Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral Primary School

We are delighted to share that Cathedral Breakfast Club successfully applied for and was awarded a £1000 grant from Kellogg’s.

Our Primary 6 learners have been working hard on place value, using the Concrete–Pictorial–Abstract (CPA) approach to deepen their understanding and build confidence in Mathematics.

From hands-on resources, to pictorial representations and finally abstract calculations, our learners have been developing their skills while being supported and challenged at the right level.

Keep an eye out for our Family Learning Programme, coming soon, with a special focus on Numeracy and Mathematics. We look forward to sharing ways families can support mathematical learning at home!

We are delighted to share some wonderful news with our school community!

Our Primary One children have settled into school life so well and have made a fantastic start to their learning. They have been learning their first letter sounds, m and a, and have shown such enthusiasm and eagerness to learn.

Mrs Duffy and the class teachers have been incredibly impressed by the children’s positive attitude to learning. They have quickly learned our classroom routines and are becoming more confident and independent each day.

We are so proud of the wonderful start they have made and look forward to another exciting week of learning and fun together.

There have already been lots of exciting learning opportunities taking place. Our children have been developing their problem-solving skills through completing jigsaws, while exploring early numeracy through counting and subitising with marbles. It has been wonderful to see their curiosity, concentration and enthusiasm for learning shine through.

Our curiosity has also taken us outdoors, where we have been carefully observing our vegetable patch and discovering what has been growing. We were super excited to find a caterpillar hiding amongst our lettuce.

The children have been fascinated by our new little friend and have been carefully observing it while learning how to care for it. Together, we created a safe habitat where our caterpillar can grow and develop. We have been talking about the life cycle of a caterpillar, exploring how it changes and transforms into a beautiful butterfly.

We have also enjoyed reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar and making connections between the story and our own exciting discovery.

We can’t wait to watch our caterpillar grow and see what happens next.

What a fantastic beginning to our nursery year — we are looking forward to all the wonderful learning, exploring and adventures still to come.

Bishop Joseph Toal has written to parents and carers who have enrolled their child in a Catholic school within the diocese of Motherwell. A copy of the letter was sent to Cathedral’s new Primary 1 parents and carers on Friday 15th August and the letter can also be accessed via the link below.

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Our new Primary 1 pupils will be formally welcomed to Cathedral Primary at a special Mass in Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral at 10.00am on Thursday 17th September. Teaching staff will also renew their commitment to their vocation as Catholic educators in the presence of the school and parish community during the Mass.

Cathedral learners bounded through the school gate on the morning of Wednesday 12th August with their usual smiles and enthusiasm. Once in class, they got straight down to their learning and Mrs Duffy was impressed to see jotters open and pencils being put to paper even before the children headed out for morning break.

The boys and girls were eager to get out into the sunshine to catch up with their friends as well as get to know some of the new pupils who have come to join our Cathedral family.

What a fantastic start to another exciting, action-packed year here at Cathedral!

Our Primary 5 young learners were keen to impress Mrs Duffy with their knowledge about the solar eclipse! They put their learning into action by creating their very own eclipse models and sharing what they discovered.

We’re looking forward to seeing the real thing tonight in Motherwell at 6pm.

Well done, P5 — your curiosity and enthusiasm have been fantastic!

We know how important it is to get diary dates out as early as possible to allow parents and carers to book time off work for various school events. Cathedral’s 2026/2027 diary dates have now been confirmed and can be accessed via the link below:

Dates for your Diary 26-27

Many congratulations to our twelve newly-elected House Captains. House Captains play a vital role in Cathedral Primary, not only representing our six Houses, but also heading-up the work of Smart School Council. Smart School Council gives every pupil in our school community a voice and is instrumental in bringing about ongoing change and improvement in Cathedral Primary School.

Keep an eye on the website newsfeed for updates on our 2026/2027 Smart School Council priorities.

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