St. Columba's GNS app for iPhone and iPad

This app is a communication tool to help improve engagement between the school and parents/families.

Features:

• Receive notifications from the school

• Read school news and memos

• School Calendar dates

• Submit an absence notification

• Contact the office

Situated on a five acre campus in the heart of Douglas, our school has been a centre of learning for over 100 years. Our most important resource is our staff of teachers, classroom assistants, administrative and maintenance personnel. They, along with our Board of Management, acknowledge the privilege and responsibility that comes with the role of helping our pupils to grow and to learn and we are fully dedicated to fulfilling this role to the best of our ability.

The St.Columba’s Complex comprises of two parallel strips of land, divided down the centre by a long tree-lined pathway and drive way. Situated on the strip of land to the right are three buildings, St. Columba’s Boys’ National School, St. Columba’s Girls’ National School ( which is now our Senior School Building) and our Junior School building which was originally built by the Cork Deaf Association as a school for the Hearing Impaired. In 1999, the Girls’ School amalgamated with the School for Deaf Children and, hence, our Junior School houses six classes for Deaf Children and our Mainstream Junior and Senior Infant Classes.

The children in our Deaf Facility are very much an integral part of the day to day fabric of our school, integrating at lunch time, play time, assemblies, Religious Ceremonies, School Concerts, Visitor Presentations, Sporting Activities, School trips and activities, Student Council, Extra-Curricular activities and Subject Classroom Integration where appropriate and beneficial.