Session 2025 – 26
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.
