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
As part of the Creative Schools Programme, the children will be involved in coming up with ideas for our woodlands mural in our creative space in the school courtyard. These are some of their ideas. Mick O’ Toonz was in school this week to put some of their ideas together making a start on the… Continue reading Making our school mural
Happy Bike Week! To celebrate Bike Week 2023, the 28 students in the senior room explored the beautiful scenery of Glenveagh National Park. It was a great day’s activity as the class cycled all around the grounds of the park venturing up the bridal path to the waterfall. Many thanks to Donegal Sports Partnership for… Continue reading Glenveagh Cycle
On Friday, the senior room held their annual bake sale. This year the class were raising money for Letterkenny University Hospital. We were very impressed with the amount of home-baked cupcakes, cakes, cookies, brownies and flapjacks. The standard of baking was higher than ever! There was also a raffle for a hamper full of lots… Continue reading Bake Sale
We had our first ever Creative Week in Drumman this week as part of the Creative Schools programme. Mick O’ Toonz came at the start of the week to do artwork. Our mural theme is woodland animals and the children in each class completed beautiful drawings under his guidance. We are looking forward to seeing… Continue reading Creative Week
Well done to our green School’s committee who renewed the Green School Flag at the Green School Award Ceremony at The Radisson Hotel in Letterkenny this week. Green-Schools is Ireland’s leading environmental management and education programme for schools. Promoting longterm, whole school action for the environment. The flag is a great motivator for the whole… Continue reading Green Flag Presentation
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!
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
Scoil Cholmcille Drumman 