St. Colman's Primary School, Dromore
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St. Colman's Primary School is a primary school
located in Dromore
, County Down
, Northern Ireland
. It caters for girls and boys aged from 3 to 11 and has 90 pupils. The school lies only 500 yards north of the town and almost all of the pupils come from the town and the surrounding area. It is within the Southern Education and Library Board
area.
The school is sited in pleasant surroundings on Gallows Street, beside the Roman Catholic chapel
, to which the school is linked.
In February 2006 St. Colman's Primary School won a prize of £200 and the Silver Birch certificate, as runner-up in the Banbridge Yellow Woods Challenge – the schools recycling environmental competition run by Yellow Pages
, working with the Woodland Trust
and Banbridge District Council.
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
located in Dromore
Dromore, County Down
Dromore is a small market town in the Banbridge District of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is south-west of Belfast, on the A1 Belfast – Dublin road. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 4,968 people....
, County Down
County Down
-Cities:*Belfast *Newry -Large towns:*Dundonald*Newtownards*Bangor-Medium towns:...
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. It caters for girls and boys aged from 3 to 11 and has 90 pupils. The school lies only 500 yards north of the town and almost all of the pupils come from the town and the surrounding area. It is within the Southern Education and Library Board
Southern Education and Library Board
The Southern Education and Library Board is a board providing education and library services in the southern districts of Northern Ireland: namely the district councils of Armagh, Banbridge, Cookstown, Craigavon, Dungannon and South Tyrone, and Newry and Mourne...
area.
The school is sited in pleasant surroundings on Gallows Street, beside the Roman Catholic chapel
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
, to which the school is linked.
In February 2006 St. Colman's Primary School won a prize of £200 and the Silver Birch certificate, as runner-up in the Banbridge Yellow Woods Challenge – the schools recycling environmental competition run by Yellow Pages
Yellow Pages
Yellow Pages refers to a telephone directory of businesses, organized by category, rather than alphabetically by business name and in which advertising is sold. As the name suggests, such directories were originally printed on yellow paper, as opposed to white pages for non-commercial listings...
, working with the Woodland Trust
Woodland Trust
The Woodland Trust is a conservation charity in the United Kingdom concerned with the protection and sympathetic management of native woodland heritage.-History:...
and Banbridge District Council.