Enjoy, Explore, Experiment
As part of Heritage Keepers, the senior class created a special book all about the townlands around our school in Ballyare. To support our research, we took an amazing tour around the Ballyare area, exploring every townland featured in the book and uncovering lots of fascinating local history along the way. Huge thanks to Michael… Continue reading Tour of Ballyare
We had some very special visitors at school on Friday-our local firemen, who came to teach the children all about fire safety. They arrived in their red fire truck, which caused a lot of excitement in the yard before they’d even stepped inside! The firemen spoke to the pupils about what to do in case… Continue reading Firemen Visit
The Senior Room had an action-packed school tour to Arena 7, where they enjoyed laser tag, bowling and delicious food. A big thank you to our Parent’s Association for part-funding the trip. One of the highlights of the day was getting to hold the UEFA Cup, the cup Celtic won in 1967! The boys and… Continue reading School Tour to Arena 7Â
Our senior class had a fantastic day out celebrating Bike Week with a memorable trip to Glenveagh National Park! We hired bikes from Grassroutes and set off to explore the stunning grounds, cycling all the way to the majestic waterfall. The group included cyclists of all abilities, from beginners to seasoned riders. It was brilliant to… Continue reading Drumman celebrates Bike Week in Glenveagh
Today was a very special day for our school as three lucky members of the Green Schools Committee had the exciting opportunity to travel to the Radisson Hotel in Letterkenny to collect our school’s 8th Green Flag! This latest achievement is for the theme of Global Citizenship-Marine Environment, recognizing the incredible efforts our students and… Continue reading Celebrating our 8th Green Flag
Massive congratulations to Lucy Peoples, who was part of the Donegal Team that won the Interleague Shield Final against Limerick Desmond in Kilkenny yesterday! A fantastic achievement and a proud moment for Lucy and the entire team. Well done on representing Donegal so brilliantly!
There’s a fresh burst of colour at the front of our school! Thanks to the hard work of our talented gardener Nabhan, who spent the day planting flowers in the pots and flower boxes. The building is now looking bright and beautiful for summer. A big thank you as well to Oleg and Vlad, who… Continue reading Gardening at School
Our school proudly celebrated Global Marine Environment Flag Celebration Day with a splash of blue! To mark the occasion, all students came dressed in blue, showing their support for protecting our oceans and marine life. The senior members of our Green Schools Committee led the way, delivering an engaging and informative presentation to each class… Continue reading Global Marine Environment Celebration Day
What a fantastic day we had on our whole school trip to the community centre! We were joined by our Peace Plus partner schools, Castletown and Portlean. We truly couldn’t have asked for better weather, the sun shone from start to finish. The day was brilliantly organised by the community centre leaders, who had set… Continue reading Peace Plus trip to the Community Centre
A big thank you to the members of An Garda SÃochána who visited our senior class today to speak about the important topic of cyberbullying. The guards delivered an engaging and informative slideshow presentation, highlighting how to recognise, prevent and respond to online bullying. The students had plenty of questions, and every single one was… Continue reading Cyberbullying Talk with An Garda SÃochána
Scoil Cholmcille Drumman 