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Funding bid for St Columba’s 1450th anniversary fails

OBAN’S celebrations to mark the 1,450th anniversary of the arrival of St Columba will be downsized after a funding bid failed. Argyll and Bute Council had planned an ambitious programme of events in...

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Oban pupils receive Royal thanks for shortbread

Pupils at St Columba’s Primary school in Oban have received letters of thanks from the Duchess of Cambridge and the Duchess of Cornwall after sending them a batch of their prize-winning lavender...

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Book day joy for Oban’s Polish pupils

An Argyll school, which has Polish pupils making up nearly a third of the school roll, has marked World Book Day by opening up a section in its library devoted to the language. St Columba’s Primary...

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Tributes made to tireless lifeboat fundraiser

A large gathering of mourners has paid tribute to an ‘inspirational’ fundraiser who became an honorary president of her chosen charity, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The requiem mass for...

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Drum workshop provides fun for all at Saint Columba’s Primary School

A Lochaber school was alive with the sound of music last week. Pupils from Saint Columba’s Primary School in Fort William took part in ‘Drumfun’ which provides hands on, interactive drumming programmes...

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St Columba’s school shinty team is back

Oban’s St Columba’s Primary School shinty side is back and the newly reformed team played in Lochgilphead on Saturday. The school has not had a shinty team for some years but is able to compete again...

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Mud kitchen recipe for outdoor nursery smiles

Children at St Columba Nursery, Fort William, got down in the mud this week as they enjoyed the outdoors. The school and Fiona MacLean, a Highland Council Ranger, have been working together to enhance...

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Sports day fun for St Columba’s pupils

Pupils from Oban’s St Columba’s Primary School enjoyed a fun and action- packed sports day on Friday May 19 at Mossfield Stadium. The children were piped into the ground by Oban High School Pipe Band...

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St Columba’s is Wild about Scotland

Children at St Columba’s Primary School in Oban have been busy planting tree saplings in their grounds as part of a national campaign by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. Pupils at St Columba’s...

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‘Discriminated’ Catholic pupils denied seats on school bus

Parents at a Catholic school in Oban have accused Argyll and Bute Council of discrimination, because their children’s places on a school bus have been withdrawn. The MacGregor family from Ardconnel...

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Council faces legal threat over Catholic school ‘discrimination’

The parent group of a Catholic primary school in Oban have threatened Argyll and Bute Council with legal action for ‘discrimination’, after it denied pupils seats on the school bus. The MacGregor...

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Sun shines on St Columba’s sports day

The sun was shining as parents, pupils and staff gathered at Mossfield Stadium for St Columba’s sports day on Friday May 18. The afternoon’s events got under way after Oban High School Pipe Band,...

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Fight to save clan chief’s newly found grave from the sea

The final resting place of clan chiefs of the Macleods of Lewis has likely been found in a church graveyard falling into the sea. St Columba’s Church, or Ui Church from the Gaelic for isthmus, is a...

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St Columba’s reveals new catchment area

The whole mainland area of Oban High Schools catchment area is now covered in the new catchment area as well as islands that do not require hostel accommodation for their children. The post St...

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