Session 2025 – 26
Week ending 5th December 2025
Values
Room 1 – Zaynab for Love
Room 2 – Stanley for Friendship
Room 3 – Sophia for Kindness and Respect
Room 4 – Ciaran for Kindness
Room 5 – Carrick for Responsibility
Room 6 – Caitlin for Kindness and Respect
Room 7 – Mila for Faith
Room 8 – Lily for Kindness
Room 9 – Mia for Kindness & Respect
Room 10 – Ella for Kindness & Respect
Skills Awards
Room 1 – Hope-Ivy for Encouraging
Room 2 – Leo for Thinking Skills
Room 3 – Aiden for Listening
Room 4 – Emmanuel for Literacy
Room 5 – Karleigh for Resilience
Room 6 – George for Motivation
Room 7 – Robbie for Responsibility
Room 8 – Conor for Respect
Room 9 – Jacob for Self-Motivating
Room 10 – Ethan for Self-Motivating
Advent Assembly
Many thanks to our P6 parents/carers for attending our second Advent Assembly on Wednesday. The P6 children led us in the second part of the story. Thanks also to our choir who performed at the event prior to going to sing at Loaves and Fishes.
Next Wednesday we invite our P5 parents/carers to attend. We will open the doors at 9.20am with a start time of 9.25am. The assembly will take about 20 minutes.
Parental Engagement
Thank you to our Room 8 parents and carers who attended the Parental Engagement on Thursday. The children were very enthusiastic to share their digital learning. They devised their own quiz and demonstrated how to create an image on Adobe Express.
Loaves and Fishes
Donations are most welcome until Thursday morning. An uplift has been arranged for that day. We have a few donations of food and toiletries at present but would be very grateful of some more to give to those in need at this festive time of year. Please donate what you can.
After School Clubs
This will be the final week for athletics and choir.
Monday 8th December – Athletics
Thursday 11th December – Choir
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 28th November 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Nadia for Star Helper
Room 2 – Penny for Star Effort
Room 3 – Rosie for Star Effort
Room 4 – Aiden for Star Phoneme
Room 5 – Sam for Star Maths
Room 6 – Rory for Star Effort
Room 7 – Abbey for Star Numeracy
Room 8 – Lily-Rose for Star Art and Kindness
Room 9 – Layla for Star Effort
Room 10 – Finley for Star Confidence in Reading
Skills Awards
Room 1 – Clara for Creativity
Room 2 – Nneoma for Encouraging
Room 3 – Orlagh for Listening
Room 4 – Wiktoria for Motivation
Room 5 – Ryn for Responsibility
Room 6 – Cody for Empathy
Room 7 – Lucas B for Listening
Room 8 – Essa for Respect
Room 9 – Rory for Imagination
Room 10 – Andrew for Adapting
Advent Assembly
Many thanks to our P7 parents/carers for attending our first Advent Assembly on Wednesday. The P7 children led us in the first part of the story. Thanks also to our choir who will be performing at all events.
Next Wednesday we invite our P6 parents/carers to attend. Our choir need to rush off to Loaves and Fishes, so we are aiming to have the doors open at 9.20am with a start time of 9.25am.
Christmas Fayre
A huge thank you to our PTA for organising a fantastic Christmas Fayre on Saturday. It was a great success and was so well supported by our families and community attending.
After School Clubs
Monday 1st December – Athletics
Thursday 4th December – Choir
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 21st November 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Aiden Mc for Star Maths
Room 2 – Idris for Star Effort
Room 3 – Ezra for Star Writer
Room 4 – Isabella for Star Effort
Room 5 – Logan for Star Behaviour and Attitude
Room 6 – Aahid for Star Maths
Room 7 – Inayah and Zanelle for Star Maths
Room 8 – Connor for Star Maths
Room 9 – Hannah for Star Effort
Room 10 – Callan for Star Role Model
Skills Awards
Room 1 – Harry for Inspiring
Room 2 – Amelia for Empathy
Room 3 – Charlotte for Empathy
Room 4 – Mairead for Adapting
Room 5 – Matthew for Creativity and Inspiring
Room 6 – Murron for Working with Others
Room 7 – Koko for Creativity and Innovation
Room 8 – Zara for Reliability
Room 9 – Orlaith for Creativity
Room 10 – Kalli for Working with Others
Catholic Education Week
From 16th November to 30th November, the Feast Days of St. Margaret and St. Andrew we annually celebrate Catholic Education Week across Scotland. Within classes during RE lessons the children have been engaging in a variety of experiences linked to being Pilgrims of Hope, the Jubilee Year Theme.
Today at Assembly some of P7 led us in a prayer and reflection session on this theme.
We reflected on how we can build on our relationship with God, with others and with the environment. Furthermore, in our journey as a Pilgrim of Hope we can live life with an open heart, thinking mind and working hands through using our gifts and talents to help others, make the world better and recognising that even small steps taken can lead to better things and change. As Pilgrims of Hope, we aim to act with kindness, faith and courage.
Book Week Scotland
We have had a very busy week enjoying lots of activities linked to Book Week Scotland. One activity was for our upper and lower school classes who had shared learning time together and created their own Paper Doll after reading the book.
P1-3 have all received their Scottish Book Trust bag and we hope you enjoy reading these at home together.
Advent Assembly
A polite reminder that P7 parents/carers are invited to attend our first Advent Assembly on Wednesday 26th November. The main office doors will open at 9.10am. Please leave this area clear at 9am so that we can safely have any latecomers enter the school. Staff will advise when we are able to invite guests in. Many thanks.
Christmas Fayre
The PTA Christmas Fayre opens at 10am on Saturday 22nd November. We look forward to welcoming you along.
Loaves and Fishes
Our Mini-Vinnies will be collecting donations for Loaves and Fishes from Monday 1st – Friday 12th December. These can be sent in with your child or handed into the school office. One or two items per donation will make a big difference to the collection we can gather.
Donations can be non-perishable food, household cleaning products and toiletries. Thank you so much for your support.
After School Clubs
Monday 24th November – Athletics
Tuesday 25th November – Dancing and Boxing (last week for both)
Thursday 27th November – Choir
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 14th November 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Quinn for Star Signer in Makaton
Room 2 – Aisha for Staf Effort
Room 3 – Lucy for Star Attitude
Room 4 – Alfie for Star Effort
Room 5 – Oli for Star Attitude
Room 6 – Caitlin for Star Effort and Attitude
Room 7 – Jax for Star Effort
Room 8 – Charlie for Star Effort
Room 9 – Caiden for Star Maths
Room 10 – Karla for Star Writer
Skills Awards
Room 1 – Eze for Listening
Room 2 – Charlie for Resilience
Room 3 – Connor for Innovation
Room 4 – Lewis for Working with Others
Room 5 – Rory for Working with Others
Room 6 – Aria for Empathy
Room 7 – Stephen for Higher Order Thinking Skills
Room 8 – Alfie for Listening
Room 9 – Harley for Giving Information
Room 10 – Dominic for Responsibility
Anti-Bullying Week
This week our children have been engaging in lessons around the theme of anti-bullying and gaining a deeper understanding on how impactful our words and actions can have at times on others. We regularly celebrate the kindness of others and friendship shown but it is also important that children understand the negative impact that sometimes our behaviour can have on other people and their feelings. Please discuss this theme with your child at home and what they have been learning about this week.
Book Week Scotland
Next week is Book Week Scotland and our P1-3 children will be gifted their Book Bag from The Scottish Book Trust. These are fantastic bags containing books and games. Reading has significant positive impact on a child’s development and is one of the main things as educators we urge parents to do at home on a nightly basis. Enjoying books together, talking about the book, predicting what might happen, developing vocabulary and knowledge about the world. This also then leads into enhancing their development of literacy skills, critical thinking, imagination and raised attainment. It further supports with emotional and social intelligence as well as comfort and security. Daily reading at home is essential and strongly encouraged.
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-scotland
Faith in Action
Father Dominic spent the afternoon yesterday with Primary 6 discussing his vocation period in Bolivia. This country is one that is supported via our work with MISSIO, and it was insightful gaining information from Father Dominic about the country and his experiences there.
Dairy Farm
P6 had another visitor this week, this time from Smartstems. An ambassador from the company spoke with the children about the use of technology within farming.
Travelling Cribs
Our Travelling Cribs will begin coming home this month. Please complete the opt-out form if you do not want the crib to come to your home. If we do not receive communication regarding opting-out, then your child will receive it one evening to take home. There is no need to opt-in. Please ensure your child returns it the following day as another child will be waiting to take it home.
https://forms.gle/v9RyD3W4E6cX4odG9
After School Clubs
Monday 17th November – Athletics
Tuesday 18th November – Dancing and Boxing
Thursday 20th November – Choir (football is not running again prior to Christmas)
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website. Please take a note of dates of the school holidays.
Week ending 7th November 2025
Values Awards
Our school values are; Kindness, Respect, Faith, Honesty, Friendship and Love.
Our monthly winners are as follows.
Room 1 – Millie for Respect
Room 2 – Zoya for Friendship
Room 3 – Orlaith for Respect
Room 4 – Wiktoria for Friendship
Room 5 – Blake for Respect
Room 6 – Olaedo for Friendship
Room 7 – Zayn for Respect
Room 8 – Ellie for Respect
Room 9 – Darcie for Respect
Room 10 – Caitlin for Friendship
Skills Awards
We have introduced Skills Awards based on the South Lanarkshire Skills Framework that we use in school. There is a wide variety of skills that we aim for our children to develop over their time at school. A copy of the attached document outlines these skills for learning, life and work.
Weekly we will now have a Skills Award incorporated into our Assembly.
Room 1 – Zoey for Resilience
Room 2 – Mia for Listening
Room 3 – Qasim for Listening
Room 4 – Theo for Resilience
Room 5 – Elliot for Using ICT Software
Room 6 – Stirling for Literacy and Numeracy
Room 7 – Zanelle for Perseverance
Room 8 – Orla for Cooperation
Room 9 – Roman for Responsibility
Room 10 – Leo for Numeracy
Faith in Action
Thank you to our Mini-Vinnies and PFFA children for leading us in the Rosary during the month of October.
In this month of November, we remember our deceased family and friends. Room 8 have written beautiful poems which are on display at our entrance way.
We had the pleasure of attending Mass on Thursday to celebrate the Feast Day of St. Leonard. The children sang beautifully and answered Father Dominic’s questions. He continued to remind the children about how much God loves them and that we are all special.
Parent Council and PTA
A reminder that both meetings will be held on Wednesday 12th November.
Parent Council – 6.15pm
PTA – 7pm
MISSIO Competition
Our MISSIO Ambassadors organised a Bolivia Research competition.
Well done to the winners and to all who took part.
Bolivia is one of the countries where MISSIO brings hope by providing healthcare, education and technological support.
Anti-Bullying Week
Next week in classes the children will be participating in lessons in relation to Anti-Bullying. The theme of this year is The Power of One.
Further information can be found via the following websites;
https://www.respectme.org.uk/information-parents/
https://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/anti-bullying-week-2025/parents-and-carers
Switch Off Fortnight, Caring for Our Planet
We are about to start Switch Off Fortnight. Please consider at home as we are in school about switching off lights when not needed.
This will help to save money, electricity and reduce the amount of carbon released into the environment.
After School Clubs
Tuesday 11th November – Dancing and Boxing
Thursday 12th November – P6 Football and Choir
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website. Please take a note of dates of the school holidays.
A polite reminder that the school is closed on Monday 10th November due to a Staff Inservice Day. Pupils do not attend.
A copy of our November and December Events were issued earlier in the week via ParentsPortal. These have also been added to the Diary Dates section of our website.
Week ending 24th October 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Daryl for Star Literacy
Room 2 – Leo for Star Worker
Room 3 – Qasim for Star Effort
Room 4 – Joshu for Star Effort
Room 5 – Lochlan for Star Writer
Room 6 – Samuel for Star Effort
Room 7 – Macie for Star Multiplication
Room 8 – Callan for Star Helper at The Rosary
Room 9 – Emily De for Star Helper
Room 10 – Isla for Star Writer
Congratulations
We would like to congratulate Mrs Rigg and her husband on the birth of Alexander and Grace on Monday afternoon. The babies arrived earlier than planned but are doing well.
Furthermore, our fabulous cleaner, Elaine became a granny to baby Renley a few weeks ago and is glowing with pride.
MISSIO
A reminder that children are welcome to bring in a few pennies every week to pop in their class MISSIO donation box. Thank you for your support in this. Further details on the charity can be found via their website: https://missio.org.uk/
Our P6 MISSIO Champions collect in the money weekly.
Mass
Our MISSIO Champions and Mini-Vinnies are invited to attend 10am mass on Sunday 26th October. Children should sit anywhere in the Church with their families and are not required to be in uniform. Father Dominic would like to welcome you and share with the parish the work that you are doing.
Parish Update
The Children’s Liturgy resumes on Sunday 26th October at 10am Mass. All children are welcome to go to this during Mass.
Father Dominic has also invited the children to a Halloween Party on Sunday 2nd November at 2pm in the Church Hall.
Disco
Many thanks to our PTA for organising the Halloween Disco on 23rd October. The children thoroughly enjoyed the event.
Halloween
Please note that we will not be celebrating Halloween in school and children should come to school on Friday 31st October in uniform. The disco is in lieu of in school celebrations as in recent years this became overwhelming for many of our children.
P7 Welcome Mass
Many thanks to our P7 children and families for their attendance on Wednesday evening at the Welcome Mass at SASB. It was lovely to see so many of our children there and to experience the first phase of the transition process.
Flu Immunisation
The flu team will be administering the flu immunisation on Monday 27th October. Your child will only be given this if you have returned the consent form.
After School Clubs
Monday 27th Oct – Athletics
Tuesday 28th Oct – Boxing and Dancing
Thursday 30th Oct – P6 Football and Choir
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website. Please take a note of dates of the school holidays.
Week ending 10th October 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Daryl for Star Literacy
Room 2 – Nico for Star Effort
Room 3 – Scott for Star Maths
Room 4 – Elisha for Star Writer
Room 5 – Rory for Star Maths
Room 6 – Harley for Star Effort
Room 7 – Abbey for Star Effort
Room 8 – Aidan for Star Worker
Room 9 – Mia for Star Effort
Room 10 – Kalli for Star Writer
MISSIO
Today we welcomed Gerard from MISSIO to our Assembly. He spoke to the children about the work that the charity does and how their fundraising helps. Our MISSIO Champions in P6 collect in weekly donations from all classes. Children are welcome to bring in a few pennies every week to pop in their class donation box. Thank you for your support in this. Further details on the charity can be found via their website: https://missio.org.uk/
Pope Leo and Bishop Toal ask that in schools we support this as our main charity, and we have done so for many years. We have achieved 5 Star Status as a MISSIO school, one of very few in Scotland.
Parents’ Evening
Many thanks for your attendance at our Parents’ Evening this week.
After School Clubs
Monday 20th Oct – Athletics
Tuesday 21st Oct – Boxing and Dancing
Thursday 23rd Oct – P7 Football
Thursday 23rd Oct – Choir
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website. Please take a note of dates of the school holidays.
Have a lovely holiday week and we look forward to welcoming everyone back to school on Monday 20th October.
Week ending 3rd October 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Jeremi for Star Maths
Room 2 – Kyla for Star Writer
Room 3 – Orlagh for Star Worker
Room 4 – Niamh for Star Effort
Room 5 – Karleigh for Star Writer
Room 6 – Addison for Star Worker
Room 7 – Rian for Star Effort
Room 8 – Ben for Star Literacy
Room 9 – Chloe for Star Reader
Room 10 – Payton for Star Effort
Values
Room 1 – Ciaran for Kindness
Room 2 – Idris for Friendship
Room 3 – Ruth for Kindness and Love
Room 4 – Ciaran for Respect
Room 5 – Eva for Respect
Room 6 – Andrew for Kindness and Friendship
Room 7 – Sophia for Friendship
Room 8 – Conor for Respect and Kindness
Room 9 – Aidan for Kindness and Respect
Room 10 – Cameron for Respect
Parish Links
Sacramental dates are as follows:
P3 First Confession – Monday 16th March from 6pm. Please note that an appointment time will be provided to you nearer the time.
P4 First Holy Communion – Saturday 9th May at 10am.
P7 Confirmation – a date will be issued to us from the Diocese. We will notify parents once we are in receipt of this.
Our P6 MISSIO Champions and P5 Mini-Vinnies are invited to attend a Commissioning Mass on Sunday 26th October at 10am. We warmly invite you to attend and share in this parish celebration.
Restart a Heart
This week our classes engaged in a live lesson on CPR and using a Defib. This can be viewed again by you at home if you wish to do so via the link.
Our PTA held a fundraiser last term to raise funds for a Defib, and we are delighted to announce that this is now in our possession. It will be held in the school office, hopefully never to be used! Our thanks go to everyone for raising the funds for this very important lifesaving device.
Parents’ Evening
Thank you for booking your appointment for Parents’ Evening on Wednesday 8th October. If you haven’t done so, then this should be done via ParentPay no later than Monday. If possible, it would be better for children to not attend. However, if you do need to bring them then they should always remain in the hall with you.
Please note that appointments to meet with the class teacher to discuss progress will take place on this date only. We cannot offer appointments out with this time due to working hour allocations.
Our next Parents’ Evening will take place on Thursday 26th March.
After School Clubs
Tuesday 7th Oct – Boxing and Dancing
Thursday 9th Oct – P6 Football
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website. Please take a note of dates of the school holidays.
A polite reminder that the school is closed Monday 13th – Friday 17th October.
Week ending 25th September 2025
Rookie Rockstars
Thank you for your support in attending this week’s concerts. The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience and gained a lot from the message behind the Rookie Rockstars programme about mental health and bullying.
Thank you to our PTA for booking this and for supporting in this venture.
After School Clubs
Tuesday 30th Sept – Boxing and Dancing
Thursday 2nd Oct – P7 Football
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website. Please take a note of dates of the school holidays.
Week ending 19th September 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Matthew for Star Athlete
Room 2 – Blake for Star Effort
Room 3 – Sophia H for Star Respect and Manners
Room 4 – Travis for Star Listener and Effort
Room 5 – Aanya for Star Writer
Room 6 – Kayden for Star Literacy
Room 7 – Kian for Star Maths
Room 8 – Ciaran for Star Effort as Vice-Captain
Room 9 – Kieran for Star Maths
Room 10 – Leo for Star Effort
Rookie Rockstars
An email was issued today with a registration link to assist us with information on how many children are attending the concert.
Children should arrive at 6pm via the main school entrance and report to the PTA/Staff in the dining hall. They should be collected following the concert at 7.30pm. For safe exit we will dismiss children via the dining hall class by class. Parents/carers are asked to wait in the playground at this time.
Summer Reading Challenge
Rosslyn from St. Leonard’s Library visited us at Assembly today to present children with The Summer Reading Challenge Certificates. We had 21 children participate. Well done!
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website. Please take a note of dates of the school holidays.
Week ending 12th September 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Killian for Star Helper
Room 2 – Charlie for Star Reader
Room 3 – Kai for Star Literacy
Room 4 – Grace for Star Effort
Room 5 – Blake for Star Attitude
Room 6 – Aria for Star Effort
Room 7 – Mila for Star Attitude
Room 8 – Orla for Star Artist
Room 9 – Jacob for Star Effort
Room 10 – Ella for Star Worker
Rookie Rockstars
A ParentsPortal message was issued today with regards to the Rookie Rockstars PTA Event.
Tickets will be on sale next week once we have the payment link.
After School Clubs
Tuesday 16th September – Boxing P7
Tuesday 16th September – Dancing P4-5
Thursday 18th September – Football P6
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website. Please take note of dates of school holidays.
Week ending 5th September 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Nancy for Star Helper
Room 2 – Nneoma for Star Helper
Room 3 – Oliver for Star Effort and Attitude
Room 4 – Kian for Star Listener
Room 5 – Callum for Star Maths
Room 6 – Orlaith Rose for Star Effort and Attitude
Room 7 – Robbie for Star Effort
Room 8 – Caelan for Star Effort in Writing
Room 9 – Oma for Star Listener
Room 10 – James for Star Pupil
Values
Room 1 – Harry for Respect
Room 2 – Patrick for Respect
Room 3 – Daisy for Kindness
Room 4 – Ijeoma for Respect
Room 5 – Annais for Friendship
Room 6 – Max for Respect
Room 7 – Mila for Respect
Room 8 – Oscar for Respect
Room 9 – Shay for Friendship
Room 10 – Finley for Friendship
Parent Council and PTA
Thank you to those who attended our AGMs this week
Election results are as follows:
Parent Council
Chair – Mhairi Eshghi
Vice-Chair – Marianne Doherty
PTA
Co-Chair – Laura Nelson and Fiona Kelly
Secretary – Tracey Cassidy
Treasurer – Jules McWee
Date of next meeting – Wednesday 12th November
Rookie Rockstars
Rookie Rockstars will be visiting our school to work with the children on mental wellbeing. They will learn songs and undertake some class lessons. A concert has been organised for Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th September, starting at 6.30pm. All children are invited to attend one evening and tickets will be available for sale next week. Look out for information which will be issued on Monday about this.
https://rookierockstars.org.uk/
P7 Carfin
Our P7 class attended a Jubilee Celebration Mass along with 2000 other P7 pupils from schools in Motherwell Diocese yesterday at Carfin. This was a wonderful opportunity to come together to celebrate the Jubilee Year and reflect on how they are also Pilgrims of Hope.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website. Please take note of dates of school holidays.
Week ending 29th August 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 –Callum for Star Effort
Room 1 – Callum for Star Effort
Room 2 – Dottie for Star Writer
Room 3 – Siannan for Star Writer
Room 4 – Theo for Star Listener
Room 5 – Hayuni for Star Writer and Artist
Room 6 – Ivy for Star Attitude
Room 7 – Sophia for Star Attitude
Room 8 – Jude for Star Respect
Room 9 – Oliver for Star Respect
Room 10 – Murron for Star Helper
Parent Council and PTA
Our Parent Council AGM will take place on Wednesday 3rd September at 6.15pm. Our PTA AGM will be held on the same evening at 7pm. New members are most welcome.
After School Clubs
Thursday 4th Sept – P6/7 Football
More clubs will be organised in due course.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website. Please take note of dates of school holidays.
Week ending 22nd August 2025
Welcome
A warm welcome back to school to all our pupils, staff and families. A Welcome Back Newsletter was issued this week and has key information in it. Please do take a few minutes to read over it.
As always, we will have a brief weekly blog and communicate information this way or via ParentsPortal. The office can assist if you have any problems initially logging on to ParentsPortal if you are a new parent.
Please ensure that all paperwork issued either in paper format or electronically is completed and returned as soon as possible e.g. Annual Data Checks, Flu Forms and Photograph Permission.
Star Workers
Room 1 – All of P1 for being Star Workers
Room 2 – All of P2 for being Star Helpers
Room 3 – Ruth for Star Effort
Room 4 – Wiktoria for Star Worker
Room 5 – Olivia K for Star Contributor
Room 6 – Bryan for Star Role Model
Room 7 – Zayn for Star Worker
Room 8 – Keegan for Star Kindness
Room 9 – Kate for Star Worker
Room 10 – Jenna for Star Role Model
School lunch
Our new menu commences on Monday 24th August. Copies were issued this week and can also be found online.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website. Please take note of dates of school holidays.
