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
The children have been drawing with Mick O’Toonz during Creative Week. He has been going around the classes and showing them how to draw different woodland characters. The students are coming up with lots of ideas for a woodland mural for our creative space in the school courtyard. We’re excited to see the finished masterpiece… Continue reading Drawing with Mick O’Toonz
Congratulations to our Second class students who celebrated the sacrament of First Holy Communion last weekend St. Peter’s Church in Milford. A special word of thanks to Fr. Stephen Gorman, Mrs Mc Gee, Mrs Clayton, Mrs Martin and the school choir who helped make the day so special. Well done to all!
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
The junior class took part in Súgradh le Chéile today. Ag Súgradh le Chéile, or “Playing Together” is a workshop to encourage active play between parents and children. Adults and children took part in a variety of activities including ball games, rhymes and traditional games, and finished off with a healthy snack and well earned… Continue reading Ag Súgradh le Chéile
Scoil Cholmcille Drumman 