What an incredible week, so many exciting things happening.
On Tuesday of this week we said extended an initial welcome to 73 brand new prospective Primary One pupils and their parents/guardians. What a lovely day we all enjoyed. Our children came to school class by class giving each child and their parents a chance to enjoy a very personal welcome to our fabulous school. Mrs McCarthy (P1a), Mrs McLaughlan(P1b), Mrs Shevlin(P1c) and all at school look forward to repeating this lovely liaison this coming Tuesday.
Wednesday evening our Primary 4 pupils along with their parents/guardians joined us in O.L.G.A Cathedral Church to make final preparations for their forthcoming First Holy Communion celebrations.
It is now Sunday afternoon and we have experienced two most joyful, spiritual and uplifting First Holy Communion Masses. Each of the Masses was concelebrated by a number of clergy so ably led by Fr. Chromy. Our grateful thanks to all clergy, Fr. Chromy, Canon O’Mahoney, Fr. Martin, Fr Bridie & Deacon Tom. Thanks also to pass keepers and altar servers.
We extend our thanks to our P4 staff; Mrs McDerment, Miss McAvoy, Miss Hughes & Mrs Carr, to staff who with their musical talents greatly enhanced each of the celebrations; Mrs Campbell, Mrs Murphy, Miss Love and Mrs Ferry. Indeed thanks to all staff, the majority of whom came along to support our children on their special days. I trust all P4 pupils and their families have enjoyed a joyful celebration over this most memorable weekend.
One of our highlights of this week has to be our Primary 7 final assembly, and what a way to end their 7 years on our stage. The young people of P7 talked, danced, sang and entertained all who came along describing their memorable moments in our school. It was truly outstanding and what came through loud and clear was the great pride our pupils have in their accomplishments and their commitment and dedication to our school. It was a wonderful display of talent and fun with a huge dash of sentiment leaving everyone in the hall reaching for their tissues. A HUGE well done to all of our P7 pupils and their teachers; Mrs McCulloch, Mrs Shevlin, Mrs Loose, Mrs Duffy & Mrs Ferry. What a team; fantastic.
Here’s some photos of the day:
Our Primary Seven assembly was attended by a very special guest. Mr Kevin Egan, our new Continuous Improvement Officer (CIO) joined us on the day. This was Mr Egan’s first visit to our school and I think it is fair to say he was ‘well impressed’. Mr Egan was astounded by our fabulous campus, our polite, well-mannered, happy children and our incredibly talented Primary Seven pupils. We look forward to working with Mr Egan as we continue our journey to excellence.
Whilst our P7 pupils entertained us all our Primary Three pupils were busy wielding swords, dressing as knights and other ‘castle personnel’ and learning all about castles through the centuries. These wonderful, enlightening workshops with a variety of artifacts were provided by staff from Motherwell Heritage Centre, such a fabulous way to learn all about Scottish history. Here’s a couple of photographs, more to come.
Meanwhile, our nursery pupils (when not visiting primary one) have enjoyed a very busy week. Here’s all the gossip from Mrs M M Murphy.
What a glorious week the children have continued to plant more flowers and vegetables in the garden. Each pot has a label indicating which group have planted them.
Outdoors they have used the big sponges to create a range of different sized flowers for the numeracy wall. In numeracy they have been measuring and comparing flower sizes.
In snack the children have made their own flowers using fruit, vegetables and breadsticks. They discussed the names of the different parts of the plants while creating them.
The art area has been busy this week with the opportunity to paint still life flower pictures and make sunflowers from a range of shapes. They made flower power headbands.
In literacy they have been singing their favourite nursery rhymes and scribing rhyming words.
Down in the forest the older children have taken on the responsibility of helping the younger children with the rules and routines and they are proving to be confident individuals and effective contributors. Well done to all.
Play on Pedals continues with a few more children now pedaling independently. A fabulous lifelong skill!
As always, thanks for taking the time to read our blog, any suggestions, ideas, opinions or comments most welcome.
Mrs Shields
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It really was a totally emotional week indeed. P7 assembly was outstanding, huge thanks to all involved, we laughed and cried on a trip from p1 to P7. So many terrific memories and a tribute to all the great teachers and school staff over the years. Brilliant. And then P4 1st Holy communions awonderful wonderful day. Huge thanks again to all involved in preparing our children for this most special day. One they will never forget. Really appreciate the amount of work that goes into the preparation for all the sacraments. We are blessed to have such dedicated staff. Thanks to all.