Catholic Schools – Good for Scotland
Serving The Common Good
This week marked our annual celebration of Catholic Education in Scotland, a very special year as the centenary year for Catholic Education.
In school this week we have been focussing on the chosen theme, as detailed above. All work for Good Work Wall will be based around this theme, please make time to pop into school and view all the wonderful work on display in our front entrance. Our grateful thanks to our pupils who represented our schools at St. Luke’s Church and O.L.G.A Cathedral Parish last Saturday and Sunday. They were joined by young people from Our Lady’s High School.
On Thursday of this week we welcomed Fr. Chromy, our chaplain, great friend and supporter of our school, to celebrate Mass as part of our commitment to Catholic Education. Our whole school community participated with reverence and devotion. Special thanks to Fr. Chromy, the staff of P3 and, most especially, the boys and girls of Primary Three who led us through the liturgy. A wonderful culmination to our work throughout the week and a fabulous way for P3 to embark on their intensive preparation for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Primary 6c have been busily working as a team to promote and encourage working together all through the medium of Lego!
Great work from Mrs Tominey, Mrs McAllister, Mr Shanks and all the boys and girls in P6c. An innovative approach to learning.
It has been a very busy time in school with lots of visitors coming along to enhance the learning and teaching in our school, most particularly in Primary One where they are learning all about ‘People Who Help Us’. We welcomed Doctor Findlay and our local Fire Brigade:
Our grateful thanks to these very busy professionals who took time out of their hectic schedules to provide such unique and memorable learning opportunities for our children (and staff).
Coupled with this we are delighted to welcome back specialists from Speech & Language who are working with our P3 and P1 pupils and staff to take forward new initiatives to further promote excellence in language.
During lunch times and after school there are a huge range of activities and learning opportunities taking place each week under the umbrella title of
Come Clubbing @ Cathedral. This term we are offering:
Handball, Cross Country, Lego Therapy, Euro Quiz, Young Leaders, Solo Singing, Recitation, Choir, Multi-sports, Swimming, Aladdin Workshops, Ball Skills and Football.
How fortunate are we to have such amazing staff who so willingly give of their own free time to ‘Go The Extra Mile’Â educating the whole child and ensuring excellence throughout our whole school community.
Our Euroquizzers took part in North Lanarkshire’s annual EuroQuiz. The team were commended on their range of knowledge and scored very well in the quiz. The pupils were also highly complimented on their good manners, excellent behaviour and keen sportsmanship. Well done to all involved. Special credit to Miss Cawley who has been busily preparing the team for the quiz. Great ambassadors for our school.
Meanwhile, its’ been a very busy time in the nursery, here’s Mrs MM Murphy’s weekly roundup….
This week in nursery we have been learning all about people who live in very cold countries. We have made Igloos using a range of collage and even made some using marshmallows in snack. In Literacy they have been looking at factual books from the school library and have been able to recall some facts learned in their group floorbooks.
In Science they participated in an experiment using an ice cube, a square and a rectangle of ice. They had to guess which one would melt the quickest using the heat of their hands or a hairdryer. They made a chart of their predictions which is displayed in the Science area.
In Numeracy they have used the dice and matched the dots on the dice to the dots on the cards. They then counted how many fingers using the filled gloves. The children really enjoyed this activity which was led by our student and chose to revisit it on Friday.
Our little Scientists have been busy outdoors taking part in a hot chocolate experiment. They filled the cups with hot chocolate they covered them with different materials such as foil and Kitchen roll and they left one uncovered. They recorded the temperature using a thermometer and made a chart of their findings. At the end of the experiment they got to drink it.
Also outdoors the children have used a white tarpaulin to create their very own igloo and have been role-playing in it.
In Art they have made collage Eskimos and discussed why they need to wear warm furry coats and hats.
Over in snack they constructed an igloo from marshmallows, they used icing sugar to help stick the marshmallows together They also made individual ones and chocolate banana penguins and marshmallow penguins. Another popular activity this week.
