Dear Parents

Please may we ask for your co-operation in an important matter.

One of our children has received medical treatment which puts them at risk if they are exposed to measles, chicken pox and shingles. Please let us know immediately if your child is suspected of having measles.

Our child is also at risk from chicken pox and would need to be given an injection within 3 days of contact. If your child is suspected of having chicken pox you should let us know immediately.

It is also important that you let us know if there is shingles in your household.

Your child is not at any risk whatsoever from this situation. However, the health and well-being of our child who is at risk, does depend on the co-operation of all other parents and we hope you can help us.

With many thanks.

Yours sincerely

Mrs McCullagh

Principal

Lunch menu for next week, from Wednesday 1st September.

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

Follow the link for our Parents Guide to SchoolMoney...https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/st-colums-primary-school/UploadedDocument/5b9a7461fe0c47a89d5c1cfd4f09acc5/school-money-parent-guide.pdf 

Our new school year starts next Tuesday, 31st August from 8:40am 😀 We look forward to welcoming everyone back and meeting our new Primary 1 class.

Please see guidance for parents available on our website... https://www.stcolumsprimaryschool.co.uk/back-to-school-guidance-autumn-2021/

#BackToSchool #LittleAcornsToMightyOaks #StartingSchool 

Portstewart Community Association MYSTERY EVENT

TEDDY BEAR HUNT

150!!! 20cm Honey Bears have been placed at Flowerfield, The Warren, Cashlandoo Park (Grassy area that runs from Football club to the parish Centre) and The Crescent/ Seaside Upper/Lower Prom.

Bears are sponsored by Radius Housing and the PCA. You can just try spotting them but If keeping -please just take one per child.

FAO PARENTS: The bears in the grassy areas have been placed in bags to protect them from the wet. If willing to do so, we would love you to send pictures of the kids with the bears to put on PCA facebook page. Send them in a message to the page or email to portstewartca@gmail.com

Happy hunting everyone!

#RedSails #CommunityEvent #TeddyBearHunt #ItsAMystery #WhatsGoingOn #Portstewart

RSPB Northern Ireland is looking for its Artists of the Year 2021!

Competition theme  

Could you paint for nature, crochet for climate or sculpt for sustainability?

RSPB NI is working hard to raise awareness and find solutions to the nature and climate emergency both here in Northern Ireland and across the globe.

We recognise that throughout history big changes have been made by small groups of passionate people making their voices heard for a cause they believe in and the nature and climate emergency is the defining issue of our time.   
 
This is a pivotal year for nature in the UK with COP26, a crucial global summit on the climate crisis, being held in Glasgow in November and that is why we want you to ‘canvas' for nature by showing us your vision for the future of Northern Ireland.

Over the years, artists have explored and documented history and politics to huge effect. This competition builds on the idea of activist art, a term used to describe art that is grounded in the act of ‘doing’ to address political or social issues. It aims to give a platform to a range of voices showing those in power why they should address the nature and climate emergency before it’s too late.  

If you believe in this too, help us to Revive Our World, by sharing your vision of a better Northern Ireland, free from the threat of nature loss and climate change.  
 

Competition brief (all age groups)

RSPB NI, in partnership with TEDxStormont Countdown, National Museums NI in partnership with Urban Scale Interventions, and renowned artist Colin Davidson, is calling on aspiring artists to create for nature.

The Artist of the Year competition is encouraging everyone - from beginners to budding artists - to illustrate a nature-rich and climate-safe future for Northern Ireland. 
 
There are no restrictions on the type of artwork, it can be anything from sketching to painting, from sculpture to print-making.    
 

Categories

There are four categories for submissions:   

Artist of the Year   
Adults (18+)  

Young Artists of the Year  
Under 8s  
8-11 
12-17    

Deadline for submission is 11:59pm, Friday 30th July, 2021  
 

How to enter:  

Email a photograph of your completed artwork to Campaigns.NI@rspb.org.uk with the heading ‘'Canvasing for Nature Competition''. 

Please include your name, phone number, and contact email address, and include the age of the entrant on the day they completed their work in the email.    

For all entries in the under 8s, 8-11, 12-17 categories, a parent or guardian must include their name and contact details as well as the name and age of all entrants.  

You may submit more than one piece of artwork for consideration.

Full details here... https://community.rspb.org.uk/getinvolved/b/steppingupnorthernireland/posts/rspb-ni-artist-of-the-year-competition-2021

RED SAILS COMMUNITY EVENT

TEDDY BEAR PICNIC

Another Red Sails event organised by Portstewart Community Association.

Portstewart Red Sails Festival was named in honour of Jilmmy Kennedy, whose song Red Sails In The Sunset was inspired by our beautiful sunsets in Portstewart. Did you know Jimmy Kennedy also wrote the lyrics for The Teddy Bears picnic.

Looking for something to do with the kids this Summer? How about organising your own Teddy Bears Picnic?  

Send your picnic photos to portstewartca@gmail.com

Portstewart Community Association are planning a special mystery event for kids on Saturday 31st July .. more details to follow. Keep an eye on their Facebook Page @PortstewartCommunityAssociation and our school page @stcolums for updates.

RED SAILS COMMUNITY EVENT

SANDCASTLE/SAND SCULPTURE COMPETITION

Building sand creations at The Crescent or Portstewart Strand? Please send your photos to portstewartgc@gmail.com. Take two photos... one with you in it. Don't forget to include your details and mark your email 'SAND SCULPTURE'.

Please note: Pictures may be displayed on Portstewart Community Association social media sites and may be publicly displayed at future events or used in other publicity. So please state if you don’t want picture used for those purposes.

Closing date Monday 19th July.

RED SAILS COMMUNITY EVENT

PORTSTEWART POSTCARDS ART COMPETITION

Get your artistic thinking caps on and get ready to draw what Portstewart means to you. The only rule is your artistic expression must fit on to a postcard size card.

What is Portstewart Postcards?

Portstewart is an artistic competition to come up with an expression of what Portstewart means to you – the only rule, it must be on the size of a postcard!

Who can take part in Portstewart Postcards?

Four age groups 4-7, 8-12, 13-17, 17+

What is the theme?

Anything – as long it’s to do with Portstewart! What does Portstewart mean to you? What comes to mind when you think of Portstewart?

What is the artwork criteria?

You can use any medium. Pencil, crayon, paint, charcoal pastels or collage Colour or black & white. Submissions may include 3D elements as long as all aspects fit within the postcard.

What is the entry period?

From now until 5pm on Monday 19th July 2021

Where can I collect my postcard and leave it back?

You can pick a free blank postcard at The Funhouse on the Promenade (1 per person) and drop it back to The Funhouse. Of course, you can also use your own postcard or paper as long as it measures approx. 4” x 6” (148 x 105mm).

Rules:

Please ensure you write your name, age and contact telephone on the reverse of the postcard so we know who you are!

If you do not want to have your child’s first name and artwork shown on our social media or displayed publicly, please include a note stating this.

Portstewart Community Association reserves the right to publish postcards online via their social media outlets. There will also be a chance that entries with be publicly displayed at future events.

Unfortunately, your artwork cannot be returned.

RED SAILS COMMUNITY EVENTS

GARDENING COMPETITIONS

There is no Red Sails Festival this year but there are lots of Red Sails Community Events to join in with over the summer months.

Calling all our green fingered pupils AND parents! 2 GARDENING COMPETITIONS...

KIDS MINIATURE GARDENING COMPETITION - Create a miniature garden based on a nursery rhyme for ages up to 13 plus a container garden competition for anyone over 13 years old.

Send up to 3 photos of your gardens to portstewartca@gmail.com by 5pm on Monday 19th July - make sure you are in one of the photos. 

See the details on the posters below...Good luck everyone.

Schools out for summer!

Thank you to all our families, PTA and wider school community for all their support and good wishes throughout another different school year. We really appreciate it. We wish you all a relaxing, safe, and enjoyable summer break.

To our Primary 7s, our Class of 2021... what a great bunch... best wishes to them as they continue their adventures in their new schools. Work hard and dream big!

Looking forward to seeing everyone else back to school and meeting our new Primary 1 class in our new school year, starting on Tuesday 31st August.

Take care and stay safe.

From all at St. Colum’s

#SummerHolidays #SchoolsOut #RainbowChildren #OffToBigSchool