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​Assembly online 2020
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​Wellness for Children

New wellness resources have been added to the Learning Zone section of the school website.
Click here to see them.
Supports for Parents

New video from Mary Gordon, Founder/President, Roots of Empathy is up in the parents section of the website. This weeks' video is 'Parents as Teachers'.
Click here to see it.
School Lunch

​We are fortunate enough to be provided with free school lunches for the children in our school. 

Parents/Guardians can change their child's school lunch on the Carambola website here.

If you would like to cancel your child's school lunch please call
​Carambola on 
1850 812 300
Learning Zone

The learning zone page of our website has lots of links to fun learning activities, resources and games to keep you busy over the next few weeks.

Check it out by clicking
here
Twinkl

Twinkl are currently offering free subscriptions to parents if you would like to avail of this. Just follow the steps below and you will have access to the resources.

Step 1:
Go to www.twinkl.ie/offer
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Step 2:
Create an account and enter the code CVDTWINKLHELPS 
School Closures

The school will be closed until further notice. 

We will keep parents informed of updates from the Department of Education and Skills.

​Click here to see the school calendar.

The Calm Cave

We are so proud and excited to officially open our brand new sensory room in Scoil Cholmcille Junior this month. A huge thank you to everyone involved, especially Ms. Barrie for all of her hard work and perseverance in making this such a huge success.

Áras an Uachtaráin Visit

A Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) cluster initiative which involved HSCL teachers and parents from schools in the area visiting and meeting with President Michael D Higgins in Aras an Uachtarain.

Strike for Climate Action

Today, the whole school took part in the strike for climate action. We were inspired by other schools and our own efforts to become more responsible for our environment. Our green schools committee have been working very hard to spread the word about caring for the environment and reducing our plastic consumption of 'one use plastics'. Check out some of the videos and pictures of our strike below.

Literacy Week 2019

We had another hugely successful Literacy Week this year with lots of great activities for all classes to enjoy. Some of the activities included, story telling workshops, shared reading with parents, shared reading with the senior school and other classes, and lots of fun literacy games. We also celebrated World Book day this week by dressing up as some of our favourite characters from books, poems and comics. 

Music Week 2019

The theme of this year's Music Week was 'Carnival of the Animals'. We had a jam packed week full of fun musical activities, including, music trails, percussion workshops, a classical music performance, and a karaoke concert. Each class were assigned an animal and performed a song based on that animal at the karaoke concert for parents in Ballybrack FC. We also listened to 'The Cinematic Orchestra - Arrival of the Birds and Transformation' over the school intercom and each class responded through art. Check out our pictures for a glimpse at just a fraction of the fun we had this week.

Christmas 2018​

Christmas is such a magical time in Scoil Cholmcille Junior.
​Here are a few pictures that capture the Christmas spirit in the lead up to the holidays. 

Literacy Week 2018 

Despite "The Beast from the East", Literacy week was a great success. The children enjoyed shared reading in the morning with parents and playing literacy games in class with their friends. Every class also had a wonderful time at the story teller workshops with Aideen Mc Bride. We celebrated World Book Day and St. Patrick's Day on Friday 16th March.
We saw lots of amazing costumes of characters from our favourite books and nursery rhymes, as well as some very patriotic green, white and orange outfits. All of the classes gathered in the hall where each class recited a poem they had prepared for the assembly. 

Have a look at some of the pictures below to see all the fun we had during Literacy Week celebrations.

Christmas 2017

Christmas is a busy and exciting time in Scoil Cholmcille Junior. The entire school put on an amazing performance of 'Born in a Barn', over in the church to tell the story of the very first Christmas. All of the hard work and practices paid off and it was a huge success. The following week, all of the boys and girls were surprised by a special visitor in the school yard on Tuesday morning. Take a look at some of the pictures below to see all of the fun we had that day. 
A huge thank you to the Parents Association,  volunteers, teachers and SNAs for making the lead up to 
​Christmas in Scoil Cholmcille Junior such a wonderful time of year for everyone. 

Recycled Christmas Decoration Competition

The Green Schools Committee held a whole school recycled ​Christmas decoration competition in November. Each class were asked to design their own Christmas decorations using materials that they would have otherwise thrown out.

There were so many amazing creations it made it very difficult to choose a winner. Congratulations to Alex in Junior Infants who made a beautiful Christmas tree bauble using recycled smoothie lids, cut up Tayto bags, old ribbon, Styrofoam and some glitter and sequences to give it that extra festive flare. Alex represented Scoil Cholmcille Junior as our school champion at the Recycled Christmas Decoration Celebration Ceremony at County Hall in Dún Laoghaire where he met An Cathaoirleach Cllr Tom Murphy and received a certificate and prize. 
Click here to see the RTE News2day feature. 

Have a look at some of the other incredible decorations that our students made in our slide show below or if you want to see some of them up close, we have a recycled Christmas decoration display at the main door reception area. 

Halloween 2017

We celebrated Halloween and our mid-term break with a whole school assembly and a raffle organised by the Parents Association. There were lots of fun and frightening costumes and first class treated us to a spooky Halloween performance. At our assembly, Ms. Norton presented lots of boys and girls with certificates for perfect attendance since the start of the school year and the parents handed out lots of lovely prizes.
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Thank you to the Parents Association for organising such a great raffle and a huge congratulations to all the boys and girls who earned certificates for not missing any days in school so far.

Maths Week 2017

Our whole school had a fantastic time celebrating Maths Week 2017. Despite storm Ophelia forcing a late start to the celebrations, we had a jam-packed week full of fun maths trails, games and activities. A huge thank you to Blackrock Education Centre for letting us borrow the Bee Bots for the week, all of us (teachers and children) had great fun using them in different maths activities. As well as a huge thank you to all staff, parents and students for making Maths Week 2017 such a great success. 

Be sure to have a look at our class pages for more pictures and videos of all the Maths fun we had during the week. 

Operation Transformation's 10 at 10
On Friday the 10th of February we took part in operation transformation's 10 at 10. The whole school went to the yard for 10 minutes of fun filled dance. It was a great way to get everyone moving and gave the teachers a chance to show off their moves. Take a look at the video. 

Music Week 2017

Music week took place in our school from January 16th to the 20th. Ms Wynne organised a wonderful week of musical events and activities. The secret sound and movie clips kept students and staff guessing all week with the children doing considerably better than the teachers!! On Wednesday we were joined by a host of local talent for a school concert. The children were kept entertained with singing, dancing and Irish and classical music performances. On Friday all the classes presented their response to a musical movie clip. The children created some wonderful art, dance and drama which they showcased to the whole school. The week concluded with a whole school performance of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. 
Wyattville Road
Ballybrack
​Co. Dublin
Tel: 01 284 8899
Fax: 01 204 8890
Email: cholmjnr@gmail.com
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