Day Two at Barcaple has been nothing short of fantastic! From the early morning wake-up to a peaceful evening by the bonfire, our Primary 7s have thrown themselves into every challenge, showing resilience, teamwork, and determination. The day began bright and early, with everyone up at 7:45am and heading to breakfast at 8:15am. With options of bacon, sausages, scrambled eggs, beans, toast, cereals, and juice, the children made sure to
What a fantastic first day our Primary 7s have had at Barcaple! From the moment they set off this morning to lights out tonight, the children have been full of excitement, laughter, and adventure. 
The day started bright and early as our P7s left for Barcaple at 9:30am, buzzing with anticipation. The bus journey was full of chatter and smiles 
as they enjoyed spending time with friends on
In the last 15 minutes of the day, our P5-7 pupils had a fantastic time exploring their brand-new play zones! As part of our journey towards integrating more play pedagogy into the school, the upper classroom has been re-organised to allow for more free play, creativity, and discovery. The pupils loved having the freedom to choose and explore these engaging areas: 
Creative Zone:Packed with all sorts of artistic materials,
In the lead-up to International Women’s Day, our P5-7 class explored an important story from the Bible – The Woman at the Well. This story helped us reflect on how Jesus valued and treated everyone as equals, even when society at the time did not. The pupils were fascinated to learn that, in a time when women were often overlooked, Jesus made no distinction. He spoke to the woman at
P1 – 4 went on a treasure hunt to find different denominations in our school grounds. In a race against the clock, they had to hunt for money cards that matched the values of the coins they had been given. Once they had sought and and retrieved the coin cards on their list, they were challenged to sort them from the least to highest value. Working in teams, they developed
On Friday afternoon, Primary 1-4 had a fantastic time celebrating Fairtrade with the Eco Committee! We learned all about the importance of Fairtrade, enjoyed some delicious Fairtrade snacks and drinks, and put our knowledge to the test in an exciting Kahoot quiz—hosted by our very own Kamil! It was great to see everyone working together, thinking carefully about the quiz questions, and cheering each other on. We discovered how Fairtrade
Today, St. Joseph’s R.C. Primary took part in Internet Safety Day, and what an incredible day it was! Our Digital Leaders – Ross, Kamil, and Danielle – took the lead in preparing and delivering two fantastic lessons, one for each of our classrooms (P1-4 and P5-7). The lessons were carefully planned to ensure that every pupil learned important ways to stay safe online. Our Digital Leaders did a brilliant job
Today, we were delighted to welcome back Wool Craft Club with Mrs Mann and Mrs T. Hilferty, and we have an exciting new project just in time for Easter! This term, our talented young crafters will be learning how to knit their very own small Easter bunny—how cute! Knitting is a fantastic skill that helps develop patience, focus, and creativity, and we can’t wait to see the children’s progress over
Our Primary 6 and 7 pupils have been taking part in Bikeability, a fantastic programme designed to help them develop essential cycling skills and road safety awareness. Over the past two sessions, they have been getting to grips with the basics, starting with bike checks to ensure their bikes are safe and ready to ride. They then moved on to practising their cycling skills around the playground, focusing on balance,
today as part of the Glasgow Science Festival. Two pupils from our cluster schools came together from the following primaries: The children were set an engineering design and construction project to make a free standing exercise bike for a gym. The specification was that the exercise must have: Marks Sheering from Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) and Sheena, STEM ambassador joined us to be our judges. It wasn’t an easy
