St Colmcille’s PS

The twitter account of St. Colmcille’s PS Ballymena, proud to serve the parish of Kirkinriola.

[St Colmcille’s PS @stcolmcilleps]

The pupils got to read the @BBCNewsNI and were interviewed by @NewsDeclan for @bbcnewsline. They also got to read the @bbcniweather and work the cameras. We hopefully have some budding stars of the future in our midst. #bbccomestotown

[St Colmcille’s PS @stcolmcilleps]

Mrs Kane’s P6 class had an amazing morning @LibrariesNI Ballymena at the @BBCnireland interactive exhibition. They got tips from @BBCSPORTNI @TaggartJoel on sports commentary and got to participate in a radio drama. Thank you to Michelle for the invite. #bbccomestotown

[St Colmcille’s PS @stcolmcilleps]

It’s not every day @bbcniweather presenter @geoff_maskell visits your classroom to help with your project on weather phenomena #bbccomestotown

[Love Ballymena @LoveBallymena]

★ ★ ★ 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐄 ★ ★ ★

Massive well done to the Year 6 students of St Colmcille’s Primary School, Ballymena (@stcolmcilleps) who recently cleared the board to become Overall Northern Ireland Champions in the LEGO League Competition.

Led by their teacher Miss Niamh McKinley (who herself won a well-deserved award), they travelled yesterday to Dublin to the All-Ireland Finals where they beat stiff competition from 24 secondary schools represented, to be awarded All-Ireland winners for best Innovation Project!

Congratulations to Miss McKinley and students - Maximilian, Annie, Ella, [and] Ella, Delia, Gabrielle, Caleb, Connor, Alex, and Olivia!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦! ♥️

[Mid and East Antrim Borough Council @mea_bc]

Democracy Week 2024 - Children's Author Election Count
#DemocracyWeek2024 included an election for the Top Children's Author in Mid & East Antrim.
The election count took place the the Mid & East Antrim Borough Council Headquarters at The Braid in Ballymena.

[St Colmcille’s PS @stcolmcilleps]

All set up @2RoyalAvenue and looking forward to an exciting day showcasing our @FLLUK #masterpiece at the First Lego League Tournament Day organised by @SentinusNI

[St Colmcille’s PS @stcolmcilleps]

The @FLLUK team were delighted to have the opportunity to visit Ballymena Northern Regional College to meet the lecturers and students. They showcased their project and got some help debugging their code.

[St Colmcille’s PS @stcolmcilleps]

The Lego Challenge Team were delighted to receive sponsorship from @CountryBMW and @ApeerDoors for their Masterpiece Challenge. The pupils alongside their teacher Miss McKinley have been working hard to solve the different missions.

[St Colmcille’s PS @stcolmcilleps]

Thank you to local businesses, Orthoplus, Milano’s and K&G McAtamney for their generous sponsorship of our @FLLUK team. The pupils are currently preparing their Masterpiece Challenge for the tournament in March.

[St Colmcille’s PS @stcolmcilleps]

The School Councils were delighted to present a cheque for £1,135 to Mrs Rosemary Simpson from Ballymena @SVP_Ireland to support their Christmas appeal. The money was collected during the school nativity plays.

[St Colmcille’s PS @stcolmcilleps]

Thank you to the amazing @donna_galas and @nerve_centre for developing coding and computational thinking within our school over the past 18 months. The school partnership programme has been invaluable to pupils and teachers alike.

[CyberSyd @CyberSydApp]

Congratulations to St. John’s Primary School, Swatragh, and @stcolmcilleps, Ballymena, the winners of our “Mud Boy” competition!

We really enjoyed meeting your students and staff!

The CyberSyd Team

#mudboy #chatwithsyd #cybersyd #bullying #stopbullying @SSiggs

[St Colmcille’s PS @stcolmcilleps]

Year 4 had an amazing morning as musical detectives as part of the @UlsterOrchestra primary school concert tour. They really enjoyed hearing the orchestra ‘live and loud’ and joining in with the songs. 🎶🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♂️🎵

[St Colmcille’s PS @stcolmcilleps]

Bright Start Celebration Day also included lots of spooky spells and potent potions. The children had a fantastic afternoon. Thank you to all our play workers- they really are wizard. Also a big thank you to @playboard_ for all their support. #celebratingbrightstart

[St Colmcille’s PS @stcolmcilleps]

St Colmcille’s After School Club had a spell binding Bright Start Celebration event on Monday. The children chose the theme of Harry Potter. We had great fun role playing our favourite characters. #celebratingbrightstart

[PlayBoard NI @playboard_]

Denise Stevenson is interviewed by her daughter to discover why the family attends @stcolmcilleps After School.

Denise says it's like sending your children to a favourite aunt's house, with its homely environment.

#CelebratingBrightStart @familysupportni @Education_NI

[PlayBoard NI @playboard_]

Throughout autumn, we're #CelebratingBrightStart funded settings and the wider childcare sector - find out more at https://t.co/mb9D8DUd0q #CelebratingPlay

[PlayBoard NI @playboard_]

A rave review of St Colmcille's After School Club ... delivering the best care, making children smile every day, offering a wide range of play activities, amazing snack time, and even celebrating belated birthdays! 🎉#CelebratingBrightStart #CelebratingPlay

[St Louis Ballymena @SLGBallymena]

25 of our Year 14 A Level Maths pupils visited St.Colmcilles last week as part of Maths Week Ireland🤩

👩‍🏫They took on the role of teachers for the primary school pupils by creating exciting & engaging Maths games with a focus on problem solving 🎯
Thank you to @stcolmcilleps 🤝

[St Colmcille’s PS @stcolmcilleps]

Thank you to all the @SLGBallymena students who visited our school today. It was great to see their enthusiasm for Maths and how well their interacted with our pupils.

[St Colmcille’s PS @stcolmcilleps]

We were delighted to welcome lots of ‘big pupils’ from @slgmaths to our school today. The students talked to our pupils about what maths is like at post primary school and set some challenging maths problems for us to solve.#IUseMaths