Our annual Easter Raffle took place in school today. Congratulations to all our winner and a big congratulations to Courtney Hegarty who the beautiful hamper. A big thank you to everyone who supported it. There were lots of happy faces leaving school. We hope the Easter bunny brings lots of chocolate eggs to our students… Continue reading Easter Raffle
Category: Junior Classes
Lá Glas
As part of Peace IV we celebrated St.Patrick’s day with Castletown and Portlean national schools. All the pupils and staff made a huge effort dressing up in green clothing to celebrate St.Patrick’s Day. We spent the day doing art, quizzes, dances, drumming, bingo and so much more. We had great fun during our CéilÃ. We… Continue reading Lá Glas
World Book Day
Well done to all our students who dressed up as their favourite character for World Book Day. A fantastic effort was made by all in Drumman. World book day is a day to celebrate stories, characters and creativity. It’s a great opportunity for our students to explore life through the eyes of a character. Keep… Continue reading World Book Day
Planting Seeds
The junior class have been learning all about Spring. They discovered all the things plants need to grow and even planted their own seeds! They will grow them indoors in the classroom and when they have grown, they will bring them home to plant in their own gardens.
St. Brigid’s Day Cross-Making
A wonderful evening of St Brigid Cross making was had in the school last night. Everyone had lots of fun! It was great to have members of the Drumman community come together and socialise while making crosses. It’s lovely to see grandparents and parents transfer the skill of cross making onto the younger generations. Well… Continue reading St. Brigid’s Day Cross-Making
Grandparents Day
As part of Catholic Schools Week we celebrated Grandparents Day in school today. Fr Gorman said mass in the school hall, giving thanks for the loving and nurturing presence of Grandparents in our lives. Thank you to all who were able to join us in school today, it was a wonderful day for our pupils to… Continue reading Grandparents Day
Santa comes to Drumman
There was so much excitement in school today as we had a very special visitor in school. The boys and girls were full of smiles as Santa travelled around the school in his sleigh before arriving with Mrs Clause. Each child got to meet Santa and tell him what gifts they were asking for Christmas.… Continue reading Santa comes to Drumman
Christmas Stockings
Christmas stockings As part of Peace IV our Junior and Middle classes got the opportunity to make Christmas Stockings with Eva Dewa. She taught the classes how to sew and showed them how she used her sewing machine. They all had lots of fun learning the new skill of sewing. Each child made a beautiful… Continue reading Christmas Stockings
Our Christmas Show ‘The Drumman Factor’
Our Christmas show took place on Friday night and it has been the highlight of the school year. As the children dressed up and performed many beautiful songs, their big smiles lit up Ramelton Town Hall. We loved every magical second of the performance. The level of dramatic and musical ability that was on show… Continue reading Our Christmas Show ‘The Drumman Factor’
Rope Making
As part of Peace IV the students had the opportunity to learn how to make ropes with Steffi Otto. Steffi shared traditional techniques of rope making with the students and explained how ropes would have been used over the years. Students were fascinated as she showed them just how to make a rope, twisting them… Continue reading Rope Making