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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
The students in Drumman are over the moon after receiving 35 brand new library books. We were very lucky to get these books from Children’s Books Ireland and A Post who are working together to get more children reading. The students are excited to get reading and discovery hopefully discover a new favourite book!
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’
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
We’ve been having so many fun Peace IV days in school recently from Andrew Tunney coming in to do Drama to our Christmas themed day last week. On Thursday the groups were divided up into junior, middle and seniors. Students travelled to Castletown and Portlean NS, while some remained in Drumman and were joined by… Continue reading Christmas Themed Peace IV Day
Well done to all our students who made shoeboxes for Team Hope’s Christmas Shoebox Appeal. Team Hope’s Christmas Shoebox Appeal is an annual campaign that delivers gifts to vulnerable children who are affected by poverty. It is lovely to see the boys and girls helping other children across the world.
There were lots of spooky and scary characters roaming around Drumman today! The costumes were brilliant, a mix of cute and terrifying. Click through the gallery to see some of the spooky costumes…they won’t disappoint! Wishing you all a very happy and safe Halloween break. 👻
Our classes have been busy doing lots of active exercises in school today. Some of the exercises included the following: 1. Throw your Treats – How many treats (beanbags) can you get in the bucket? 2. Pumpkin Roll – Pencil roll across mat (one person at a time) 3. Trick or Trampoline – 10 jumps on mini trampoline,… Continue reading Active Halloween
Our October Peace IV day took place this week with students travelling between Drumman, Portlean and Castletown NS. The theme was autumn/animals so we explored as much as possible under this theme which even included an excuse to go on a nature walk! Lots of activities took place in the each of the three schools. … Continue reading Autumn Fun
Congratulations to our six athletes who travelled to Buncrana to take part in the Donegal Primary Schools Cross Country Championships. Well done to our students for representing the school so well. We had Ruaidhrà who had a great finish in the U-9s, Tessa who had a top 15 finish in the U-11s and the U-13… Continue reading Cross Country County Finals
Scoil Cholmcille Drumman 