Our World Book Day costume parade at Columbia Primary was full of incredible characters and big smiles. A huge thank you to all the families and teachers who supported the event — together we raised over £1300 to help fund an inclusive reading space for our students. 💫
#WorldBookDay #ColumbiaPrimary #SchoolCommunity
🏆 Congratulations to our Quiz Night winners - the “Janice Made Me Do It” team!
Big thanks to John at @royaloakcolumbiaroad for donating the venue, a £50 bar tab for🥇 and a bottle of wine for🥈(team “Scamazed”) and to @holyshot.cafe for a £15 coffee voucher for the team with the funniest answer (team “your kids futures are in our hands”).
Thank you to Jo and Karina for hosting and organising such a fantastic fundraiser — we raised over £250 to fund a bike and scooter storage space for our students - a brilliant evening for the Columbia Primary community! 🎉
#columbiaprimaryschool #quizzing #bikeandscoot2school
🧠 Quiz Night at @royaloakcolumbiaroad was a huge success!
Parents and teachers battled it out for quiz glory while raising funds for Columbia Primary School.
All funds raised will go towards building a new bike and scooter storage area for the school. 🚲🛴
#ColumbiaPrimary #SchoolFundraiser #QuizNight #BikeToSchool #ScooterToSchool
The students are loving choosing a new story at our World Book Day book swap today. A big thank you to all the families who donated books to make it possible — so many great reads finding new homes! ✨📖
#WorldBookDay #ColumbiaPrimary #BookSwap #LoveReading
📚✨ Kicking off World Book Day 2026 at Columbia Primary with our wonderful Reception class and teachers! Fantastic costumes, big imaginations, and a brilliant start to a day celebrating the joy of reading. 📖💫
#WorldBookDay #ColumbiaPrimary #LoveReading
🎭✨ Another brilliant performance from the Columbia Players of Toy Shop— confident, creative and so much fun to watch. Huge thanks to @sophie_hopgood for making it all happen and inspiring our young performers 💙 #ColumbiaPlayers #ToyShop #ThanksSophie #Drama
It’s the final Winter Wednesday tomorrow evening. 🍷☕ Join us from 5pm on Columbia Road for mulled wine, hot chocolate, mince pies and festive crafts, all in support of Columbia Primary. Thanks to the local community’s incredible generosity so far, we’re on track to raise over £15,000 for the school 🤍 Big thanks to @stephen_palmer_hogan@kathryndale28@_shelley_shells@kimtran0 and @islahaigh for all their hard work behind the scenes. #FriendsOfColumbia #WinterWednesdays #SchoolFundraising #Community
Thanks to our amazing school community, we raised over £1,600 for Columbia Primary at the Winter Fair! ❄️ 🙌 Jarbola, bat the rat, football, crafts, nail painting and henna — so much fun and all for a great cause 💙 #FriendsOfColumbia #WinterFair #CommunitySpirit #ColumbiaPrimary
A huge thank you to @beth_lynch_ and @jackridley_music , who have given their time and talent over the years to run Columbia’s beloved school choir, Columbia Voices 🎶💛
Their final performance last summer — set to Rhythm of Life & When I Grow Up — was the perfect finale to many joyful rehearsals and performances.🌟
If any parents are interested in running a club or activity from January, our Head Teacher, Olly would love to hear from you — please get in touch! 🙌
#ColumbiaPrimary #ColumbiaVoices #ThankYouBeth&Jack
Bravo to The Columbia Players for a brilliant performance of “I dream of a world where…” 🎭✨
A massive thank you to @sophie_hopgood for volunteering for the 4th year to run Drama club with such energy, patience, and passion. Sophie, your time and commitment mean so much to the children and the Columbia Primary community. 💛
Be sure to catch the Columbia Players’ 9th performance on 11 December.
#TheColumbiaPlayers #DramaClub #ColumbiaPrimary #AfterSchoolMagic #ThankYouSophie
What a fiesta! 💀🎉🇲🇽 Our Day of the Dead celebration lit up Columbia Primary— with tacos 🌮 and margaritas from the legends at @smokestakuk , pancakes, fairy floss, handmade crafts, flower headbands, 💐 and face painting 🎨 Thanks to the incredible efforts of our volunteers and everyone who came along to celebrate - you helped raise a whopping £3,750 for the School!! 💫❤️
#ColumbiaPrimary #FriendsofColumbia #DayOfTheDead #DíadelosMuertos
To celebrate World Poetry Day 🌍✨ this year, Friends of Columbia and the School organised a joyful Book Swap. Every child got to pick out two books to take home and share - one child’s old favourite is another’s new adventure 📚💫
#WorldPoetryDay #ColumbiaPrimary #FriendsOfColumbia #BookSwap #LoveReading
