J1D were busy practicing their bridge hold and claw grip in Home Ec today. Brilliant knife skills boys!! 🔪👨‍🍳🍊🍓🥝 @st_colmans

J1A have been practicing their chopping techniques today making delicious and nutritious fresh fruit salad 🔪🍏🍓🍊@st_colmans

In Home Ec today, Year 8 were practicing knife skills making healthy fruit salads, while Year 10 were practicing their bread-making skills 🍌🍓🍞@st_colmans

This morning our students hand-delivered produce from the raised beds to our wonderful canteen staff, who are incorporating these fresh ingredients into today’s lunch menu. Well done gentlemen on growing the produce & contributing directly to our school community! @st_colmans 🥗 – at Newry, Northern Ireland

10A Biology students took their learning into the great outdoors today to master ecological sampling techniques. In the open lawn and the shade of the woodland, they’ve been busy identifying species and measuring biodiversity in our own backyard🌳🌼🪻@st_colmans

J2E recently said goodbye to their dear friend and classmate, Conor Fitzgibbon, who's embarking on a new adventure with his family in Dallas, Texas. We're excited to catch up with him soon and hear all about his escapades! @st_colmans

J3E showing off their amazing vegetable produce! 🥦🥕🥔 We are so proud of our student gardeners who have grown and supplied vegetables to the St Colman’s canteen, literally from plot to plate, for our delicious school meals 🍽️🧑‍🍳 @st_colmans

A huge thank you to Dr. Christina O’Rourke for delivering an inspiring careers talk to J2E! She shared her edu journey, her PhD in Cell & Molecular Bio/Plant Bio, and her impactful work in NI’s pharmaceutical industry, including Piramal, Norbrook and Almac @st_colmans 🔬🥼🌿💉💊

Our year 9 students were keeping ‘er lit at the Balmoral Show today. Brilliant company and fabulous weather - a great day out had by all ☀️🚜🐄 @st_colmans

J2E are delving into the colourful world of chromatography as part of their ‘separating mixtures’ topic in science 🧑‍🔬🎨 @st_colmans

J3E enjoying an outdoor HE lesson today. They weeded the raised beds before planting out a range of berries and vegetables and will be exercising their green fingers over the coming months, tending to the beds 🧑🏻‍🌾🥬🥦🍓🌻@st_colmans

J3E enjoying an outdoor HE class tending to our raised beds. They planted out a variety of lettuces, broccoli and scallions, along with strawberries, raspberries and sunflowers. We are looking forward to the fruits of their labour! 🥬🥦🍓🌻🧑🏻‍🌾@st_colmans

Year 9 student separating salt 🧂 from rock salt 🪨 in Science and updating a log of their experiments in their digital folders 🧑‍🔬🧑‍💻 @st_colmans

J3E looking fiendishly happy with themselves for creating spooktacular chocolate apples in HE today 🍫🍏🎃👻