Session 2024 – 25
Week ending 20th June 2025
Class Allocation
Today the children had the opportunity to meet with their class teacher for next session. Please refer to the attached letter with details regarding classes. Your child has a slip in their bag detailing which class they will work in next year.
class allocation letter 2025 – 2026
P7 Graduation
P7 delivered a short play, reflections on their memories of school, presented awards to each other and celebrated with parents, carers, friends and staff on Tuesday at their Graduation. Thank you for attending and sharing in this special event.
P7 are invited to bring in a spare shirt on Tuesday so that this can be signed in the afternoon.
Next Tuesday we will have our final school assembly during which we will have our last Star of the Week Winners, Values Winners for June and present our P7 pupils with their Leavers’ Certificate.
Mass
As a school we will be celebrating Mass on Wednesday 25th June at 10am. We warmly invite all parents, especially those with P7 children to attend.
Final Day Arrangements
A reminder that we close at the earlier time of 1pm.
Please note that due to the early finish the school lunch on Wednesday will be tuna, cheese or ham sandwiches.
The letter below outlines information for all parents/carers to be aware of for the last day. Please take a moment to read it.
Mini-Vinnies
Our Mini-Vinnies had a wonderful day yesterday at Carfin with Mr Finnigan and Mrs Dorman. They participated in various events and particularly enjoyed the Mini-Vinnies Got Talent Event.
Week ending 13th June 2025
Sports Day
Well done to all our competitors for a fun Sports Day. The winning House was St. Joseph.
St. Joseph – 1332
St. John Ogilvie – 1221
St. Bernadette – 1195
St. John Bosco – 1183
Room 7 St. Columba Play
Well done to Room 7 who presented their play about St. Columba on Thursday to the school and our MISSIO representative. They also presented it to parents/carers on Friday. This means that we have completed all 5 stars and a classified as a MISSIO school. One of a very few in Scotland.
We presented Gerard with a cheque for £522.69 and will also have a little bit more to send him before the end of June as we are continuing with donations.
Some photographs have been added to our Photo Gallery.
Summer Reading Challenge
Please note the attached information from South Lanarkshire Libraries in relation to The Summer Reading Challenge. We always have a high number of children participate and it is a fantastic way to further encourage a love of reading for pleasure, exposure to different books, genres and authors as well as support our local libraries.
mythical journey info for schools 1
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
A polite reminder that school closes at the earlier time of 1pm on Wednesday 25th June 2025.
Week ending 6th June 2025
Room 1 – Aaron for Star Maths
Room 2 – Sophie McW for Star Writer
Room 3 – Olivia McK for Star Effort
Room 4 – Harrison for Star Effort
Room 5 – Amelia for Star Effort
Room 6 – Orla for Star Literacy
Room 7 – James for Star Attitude
Room 8 – Bethany for Star Literacy
Room 9 – River, Lewis and Cameron – Star Workers
Room 10 – Lewis for Star Attitude
Values
Room 1 – Sophia H for Kindness
Room 2 – Lucy for Faith
Room 3 – Hayuni for Respect and Kindness
Room 4 – Blake for Kindness
Room 5 – Chidimma for Respect
Room 6 – Zayn for Respect
Room 7 – Matthew for Respect
Room 8 – Emily R for Respect
Room 9 – Caoimhe for Kindness
Room 10 – Michael for Respect and Kindness
Health Week
Next week we are holding our Health Week which will involve a range of health and wellbeing lessons. It would be beneficial for children to wear their school PE kit, consisting of a yellow polo shirt and shorts/leggings daily to school.
Our Sports Day takes place on Wednesday at 1.15pm. Weather permitting this will take place in the rugby pitch adjacent to the school and parents/carers are welcome to attend. Please note that no dogs are permitted on school grounds, including the pitch.
Room 7 St. Columba Play
Room 7 have been preparing a play about St. Columba. This play is part of our MISSIO work in school and they will present it to the school and our MISSIO lead, Gerard on Thursday.
The class are very keen to also have the opportunity to present to parents/carers, so we have slotted this into the diary for Friday 13th June at 11.30am. If you or any members of the family/friends would like to attend, then please come along on Friday. This will be a free event, although a bucket will be available for loose change to be collected for MISSIO.
Week ending 30th May 2025
P1 Induction
We welcomed our new P1 boys and girls in on Wednesday and Thursday and they enjoyed playing and making new friends. A huge thank you to our P6 children who will buddy the wee ones. They met them on Thursday and gave them a little information pack home to learn more about them.
P7 Induction
P7 also had the opportunity on Wednesday and Thursday to visit the high school and have returned today full of chat and excitement.
Rosary
Thank you to our Mini-Vinnies in P5 and our Pope Francis Faith Award children in P6 and P7 for leading the school in praying the rosary during the month of May.
MISSIO
Our rolling total is £511.59. Thank you so much for your continued support with our daily/weekly collections.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 16th May 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Orlagh for Star Effort
Room 2 – Ezra for Star Worker
Room 3 – Ada for Star Attitude
Room 4 – Sam for Star Maths
Room 5 – Finn for Star Maths
Room 6 – Robbie for Star Effort
Room 7 – Clara for Star Artist
Room 8 – Paisley for Star Effort
Room 9 – Murron for Star Worker
Room 10 – Scott for Star Effort
After School Clubs
All After School Clubs have now stopped for the remainder of the term.
First Communion
Congratulations to all the boys and girls who received their First Holy Communion on Saturday. Our thanks to the staff and families for helping them prepare and to Father Dominic for concelebrating Mass.
The children had a celebration party earlier in the week with their classmates.
Photo Gallery and Jubilee
Please see our Jubilee section of the App for some photographs of the Sustainability learning event that Mrs Melrose organised for Rooms 7 – 10 this week. We welcomed along from SLC, the Science and Sustainability Development Officer, Gillian Reilly who was very impressed with the knowledge of our children in this area.
Dress Down Day
Many thanks for supporting our Dress Down/Bring a Teddy Day. We have raised £168.51 which will go towards the defibrillator fund.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
A polite reminder that we are closed Friday 23rd and Monday 26th May.
Week ending 9th May 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Siannan for Star Writer
Room 2 – Idris for Star Listener
Room 3 – Lewis for Star Respect
Room 4 – Joshua for Star Maths
Room 5 – Caitlin for Star Helper
Room 6 – Ollie for Star Writing
Room 7 – Kate for Star Attitude
Room 8 – Caiden for Star PE
Room 9 – Karla for Star Literacy
Room 10 – Jakub for Star Topic Work
After School Clubs
Thursday 15th May – P7 Boys Football and P6/7 Girls Football (last week)
First Communion
Please remember in your prayers our boys and girls who will receive The Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist on Saturday.
Message from Bishop Toal on the Election of Pope Leo XIV
With our fellow Catholics, and so many others across the world, we in the Diocese of Motherwell thank God for the election of our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV. It is great news that Cardinal Prevost was chosen so quickly by his fellow Cardinals and there is reassurance that they have placed this confidence in his abilities to lead the Church in the great mission of preaching Christ, and upholding and strengthening our communion as the Body of Christ, the People of God. We trust that his choice has been inspired by the Holy Spirit and his actions will always be guided by the same Holy Spirit.
May God bless Pope Leo, and may he be sustained by the prayers of all the faithful. We commend his ministry as the Successor of St Peter to the intercession of Mary, Mother of the Church, and to that of all the Saints.
We will celebrate a Diocesan Mass in Thanksgiving for the Election of Pope Leo XIV in Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral, Motherwell, on Monday 26th May at 7pm. All are most welcome to attend.
MISSIO
Our running total for MISSIO is £497.48
Thank you so much for your support.
Kilbryde Hospice
In today’s mail we received a thank you letter from Kilbryde Hospice. As you may recall, we collected Easter Eggs for them to raffle as part of their Easter Fayre. Due to the generosity of many including our school community, Kilbryde Hospice were able to create a month of celebrations, raising an amazing amount of £4220.74. Thank you once again.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 2nd May 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Nneoma for Star Effort
Room 2 – Aiden P for Star Effort
Room 3 – Hayuni for Star Effort
Room 4 – Lochlan for Star Effort
Room 5 – Aahid for Star Attitude
Room 6 – Lily-Rose for Star Effort
Room 7 – Lucas J for Star Handwriting
Room 8 – Ben for Star Numeracy
Room 9 – Jenna for Star Attitude
Room 10 – Caleb for Star Attitude
After School Clubs
Thursday 8th May – P7 Football
Room 5 Parental Engagement
Thank you to those who were able to make it along to Room 5’s Parental Engagement Event on Wednesday.
Mandolin Workshop
Many thanks to The Lanarkshire Guitar and Mandolin Association who delivered mandolin workshops on Wednesday to Room 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Letters about how to join the club were issued that day.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 25th April 2025
Welcome back to our final term. We hope that everyone had a good holiday. This month is a little disruptive with the short weeks so please ensure you have a note of all the holiday dates.
After School Clubs
No clubs are operating on this week (28th April – 2nd May)
Room 5 Parental Engagement
Room 5 are holding their Parental Engagement Session on Wednesday 30th April at 1.45pm. We hope to see you there.
Pope Francis
At assembly this week we prayed the Rosary for Pope Francis and discussed the coming days; including the funeral, conclave process and locations of where these take place.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 4th April 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Stanley for Star Friend
Room 2 – Niamh for Star Writer
Room 3 Alfie for Star Worker
Room 4 – Aria for Star Worker
Room 5 – Kayden for Star Artist
Room 6 – Charlie for Star Poet
Room 7 – Chloe for Star Comprehension
Room 8 – Shay for Star Effort
Room 9 – Caitlin for Star Literacy
Room 10 – Luis for Star Effort
Values
Room 1 – Rosie for Respect
Room 2 – Idris for Kindness
Room 3 – Aanya for Respect and Kindness
Room 4 – Wiktoria for Respect
Room 5 – Max for Kindness
Room 6 – Aiden C for Honesty
Room 7 – Roman for Respect
Room 8 – Harley for Love
Room 9 – Aiden for Respect
Room 10 – Oscar for Kindness
PTA Easter Egg Competition
Winners
Room 1 – Daisy
Room 2 – Tommy
Room 3 – Alfie
Room 4 – Wiktoria
Room 5 – Igor
Room 6 – Robbie
Room 7 – Ava-Marie
Room 8 – Ciaran
Room 9 – Andrew
Room 10 – Ellie
Runner Up
Room 1 – Siannon
Room 2 – Scott
Room 3 – Kian
Room 4 – Mairead
Room 5 – Murron
Room 6 – Ellie
Room 7 – Emmanuel
Room 8 – Hannah
Room 9 – Caoimhe
Room 10 – Riley
Lent Through a Lens Competition Winners
Thank you to those who entered the MISSIO Lent Through a Lens Competition. Our winners are:
Harley H, Caitlin E, Dominic F, Lily H, Sophia S, Emily M, Ava-Marie B and Leo H.
After School Clubs
Information will be provided on clubs operating next term on our return.
No clubs are operating on the first week back.
Lenten Charities
Loaves and Fishes were delighted on Wednesday with all the donations. Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity.
Over the Lenten Season we have raised money for Mary’s Meals (total will be provided after the holidays), donated tons of eggs to Kilbryde Hospice as well as items to Loaves and Fishes. Furthermore, we have added to our MISSIO funds with our competition.
A polite reminder that on any dress down day football colours/strips from any team are not permitted as per Council policy. The children are always reminded of this but still wear them to school. In future, a call home will be made for a change of clothes to be brought to school. We would appreciate your support with refraining from wearing football strips.
MISSIO
Our running total for MISSIO is £483.20.
Room 6 Parental Engagement
Thank you to Room 6 for sharing their learning about Vikings with their parents and carers on Wednesday and to those who made it along.
Photo Gallery and Jubilee
Please keep an eye on our Photo Gallery and Jubilee Section of the website which are updated regularly.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 28th March 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Lexi for Star Writer
Room 2 – Jaxon for Star Maths
Room 3 – Olivia Mc for Star Literacy
Room 4 – Rory for Star Reader
Room 5 – Murron for Star Effort
Room 6 – Anthony for Star Worker
Room 7 – Sophia for Star Writer
Room 8 – Oscar for Star Maths
Room 9 – Kalli for Star Effort
Room 10 – Janet for Star Attitude
After School Clubs
Mon 31st March – P6 Boxing (no P7s should attend this week)
Wed 2nd April – Netball
Wed 3rd April – Choir
Thurs 4th April – no football due to coach commitments
Lenten Charities
On Wednesday we were visited by Mary’s Meals who spoke to the children about the work that they do. They were very pleased to hear about the fundraising that we have been doing during Lent and thanked us for supporting them.
Thank you for your donations this week to Loaves and Fishes. An uplift of items is booked for Wednesday 2nd April so we can accept items up until that morning.
Our final Lenten fundraiser is once again for Mary’s Meals and is to support our partner school in Damu. Children can wear blue to school on Friday 4th April (no football colours).
Wonderful Women Event
Thank you to our PTA for hosting and organising The Wonderful Women Event on Wednesday. It was lovely to see a high turnout of people and thank you also to our choir for the entertainment.
Fairtrade Competition
Well done to Orlaith, Dylan and Riley who won prizes in the local Fairtrade Competition. They were invited along on Saturday 22nd March to collect their prizes at the Fairtrade coffee morning at Moncrieff Church.
World Book Day Reading Homework Challenge
Well done to the winners of our recent World Book Day Reading Homework Challenge. They are as follows:
Room 3 – Finlay
Room 4 – Aria
Room 6 – Ellie and Inayah
Room 7 – Clara and Layla
Room 8 – Harley
Room 9 – Caitlin
Early Finish
A polite reminder that we close at the earlier time of 2.30pm on Friday 4th April and will reopen on Tuesday 22nd April following the Easter break.
Room 6 Parental Engagement
Room 6 will be holding their Parental Engagement Session on Wednesday 2nd April at 9.30am. We hope to see you there.
School Meals
Please note that from 22nd April the cost of P6 and P7 school meals will be £2.62.
Photo Gallery
Please keep an eye on our photo gallery section of the website which we are regularly updating.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 21st March 2025
After School Clubs
Mon 24th March – P6/7 Boxing
Wed 26th March – Netball
Wed 26th March – Choir
Thurs 27th March – NO CLUB DUE TO PARENTS’ NIGHT
Kilbryde Hospice
On Wednesday we were visited by Kilbryde Hospice who spoke to the children about the work that they do, and the fundraising required across the year to raise the £2.6million pound annually required. They were overwhelmed with how many eggs had been donated by the children, we think approximately 150.
Their Easter Fayre takes place on Saturday 5th April between 11am – 3pm and is free to attend. There will be an Easter Egg Hunt, raffles and stalls.
Lent
Our Mary’s Meals obstacle fundraiser was a great success this week. Thank you once again for supporting this event. A representative from the charity will speak to the children on 26th March at our assembly.
A polite reminder that we have our Lent through a Lens Competition running. Children can enter the competition by submitting a drawing, collage or photograph of something in nature. Entries are at a cost of 50p with the money going to MISSIO. We have extended the entry date to Thursday 3rd April.
Next week donations can be made throughout the week for Loaves and Fishes. Children can kindly donate one or more items including food, pet food, toiletries and household cleaning products. As we say to the children, one item from everyone adds up to a lot and can help many people in need of our help.
Cross country
Well done to all our 24 of our cross country participants who raced on Tuesday at the East Kilbride/Strathaven heat. They were all amazing and showed great commitment to training for the event. We were blessed with beautiful weather. Good luck to Vaila next week who will compete in the South Lanarkshire Finals.
Councillor’s Visit
Many thanks to Councillor Robb who visited Rooms 7 and 8 yesterday. She spoke about how we can all help to create a better future by thinking about the Sustainable Development Goals and doing what we can now and when we start working.
MISSIO
Our running total for MISSIO is £431.75
Thank you so much for your support.
Photo Gallery
Please keep an eye on our photo gallery section of the website.
Parents’ Night
Appointments should be booked via ParentsPortal for our Parents’ Evening on Thursday 27th March. These must be booked no later than Tuesday.
First Reconciliation
Congratulations to the boys and girls who made their First Reconciliation on Monday evening. The children will enjoy a wee celebration next week. Thank you to Mrs Lennon for preparing the children.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 14th March 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Amelia for Star Writer
Room 2 – Mia for Star Reader
Room 3 – Theo for Star Respect and Attitude
Room 4 – Carrick for Star Effort in Literacy
Room 5 – Orlaith Rose for Star Attitude
Room 6 – Rian for Star Worker
Room 7 – Stephen for Star Effort in Writing
Room 8 – Jacob for Star Maths
Room 9 – Alexandra for Star Writer
Room 10 – Lucia for Star Effort in Literacy
After School Clubs
Mon 17th March – P6/7 Boxing
Wed 19th March – Netball
Wed 19th March – Choir
Thurs 20th March – P6 Football
Cross Country Club is now finished. We wish our boys and girls the best of luck on Tuesday when they attend the festival at Strathaven Park.
Lent
Thank you so much for your kind donations of chocolate treats for Kilbryde Hospice. We received a great amount today. If you still wish to donate, then we will happily take items until Tuesday afternoon. These will be given to the Hospice Representative on Wednesday morning during our assembly.
On Thursday 20th and Friday 21st March children can wear gym kit to school and participate in an obstacle course. Monetary donations are welcome for Mary’s Meals.
Visitor
Thank you to Councillor Gladys Miller who spent time with Room 10 this morning. She visited the class to discuss her role as a Councillor and was very impressed by the questions posed to her. We also presented Councillor Miller with our Fairtrade Competition entries. These can be viewed in our Photo Gallery.
MISSIO
Our running total for MISSIO is £421.14
Thank you so much for your support.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 7th March 2025
After School Clubs
Mon 10th March – P7 Boxing
Tues 11th March – Cross Country
Wed 12th March – NO CLUBS DUE TO STAFF MEETING
Thurs 13th March – P7 Football
World Book Day
We had a lot of fun during World Book Day and will upload some more photographs and overview of what was covered next week.
For now though, Room 1 had a great afternoon celebrating WBD. The boys and girls read Giraffes Can’t Dance and followed that with some free style dancing like Gerald the giraffe. The children had a go at being illustrators. Great artists (and dancers) in the making.
Lent
A polite reminder that on Friday 14th March we are collecting in donations of Easter eggs and chocolate treats for Kilbryde Hospice.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 28th February 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Orlagh for Star Writer
Room 2 – Scott for Star Writer
Room 3 – Oliver for Star Effort in Writing
Room 4 – Mairead for Star Effort4
Room 5 – Matthew for Kindness
Room 6 – Abbey for Star Maths
Room 7 – Lola for Star Suspense Writer
Room 8 – Emily for Star Writer
Room 9 – Ella for Star Effort
Room 10 – Kalise for Star Attitude
After School Clubs
Mon 3rd March – P7 Boxing
Tues 4th March – Cross Country
Wed 5th March – P6 and P7 Netball
Wed 5th March – Choir
Thurs 6th March – P6 Football
Menu Changes
Please note that there are some menu changes for the week ahead.
Wednesday 5th March and Friday 7th March will directly swap with one another due to Ash Wednesday and it being a day of fast and abstinence.
On Thursday there will be a World Book Day Themed Lunch as follows:
Thursday – WBD Themed Lunch (School)
Blue meal – THE KID’S FAVOURITE pork rice bowl (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney)
Red meal – HORRID HENRY’S Quorn pastry with potato croquettes (v) (Horrid Hendry – Francesca Simon)
Green meal – GRUFFALO’S ham finger roll (The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson)
All served with a NEVERENDING selection of vegetables (Sweetcorn or beans)
(The Neverending Story, Michael Ende)
Dessert – Our WICKED jam and coconut sponge (Wicked, Gregory Maguire)
Ash Wednesday
Father Dominic will visit us on Wednesday morning for an Ash Wednesday Service during which there will be distribution of ashes.
Please notify the office before Tuesday if you do not wish for your child to receive these.
Email: gw14stleonardsoffice@glow.sch.uk
World Book Day
On Thursday 6th March we will be celebrating ‘Let’s Go Wild About Reading’ for World Book Day. Children are welcome to wear comfy clothes, animal themed attire or school uniform. Please do not purchase any costumes or items.
During the day classes will be participating in a range of reading-based activities. Thank you to our Reading Committee for organising.
Lent
We issued the following letter earlier this week with regards to our Lenten Fundraisers.
MISSIO
Our running total for MISSIO is £399.31
Thank you so much for your support.
Gladiators Visit
We welcomed some coaches and players from the Gladiators Basketball Team to our assembly on Wednesday. The children loved hearing more about the sport and had the opportunity to ask questions. Some photographs are in our gallery.
Chewing Gum and Uniform
A polite reminder that chewing gum is not permitted in the school.
In addition, children are asked to wear school uniform daily to school. Several children in recent weeks have started to wear hoodies to school (not the P7 ones which are permitted on a Friday). Hoodies are not uniform and shouldn’t be worn in replacement of a jumper in class.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 21st February 2025
After School Clubs
Mon 24th Feb – P7 Boxing
Tues 25th Feb – no clubs due to staff meeting
Wed 26th Feb – P6 and P7 Netball
Wed 26th Feb – Choir
Thurs 27th Feb – P7 Football
P7 Residential
Our P7 children had a fantastic residential trip last week to The Inverclyde Sports Centre. Their participation, manners and level of respect were commented on positively by all coaches and staff at the centre during their three-day visit. Thank you to Mrs Dorman, Mrs Rigg and Miss Phimister for attending it with them.
Photographs are being collated, and we will issue information on how to access these for our P7 parents next week.
Sacraments
A polite reminder that preparation has already commenced for those children receiving The Sacrament of Reconciliation and Confirmation this year. Your child has a workbook that included Home Activities. Please ensure these are completed and the booklet brought to school each day.
P6 Loaves and Fishes
Our P6 Pope Francis Faith Award children visited Loaves and Fishes in East Kilbride today. They had a great morning during which they found out more about the work of the charity and helped pack bags for distribution.
A photo has been uploaded to the photo gallery.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 14th February 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Kennagh for Star Reader
Room 2 – Harley for Star Friend
Room 3 – Olivia for Star Effort
Room 4 – Lily for Star Effort
Room 5 – Ivy Mc for Star Effort
Room 6 – Laci for Star Worker
Room 7 – Layla for Star Gymnast
Room 8 – Kieran for Star Numeracy
Room 9 – Josh for Star Worker
Room 10 – Somto for Star Writer
Values
Room 1 – Ruth for Respect
Room 2 – Qasim for Kindness
Room 3 – Theo for Respect
Room 4 – Sam for Friendship
Room 5 – Reinette for Kindness
Room 6 – Lily-Rose for Friendship
Room 7 – Sophia for Love
Room 8 – Connor for Respect
Room 9 – Jenna for Respect
Room 10 – Vaila for Respect
After School Clubs
Thurs 20th Feb – P6 Football
MP Visit
We were visited on Friday 7th Feb by MP Joani Reid. She was delighted to meet Kayla in P6, the winner of her Christmas Card Competition. Ms Reid enjoyed her visit to Room 8 and 9 during which the children discussed with her all that they’ve been learning about politics, The Houses of Parliament and sustainability. Some photographs have been uploaded to our gallery.
Sacrament Meeting
Father Dominic has invited parents and carers of those children who are receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation, Communion or Confirmation this year to a meeting in the Church on Monday 17th February at 7pm.
Holiday Weekend
A polite reminder that children are off Monday 17th – Wednesday 19th February.
On Wednesday our staff will be joined by our Learning Community colleagues for professional learning in Emotion Coaching and Moderation of Writing.
We look forward to welcoming the children back to school on Thursday 20th February.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 7th February 2025
After School Clubs
Tues 11th Feb – P6&7 Cross Country
Wed 12th Feb – Choir
Thurs 13th Feb – P6 Football
NO NETBALL CLUB THIS WEEK
P7 Residential
Our P7 class will be attending their residential at Inverclyde Sports Centre from Wednesday 12th – Friday 14th February. Mrs Dorman, Miss Phimister and Mrs Rigg will attend the three days and I plan to go for the day on Thursday.
Room 6 will have Mrs Tyler on Wednesday and Mrs Ballentine on Thursday and Friday
Room 8 will have Miss Daly.
Our thanks go to staff for giving of their own personal time to attend, although we know how much fun the activities are, and they love participating.
Please be mindful that we will still try to address any queries next week, but it may take a few days to get back to you due to staffing levels and commitments. Our policy is 5 days; however we do try to get back to people within 2 days, this may not be the case next week.
MISSIO
Our running total for MISSIO is £384.05
Thank you so much for your support.
Room 7 Parental Engagement
Thank you so much for attending today’s Parental Engagement Session. It was lovely to see so many parents and carers at the event. The children showcased their learning about The Boy at the Back of the Class.
Neon Disco
Thank you to our PTA and parent volunteers who helped out and organised last night’s Neon/Friendship/Love Disco.
Nursery Registration
The closing date for nursery applications for session 2025-26 is February 28th. Details on how to enrol your child can be found via this link:
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 31st January 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Daisy for Star Reader
Room 2 – Charlotte for Star Writer
Room 3 – Ciaran for Star Maths
Room 4 – Niamh for Star Effort
Room 5 – Caitlin for Star Attitude
Room 6 – Lucas for Star Worker
Room 7 – Ava-Marie for Star Artist
Room 8 – Oliver for Star Artist
Room 9 – Liam for Star Literacy
Room 10 – Jamie for Star Attitude
Mass
Somto and Vaila in P7 represented the school at the Patronal Feast Day Mass at St. Bride’s this morning. We were welcomed along with our associated primaries and the children got a cake at the end! Bishop Toal commented on how well they did with the reading of the bidding prayers and offertory procession.
After School Clubs
Tues 4th Feb – P6-7 Cross Country
Wed 5th Feb – P4-7 Choir
Wed 5th Feb – P6-7 Netball
Thurs 6th Feb – P7 Football
MISSIO
Our running total for MISSIO is £377.48.
Room 7 Parental Engagement
A polite reminder that Room 7 are hosting their Parental Engagement Session on Friday 7th February at 2pm. We hope to see you there.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 17th January 2025
Star Workers
Room 1 – Connor for Star Reader
Room 2 – Nolan for Star Maths
Room 3 – Aiden for Star Maths
Room 4 – Oli for Star Maths
Room 5 – Olaedo for Star Handwriting
Room 6 – Zayn for Star Role Model
Room 7 – Kian for Star Attitude
Room 8 – Oliver Mc for Excellent Enthusiasm
Room 9 – Andrew for Star PE
Room 10 – Max for Star Maths
PTA Request
Thank you for the donation of unwanted gifts as requested last week to store for our Summer Fayre. Details below in case you missed it.
If you have any ‘unwanted’ Christmas gifts at home, e.g. candles, toiletry sets, boxes of chocolates/biscuits (use by date beyond June) then please hand these into school. These can be used in the tombola at our Summer Fayre. There is a bag in the school foyer for these to be placed or you can send them in with your child. Thank you!
MISSIO
Our running total for MISSIO is £370.16.
Thank you so much for your support.
Children are welcome to bring in monetary donations any day of the week. A few pennies here and there add up. Our P6 MISSIO Champions count the money weekly.
After School Clubs
Tues 21st Jan – P6-7 Cross Country
Wed 22nd Jan – P6-7 Netball
Thurs 23rd Jan – P7 Football
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 10th January 2025
Welcome back to our children, families and staff. We hope that everyone had a lovely Christmas holiday and we are looking forward to another busy term ahead!
Star Workers
Room 1 – Julian, Charlie and Zoya for Star Effort in Literacy
Room 2 – Kai for Star Maths
Room 3 – Paige for Star Effort
Room 4 – Blake for Star Effort
Room 5 – Logan for Star Tidier
Room 6 – Louie for Star Manners
Room 7 – Jacob for Star Maths
Room 8 – Aidan for Star Maths
Room 9 – Ethan for Star Literacy
Room 10 – Emily for Star Effort in Literacy
PTA Request
If you have any ‘unwanted’ Christmas gifts at home, e.g. candles, toiletry sets, boxes of chocolates/biscuits (use by date beyond June) then please hand these into school. These can be used in the tombola at our Summer Fayre. There is a bag in the school foyer for these to be placed or you can send them in with your child. Thank you!
MISSIO
Our running total for MISSIO is £362.75 Thank you so much for your support.
Children are welcome to bring in monetary donations any day of the week. A few pennies here and there add up. Our P6 MISSIO Champions count the money weekly.
Clubs
The football after school club commences on Thursday 16th January for P6. Information on other dates and clubs will be issued next week.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 20th December 2024
Mass
We had a lovely morning celebrating our final school Mass on the year. Father Dominic has warmly welcomed the children to attend 10am Mass on Sunday 22nd December. Following Mass there will be the opportunity to make a Christmas Tree decoration in the hall, and these will be put onto the tree.
Christmas Mass Times at St. Leonard’s Church
Christmas Eve Vigil – 5pm
Midnight Mass – 12am
Christmas Day – 10am and 2pm
We would like to wish everyone a happy and holy Christmas.
Choir
Our choir have had a busy week. Firstly, singing at our Cafe Noel on Monday and then entertaining the residents of Forefaulds Care Home on Thursday.
Furthermore, ten members of the choir were live on Camglen radio on Wednesday, and we enjoyed listening to them in school. Thank you to Mrs Masson for leading the choir this year.
Travelling Crib
Our travelling cribs have been welcomed into so many of our children’s homes over the past six weeks. The children have described what they did at home and how enjoyable an experience it was for them to pray and read as a family. Thank you for sending in photographs.
Cafe Noel
Many thanks to those who were able to attend our Cafe Noel on Monday. The boys and girls thoroughly enjoyed entertaining you with their songs. We hope you enjoyed the event. Thank you to our parent helpers for organising and serving the tea.
Farewell
We bid farewell to Miss Davies of our support staff team as she transfers to St Kenneth’s Primary in the New Year. Our thanks go to Miss Davies for all the help and support that she has provided to our children and staff over the years. We will miss her and wish her the best of luck in her new establishment.
MISSIO
Our running total for MISSIO is £358.01.
Thank you so much for your support and contributions.
P1 Enrolment
Enrolment for P1 (August 2025) will take place the week commencing 6th January. Details on enrolling your child can be found via this link:
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Week ending 13th December 2024
P1-3 Nativity
A huge well done to our boys and girls in P1-3 for entertaining us with their nativity! They have worked so hard to learn their songs and lines. Thank you also to our staff for preparing them.
Food Bank Appeal
Thank you very much for the kind donations to Loaves and Fishes. These were uplifted today and are making their way to homes to help over the Christmas period.
Our raffle winners were Chloe and Addison. £126.50 was raised and donated to Loaves and Fishes today. Thank you!
Christmas Lunch
We thoroughly enjoyed our Christmas lunch today and wish to thank our catering staff for such a delicious treat!
Mass
We will be attending Mass on Friday 20th December. You are most welcome to join us.
Early Finish
Please note that we close at the earlier time of 2.30pm on Friday 20th December and reopen on Monday 6th December.
Competition
We are excited to announce that Karla in P6 won the Christmas Card Competition and her design will be used by East Kilbride MP, Joani Reid. We are looking forward to a visit from Joani Reid in January where she will meet our upper school classes and discuss jobs for the future.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Mass Times at St. Leonard’s Church
Saturday Vigil – 6pm
Sunday – 10am, 12pm and 5.15pm
Week ending 6th December 2024
P1-3 Nativity
Our P1-3 Nativity, ‘It’s a Census, Get Me Out of Here’ takes place on Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th December. The show will start at 1.45pm. Tickets are available via ParentPay.
Our P1-2 do not require any costumes. P3 can wear a festive t-shirt, jumper or hair accessories.
Cafe Noel
Café Noel will take place at 9am on Monday 16th December. We welcome you to a coffee morning followed by festive singing performances from pupils across the school. As with last year we anticipate large numbers so will allocate 2 tickets per family to P4-7 pupils If you plan to uptake your ticket allocation for Café Noel, please complete and submit the form below by Thursday 12th December. There is no charge for this event.
https://forms.office.com/e/RVPCeUKDmQ
Food Bank Appeal
A polite reminder about our Food Bank Appeal
Our Mini-Vinnies are organising our Christmas charity appeal this year. Donations for Loaves and Fishes can be sent in up until Thursday 12th December. The uplift is organised for the 13th and the items donated will be provided to families in plenty of time for Christmas.
Please refer to the attached flyers for details on items requested.
As we always say even one tin, packet of biscuits, pasta etc can be added to make up bags. Don’t feel that you need to spend a lot of money and send in a bag full of items.
In addition to the above donations, Mrs Toner has kindly knitted some Christmas elves and a Santa hat to go along with a mug and chocolate orange. These items are available for raffle at a cost of £1. Children can bring in money up until the 12th December and the money raised will be given to Loaves and Fishes.
Christmas Lunch
Please note that the Christmas Lunch takes place on Friday 13th December and must be pre-ordered. Orders are not available on the day. Children are permitted to wear a festive t-shirt, jumper or hair accessories that day.
Christmas Parties
On party days, children can come to school wearing their party clothes.
Thurs 12th Dec – Rooms 9 and 10
Mon 16th Dec – Rooms 7 and 8
Tues 17th Dec – Rooms 1 and 2
Wed 18th Dec – Rooms 3 and 4
Thurs 19th Dec – Rooms 5 and 6
Mass
We will be attending Mass on Friday 20th December. You are most welcome to join us.
PTA Disco
Many thanks for our PTA for hosting last night’s disco. We hope everyone enjoyed a boogie!
Early Finish
Please note that we close at the earlier time of 2.30pm on Friday 20th December and reopen on Monday 6th December.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Mass Times at St. Leonard’s Church
Saturday Vigil – 6pm
Sunday – 10am, 12pm and 5.15pm
Week ending 29th November 2024
Food Bank Appeal
Our Mini-Vinnies are organising our Christmas charity appeal this year. Donations for Loaves and Fishes can be sent in up until Thursday 12th December. The uplift is organised for the 13th and the items donated will be provided to families in plenty of time for Christmas.
As we always say even one tin, packet of biscuits, pasta etc can be added to make up bags and gifts. Don’t feel that you need to spend a lot of money and send in a bag full of items.
In addition to the above donations, Mrs Toner has kindly knitted some Christmas elves and a Santa hat to go along with a mug and chocolate orange. These items are available for raffle at a cost of £1. Children can bring in money up until the 12th December and the money raised will be given to Loaves and Fishes.
Christmas Fayre
A massive well done to our PTA for organising a very successful Christmas Fayre. Also, to all who contributed donations, time and money. We really do appreciate the support of our children, families, staff and local community as this is a big fundraiser for us. Money this year within our school budget is significantly reduced and without these fundraisers we would very much find it difficult or near impossible to buy some items and experiences for the children.
MISSIO
Our running total for MISSIO is £266.00. This includes the £80 raised at the School Fayre by the children who assisted Mrs Melrose. They kindly donated £80 to the PTA and £80 to MISSIO.
Thank you so much for your support.
Children are welcome to bring in monetary donations any day of the week. A few pennies here and there add up. Our P6 MISSIO Champions count the money weekly.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Mass Times at St. Leonard’s Church
Saturday Vigil – 6pm
Sunday – 10am, 12pm and 5.15pm
Week ending 22nd November 2024
Star Workers
Room 1 – Rosie for Star Effort
Room 2 – Alyssa for Star Kindness
Room 3 – Elisha for Star Attitude
Room 4 – Bryan for Star Effort and Attitude
Room 5 – Elliot for Star Effort
Room 6 – Macie for Star Attitude
Room 7 – Toby for Star Maths
Room 8 – Connor for Star Attitude
Room 9 – James for Star Effort
Room 10 – Riley for Star Effort
Uniform
A polite reminder that indoor shoes are required by all children. This helps to keep our school carpets and corridors clean, as well as is more hygienic, particularly when children are working and playing on the floors. Our heating is under floor so indoor shoes also assist with children not overheating in boots and heavy outdoor footwear.
PE kit
A reminder that gym kit is required as part of health and safety. An increasing number of children are not bringing in gym kit. It is especially important for hygiene purposes that older children are not wearing the same clothing all day following a PE lesson.
Letters will be issued to those not bringing in kit and we ask for your support in this. Children may not be able to participate in the lesson if they are in unsafe footwear. We want all our children to be able to participate in lessons but must adhere to health and safety.
Names should be on all items of clothing please.
Caledonia Gladiators
On Monday, Andrea a coach from Caledonia Gladiators basketball team led sessions with Rooms 1- 4. We had a lot of fun! They are running classes for children and details can be found by emailing: enquiries@caledoniagladiators.com or telephoning 01355 208200
World Book Week Scotland
P1-3 were issued will be given their Scottish Book Trust Bags this week. We hope that you enjoy reading these together at home. P7 loved reading the books to the infant classes.
A few photographs have been uploaded to our Photo Gallery.
Competition entries should be emailed to stleosdropbox@glow.sch.uk no later than Friday 29th November. Winners will be chosen the following week.
Christmas Fayre
A polite reminder that the Christmas Fayre opens at 10am on Saturday 23rd November. It closes at 1pm. Please join us for some Christmas festivities, gifting ideas, refreshments and entertainment from our school choir.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Mass Times at St. Leonard’s Church
Saturday Vigil – 6pm
Sunday – 10am, 12pm and 5.15pm
Week ending 15th November 2024
Star Workers
Room 1 – Siannan for Star Writer
Room 2 – Tommy for Star Phoneme Blender
Room 3 – Rory for Star Attitude
Room 4 – Chanudi for Star Respect
Room 5 – Ivy for Star Speller
Room 6 – Jax for Star Maths
Room 7 – Noah for Star Maths
Room 8 – Emily for Star Maths
Room 9 – Zara and Thomas for Star Numeracy
Room 10 – Mya for Star Attitude
Values Winners
Room 1 – Aiden P for Kindness
Room 2 – Mia for Respect
Room 3 – Emmanuel for Respect
Room 4 – Lochlan for Kindness and Respect
Room 5 – Max for Kindness and Respect
Room 6 – Lucas B for Respect
Room 7 – Jacob for Friendship
Room 8 – Amber for Love
Room 9 – River for Love
Room 10 – Caleb for Respect and Kindness
World Book Week Scotland
Next week is World Book Week Scotland and the children will be taking part in a variety of literacy-based learning experiences.
Our Reading Committee have come up with lots of ideas and fun things to do and they are inviting the children to take part in a homework competition. We will issue details about this competition next week via a ParentsPortal message.
Also, next week the Scottish Book Trust Gift Bags will be provided to P1-P3. The children will have read these with some older pupils in the school prior to bringing home and we hope that you enjoy the stories and games at home.
Catholic Education Week
Catholic Education Week runs from 16th November (St. Margaret’s Feast Day) until 30th November (St. Andrew’s Feast Day). The theme this year is Pilgrims of Hope, and we will be undertaking learning experiences over the coming two weeks based on this theme.
Dress Down Day
We are holding a Dress Down Day on Thursday 21st November and would kindly ask that in lieu of money children bring in an item for the tombola for the Christmas Fayre which takes place on Saturday 23rd November.
As always, football colours are not permitted.
MISSIO
Our running total for MISSIO is £111.85.
Thank you so much for your support.
Children are welcome to bring in monetary donations any day of the week. A few pennies here and there add up. Our P6 MISSIO Champions count the money weekly.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Mass Times at St. Leonard’s Church
Saturday Vigil – 6pm
Sunday – 10am, 12pm and 5.15pm
Week ending 8th November 2024
P7 Transition
Many thanks to those in P7 along with their families who attended the Transition Welcoming Mass on Monday evening at St. Andrew’s and St. Bride’s. This is a very important part of the transition programme and a wonderful way to be welcomed into the school community.
Sacramental Enrolment Mass
Next week we will issue enrolment paperwork to all those in P3, P4 and P7 who are celebrating a Sacrament this year. This paperwork is required by the Diocese to enrol your child for each Sacrament they undertake while at school. Please look out for these forms coming home.
Additionally, there will be an enrolment mass on Sunday 1st December at 10am. All those making a Sacrament this year are invited to attend along with their families. Children should sit in the Church with their families and can wear their own clothing. This is a family-parish event, although some staff will also attend as we support them on their faith journey.
P5 Retreat Day
Primary 5 will be attending their Disciples of Jesus retreat on Tuesday 12th November in the parish hall. Children should wear their uniform and bring a packed lunch and water bottle. They all thoroughly enjoyed their first retreat earlier in the school year. Mr Finnigan will accompany them this time.
P6 Trip
P6 enjoyed their trip to the Lanark Agricultural Centre on Wednesday. This was fully funded trip by the RHET. Some photographs can be viewed in our photo gallery on the website.
Parent Council/PTA
Thank you to our PTA for funding the Circus workshops on Monday. This was to celebrate St. Leonard’s Feast Day (6th November). As this date clashed with the flu immunisation we held it on Monday. The children thoroughly enjoyed it.
The next meeting will take place on Wednesday 13th November.
Parent Council – 6.15pm
PTA – 7pm
Inservice Day
A polite reminder that the school is closed to pupils on Monday 11th November.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Mass Times at St. Leonard’s Church
Saturday Vigil – 6pm
Sunday – 10am, 12pm and 5.15pm
Week ending 1st November 2024
Star Workers
Room 1 – Aaron for Star Bravery
Room 2 – Sophia McG for Star Author
Room 3 – Finlay for Star Maths
Room 4 – Grace for Star Literacy
Room 5 – Reinette for Star Literacy
Room 6 – Orla for Star Helper
Room 7 – Magnus for Star Maths
Room 8 – Filip for Star Maths
Room 9 – Caoimhe for Star Effort
Room 10 – Macie Leigh for Star Effort
Flu Immunisation Day
A reminder that the flu immunisation takes place in school on Wednesday 6th November.
PTA Halloween Disco
Thank you to the PTA for organising another fun filled disco and fundraiser. Also, to all the volunteers and attendees who made the night such a success.
MISSIO
Our MISSIO total so far for the term is £77.84 .
Thank you so much for your support.
Children are welcome to bring in monetary donations any day of the week. A few pennies here and there add up. Our P6 MISSIO Champions count the money weekly.
Month of the Rosary
Many thanks to our Mini-Vinnies in P5 and our Pope Francis Faith Award children in P6 and P7 who have led us twice weekly during the month of October in praying the rosary as a whole school.
P7 Transition
A polite reminder that P7 children and parents are invited to attend the Welcome Mass on Monday 4th November at 6pm. Please be in and seated no later than 5.55pm. We look forward to seeing you there. Children must be in school uniform (shirt/tie).
Bonfire Themed Lunch
Please note that there will be a Bonfire Theme School Menu on Tuesday 5th November.
Red – Firecracker Pizza & Fries (v) (Pizza with spicy topping served with chips or potato croquettes and sweetcorn)
Blue – Banger & Fries (Sausage in a finger roll served with chips or potato croquettes and sweetcorn)
Sandwiches on offer are cheese, ham or tuna.
Dessert – toffee apple sponge cake
Brew and a Blether
A reminder that Mrs Gillen is hosting a Brew and a Blether for P1 parents/carers on Monday 4th November at 2.30pm. We hope to see you there.
Room 4 Parental Engagement
A reminder that Room 4 are holding a Parental Engagement Session on Thursday 7th November at 2pm. We hope to see you there.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Mass Times at St. Leonard’s Church
Saturday Vigil – 6pm
Sunday – 10am, 12pm and 5.15pm
Week ending 25th October 2024
PTA Halloween Disco
The PTA are holding a disco on Wednesday 30th October. Please ensure that you sign up via the link issued on ParentsPortal and remain in the building if your child requires medication. There is no access to school-based medication by the PTA and staff are not in attendance.
P1-3 Disco at 6.10pm – 7.10pm
P4 – 7 Disco at 7.25pm – 8.25pm
Halloween
Over recent years more and more children have expressed that they are worried or frightened in school on Halloween due to the wearing of costumes. It unsettles many of our children and as the PTA are offering a disco for everyone to attend, we will not be holding any Halloween activities in school on the 31st.
On the 31st October all children are required to wear school uniform.
Beat the Street
Many thanks to all our parent volunteers who have supported with Beat the Street over the past six weeks. Keep on collecting those points up to and including Wed 30th October. Our final walk takes place that day.
MISSIO
Our MISSIO collection this week raised £54.16. Thank you so much for your support.
Head Lice
We have had some recent bouts of headlice within the school. Please check your child’s hair regularly and treat as appropriate.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Mass Times at St. Leonard’s Church
Saturday Vigil – 6pm
Sunday – 10am, 12pm and 5.15pm
Week ending 11th October 2024
Star Workers for week ending 4th October
Room 1 – Stanley for Star Inventor
Room 2 – Ezra for Star Writer
Room 3 – Connor for Star Worker
Room 4 – Travis for Star Reader
Room 5 – Levi for Star Worker
Room 6 – Aidan for Star Worker
Room 7 – Emmanuel for Star Numeracy
Room 8 – Hannah for Star Effort in STEM
Room 9 – Erin for Star Numeracy
Room 10 – Faye for Star Numeracy
Values Winners for September
Room 1 – Nneoma for Kindness
Room 2 – Lucy for Kindness
Room 3 – Jaxon for Respect
Room 4 – Joshua for Respect
Room 5 – Max for Respect
Room 6 – Anthony for Respect
Room 7 – Evie for Respect
Room 8 – Jude for Kindness
Room 9 – Nikola for Respect
Room 10 –Lewis for Respect
Beat the Street
Weekly walking timetable is as follows up until Wednesday 30th October when Beat the Street concludes:
Monday – Thursday walks at 2.15pm. Friday’s Walk is at 9.15am.
Mon – Rooms 4 and 8
Tues – Rooms 5 and 7
Wed – Rooms 1, 2 and 10
Thurs – Rooms 3 and 9
Fri – Room 6
Feel free to join us at any of these times.
Parents’ Evening
Many thanks for your attendance on Wednesday at our Parents’ Evening.
Book Fair
Well done to P7 who ran an excellent class enterprise with their planning, organisation and operation of The Book Fair. Thank you for supporting with the purchases and we hope that your child enjoys reading their new book.
Summer Reading Challenge
A huge well done to all those who were presented with a Summer Reading Challenge Certificate this week.
Sacraments
The following dates have been confirmed for Sacraments. Further details on enrolment, preparation and format will be issued following the October holiday.
P3 – First Confession – Tuesday 18th March from 6pm (appointments)
P4 – First Holy Communion – Saturday 10th May at 10am
P7 – Confirmation – Wednesday 2nd April at 7pm
Parental Engagement Session
Room 1 and 2 will be hosting their Parental Engagement Session on Tuesday 22nd October at 2pm. We look forward to welcoming you along to share in their learning. If you are unable to attend then another family member or friend can do so on your behalf. Please come to the school office at 2pm when the doors will open for the event.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
A polite reminder that we are closed next week for the October holidays. We re-open on Monday 21st October. Have a lovely break.
Mass Times at St. Leonard’s Church
Saturday Vigil – 6pm
Sunday – 10am, 12pm and 5.15pm
Week ending 26th September 2024
Beat the Street
Weekly walking timetable is as follows:
Monday – Thursday walks at 2.15pm. Friday’s walk is at 9.15am.
Mon – Rooms 4 and 8
Tues – Rooms 5 and 7
Wed – Rooms 1, 2 and 10
Thurs – Rooms 3 and 9
Fri – Room 6
Feel free to join us at any of these times.
Parents’ Evening
Our Parents’ Evening will take place on Wednesday 9th October. Appointments are only bookable via ParentsPortal. Bookings can be made from Wednesday 2nd to Monday 7th October. We will issue an email to advise when they are ready for booking.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Mass Times at St. Leonard’s Church
Saturday Vigil – 6pm
Sunday – 10am, 12pm and 5.15pm
Week ending 20th September 2024
Star Workers
Room 1 – Sophia H for Star Listener
Room 2 – Dottie for Star Helper
Room 3 – Jan for Star Worker
Room 4 – Stirling for Star Maths
Room 5 – Annais for Star Worker
Room 6 – Aiden for Star Respect
Room 7 – Daniel for Star Presentation
Room 8 – Amber for Staff Effort
Room 9 – Lexi for Star Maths
Room 10 – Lewis for Star Manners
Jam Jars
We are looking for donations of empty jam jars, with or without a lid. Room 9 later in the term will be using these for an Enterprise/Art experience. Please send any jars into school over the next couple of months.
Photographer
The photographer will be issuing the photographs later this month. He will do a catch-up morning on Monday for anyone who was absent this week. If this includes your child, then please send them to school that day with shirt and tie on.
Beat the Street
Our weekly walking timetable is as follows:
Monday – Thursday walks at 2.15pm. Friday walk at 9.15am.
Mon – Rooms 4 and 8
Tues – Rooms 5 and 7
Wed – Rooms 1, 2 and 10
Thurs – Rooms 3 and 9
Fri – Room 6
PTA
Thank you to our PTA for organising a fantastic evening on Wednesday with the Taylor Swift Tribute Night. Many thanks to those who attended and sang/danced their hearts out.
Parents’ Evening
Save the Date!
Our Parents’ Evening will take place on Wednesday 9th October. Appointments are only bookable via ParentsPortal. Bookings can be made from Wednesday 2nd to Monday 7th October. We will issue an email to advise that they are ready for booking. Please leave sufficient times between sibling appointments.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
A polite reminder that we are closed on Friday 27th and Monday 30th September for the holiday weekend.
Mass Times at St. Leonard’s Church
Saturday Vigil – 6pm
Sunday – 10am, 12pm and 5.15pm
Week ending 13th September 2024
Committees
This week we established our school committees involving all children. They will work with staff in a range of activities to raise awareness of their subject area and to offer learning experiences across the year.
The committees are as follows:
Pupil Council
Laudato Si
Numeracy
Reading Schools
Playground and Outdoor Spaces
Health and Sports
Mini-Vinnies
Photographer
A polite reminder that the photographer will be in on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th September to take pictures of the family groups, or individuals if no sibling in the nursery or school. All children are requested to wear shirt/tie on these days. Room 9 and Room 7 family groups will definitely be taken on Monday due to swimming and class retreat respectively.
Room 5 will also have their class photograph taken as we ran out of time yesterday.
If you do not wish for your child to be photographed, then please contact the school office in advance.
Beat the Street
Beat the Street commences on Monday 18th September. The children have been issued with a fob/card. Should you require any additional cards for family members these can be located from local sports centres and libraries. Those over 13 years can play on a smartphone by downloading the app. We encourage all children to keep their card fob safe and bring it to school daily as we will go out on walks. We do not have any spare cards.
Diary Dates
A list of diary dates can be found on the website.
Mass Times at St. Leonard’s Church
Saturday Vigil – 6pm
Sunday – 10am, 12pm and 5.15pm
Week ending 6th September 2024
Star Workers
Room 1 – Ruth for Star Friend
Room 2 – Nico for Star Maths
Room 3 – Arabella for Star Writer
Room 4 – Adrianna for Star Maths
Room 5 – Callum for Star Worker
Room 6 – Alfie for Star Listener
Room 7 – Zanelle for Star Handwriting
Room 8 – Aaron for Star Writer
Room 9 – Callan for Star Effort
Room 10 – Ellie for Star Attitude
Values Winners
Room 1 – Oliver for Friendship
Room 2 – Niamh for Friendship
Room 3 – Alfie for Respect and Kindness
Room 4 – Wiktoria for Kindness and Respect
Room 5 – Orlaith Rose for Kindness
Room 6 – Robbie for Respect
Room 7 – Oma for Star Respect
Room 8 – Darcie for Kindness
Room 9 – Murron for Kindness
Room 10 –Kalise for Kindness
Parent Council and PTA AGMs
The meetings will now take place as follows on Wednesday 2nd October. Apologies for the date change once again. This is due to unforeseen circumstances.
Parent Council 6.15pm
PTA 7pm
Pupil Leadership Teams
This week we held elections for our Vice House Captains. Presentations took place and the senior pupils voted following these.
Thank you to all candidates and I am pleased to announce the following results.
St. Bernadette (red) – Leo
St. Joseph (yellow) – Emily
St. John Bosco (blue) – Ella
St. John Ogilvie (green) – Andrew
MISSIO
We welcomed Gerard from MISSIO to Assembly last week. As you may be aware, MISSIO is the charity which Pope Francis asks all schools to support, and it very much focuses on children helping children. We have a strong relationship with MISSIO and fundraise annually for them.
Every day children can bring in loose change and pop this into their class MISSIO boxes. As we say to the children, every penny counts, and we can achieve great things together.
Lines
Well done to St. Bernadette who were the winning House for the lines.
Tidiest Classrooms this week are Room 2 and Room 5.
Tidiest Cloakroom this week is awarded to Room 1 & 2 and Room 5 & 6 .
ASDA Cashpot
We are registered with the ASDA Cashpot Reward Scheme. If you shop in ASDA and use the App then you can select our school and help us raise some much-needed funds.
Details can be obtained by following the link:
https://www.asda.com/cashpotforschools
Photographer
P1 will have their photograph taken by The Evening Times on Tuesday 10th September. If you do not wish your child to be photographed, then please advise. The class photograph will be published, and we will advise of the date once known.
The photographer will be in to take photographs of the nursery children and classes on Thursday 12th September. All children must wear shirt/tie on this day.
Furthermore, he will return on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th September to take pictures of the school children. Again, all children are requested to wear shirt/tie on these days.
If you do not wish for your child to be photographed, then please contact the school office in advance.
Beat the Street
Beat the Street is returning to EK from 18th September to 31st October. An information leaflet is attached, and we encourage you and your child’s participation. Many of you will be familiar with it as we have participated twice in the past.
Children will receive a card/fob prior to the initiative starting. Please ensure that they keep this safe and bring it to school as we will go on local walks during the day.
Family members and friends can pick up cards at various locations, including The John Wright Sports Centre, local library etc. Details can be found on the website:
https://beatthestreet.me/eastkilbride/
Cycling
Please note the following information and links with regards to supporting your child with cycling forwarded to us by our local councillor Kirsten Robb.
My child can’t ride a bike yet – where can I get help?
Teach your child yourself: https://www.cyclinguk.org/guide/teach-child-ride-bike
Lessons: at Camglen Bike Town and Clyde Cycle Park on Saturday mornings – https://www.biketown.org.uk/whatson and https://book.plinth.org.uk/e/28gO7qEIpcqPrUa0yxUp
My child doesn’t have a bike – You can buy quality second hand ones at Camglen Bike Town, Climate Action Strathaven, PedalZone (East Kilbride) or Halfords EK.
My / my child’s bike needs repairs: Free bike checks and simple repairs being done now across EK with CamGlen BikeTown at these events: https://www.biketown.org.uk/event-details/east-kilbride-guided-bike-ride-2024-09-05-11-15 . These are guided rides for adults but Dr Bike will be there too so you can bring your bikes down. There’s also a big active travel event in Calderglen Park on Saturday 14th September,11am-3pm https://www.climateactionlanarkshire.net/get-involved/lanarkshire-climate-action-festival?view=article&id=237&catid=18 . For more complex repairs, East Kilbride has online booking for repairs at Sick Cycles at Stroud Road https://bikebook.co.uk/mechanic/sick-cycles?fbclid=IwY2xjawFGZi5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHTIqk4v12tVIMT68Uzy-luCAkwmsMVuCg-b9QyinA_aKsu2P7u2I8hdgFQ_aem_GEkunuTmAFjbNITQ23Mx7w
Where can I cycle with children locally? Glen Esk and Lammermoor Parks and John Struthers Nature Area are great for mostly flat cycling. For more adventure, once they can cycle, Glen Esk is also good in the woods with a purpose built adventurous cycle with logs and berms. A group of local volunteers are also looking into creating a family cycling loop in Calderwood. Navigable map of routes here: https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200166/getting_outdoors/380/walking_cycling_and_horse_riding_routes
Diary Dates
These can be found in the diary section of our website.
Mass Times at St. Leonard’s Church
Saturday Vigil – 6pm
Sunday – 10am, 12pm and 5.15pm
Week ending 30th August 2024
Star Workers
Room 1 – Orlagh for Star Helper
Room 2 – Idris for Star Friend
Room 3 – Jaxon for Star Work and Respect
Room 4 – Matthew for Star Effort in Sustainability
Room 5 – Eva for Star Role Model
Room 6 – Ellie for Star Worker and Listener
Room 7 – Mila for Star Artist
Room 8 – Keegan for Star Role Model
Room 9 – Kalli and Erin for Star Workers
Room 10 – Michael for Star Resilience
Parent Council and PTA AGMs
Apologies for the late change of date to these meetings. The AGMs will now take place on Wednesday 11th September. New members are most welcome.
Parent Council 6.15pm
PTA 7pm
Brew and a Blether
P1 parents are invited to attend an informal get together with Mrs Gillen on Monday 2nd September at 2.30pm. This is an opportunity to get to know other parents and carers in the year group. An information leaflet was sent out earlier in the week.
Pupil Leadership Teams
This week we held elections for our House Captains. Presentations took place and the senior pupils voted following these.
Thank you to all candidates and I am pleased to announce the following results.
St. Bernadette (red) – Jakub
St. Joseph (yellow) – Lewis M
St. John Bosco (blue) – Michael
St. John Ogilvie (green) – Oscar
All P7 have a leadership responsibility, and these are as follows:
Next week our P6 leadership roles will be announced following elections.
Attendance and Punctuality
Attached is a summary of the impact that attendance can have on education.
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We very much value attendance and appreciate that at times children are unwell and unable to be at school.
It is essential that children are punctual for school, and we are already seeing a lot of late coming. Learning time starts immediately in classes as well as routines, and children arriving late can leave them a little unsettled or waiting for help to learn their task for the session if they’ve missed the start of a lesson.
We are also experiencing a high volume of children being picked up prior to 3pm. We understand that at times appointments for doctors and dentists are scheduled in. We ask that collection prior to 3pm is only done so if absolutely necessary. The volume of children leaving early with no specific reason is becoming vast. The office has been inundated with requests to get children from classes. This can prove difficult at times given how many children are being picked up; locating where in the school the class are (playground/gym/classroom), answering the phone and dealing with medical situations.
Library
Our school library opened again this week. All classes will visit the library on a Wednesday morning. Children will not be able to take out a new book until the previous one is returned. If they are still reading it, then this can be extended for another week.
Should you have any outstanding books at home then please return these to school.
Lines
Well done to St. John Bosco who were the winning House for the lines for the second week in a row.
Tidiest Classrooms this week are Room 3 and Room 7.
Tidiest Cloakroom this week is awarded to Room 3 & 4 and Room 5 & 6.
Diary Dates
Please refer to the diary section of our website. This will be updated regularly.
Mass Times at St. Leonard’s Church
Saturday Vigil – 6pm
Sunday – 10am, 12pm and 5.15pm
Week ending 23rd August 2024
Star Workers
Room 1 – The Whole Class
Room 2 – The Whole Class
Room 3 – Theo for Star Worker
Room 4 – Aria for Star Maths
Room 5 – Andrew for Star Worker
Room 6 – Conor for Star Role Model
Room 7 – Matthew S for Star Attitude
Room 8 – Mia for Star Helper
Room 9 – Dylan for Star Worker
Room 10 – Isaac for Star Attitude
Parent Council and PTA AGMs
A polite reminder that next week we have our meetings. All are invited to attend, and we are always keen for new members to join.
Parent Council 6.15pm
PTA 7pm
Flu Immunisation Forms
The flu immunisation forms were issued this week. Please return these in the coming days if you haven’t already done so.
Personal Items
Please ensure that your child’s name is on all items of clothing, water bottles and lunch boxes. We have a build-up of lost property items already.
Children must bring a jacket to school daily as they will be outdoors for breaks and learning time. The children only remain indoors when it is very heavy rain.
Lines
Well done to St. John Bosco who were the winning House for the lines.
Tidiest Classrooms this week are Room 4 and Room 10.
Tidiest Cloakroom this week is awarded to Room 1 & 2 and Room 9 & 10.
School Lunches
The new school menu launches on Monday 26th August. A direct line is available via our website and below.
Diary Dates
Please refer to the diary section of our website for diary dates. This will be regularly updated.
Mass Times at St. Leonard’s Church
Saturday Vigil – 6pm
Sunday – 10am, 12pm and 5.15pm
