We welcome this month of November remembering all those who have died and praying especially for them throughout the month.
Our assembly on Monday morning focused on this month ahead and the forthcoming Remembrance Sunday.
Following assembly on Monday we enjoyed a visit from our new Continuous Improvement Officers (CIO formerly QIO). Mrs Morag Hay and Mr. Philip McGhee have both been assigned to our school. We treated them to a tour of the school and nursery and they were most impressed, both by our children, staff and our beautiful building. We look forward to working with Mrs Hay and Mr. McGhee in the coming months and years.
Monday morning we also welcomed ten 4th year students from Our Lady’s High for a week of work experience. All ten students have enjoyed a very busy, varied week and have been a great help and support throughout the school. I have already emailed Mrs Sinclair (HT of Our Lady’s High) to say how impressed everyone in school is with the young people. Congratulations to all 10 students, and on behalf of our school community – thank you.
Tuesday morning brought a visit from The Warburton’s Lorry – a unique learning experience for our pupils. On the bus they learned about road safety, safety on cycles all through the medium of the Warburton’s lorry. We all enjoyed the free bread too!
Wednesday of this week Mollie Jeffrey represented our school in NLC Schools Swimming Championships – well done Mollie.
Friday our Primary Two pupils excelled themselves in preparing and leading our Mass for The Holy Souls. A super reflection on the good work on-going in classes for our children’s spiritual development. Well done Primary two. Our Mass was beautiful and spiritually uplifting. Thanks also to the large number of parents and parishioners who came along to join our celebration. A lovely end to a most successful week.
Friday evening our Fundraisers once again, excelled themselves hosting a fabulous Ladies Night. Thanks to all who came along to support this event and provided such fantastic raffle prizes. We raised an AMAZING £1051.00, brilliant.
Throughout the week our come Clubbing @ Cathedral continues to blossom. This term our pupils have opportunity to take part in a wide range of wider school activities including: Walking Club (lunchtime), Rosary Club (lunch time), Rugby, basketball, Football, Choir, Solo Singing (lunch time), Christmas Activities, Cross Country Bag Making etc etc…. and endless list. A HUGE thanks has to go to all adults involved in providing these additional activities for our children. Included in this are parents, former parents, Early Years Staff, Active Schools Staff, teachers, support staff, management team….in short EVERYONE has a role to play in our school and all do this at lunchtime and after school on a voluntary basis simply to ensure the best educational experience for all of our children.
A very exciting event in our nursery this week, not just our children celebrating – our staff too.
Congratulations to Mrs murphy and Mrs Kinnear who both celebrated their graduations this week. We are delighted for them and well chuffed!.
The ladies in their finery.
And from the nursery…….
In preparation for road safety week the children have been discussing road safety and how to stay safe on Bonfire night.
In the literacy area they have been getting to know Ziggy our road safety alien. They have been following his adventures through story books and on the Smartboard and have began to make a Ziggy display.
They also told stories of how they kept safe when they were out for their Hallowe’en and drew firework pictures using chalk and pastels.
Outside they have made their own STOP and GO signs and roleplayed using the cars and the signs to practice Stop and Go. The children continue to discuss Autumn and have expanded the Autumn matching game with a new gathering of leaves.
In numeracy they had the opportunity to complete the road safety jigsaw puzzles. They discussed the colours relating to the lollipop lady and her lollipop and they painted the characters for the display. They also used the numberline to sequence the leaves biggest to smallest.
In Science they weighed a range of Autumn objects to discover which were the heaviest and which were the lightest.
In snack they made Bonfire sparklers using chocolate fingers and sparkles. They went off with a Bang!
The children have transformed the house corner into a Dark and Light den. They have been reading the story ‘Can’t You Sleep Little Bear’ and roleplaying the story using the props. They have discussed how to help the little bear by coming up with ideas about what to use to make it light e.g Lanterns, night lights and torches. They have also watched the story on the SmartBoard. They used chalk to create the nightime scene from the story.
In expressive arts its been a busy week with the children making paintings from chestnut rolling. They made rockets from a range of collage and painted sparkly firework pictures. They also made ther own traffic light pictures using the art sponges.
In health and wellbeing the majority of the children took part in an activity that promoted the importance of handwashing. They used glitter to show how germs can get on your hands and the glitter was hard to get off so they had to wash their hands thoroughly. This was a very popular activity with a powerful messdage.
Week 3 in the forest and the children are showing that they are able to set up their base camp with very little support. They can carry out their responsibilities and are eager to do so. They are becoming more confident in exploring the environment and are thriving from the experience. This week they made a rope swing, a shelter, done some bark rubbings, measured the size of the slugs using a stick and caught the leaves falling down from the trees. Please take a look at their adventures showcased each week in th floorbook in the cloakroom.
In preparation for road safety week the children have been discussing road safety and how to stay safe on Bonfire night.
In the literacy area they have been getting to know Ziggy our road safety alien. They have been following his adventures through story books and on the Smartboard and have began to make a Ziggy display.
They also told stories of how they kept safe when they were out for their Hallowe’en and drew firework pictures using chalk and pastels.
Outside they have made their own STOP and GO signs and roleplayed using the cars and the signs to practice Stop and Go. The children continue to discuss Autumn and have expanded the Autumn matching game with a new gathering of leaves.
In numeracy they had the opportunity to complete the road safety jigsaw puzzles. They discussed the colours relating to the lollipop lady and her lollipop and they painted the characters for the display. They also used the numberline to sequence the leaves biggest to smallest.
In Science they weighed a range of Autumn objects to discover which were the heaviest and which were the lightest.
In snack they made Bonfire sparklers using chocolate fingers and sparkles. They went off with a Bang!
The children have transformed the house corner into a Dark and Light den. They have been reading the story ‘Can’t You Sleep Little Bear’ and roleplaying the story using the props. They have discussed how to help the little bear by coming up with ideas about what to use to make it light e.g Lanterns, night lights and torches. They have also watched the story on the SmartBoard. They used chalk to create the nightime scene from the story.
In expressive arts its been a busy week with the children making paintings from chestnut rolling. They made rockets from a range of collage and painted sparkly firework pictures. They also made ther own traffic light pictures using the art sponges.
In health and wellbeing the majority of the children took part in an activity that promoted the importance of handwashing. They used glitter to show how germs can get on your hands and the glitter was hard to get off so they had to wash their hands thoroughly. This was a very popular activity with a powerful messdage.
Week 3 in the forest and the children are showing that they are able to set up their base camp with very little support. They can carry out their responsibilities and are eager to do so. They are becoming more confident in exploring the environment and are thriving from the experience. This week they made a rope swing, a shelter, done some bark rubbings, measured the size of the slugs using a stick and caught the leaves falling down from the trees. Please take a look at their adventures showcased each week in the floorbook in the cloakroom.
As always
Thanks for reading, we got a comment last week. Let’s double it this week!
Mrs Shields
What a wonderful array of additional learning opportunities for the pupils from across the whole school community. Thank you to all involved for enriching the curriculum and for giving of yourselves voluntarily, it is much appreciated by parents and carers.