In conjunction with Highland Radio and the Lee Gooch show, Drumman joined the "Roll Call for Relay" challenge in school, raising awareness and funds for cancer patients in Donegal. The boys and girls raised an amazing €305 by walking, dancing and playing games outside for the afternoon. It was a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon of activity raising money… Continue reading Roll Call for Relay
Category: Junior Classes
Buddy Reading
It’s that time of year again where we encourage students to “buddy up” to promote reading in our classrooms. We are following the “buddy reading” programme in Drumman where older and younger students are paired up to spend time with books and read together. Buddies, buddy up in different classrooms and sit and read together. … Continue reading Buddy Reading
Wooden Woodland Creatures
We are all getting very excited in Drumman as we watch our creative space unfold. The school’s creative team are having great fun doing up our new creative space. This week we had Mickey Mc Fadden in school helping us with the wooden animals that we are adding along side our beautiful mural. The children… Continue reading Wooden Woodland Creatures
New School Running Vests
Scoil Cholmcille Drumman is delighted to announce that Letterkenny Skip Hire has kindly sponsored the school’s Athletic team new running vests. A special word of thanks to the Parent’s Association for their help organising the vests. We are extremely grateful to have them and cannot wait to wear them in competition! Pictured is Christina Mc Daid… Continue reading New School Running Vests
Easter Raffle
We had lots of excitement in school this morning for our Easter raffle. A big thanks to everyone who bought tickets. Congratulations to all of the winners of our raffle. Wishing all of the Drumman students and families a very happy Easter!
Seachtain na Gaeilge
We had a superb two weeks in Drumman celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge. We ended the fortnight with an assembly of Irish Culture. It was a fantastic event which culminated in a super display of Irish music, culture and art. It was great to see so many students enjoying themselves & participating! Maith sibh!
World Book Day
We were delighted to celebrate World Book Day in school today. Over the last number of years, World Book Day has become firmly established as Ireland’s biggest annual event promoting the enjoyment of books and reading. The main aim is to encourage children to explore the pleasure of books and reading by providing them with an… Continue reading World Book Day
Mexico Projects
Our first class students have been busy recently learning all about Mexico. The students used the iPads to carry out research and create some very informative projects on Mexico. The children made lovely colourful projects and enjoyed presenting them to the rest of the school. We all learned a lot about the Mexican culture.
St. Brigid’s Cross making
There was a wonderful turn out for our St Brigid’s Cross making on Thursday evening in the school hall. An enjoyable evening was had by all as crosses were made, ukuleles were played and refreshments were served. Thank you to the Parents Association for organizing this event. It’s great to see our Irish traditions appreciated… Continue reading St. Brigid’s Cross making
Grandparent’s Day 2024
We had a fantastic day in Drumman celebrating the wonderful grandparents in our school community. Fr. Gorman celebrated mass in the school hall with the children saying prayers and singing songs. The mass was followed by a raffle with hampers and bingo books up for grabs. We ended the afternoon with refreshments served by the Parents… Continue reading Grandparent’s Day 2024