Mayor opens new Sensory Garden at St. Colmcille's Primary School & Nursery Unit in Claudy

The Mayor Councillor Grace Uí Niallais has officially opened the new Sensory Garden at  St. Colmcille's Primary School & Nursery Unit in Claudy with the help of pupils, Sean and Ceala with school principal Miss Susan Deighan and Gina Healy and Martina Quinn from The Friends of St Colmcille’s Primary School.placeholder image
The Mayor Councillor Grace Uí Niallais has officially opened the new Sensory Garden at St. Colmcille's Primary School & Nursery Unit in Claudy with the help of pupils, Sean and Ceala with school principal Miss Susan Deighan and Gina Healy and Martina Quinn from The Friends of St Colmcille’s Primary School. | Martin McKeown

The new sensory garden was created thanks to funding raised by The Friends of St Colmcille’s

The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Grace Uí Niallais has officially opened a new Sensory Garden at St. Colmcille's Primary School & Nursery Unit in Claudy.

Pupils, Sean and Ceala, were on hand to help with the official opening, which was also attended by school principal Miss Susan Deighan and Gina Healy and Martina Quinn from The Friends of St Colmcille’s Primary School.

The Mayor Councillor Grace Uí Niallais  pictured with Tom and Clodagh from St. Colmcille's Primary School & Nursery Unit's ECO-Schools Committee in Claudy, principal Susan Deighan and caretaker James Hasson as they planted oak trees grown from acorns collected by the children at the school.placeholder image
The Mayor Councillor Grace Uí Niallais pictured with Tom and Clodagh from St. Colmcille's Primary School & Nursery Unit's ECO-Schools Committee in Claudy, principal Susan Deighan and caretaker James Hasson as they planted oak trees grown from acorns collected by the children at the school. | Martin McKeown

Members of The Friends of St Colmcille’s group raised the funding to create the garden, which is a very welcome addition to the school.

During the official opening the Mayor also helped to plant oak trees grown from acorns collected by the children at the school.

The acorns were nurtured by school caretaker James Hasson.

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