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€1039 raised for SVP from the 5th and 6th Class Christmas Fair on 5/12/25 - Congratulations all and well done (",)
Christmas Fair 5/12/25 - €1039 raised for svp 👏🤩🎁🎄🥳
Christmas Fair 5/12/25 - €1039 raised for svp 👏🤩🎁🎄🥳
Congratulations to the children of 5th and 6th Class, who proved themselves to be amazing entrepreneurs today at our first ever in-house School Christmas Fair and Christmas Jumper Day!
The children showcased fantastic entrepreneurial skills, creating a wonderful range of festive decorations, bracelets, earrings, gift sets and plenty of delicious sweet treats. The event was a huge success, with students and staff from across the school supporting the fair and eagerly purchasing the items on offer.
Thanks to everyone’s generosity and hard work, we raised a whopping €1,039!
A big well done to all of the students involved, to the Student Council for coming up with the idea and to Mr. Kenny, who coordinated the event so well.
The funds raised will now go to worthy causes supported by St. Vincent de Paul, especially important during this challenging time of year for many families.
Well done everyone! 🎄✨
(see below for some pictures of the event 📸)
Junior Champions Miltownpass Visit
Junior Champions Miltownpass Visit
We were delighted to welcome the Miltownpass Ladies Junior Champions to the school as they visited with the cup. This historic win marks the club’s first ever Junior Title, and we are especially proud that many of the team’s players are past pupils of St. Gainstown NS.
Congratulations to the entire team on their fantastic achievement!
Visit from Cian's Kennels
Visit from Cian's Kennels
A Paws-itively Fantastic Day!
We were thrilled to welcome Cian’s Kennels, a wonderful charity that works to bring pets closer to sick children, to our school this week.
Volunteers arrived with their two friendly dogs Amber and Ruadh who were a huge hit with the staff and pupils. Our animal-themed dress-up day was a great success and raised over €350 in support of this amazing cause. A heartfelt thank-you to Cian’s Kennels and to everyone who contributed to such a memorable day.
Shoebox Appeal
Shoebox Appeal
More than 80 shoeboxes were collected for Team Hope this year. Well done to all the families who contributed this year. Your kindness will put smiles on the faces of many children this Christmas. Thanks to Mr. Mulcair for organising the event again.
Senior County Champions Visit
Senior County Champions Visit
We were delighted to welcome The Downs, the Westmeath GAA County Football Champions, to our school today with the Flanagan Cup. A huge thank you to Éanna, Dean and Aiden for engaging so brilliantly with the children, answering all their questions, bringing treats for everyone, and of course, stirring up a bit of inter-club rivalry! We wish them the very best of luck in the Leinster Club Championship!
Halloween art competition winners
Halloween art competition winners
The Students Council organised a very successful Halloween Art Competition in the run up to the midterm break.
Pictured below are the winners with their beautiful masterpieces and their prizes.
Sean, Alice & Donnacha
Junior and Senior Infants
Jonathan, Elih, Eva-Marie
1st and Second Class
Bébhinn, Róisín and Sophie
3rd and 4th Class
Eve, Millie and Chloe
5th and 6th Class
Past Pupil, Tito, raised €1600 for Our New Autism Class by organising a handball Tournament during the Summer.
Past Pupil, Tito, raised €1600 for Our New Autism Class by organising a handball Tournament during the Summer.
On Friday, October 10th, Tito returned to the school to make a presentation to the autism class. It was lovely to see Tito back in St. Colmcille's.
On Friday, October 10th, Tito returned to the school to make a presentation to the autism class. It was lovely to see Tito back in St. Colmcille's.
We sincerely thank Tito for his fundraising efforts, his big heart and generous spirit. We know that this young man will be successful in anything he chooses to pursue in the future.
We sincerely thank Tito for his fundraising efforts, his big heart and generous spirit. We know that this young man will be successful in anything he chooses to pursue in the future.
Summer Social WallBall Blitz Fundraiser Report.pdfHere are some photos from the presentation
Ella experienced more horse riding success while representing the school last Sunday. Congratulations Ella.
schools cross country 2025 🏃🔥🏅
schools cross country 2025 🏃🔥🏅
Our school participated in the Annual Schools Cross Country in Belvedere on Wednesday last, 24th September - and participate they did!! We were a lot heavier coming the short spin home to school due to all the silverware collected! A whopping 25 medals in total!
This was the first year that we held trials to see who would be brought by bus to the event but left it open to everyone to attend (if that could be facilitated by parents). It was heartwarming to see all the blue and navy singlets at Belvedere and to see the spirits high and the sun shining!
A special mention goes to Robert (2nd Class), Cara (3rd Class) and Mel (5th Class) who all managed to win their respective races! An incredibly hard feat at these fiercely contested races!
A big thank you to parents Michelle Bohan and Sinéad Whitelaw who aided teachers and staff members Olive Hickey, Eoghan Kenny and Trish Gorman on the day.
Please see below more pics of this special day at the start of our school year and all of the medal winners...
***FULL RESULTS AVAILABLE BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW***
🥇1st Place: Cara (3rd Class), Robert (2nd Class) and Mel (5th Class)
Sixth class visited the Hill of Uisneach this week to support the local history learning they have been doing in class. Many thanks to our tour guide - Justin Moffatt. He kept us engaged with his extensive knowledge and interesting storytelling.
September Newsletter.pdfWe were delighted to welcome our students for 2025/2026 this week. It was all smiles on the first morning back. We wish all our students and their families a great year ahead.
This school received a grant in 2021 to implement initiatives aimed at addressing the digital divide and support our learners at risk of educational disadvantage as a consequence, as part of the Irish National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) a project under the Recovery and Resilience Facility funded by the European Union through NextGenerationEU. This funding was used to help provide our school with digital equipment such as tablets and chrome books which has further enabled us to provide our students with digital knowledge and skills and opportunities to become involved in projects promoting digital literacy and coding skills.
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