Enjoy, Explore, Experiment
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
The pupils in Drumman have been very lucky to have had the opportunity to learn Spanish in school. Did you know it’s the second most popular language in the world! Our Spanish language tutor Laura Sierra conducted lessons with classes from 2nd to 6th. Her fun-packed activities taught basic conversation skills to the pupils and… Continue reading Spanish Lessons
There was so much egg-citement yesterday at our annual egg hunt! A big thanks to the Parents Association and everyone who came to Ballyare woods and took part in this fun afternoon. The kids had a wonderful time and there were lots of happy faces and chocolate eating. We would like to wish the Drumman… Continue reading Easter Egg Hunt
A hugh congratulations to our sixth class students who celebrated the sacrament of Confirmation today. They did their families and school proud. A huge thank you to Bishop Alan Mc Guckian and Fr. Stephen Gorman for celebrating a lovely ceremony. We hope you all had a lovely day.Â
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
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