February 20, 2019
by Mrs Leyden
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During our visit to The Hidden Gardens we focused on where our food comes from. We worked collaboratively to locate the different food products on a map and then tracked the journey of the product to the UK. We learned … Continue reading
February 7, 2019
by Miss Anderson
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Primary 3 have been learning the story of Owl Babies to help with our writing. Last week we rewrote the story and today we are going to change it to another animal! Check out this clip of us practising the … Continue reading
February 1, 2019 by Mrs Marletta | 0 comments
Monthly Newsletter January 2019
Dear Parents and Carers
HAPPY NEW YEAR
I trust that you all had a relaxing holiday and are ready for the new term.
Welcome back to term 3. I hope 2019 brings you health and happiness.
New Staff
I would like to extend a warm welcome to the following new staff members who have joined us.
Ms Kenny, Ms Taylor and Ms Conway have joined our team of staff teaching children who have English as an Additional Language.
Ms Cydzik and Ms McAllister have joined our team of Support for Learning Workers and Ms Mayne has joined our team of Clerical Support Staff.
I trust you will join me in welcoming them to our school.
Attendance
The link between high attendance and high attainment has been well documented. In light of this I monitor attendance on a monthly basis and inform parents in writing if there are concerrns over a child’s attendance. Children will pick up colds and coughs and in these situations it is appropriate that the child remain at home.
School Choir
Congratulations to the school choir for their performances over the Christmas period. They brought festive joy to local residential and day-care centres as well as entertaining the citizens of Glasgow by performing in Glasgow Central Station.
The Choir are going to take a short break from practices as the year groups begin preparations for their annual school show…More information below.
Primary 6/7 School Show
Primary 6 and Primary 7 have started preparing for a performance of Cinderella Rockerfella. The show will take place on Tuesday 26th March at 1.30pm and Wednesday 27th March at 9.30am. Tickets will go on sale nearer the time.
Double Parking Outside the School
Many of you may have seen me at the front of the school deterring parents from double parking at the school entrance. Not only is this dangerous to the children exiting the car, it also causes danger to other children using the crossing patrol, other drivers accessing Calder Street and may hinder emergency services who use Calder Street to access the Glasgow Road Network. I ask you on behalf of the children in Holy Cross Primary to STOP DOUBLE PARKING OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL.
School term dates
February Mid-term break
Monday 11th February 2019
Tuesday 12 February 2019
Wednesday 13th February (In-service day)
April- Easter and Spring Holiday
Schools close at 2.30pm on Friday 29th March 2019
Schools return on Monday 15th April 2019
Friday 19th April 2019 (Good Friday)
Monday 22nd April 2019 (Easter Monday)
Other school event dates
6th March- Ash Wednesday
11th March- P7 trip to Ardentinny
26th/27th March- P6/P7 School Show
28th March- Parent/Pupil/Teacher Meetings
29th March- Mothers’ Day Service
School Sports Area
I am delighted to inform you that work has begun on taking down the trees around the pitch area adjacent to the school. This area will soon be transformed into a games are for school use. The children and staff are delighted at the prospect of having additional playground space and we are developing plans for its use throughout the school day. Many thanks go to the hard work of the Parent Council on making this a reality for our school.
Children’s Mental Health Week 4th-10th February 2019
As you may be aware we put a great deal of importance on supporting the pastoral care and wellbeing of our children. This year we are recognising Children’s Mental Health Week with a variety of activities in and out of classes, e.g.
Whole school assembly raising awareness of Healthy: Inside and Out;
Daily mindfulness session for all classes
Linking mindfulness and Mental Health to PE lessons all week;
Creative Reflection workshops (led by Place 2 be)
Creative Reflection Lunchtime Station (led by Place to be)
Please keep up to date with events through our Twitter feed @holycrosspri
Further information on Children’s Mental Health Week can be found by clicking here.
January 30, 2019
by Mrs Leyden
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Today Primary 7B visited The Hidden Gardens. We learned about the habitats of the wildlife in the gardens and about the importance of the food chain.
January 17, 2019
by Miss O'Neill
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As you can tell from previous posts, our week has consisted of tornadoes, tornadoes and MORE tornadoes! Today, in ICT, we worked with a friend to create a PowerPoint to showcase our learning from the week. We can insert images … Continue reading
January 16, 2019
by Miss O'Neill
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Primary 5’s new topic is Natural Disasters. This week, P5a have learned all about tornadoes 🌪 In maths, we are learning to read bar charts for information so we studied graphs that showed the number of tornadoes across different states in America. … Continue reading
December 14, 2018 by Mrs Marletta | 0 comments
Welcome to Primary 2/1’s review of learning! Here we will tell you some of the interesting things we have learned this term.
Primary 2 have been working hard to learn to multiply. They have been learning their times tables off by heart. They are also working on adding numbers up to 100 and are very good at using a number square.
Primary 2 have been learning about division. We use our knowledge of the multiplication tables to work out division calculations. We can also work out the answer by sharing objects equally between people.
Primary 1 have been working hard to learn to read, hear and write their sounds. For example we know ‘g’ is for Gallacher like Miss Gallacher. We also know ‘o’ is for odd, orange and on. ‘E’ is for egg, elephant and Enlgand. We could be here all day telling you about our sounds but why not ask us at home and we’ll show off more of what we know.
Primary 1 have been learning how to add 2 or more numbers together. They have lots of fun practising their skills playing ‘hit the button’. Check out the links page on the blog to see more games that you can do at home.
Primary 1 and 2 have also been learning the names and properties of 2D and 3D shapes. Ask them to teach you what they know at home!
Primary 1 and 2 have been working hard to learn their common words to make reading easier. They have also been discussing their reading books as well as inventing their own stories.
Primary 1 and 2 also worked hard to deliver an outstanding Christmas show. In preparation for this they learned songs, action and lines from a script. They had to develop their confidence enough to perform on stage and work together as a team.
Primary 2/1 love maths, maths and more maths but when they’re not doing maths & numeracy they love writing, drawing , art, playing with our friends and doing P.E.
December 12, 2018
by Mr McCrea
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Primary 5b have just finished their topic on the Scottish Wars of Independence. We have been learning about the tactics used in the battles of Stirling Bridge, Falkirk and Bannockburn. We have investigated the typical armour and weapons of the … Continue reading
December 6, 2018
by Mrs Marletta
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Another Thursday, another wonderful morning with our lovely Holy Cross Families. A massive thank you to everyone who came to spend the morning with us and joined in so enthusiastically with today’s activities. This week we tried to keep in … Continue reading
November 21, 2018
by Miss Smith
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The children completed DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) and a metaphorical book swap. They were discussing their books with their partner, stating why they picked their book and why they enjoy reading it. #bookweek#books4eva#DEAR
