Our Primary 6 buddies joined their friends in the nursery on Wednesday 30th April to enjoy some indoor and outdoor learning together. The above group headed to the sand area, finding some dinosaurs on the way, and had great fun creating a prehistoric land for their dinosaurs to explore.
These regular buddy sessions are an important part of Cathedral’s Nursery – Primary 1 transition as by the time our young learners begin Primary 1 in August, our older learners will be Primary 7 and positive and supportive friendships will have already been established.
His Majesty’s Inspectors of Education (HMIe) will carry out an inspection of Cathedral Primary
School and Nursery Class during the week commencing Monday 12th May. Please click on the link below to access an interactive summary of the strengths and good practice Cathedral Primary will share and celebrate with inspectors during their visit:
Please continue to pray for Pope Francis during this nine day period of mourning.
Primary 1 parents and carers had the opportunity to join their child in class on Tuesday 29th April for the last of our digital family learning
workshops. Each of the three sessions opened with a presentation on how digital can support literacy and numeracy across the curriculum. Our Primary 1 learners then enjoyed using the ‘Bee Bot’ app on their ipad to do some coding with their parent/carer. Very impressive computing skills from our young learners!
Cathedral’s hard-working teachers and support staff are busy preparing for the school and nursery inspection on 12th May. To give them a wee boost during this busy time, Mrs Murphy has refreshed the staff wellbeing area in the staffroom. As summer arrives, Cathedral staff can select some healthy fruit, choose a book to relax with in the garden or simply be inspired by one of the quotations such as ‘I am grateful for what I have.’
Cathedral parent and native Spanish speaker, Mrs Pech, launched a new Spanish club for Primary 4 learners on Monday 28th April. The children are already enjoying learning Spanish with Miss Cawley as part of their core learning but are very excited about getting tuition from someone whose first language is Spanish in the coming weeks.
Elections for our 2025/26 House Captains took place in the first week of term. The twelve newly-elected captains will be mentored by our current House Captains during the remainder of the year before the ceremonial ‘handing over of the batons’ at the Primary 7 graduation in June. Mentoring will include training in leading ‘Smart School Council’, which gives every learner a voice and is instrumental in bringing about ongoing change and improvement in Cathedral.
This Primary 5 learner excelled in a Celtic music competition in Glasgow on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th April. Following several outstanding performances on the Celtic harp and the concertina, the talented musician walked away with two gold, two silver and two bronze medals. Very impressive and definitely something to add to your Rose Trainer Achievement Award record card!
These learners took the opportunity to signpost parishioners to Cathedral’s interactive inspection page after Mass on Sunday 27th April. Posters have also been displayed in St Luke’s and the QR code printed in the parish bulletin.
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With this week’s beautiful weather, our young learners in the nursery have been out in the garden area planting and tending to the plants.
This has given them the opportunity to learn to identify and name the different parts of plants and flowers such as the leaf and the stem.