Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral Primary School

This week at nursery we have been learning all about flowers and plants, following our wonderful Ground Force Day. The children showed great imagination and teamwork as they created their very own florist shop, taking on different roles such as customer, server and manager. Through play, they explored numbers, colours and the names of different flowers.

We have also been learning how to care for our plants by making sure they have everything they need to grow. The children have enjoyed observing the changes in our garden and recording the height of the flowers as they grow taller each week. It has been lovely to see so many positive interactions, kindness and teamwork as they care for our outdoor spaces together.

In our garden, the children have also been busy creating a mini‑beast hotel using recycled materials. They carefully designed different‑sized rooms for different insects and shared lots of ideas about who might come to visit. We are very excited to see which mini‑beasts choose to make our garden their new home.

Our young learners embraced the Explore and Extend challenge set by Scottish Water, gathering natural resources to create a rain chain that helps collect water. This enthusiastic group spent their breaktime searching for pine cones, working collaboratively to combine their materials into one long, functional chain.

They are now ready to test their creation and record their findings, demonstrating curiosity, teamwork and growing confidence as problem‑solvers.

Our Primary 3 learners took on an exciting design challenge during Explore and Extend: creating a hotel for visiting Commonwealth athletes. This project encouraged them to think like architects and problem‑solvers.

They planned room layouts, imagined athlete‑friendly facilities and explained detailed descriptions explaining their design choices. Their growing confidence was clear in the way they shared ideas, collaborated and proudly presented their final design.

Primary 2 had a brilliant time celebrating Numeracy Day with an outdoor treasure trail packed full of maths, teamwork and lots of excitement. The children explored the playground to find real‑life examples of different maths concepts, turning learning into a hands‑on adventure.

Working in small groups, the children read each challenge card carefully and set off to find an object that matched the maths idea. They explored: measure, pattern, size, symmetry and shape patterns.

Cathedral learners embraced National Numeracy Day with creativity, teamwork and plenty of mathematical thinking as they designed and built their very own board games. From the first sketches to the final rules, pupils showed impressive imagination and a strong understanding of the numeracy concepts they chose to include.

What made the experience even more special was the chance to test their games with younger learners across the school. Pupil designers became teachers, guiding others through the gameplay and seeing their ideas come to life in real time.

Cathedral learners took on a real‑world numeracy challenge for National Numeracy Day — planning the budget for a brand‑new skate park in Motherwell. Working together, they explored what it takes to turn a big idea into a realistic project, using maths to make smart financial decisions.

They researched costs, compared options and discussed what features would give the best value for the community. Pupils used a range of important skills, including: budgeting, estimating, problem solving, teamwork and communication.

Their enthusiasm proved that numeracy isn’t just about numbers — it’s about planning, imagining and building something that could make a real difference in their community.

The upper school is absolutely buzzing this week as preparations for our much‑anticipated school show step up a gear. Learning streets and  have transformed into lively hubs of performing arts, with pupils dancing, singing, acting and drama skills. Mrs Duffy was treated to a special sneak preview from some of our Primary 6 pupils, including main characters, class scenes and even a first look at some of the costumes.

With both afternoon and evening performances scheduled, we truly cannot wait to share the final show with you. The box office opened this week and, as expected, these are the hottest tickets in town for the 3rd and 4th of June. It’s shaping up to be a memorable event that celebrates creativity, confidence and teamwork across our upper school.

We’re so proud of the dedication our pupils are showing and we know families will be just as impressed when the curtain finally rises.