Today we worked on our Power Maths books. We looked at the place value activities and applied the skills of partitioning, ordering and sorting numbers. Mr Green was very impressed!   Homework this week is a special task for the whole school. Each child has been given a hand print and on each finger the should … Continue reading “Power Maths” Continue reading →

Today in maths we demonstrated how we can round a number to the nearest 10, the nearest 100 and the nearest 1000. Continue reading →

Well done to the twenty-two pupils who made it onto this week’s Good Work Wall! As you can see from the photograph above, the children produced work of a very high quality and were all worthy winners of a sticker and two House tokens. Well done, boys and girls! It was an absolute pleasure meeting … Continue reading “Tuesday 15th September 2020” Continue reading →

I had a very busy, but thoroughly enjoyable, first week here in Cathedral Primary. As well as having meetings with Derek Brown (Executive Director, Education & Families), Brendan Duffy (our school’s Quality Improvement Manager), and the other OLHS cluster Head Teachers, I also managed to have dedicated meetings with the Lead Practitioners from the Nursery, … Continue reading “Monday 14th September 2020” Continue reading →

Today we described an underground train journey, using what we have learned about rhythm and rhyme. We then used the title ‘Above My Head’ as our inspiration for another piece of writing Primary 6/7 enjoyed outdoor PE again today. Playing team games that involve fitness, strategy and teamwork. Continue reading →

Today we imagined that we were standing in a busy city, and using our prior knowledge from this week’s language lessons we had to visualise and describe what was beneath our feet. Today we got to take part in Woodlands Primary Schools first virtual assembly. We listened to Mr Green, Miss Ferguson and Mrs Thomson. … Continue reading ““Cool Class” Thursday” Continue reading →

Primary 1a –  Ella Primary 1b – Holly Primary 1c – Maria Primary 1d – Ethan Primary 2a – Ruby Primary 2b – Grace Primary 2c – Brianna Primary 3a – Jakub Primary 3b – Connor Primary 3c – Zarah Primary 4a – Kim Primary 4b – Monica Primary 4c – Antoine Primary 5a – … Continue reading “THIS WEEK’S SUPERSTARS!” Continue reading →

There was great excitement across the school yesterday when I informed the children about some changes to weekly Pupil of the Week awards. From tomorrow, the Pupil of the Week from each class will receive one of the certificates shown above, have their name posted on the school website and also be rewarded with an … Continue reading “Thursday 10th September 2020” Continue reading →

Some fantastic work today with our handwriting joins. The children also analysed and explored  our poetry book Underneath My Feet. Children identified rhyming patterns, discussed stanza structure and debated how certain words rhyme by considering different accents around the United Kingdom. Continue reading →

Today the boys and girls were put through their paces by the NLC coaches. They practised movement patterns and listening to game instructions. Continue reading →