The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an important agreement by countries who have promised to protect children’s rights. The Convention on the Rights of the Child explains who children are, all their rights, and the responsibilities of … Continue reading →

Tuesday 14th March saw some unexpected snowfall in Motherwell and, despite it only being a small amount, Cathedral pupils still made the most of it. These creative children managed to gather enough snow to build a mini snowman, complete with … Continue reading →

Book recommendations, from pupils and adults, have been a feature of our weekly assemblies for the past couple of months. Mr Young, Mrs Campbell, Mrs Duffy and Mrs McCoy were the first to do a book review and, from Monday … Continue reading →

The Ladies’ Night, which took place in St Bride’s Hall on Friday 10th March, raised an incredible £1158.80. As always, this money will directly benefit Cathedral pupils including subsidising next term’s trips and providing a high school tie to each of … Continue reading →

As they do every year, the young learners of Cathedral and Firpark campus teamed up on Friday 10th March to support a local Motherwell foodbank. This year, we were also joined by our friends at Clydeview Primary, which opened on … Continue reading →

Our next round of Family Learning workshops got underway on Tuesday 7th March, focusing on Primary 1 – 3 Literacy. Mr Young opened the workshop by talking about Cathedral Primary’s holistic approach to Literacy: a rigorous synthetic phonics programme to … Continue reading →

One of our Primary 6 pupils will be heading off to Portugal on 8th March to represent the Scottish Gymnastics Club in an international competition. The event, which will last for six days, will see our young gymnast compete against … Continue reading →

The latest ‘Spotlight this month’ to appear in our school library focuses on fiction which features animals amongst the characters. Many thanks, once again, to Mrs Mellon for creating such an eye-catching display. Although we have a fantastic school library, … Continue reading →

As part of our Ca-Fi Connections programme, Cathedral pupils from Primary 3a worked with pupils from Room 4 and Room 6 at Firpark Primary to design a garden for the Keep Scotland Beautiful Pocket Garden Design Competition. The children decided … Continue reading →

Thirteen Cathedral pupils participated in the North Lanarkshire cross country finals at Wishaw Sports Centre on Thursday 2nd March. By the end of the event, Cathedral had come out on top with 1st in the Primary 7 boys category, 1st … Continue reading →