Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Happy Retirement Teresa

  Tue 08 Feb 2022

  This week will mark the end of 27 years of service for Mrs Teresa O’Kane as assistant cook in our school kitchen. Today, on her birthday, we gathered to present Teresa with gifts to show our appreciation. We wish Teresa a long and happy retirement! 🎉

  

• Safer Internet Day 2022

  Tue 08 Feb 2022

  📱💻🎮 Today we celebrated ‘Safer Internet Day’ in St. Columba’s. This year’s theme is ‘All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online’. Our Digital Leaders performed assemblies to each Key Stage this morning before all classes participated in a range of activities on online safety. #SID2022 #saferinternetday2022 📱💻🎮

  

• Year 4 Blubber Experiment

  Mon 07 Feb 2022

  Mrs McGuckin’s Year 4 class had ‘brrrrrilliant’ fun conducting their ‘blubber experiment’.  The children used butter to recreate the effect blubber has on a variety of polar animals. They put their hand into icy water first, then inside the ‘blubber’ glove and back into the icy water. They discovered that it wasn’t as cold!

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• Children’s Mental Health Week (Nursery)

  Mon 07 Feb 2022

   

  We love to read in Nursery. As part of “Growing Together” we read every day. It helps us to connect in lots of ways. We explore stories and read big books with our teacher. It builds our confidence and our language skills. 

  #childrensmentalhealthweek

  

• Children’s Mental Health Week

  Mon 07 Feb 2022

  ❤️💭This week is Children’s Mental Health Week. Our theme this year is ‘Growing Together’.❤️💭

  Throughout our activities, we are encouraging our pupils to consider how they have grown and how they can help others to grow.  🌱🌼 
  #childrensmentalhealthweek

  

• Spring Arrives in Year 1!

  Fri 04 Feb 2022

  The boys and girls in Year 1 began exploring the topic of Spring today. They used cotton wool and tissue paper to make their own baby lambs and daffodils. 🐑🌱🌼

  

• Principal’s Award - January

  Fri 04 Feb 2022

  ⭐️ Well done to all our pupils who received the ‘Principal’s Award’ for January! ⭐️

  

• Pupil of the Week - 4/2/22

  Fri 04 Feb 2022

  ⭐️🎉Congratulations to all the children who were awarded ‘Pupil of the Week’. 🎉⭐️

  

• Animals of the Arctic in Year 4

  Wed 02 Feb 2022

  Year 4 investigated how the animals of the Arctic and Antarctic spend their lives in sub-zero temperatures by taking part in this fabulous blubber glove experiment. ❄🐧🐻‍❄️

  

• Chinese New Year in Nursery

  Wed 02 Feb 2022

  Our Nursery children listened to the story of “The Tiger Who Came to Tea” by Judith Kerr as part of their Chinese New Year celebrations. They had a tea party during play before enjoying a tasty snack. 🇨🇳🐯🥪🫖