Enjoy, Explore, Experiment
Our school’s athletic’s team had a great day today at the Aura Leisure Centre representing Drumman at Sportshall Athletics. It was a fun day out for all involved. We had a team of 11 athletes who competed so well and supported each other throughout the day. The team took part in the standing long jump,… Continue reading Sportshall Athletics
Congratulations to our school’s athletics team who competed in Letterkenny Athletics Club Primary Schools Track and Field competition. It was a great day of athletics with many amazing performances from our students. The Drumman athletes competed in a variety of events such as sprints, long distance races, long jump, turbo javelin and shot putt. Well… Continue reading LAC’s Track & Field Competition
Well done to all in the senior classes who took part in our football league. In a closely contested league led by Ms Blaney, it was the orange and green teams who eventually came out on top and qualified for the league final today. A big thank you to Master Shiels for reffing today’s final.… Continue reading Football League Final
It was a very proud day for everyone in Drumman yesterday as we raised our Active Flag. The whole school played a part in achieving the Active Flag spurred on by the teachers and the Active Committee. The aim of the Active Schools Flag is to encourage schools to be more active, more often. Being… Continue reading Raising our Active Flag!
Ms Blaney’s Junior class had a brilliant day exploring Ballyare woods on their nature walk today as part of Active Schools Week. The kids got a chance to explore the natural reserve and learn about the variety of mammals and diverse bird life that habitat Ballyare woods. They were so lucky to have the sun… Continue reading Nature walk in Ballyare woods
We kicked off our Active Sports Week with a school walk to the old Tully school and Ballyare woods. Tully school was the original school in Ballyare before Scoil Cholmcille, Drumman. Having explored the history of the locality in class, it was great for the students to explore the local area on foot. The senior… Continue reading Walking around Ballyare
Well done to our school football team who competed in the SPAR FAI Primary Schools 5s in Ballyare pitch this week. The SPAR FAI Primary Schools 5s Programme is one of the largest primary schools’ competition in the country. Both teams had a great day of competition playing against Downings, Drumfad, Dromoghill & Kerrykeel. The girls… Continue reading SPAR FAI Primary Schools 5s
Well done to our senior class who completed their four week “Cycle Right” cycling course with Fergus and Gemma McDaid of Cycling Ireland. Over the course of the last 4 weeks they learned the rules of the road as well as becoming competent in cycling on the road. They were taught about safety equipment, rules… Continue reading Cycle Right Training
Our classes have been busy doing lots of active exercises in school today. Some of the exercises included the following: 1. Throw your Treats – How many treats (beanbags) can you get in the bucket? 2. Pumpkin Roll – Pencil roll across mat (one person at a time) 3. Trick or Trampoline – 10 jumps on mini trampoline,… Continue reading Active Halloween
Congratulations to our six athletes who travelled to Buncrana to take part in the Donegal Primary Schools Cross Country Championships. Well done to our students for representing the school so well. We had Ruaidhrí who had a great finish in the U-9s, Tessa who had a top 15 finish in the U-11s and the U-13… Continue reading Cross Country County Finals
Scoil Cholmcille Drumman 