March 15th 2023

Tráth na gCeist

As part of our Seachtain na Gaeilge celebrations, a 'tráth na gceist' was held in the school hall today for our third and fourth class students. They all had wonderful fun and learned lots of new Irish words and phrases to boot! Coming in second place with 22 points was Team 9 - Goda, Sasha, Jessica and Stephen but pipping them at the final post was Team 6 - Reiltín, Cian, Faye and Patrick with 24 points. Well done to you all.

Team 6 - Reiltín, Cian, Faye and Patrick

Team 9 - Goda, Sasha, Jessica and Stephen

March 8th 2023

First Confession

Congratulations to the 47 boys and girls from Ms Kelly's and Mrs Ginnell's First Classes, who made their First Confession this evening at 6pm in St Paul's Church. I'm sure they're all pleased to have taken the first step on the road to making their First Holy Communion. 

March 6th 2023

Credit Union Schools Quiz

Chapter 15 Final

Back in January, we sent two teams to the Mullingar Park Hotel to participate in the Credit Union Schools Quiz. On the night, both teams performed well and our St Colman's Team B finished as overall winners.

Last Friday night, Team B - Alfie, Robin, Ellen and Eddie travelled to the Athlone Springs Hotel to represent the North Midlands Credit Union at the Chapter 15 Final. It was an extremely tough competition but our students were at the top of their game and ended up in a three-way tie for first place. Sadly, at the end of a nail-biting tiebreaker, Alfie, Robin, Ellen and Eddie narrowly missed out on the top spot. Congratulations to you all, you did St Colman's and yourselves proud! 

January 31st 2023

Credit Union Schools Quiz

2023

The Credit Union Schools Quiz is back! After having virtual quizzes for a couple of years, the Credit Union was delighted to announce that this year's quiz will be held in person, with all schools invited to enter. The quiz was held in the Mullingar Park Hotel last night and 39 schools from the Mullingar area took part. 

Of course, St Colman's was keen to take part and after holding class quizzes in our fifth and sixth classes, we whittled it down to two teams of four to enter in the U13 age group. Team A - Shay Leavy from Ms Mc Laughlin's Sixth Class, Aoife Irvine & Daragh Mc Cabe from Mrs Connaughton's Sixth Class and Aisling Mc Cormack from Mr Ennis' Fifth Class. Team B - Alfie Rock from Ms Mc Laughlin's Sixth Class, Robin Byrne from Mrs Connaughton's Sixth Class and Ellen Gallagher & Eddie Leavy from Mr Ennis' Fifth Class.

Both teams performed extremely well throughout each round of the competition and did us proud. At the end of an extremely exciting contest, St Colman's Team B came out as the overall winning team. Huge congratulations to Alfie, Robin, Ellen and Eddie and we wish you success in the next stage of the competition which will take place in Athlone in March.

Team B - Robin, Ellen, Eddie and Alfie

Team A - Aoife, Shay, Daragh and Aisling

The winning team with Credit Union representatives