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Well Done!

Tue 22 Jun 2021

Today Bronagh Sweeney from North Coast World Earth visited our school to award sisters Kenzie and Bronwyn, along with their Granny, certificates and high vis vests for their super efforts in collecting litter in their area.

‘Fan the Flame’

Mon 21 Jun 2021

Our Year 7s joined in the 'Fan the Flame' mass from St. Eugene's Cathedral, Derry today adorned in their fabulous homemade T-shirts. 🙏

Confirmation

Sun 20 Jun 2021

Congratulations to our Year 7 pupils on receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation this afternoon. Thank you to Fr. Cargan for a beautiful Mass and to Miss Coyle and our Year 6 choir for their fabulous singing. 🙏🏻🕊

Year 6 Sports Day

Fri 18 Jun 2021

Year 6 had fun in the sun participating in their annual Sports Day today. 🥇🥈🥉☀️

Libraries NI Summer Reading Challenge

Fri 18 Jun 2021

Libraries NI are hosting a summer reading challenge from 19th June - 18th September 2021. Children aged 4 - 11 years old can sign up for free by calling into our local library. #readingisfun

Nursery Sports Day

Thu 17 Jun 2021

Follow the link below to watch the best bits from

our Nursery children’s sports day.

https://fb.watch/6cM9ZLGONc/

St. Columba’s Primary School & Nursery Unit receives prestigious UNICEF UK Gold Award

Thu 17 Jun 2021

St. Columba’s Primary School and Nursery Unit have been awarded Gold by UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting School programme. UNICEF is the world’s leading organisation working for children and their rights. The Rights Respecting Schools Award is granted to schools that show commitment to promoting and realising children’s rights and encouraging adults, children and young people to respect the rights of others in school. Gold is the highest accolade given by UNICEF UK and shows a deep and thorough commitment to children’s rights at all levels of school life.

St. Columba’s has been working with UNICEF UK since 2016. We received the silver certificate in June 2018. Due to the Pandemic, school assessments were postponed but even during Remote Learning, St. Columba’s continued to provide our pupils with the Rights Respecting Programme and hence were able to undertake the assessment during May 2021.

The Award recognises achievement in putting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child at the heart of a school’s planning, policies and practice. A Rights Respecting School is a community where children’s rights are learned, taught, practised, respected, protected and promoted.

The children and staff celebrated in the summer sunshine today with a picnic of cake and treats and an unexpected visit from Mr Whippy. Mrs Kielt said, “We feel both proud and privileged to have been awarded the Gold Award from UNICEF UK. As a school community we have worked very hard to achieve this prestigious honour and I would like to thank the B.O.G. and the entire staff for their commitment throughout. As a Rights Respecting School we put children’s rights at the core of everything we do. We give our children a voice and we listen. We help develop acceptance of difference and diversity and provide our children with a strong moral compass with which to navigate today’s world.”