On Thursday of this week we were informed by Forgewood Charities we have been successful in our bid to finance our Outdoor Classroom and Al Fresco Orchestra. This is FANTASTIC news, we are absolutely delighted.
Our fundraisers have provided £3000, our ‘Clubbercise’ sponsored event raised a further £3711 and Forgewood Charities has provided the additional £11000. AMAZING. We look forward to the grand opening. So exciting.
This week has been an exceptionally busy week for a number of our senior choir members. They have been working with North Lanarkshire Council Music specialists and six High School choirs to prepare for two concerts which both took place this week. This joint choir is called Treble AAA.
On the evening of Sunday 4th November performed beautifully at a Lanarkshire Festival of Remembrance in Hamilton Town House. This was a truly poignant performance which was greatly appreciated by both old and young. On the evening of Thursday 8th November Treble AAA Choir performed, once again, this time in Motherwell Concert Hall celebrating the centenary of Catholic Education in Scotland. Again, this was an extremely moving performance. We are so incredibly proud of our pupils for their commitment to giving so freely of their own time to take part in these events and their wonderful dedication to learning song after song after song! We were the only primary school to be invited to participate in Treble AAA choir, this in itself is a wonderful honour. Well done to all who performed, brilliant work.
Our assembly on Monday was dominated by our Happy Health Committee who gave us a wonderful presentation all about Anti-Bullying Week. Anti-Bullying Week takes place this coming week 12th-16th November. Our Health Committee has launched a wonderful competition for all in our school. – Ask your children and they’ll tell you all about it.
Friday of this week our whole school is asked to ‘wear blue’ to show their support for anti-bullying. On this day our upper school will have opportunity to take part in anti-bullying workshops. Our school slogan is:
Cathedral Primary is our school
Anti-bullying is our rule!
Also at this assembly we awarded our first House Tokens of the session, keep an eye on the board in the dining hall to see which house is our current leader.
Thanks to all who contributed towards our bag2school collection, the bags were taken away this week to be weighed. This is a great way to earn money for our school with no cost at all.
REMINDER: Monday 19th November is an in-service day for staff, no children should attend on this day.
Meanwhile, down in the nursery……
This week started with a BANG as the children celebrated Bonfire Night. Outside they used the firebowl to toast marshmallows and had hot chocolate to go along with it. They also made some very sparkly firework pictures which are displayed in the art area. They recalled their own firework stories and scribed some words for the display. They used the Ipads to create their own firework pictures and made sparklers using breadsticks and sprinkles.
On Wednesday we began our Diwali celebrations. the Festival of Light is a Hindu custom celebrated throughout the world. The children listened to and danced to a range of Indian music and watched and copied the dance moves on the Smartboard.
Down in the forest the children made lanterns and explored the magic light.
In snack the children made and decorated their own Diwali cookie a tradition throughout the celebrations.
In art they created marbled pattern pictures using very bright colours and explored some bright colours in the shaving foam and the watertray.
Over in the numeracy they used the big shape box to create their own Rangoli patterns. Some children were able to follow one of the more simpler patterns.
In the literacy area they created Mehndi hands using a range of collage. Some children opted to trace around their own hand to improve their pencil control. In the home corner the children have been using the scarfs to make Saris.
Outdoors the children gathered resources to make a dark den and placed a range of different coloured flashing lights in it. They also used the psychedelic pens to make Mandala leaves another custom that takes place during the festival.
On Friday the aroma of spices filled the air as the children had the opportunity to taste a range of Indian foods. On offer was pakora, rice, curry sauce, poppadoms and samosas. The children have had a great learning experience celebrating Diwalli in so many different ways.
This week we also had a visit from Childsmile and the Optician. All professionals were very impressed with how well the children participated.
As always, thanks for reading. Please leave a comment or two.
Mrs Shields
