Welcome to St Colman's Boys' National School,
Kanturk.
We are delighted to welcome you to our School Website. We have a great sense of pride in our school and we hope you enjoy learning about us and our adventures.
Re-opening our School Aug 2020
Dear Parent / Guardian, Staff Member,
RE: Re-opening of St. Colman's Boys School
I hope you and your families are keeping well.
As you are aware, our school has now been closed since 12th March due to the COVID-19 situation. We are preparing to re-open our school safely, in line with current guidance and recommendations.
Re-opening the school safely will require the co-operation of all members of our School Community – BoM, School Leadership, Staff, Parents and Pupils. We will all be called on to play our part in ensuring that re-opening of the school is done in a safe manner which prevents the spread of the virus and allows the vital work of Teaching and Learning to proceed with as little disruption as possible.
RE: Physical Distancing and Safe School Attendance
We are currently working on upgrading our procedures and routines within the school to ensure that there is as much Physical Distancing as is possible in our building. We will apply physical distancing in a practical and sensible way. To facilitate this in our school and to ensure the safety of everybody we have re-arranged our class groupings as follows:
1st/ 2nd class………Mrs. Linehan
3rd class……………Miss McLoughlin
4th class………….Miss Hickey
5th class………Mrs. Boyce
6th class……….Mrs. O’Sullivan
Physical Distancing will be achieved in two ways: -
Increasing Separation. This will be achieved by re-configuring the classrooms to maximise physical distancing. Each class will be referred to as a bubble and we will ensure that there is as little contact as possible between children in different classes / bubbles. Within the classes / bubbles , children will be organised into pods. A pod is a group of children (normally 6) who will sit together and who will stay in their pod while in the class/ bubble, or classroom.
Decreasing Interaction. This will be achieved by decreasing the potential for children from different classes/bubbles to interact. There will be marked routes for various classes/bubbles to enter and exit the school and to access their classrooms .Classes/ bubbles will have different mid-morning and lunch-time access to the playground. We will make these routines enjoyable activities for the children, emphasising safety at all times.
While all children will be welcome back to school, we would remind parents that, where children are displaying colds, coughs or flu like symptoms, they should not be sent to school. Children who display such symptoms in school will be isolated and parents asked to collect them from the school.
Children who have travelled from countries not on the Green List should not attend school during the 14-day self-isolation period
Further information on COVID-19 symptoms in children is available at: -
https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/if-your-child-has-symptoms.html
Teachers will make children aware of the proper hygiene procedures regarding hand washing and etiquette related to sneezing, coughing or spitting. We would be grateful if you could also emphasise safe behaviour in this regard to your children at home as part of the preparation for returning to school.
Our aim remains to re-open the school in an orderly safe manner, while reassuring the children and making them feel comfortable, safe and relaxed with their friends in the new school environment. This will be achieved by all of us working towards this common goal.
We are currently working on drop- off / collection plans and some slight alterations to booklists. We will keep you informed as soon as we have the arrangements finalised.
The Government has published documentation on the safe re-opening of schools. You may access this information on our School website and also view our school Covid- Policy Statement.
We are really looking forward to welcoming our children back to school and will be doing all that we can to ensure that the return to school is a safe and enjoyable experience for the children. We will be in touch with you again with further updates on the reopening of our school.
Thanking you for your co-operation.
Kind Regards,
Eilish Finnegan, Principal
Fr. John Magner, Chairperson B.O.M.
The following websites provide further information on COVID-19 and on government advice and recommendations regarding the re-opening of schools: -
RE: Re-opening of St. Colman's Boys School
I hope you and your families are keeping well.
As you are aware, our school has now been closed since 12th March due to the COVID-19 situation. We are preparing to re-open our school safely, in line with current guidance and recommendations.
Re-opening the school safely will require the co-operation of all members of our School Community – BoM, School Leadership, Staff, Parents and Pupils. We will all be called on to play our part in ensuring that re-opening of the school is done in a safe manner which prevents the spread of the virus and allows the vital work of Teaching and Learning to proceed with as little disruption as possible.
RE: Physical Distancing and Safe School Attendance
We are currently working on upgrading our procedures and routines within the school to ensure that there is as much Physical Distancing as is possible in our building. We will apply physical distancing in a practical and sensible way. To facilitate this in our school and to ensure the safety of everybody we have re-arranged our class groupings as follows:
1st/ 2nd class………Mrs. Linehan
3rd class……………Miss McLoughlin
4th class………….Miss Hickey
5th class………Mrs. Boyce
6th class……….Mrs. O’Sullivan
Physical Distancing will be achieved in two ways: -
Increasing Separation. This will be achieved by re-configuring the classrooms to maximise physical distancing. Each class will be referred to as a bubble and we will ensure that there is as little contact as possible between children in different classes / bubbles. Within the classes / bubbles , children will be organised into pods. A pod is a group of children (normally 6) who will sit together and who will stay in their pod while in the class/ bubble, or classroom.
Decreasing Interaction. This will be achieved by decreasing the potential for children from different classes/bubbles to interact. There will be marked routes for various classes/bubbles to enter and exit the school and to access their classrooms .Classes/ bubbles will have different mid-morning and lunch-time access to the playground. We will make these routines enjoyable activities for the children, emphasising safety at all times.
While all children will be welcome back to school, we would remind parents that, where children are displaying colds, coughs or flu like symptoms, they should not be sent to school. Children who display such symptoms in school will be isolated and parents asked to collect them from the school.
Children who have travelled from countries not on the Green List should not attend school during the 14-day self-isolation period
Further information on COVID-19 symptoms in children is available at: -
https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/if-your-child-has-symptoms.html
Teachers will make children aware of the proper hygiene procedures regarding hand washing and etiquette related to sneezing, coughing or spitting. We would be grateful if you could also emphasise safe behaviour in this regard to your children at home as part of the preparation for returning to school.
Our aim remains to re-open the school in an orderly safe manner, while reassuring the children and making them feel comfortable, safe and relaxed with their friends in the new school environment. This will be achieved by all of us working towards this common goal.
We are currently working on drop- off / collection plans and some slight alterations to booklists. We will keep you informed as soon as we have the arrangements finalised.
The Government has published documentation on the safe re-opening of schools. You may access this information on our School website and also view our school Covid- Policy Statement.
We are really looking forward to welcoming our children back to school and will be doing all that we can to ensure that the return to school is a safe and enjoyable experience for the children. We will be in touch with you again with further updates on the reopening of our school.
Thanking you for your co-operation.
Kind Regards,
Eilish Finnegan, Principal
Fr. John Magner, Chairperson B.O.M.
The following websites provide further information on COVID-19 and on government advice and recommendations regarding the re-opening of schools: -
- https://www.education.ie/en/covid-19/
- https://www2.hse.ie/coronavirus/
- https://www.gov.ie/en/campaigns/a128d-back-to-school/?referrer=http://www.gov.ie/backtoschool/
6th Class Memories
May 9th 2020
Remembering our 2nd Class pupils on what should have been their First Holy Communion Day.
Fionn's Amazing Letters - May 2020
Fionn in 2nd Class wrote a lovely letter to our Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar & was delighted with the response he got.
Well done Fionn.
We are all very PROUD of you in St Colman's.
Well done Fionn.
We are all very PROUD of you in St Colman's.
St Colman's Admissions Policy
| Admissions Policy April 2020 |
Dear Parents,
This is our Draft Admission Policy.
Please have a read of it before Fri 24th.
If you have any query or comment to make on it please email the school at
colmanbns@hotmail.com
Thanking You,
Eilish Finnegan
This is our Draft Admission Policy.
Please have a read of it before Fri 24th.
If you have any query or comment to make on it please email the school at
colmanbns@hotmail.com
Thanking You,
Eilish Finnegan
2 / 04 / 2020
Dear Parents,
Today is the end of the most unusual term.
Take a welcome break from school work and enjoy Easter.
We are asking you to forward your email address to your child's teacher by Fri 10th to facilitate communication after Easter.
Stay Well,
Eilish Finnegan
Dear Parents,
Today is the end of the most unusual term.
Take a welcome break from school work and enjoy Easter.
We are asking you to forward your email address to your child's teacher by Fri 10th to facilitate communication after Easter.
Stay Well,
Eilish Finnegan
18/03/2020
Dear Parents,
We hope you are all keeping well. After the calm but important speech by An Taoiseach, the realisation of being at home for the long haul is kicking in.
However you approach the work set out for the boys during this time, remember this message below :
Best Wishes & Keep Safe,
Eilish Finnegan & Staff of St Colman's BNS.
Eilish Finnegan & Staff of St Colman's BNS.
Winner of the U13
Kanturk Arts
Flash Fiction Competition 2020
Confirmation 2020
Winners
of the
Kanturk Credit Union Quiz 2020
Winners
of the
VEX Robotics
Judges Award 2020
5th Class - St Colman's BNS
Dates to Remember :
First Holy Communion : May 9th
Winter Time in Kanturk
By Kanturk Chamber of Commerce - March 2017
Our Unique Image of the Moon
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St Colman's has won STAR SITE on Scoilnet |
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Our Website has been awarded the prestigious Scoilnet’s Star Site Award for our up-to-date, informative and vibrant web site.
The Star Site accolade is to showcase excellent school websites and in doing so recognise the value of creating an online school identity.
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In St Colman's we love to use Twitter to tweet about what we get up to every day.
5th Class also tweet @MrsBoyces_Class
5th Class also tweet @MrsBoyces_Class
Initiatives we are / were involved in:
Active School
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Took part in Food Dudes
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Health Promoting School
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Book: Down Memory Lane
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Water Safety
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Posters & Quiz
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Maths Learnstorm
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Programming
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Creative Writing
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Blogging
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Kanturk Art's Festival
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Safer Internet Day
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Seomra Ranga Twitter Project
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Science Week
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Maths Week
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Seomra Ranga Twitter Project
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Active School Week
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Space Week
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Mental Health Week
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Mangahigh
Maths Week Competition
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Twitter
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