 - Primary 7 on Tuesday 25th, Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th January  to facilitate parent/teacher meetings. 

Stepping Stones After School facility will be available as usual.

Lunch menu for next week, from Monday 17th January.

Please book online through our SchoolMoney system. School lunches should be booked by 11pm the previous evening. If you have any problems accessing SchoolMoney, please contact the office ☎ 02870833010.

WOW! What a brilliant start to our Cash for Clobber collections of 2022! So many bags! THANK YOU to everyone who donated bags of unwanted textiles, raising £152!! Fantastic!

We really appreciate your continued support for this scheme - recycling and fund-raising for our school and helping us work to maintain our Eco Schools Green Flag Award.

Please continue to save your unwanted textiles for us. Our next collection will be on Wednesday 9th February 2022.

Many thanks for your continued support.

The Citizen Portal for a Primary 1 and Pre-school Admissions opens today... https://pupilservices.eani.org.uk/CitizenPortal_LIVE/

To search for pre-school or primary school admissions criteria, or for further information on how to apply, please visit the ADMISSIONS page...https://www.eani.org.uk/parents/admissions

If you require assistance on uploading documents see guide and information videos.... https://www.eani.org.uk/.../admissions-videos-and-guidance

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St. Colum's Preschool Centre

Lunch menu for next week, from Monday 10th January.

Please book online through our SchoolMoney system. School lunches should be booked by 11pm the previous evening. If you have any problems accessing SchoolMoney, please contact the office ☎ 02870833010.

Time for a post-Christmas clear-out of old and unwanted textiles? Our first Cash for Clobber Collection of 2022 is on Wednesday, 12th December. 

Arrangements are a little different this year and we would ask that bags of clean, unwanted textiles are brought to school on Wednesday at drop off time (before 9:15am) and passed ‘over the wall’ to staff for storage in our Car Park until collection time. Please observe social distancing guidelines.

What can you put in the bag??

• All types of clothing (even with holes/tears/missing buttons etc!)
• Bags and shoes (please tie shoes together with laces)
• Hats and belts
• Towels and curtains
• Bed linen (sheets, pillow cases, duvet covers)

** Remember NO QUILTS or PILLOWS and all items must be clean.**

Many thanks for your continued support.

APPLYING FOR A PRIMARY SCHOOL PLACE

The Citizen Portal for online applications opens at 12.00 noon on 10 January 2022 and closes at 12.00 noon on 28 January 2022 for September 2022 admissions.
 

• Places are not allocated on a first come, first served basis.
• Before you start your application find out more information about the schools you are interested in applying to by reading the admissions criteria.
• The Admissions Helpdesk 028 9598 5595 will be available for digital assistance.
• If you do not apply before the closing date/time of 12.00 noon on Friday 28 January 2022, your application will be treated as a late application. 
• If you are unable to apply online, paper applications will only be available on request from the Education Authority.

Children who are 4 years old on or before the 1st of July must begin their primary education from the beginning of the school year following their 4th birthday.

Children born between 2 July 2017 and 1 July 2018 will be due to start Primary One in September 2022 as they will be of compulsory school age and Parents/Guardians must apply for a place in a primary school.