Celebrating World Bee Day!
Help care for our bees and their health by:

• planting bee-friendly plants.
• refraining where possible from using pesticides.
• offering a habitat for them – such as an insect hotel or shallow water.

Did you know?….

• Bees have been producing honey for at least 150 million years.
• Bees use their antennae to smell. They can detect nectar 2km away.
• On one flight from the hive to collect honey, a honey bee will visit
  between 50 and 100 flowers.
• A bee must visit about four million flowers to produce 1kg of honey.
• One beehive of honey bees can produce up to 150kg of honey per
  year.
• Worker bees produce about 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey in their
  lifetimes.

* REMINDER *

St. Colman’s NS is closed on Thursday May 23rd to facilitate teacher training for the New Primary Language Curriculum.

The school will also be closed on Friday May24th as the school has been requisitioned for use as the polling station.

St. Colman’s Second Class boys and girls will receive their First Holy Communion this Saturday May 18th. Best wishes to all children involved and their families. Thank you to Ms Bresnihan and Mrs Galvin who have prepared the First Communion Class and to Fr. Pat our parish priest. We hope you have a lovely day!

Check out results here

REMINDER: All pupils will finish tomorrow Wednesday May 15th at 1:40p.m. to facilitate Staff Meeting.

Reminder #walktoschoolweek2019 Tomorrow morning! Meeting at 8:40am at meeting points! #walkingbuses leave 8:45am. All welcome! Please remember to wear you hi viz best!

St. Colman’s NS will feature on this weeks Kidzzone in the Echo! Limited copies will be available in school on Thursday!

Next week is Walk to School Week 2019. We are inviting everyone to celebrate the week, which takes place from Monday, May 13th to Friday, May 17^th. by walking or park n’ striding to school with your child. Walk to School week celebrates the environmental, health, social and financial benefits of active travel on the school journey

Wednesday 15^th is national WOW day and we will hold a WOW supervised by parents at 3 different meeting points. (Weather permitting).

There will be three meeting points where the ‘buses’ will leave from.

Point 1: (for children living in Pairc na Habhainn estates, Cois na Crainn or Ballinacurra direction)

The Great Wall Restaurant @ 8.40am

Contact person leading the bus: Maria O’Brien

Point 2: (for children living in Cloyne Meadows and Churchtown south direction)

Car park by the Round Tower @8.40am

Contact person leading the bus: Catherina Blackmore

Point 3: (for children living in Traonach or Whitegate direction)

Outside Traonach @8.40 am

Contact person leading the bus: Donna Dempsey

Buses will meet at 8.40am and set off at 8.45am to walk to school. Children living closer to the school than the meet up points can join the buses along the way. All welcome – remember to wear your Hi-Viz vest!

Thank you Cloyne GAA! We had great fun! Check out some photos here

We are on the search for Top Soil for our school garden. If anyone would like to donate some or know of anyone that has top soil, please contact Mairead in school office.

Thank you!