Our first Smart School Council theme of the session is Our Learning & Teaching and, at their Smart School Council class meetings on Monday 26th August, pupils across the school were asked ‘What are the top five things which make … Continue reading →

Pupil Equity Funding (PEF) is money given to Cathedral Primary School by the Scottish Government each year to help us provide the best possible opportunities for our young learners. In particular, it is there to help the school support children who … Continue reading →

Mrs Duffy conducted interviews with our twelve House Captains on Tuesday 27th August in order to allocate their different Smart School Council Communication Team roles: Progress updater Question finder Assembly coordinator Class meeting tool leader Poster maker Staff liaison officer … Continue reading →

Smart School Council gives every Cathedral pupil a voice and is key to driving forward change and improvement across our school community. The first class meetings of the year took place on Monday 26th August and Cathedral learners were asked … Continue reading →

Campus Council gathered for their opening meeting of the year on Monday 26th August. The children from the three schools took some time to get to know one another before discussing and planning our first 2024/25 Campus Connections learning activity: … Continue reading →

Every change and improvement we make in Cathedral is ultimately about improving outcomes for pupils, so it’s vital our young learners are directly involved in the school’s ongoing improvement process. Pupils had the opportunity to explore Cathedral’s 2024/25 improvement priorities … Continue reading →

Priority 2 in this year’s Annual Improvement Plan is: ‘Improve the quality and increase the impact of Religious Education RC across all stages through a systematic and active review of the ten characteristics in the Charter for Catholic Schools in … Continue reading →

The National Schools Singing Programme, funded by Motherwell Diocese, got back up and running on Thursday 22nd August. Mr James Greechan, NSSP Choral Director, met our new Primary 4 pupils for the first time and the boys and girls thoroughly … Continue reading →

Our first Family Learning workshop of the year, for parents and carers of our new Primary 1 pupils, took place on Thursday 22nd August . The workshop focused on Primary 1 literacy, particularly Cathedral’s approach to teaching phonics. Mr Young … Continue reading →

As you will have read in a newsfeed item posted earlier this week, Provost Duffy paid a visit to Cathedral Primary on Tuesday 19th August ahead of the Papal Nuncio’s visit to Motherwell next week. The Provost’s visit to Cathedral … Continue reading →