🚨 Admissions application deadline extension 🚨 Due to Storm Éowyn, a decision has been taken by the Department of Education to extend the Pre-School and Primary Admissions application deadline from Friday 24 January at 12noon to 4pm Monday 27 January 2025.

Our P4 chefs have been developing their cooking skills in ABL. Last week, they explored Spanish cooking, language & culture. They whipped up delicious patatas bravas, making the sauce from scratch & had fun role playing in Pudding Lane bakery. 🇪🇸

Primary 7 took time on Friday to weave St Brigid’s crosses for their friends and families. As part of their recent project examining social justice, P7 celebrated St Brigid, the peacekeeper. #LáFhéileBríde

Today, staff& students from St.Columbanus College treated P7s to a taster day! 🌟 They enjoyed a Spanish lesson, made truffles & did a chromatography experiment! Past pupils answered questions about transitioning to post-primary. Thanks to everyone who made the day special! 💙💛

🌿 Our P5 students have embarked on an exciting new topic: Rainforests! 🌿Check out their research, artwork inspired by Henri Rousseau, capacity work & experiments. 🎨🔬 🧪📏🌟 #RainforestExploration #HenriRousseau #STEMEducation #CreativeLearning

🌟 Members of Police Ards and North Down and Extern Charity led an insightful #SaferInternetDay workshop today! 🌟 Our P7 students shared great conversations about online safety and responsibility. 🌐✨ Thank you to all involved! #saferinternetday2025 #OnlineSafety

🌍❄️ P1 students became Polar Explorers, freeing a polar bear and penguin from an iceberg using their scientific efforts! 👏🐻‍❄️🐧 They also created a beautiful art piece inspired by the Northern Lights from ‘The Magic Sky.’ ⭐️🖼️🌌

🪩🎉 Last week, our PTA hosted two amazing discos ahead of mid-term! 🎉🪩 It was a fantastic time to have fun with friends, dance and sing! 🎶💃🕺 Thank you to everyone involved! 🙌 #MemoriesMade

🌟Informative Day for P7 at Beesafe! 🌟 They had workshops on: 🚒 Fire Safety Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service 🏠 Home Safety 🧠 Mental Health 🚌 Translink Safety 🚫 Anti-Social Behaviour 🌐 Internet Safety Police Ards and North Down Thank you ArdsandNorthDown for organising such a valuable day! #PDMU

🌟St Comgall’s is very proud to have been awarded, ‘The Spirit of Catholic Education Award’ this year. 🌟Special thanks to all at Down and Connor Catholic Schools’ Support Service for presenting us with this accolade & to St Mary’s University College Belfast for hosting the ceremony.

Our Eco Council recently met with DAERA Minister Andrew Muir MLA. The pupils showcased their work on improving our environment, reducing energy usage & promoting sustainability. They asked insightful questions about local and global issues. 🌍💡#FutureLeaders County Down Spectator

🎉 Congratulations to our boys’ and girls’ football teams! 🎉 They performed brilliantly at Bangor FC in the next stage of the North Down League. Skill, teamwork and resilience were on full display. We couldn’t be prouder! 👏⚽️

Pancake Perfection! 🥞✨ For Shrove Tuesday, P4 made delicious pancakes and wrote instructions to explain the process. ✍️ They even delivered special pancakes for the teachers to enjoy! #ShroveTuesday #PancakeDay #DeliciousLearning #ActivityBasedLearning

Our Eco- Committee held a textile recycling drive for #CashForClobber &we decluttered a whopping 1050kg from our homes! 🎉 We not only prevented items from ending up in landfill but also raised funds for our school. Thank you to all involved! ♻️ #RecyclingHeroes #EcoSchools

📚✨ Excitment in P2! Their Mystery Readers this week were none other than our wonderful school secretary, Mrs. Jones & our principal, Mr. McGinley! P2 had a blast guessing who they were & were thrilled with their story choices. 📖😊 #CommunityofReaders #worldbookday2025

✨📚 Our teachers swapped classes yesterday to share their favorite storybooks for #WorldBookDay. The school buzzed with excitement as students enjoyed fantastic stories and a borrowed teacher! 🌟📖

🌟 Our Primary 1s rocked their first St Comgall’s World Book Day! 🌟 Check out their amazing costumes of their favourite characters & their cosy gear for a nighttime read! 📚✨ Such a fun day celebrating the joy of reading! #worldbookday2025

Huge congratulations to ArdsCCÉ who will be the host branch for the Comhaltas Fleadh Cheoil 2026. We're so proud of our past&present pupils who performed at Belfast City Council hall yesterday. A huge achievement for Miss McCleery,our traditional teacher Niall McClean& all those within the branch.

🌟 Yesterday, P7 visited Parliament Buildings for a NIA Education workshop! Our students developed their understanding of the Northern Ireland Assembly &democracy. Thank you to James for hosting us and providing our future leaders with a day to remember! 🙌