Some of our children helped the newest Garda recruits to launch National Slow Down Day. The Traffic Corps are asking the children of Ireland to name these tiny law enforcers. You can visit the Garda Twitter Feed and Garda Facebook Page to learn more about the competition and the latest road safety programmes.
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How many days are there in the year? Maths week riddles!
This week is Maths Week around the world and Mrs’ Creaner’s class were lucky enough to have a visit from Dr. David Malone, Maths Lecturer at Maynooth University, past pupil of St Columba’s and most importantly Dad of Caoimhín and Tiernach. Armed with a globe and a lap-top, David posed 5 questions to the students. […]
Continue readingSt Columba’s Students help to make Dublin safer
The Senior class at St Columba’s have had a very busy week helping the Garda Traffic Corps and Dublin City Council to make Dublin a safer place for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. This all started when children and parents became concerned about the dangers encountered by people crossing the road at the traffic lights in […]
Continue readingSchool Wardens Appointed
Following on from our hugely successful campaign to get a traffic warden for our school crossing, Dublin City Council have informed us that, commencing Monday October 10th 2016, we have been allocated two new School Wardens – Kathleen and Anthony – to assist with the safe journey to school of all our pupils. The new […]
Continue readingSt Columba’s and The Arts Council
Congratulations to everyone at St Columba’s NS who helped the Arts Council launch their report on participation in the arts by primary school children on 5th October 2016. The children from 2nd to 6th class proved themselves to be to be media stars as they discussed their views on ‘The Arts’ with journalists from all […]
Continue readingNewsletter September 2016
Welcome Back To School – Please see the September Newsletter for our latest (and hopefully informative!) news. Our Newsletters are sent out by email to all parents in our school. If there is news which we have missed out or if there is something which you think should be included, please use our Contact Us […]
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