What a great start to our SUSTRANS BIG PEDAL. WELL DONE to everyone who walked, cycled or scooted to school. 68% of our pupils actively travelled to school today and all of our Primary 5, 6 and 7 classes also ran laps of the field... brilliant effort everyone... so many active journeys! 

Please continue to walk, cycle, scoot and park and stride to school. Help reduce congestion in front of the school by using Convention Avenue Car Park and 'striding' the short distance to school.

Forecast for tomorrow is drizzle and a gentle breeze. Remember to dress for the weather. 

Lets see if we can increase our active travel journeys over the coming days. Many thanks for your continued  support.

Looking forward to starting our Sustrans BIG PEDAL challenge tomorrow.

We are encouraging all our pupils, families and staff to travel actively to school over the next two weeks.... walk, cycle, scoot to school. 😃🚲🛹🛴🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ Why not help to reduce congestion in front of the school by using Convention Avenue Car Park and 'striding' the short distance to school. 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️

We will be recording the number of children and supporters who travel with them each day and there are some brilliant prizes to be won.🏆🏆

Many thanks for your support.

We are delighted to be able to resume harp lessons in school again from next week. Socially distancing and class bubbles will be observed.

If any child from P4 to P7 is interested in beginning to learn to play the harp we have a small number of lap harps available to lend to children should they wish to commit to a 10-week programme. There is a small rental fee of £8 for the duration of the loan. Please request a booking form from the school if your child is interested.

Here are a few testimonials from the P7 harpists.

“I love it, it is fun and it is very therapeutic. If you play a musical instrument it is very good for your brain, it can make you smarter.” Aimee 

“It’s very relaxing and you can learn new songs on it very quickly” Erin 

“I’m looking forward to playing at weddings and concerts and entertaining people. I might even busk in the future and make some money from it!” Sinead

We would ask that any child who has a school harp at home who does not wish to continue with their harp lessons, returns the instrument to school.

Breakfast Club re-opens next Monday, 19th April. Please book in the Clubs section on SchoolMoney. Looking forward to seeing you!

Lunch menu for next week, from Monday 19th April 2021. 

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 

This year our school is participating again in the SUSTRANS BIG PEDAL, the UK’s largest inter-school cycling, walking, wheeling and scooting challenge. We are asking all children to take part in this challenge over a 2 week period starting on Monday 19th April.

How it works

n each day of the challenge schools compete to see who can record the greatest number of pupils, staff and parents cycling, walking, scooting or using a wheelchair to school. A school’s best five days will determine their final position and schools at the top of their leaderboards will receive an exclusive Sustrans Big Pedal Trophy.

Prizes

All schools will be entered into daily prize draws for rewards if over 15% of the school cycles, walks or scoots on each day of the challenge. Prizes up for grabs include accessories and equipment to help us travel actively to school.

This is a fantastic opportunity for our school to continue working towards becoming more environmentally sustainable by reducing carbon emissions caused by traffic and is a positive step towards reducing car congestion around the school. It is also a healthy and sociable option for our pupils. We will also be using the challenge as a means of achieving our next Eco-Schools Green Flag award.

Unfortunately with current Covid-19 restrictions we are unable to run our usual ‘walking buses’ each morning but we encourage all pupils to walk, cycle scoot to school each morning. We realise it that you may not live close enough to actively travel all the way from home but please ‘park and stride’ from one of the car parks to school and this will also count as an active journey to school. For those pupils unable to walk, cycle or scoot in the mornings, they will have the opportunity to record an active journey if they do a ‘daily mile’ during the school day.

We are looking forward to 2 great weeks of active school travel.

Many thanks for your support.

Eco-Committee

St. Colum’s Primary School

Looking forward to having everyone back to school tomorrow, Monday 12th April, for the start of the summer term.☀🌻😎🏖

#SummerTerm #BackToSchool #cantwait

LOOK the Children's Liturgy sheet for Sunday 11th April 2021. The Second Sunday of Easter. Divine Mercy Sunday.

#ChildrensLiturgy #2ndSundayOfEaster

Time for a Spring Clean or a clear-out of old or unwanted textiles?  Our next Cash For Clobber collection is on Wednesday, 14th April.

Remember slightly different arrangements this year... bring your bags of unwanted textiles to school 8:30am - 9:15am on Wednesday and pass 'over the wall' to staff at the front of the school.  Remember to observe social distancing.

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.** 

Please help us recycle and raise funds for our school.

Many thanks for your continued support.

St. Colum’s Eco-school Committee
 

#ecoschools

Break Hatch open as usual next week ... toast, muffins and homemade scones. Please purchase from THE SHOP on SchoolMoney.  (Remember to purchase by 11pm previous evening)

If you have any problems accessing SchoolMoney, please contact the office 02870833010.