Primary 1a learners visited Cathedral’s fantastic library for the first time on Friday 22nd August. Our eager readers each chose a book to enjoy in the reading wood before they voted for ‘The Baddies’ by Julia Donaldson to be read … Continue reading →

Primary 7 were the very first stage to visit Cathedral’s new Investigation & Innovation Hub on Tuesday 19th August, which has been set up to help take forward Priority 1 in this year’s School Improvement Plan. The hub is an … Continue reading →

Our August – December Family Learning programme has now been finalised. The first ‘universal’ parent workshop, for Primary 1 parents and carers, will focus on phonics and literacy. This takes place on Tuesday 9th September. This is only a few … Continue reading →

Primary 4a explored the power of words during Health & Wellbeing on Monday 18th August. Mrs Cassidy squeezed a tube of toothpaste onto the desk to help the children understand that once negative or hurtful words are out our mouths, … Continue reading →

To mark Cathedral Primary’s 150th anniversary, Fr Lamb presented a special chasuble to the school during Mass on Friday 15th August. The chasuble, brought all the way back from Rome by Fr Lamb, features an image of Blessed Carlo Acutis, … Continue reading →

The Scottish Government has established a new ‘Centre for Teaching Excellence’, based in the University of Glasgow, and Mr Young has accepted a six-month part-time secondment to the centre. From the beginning of September, Mr Young will be in Cathedral … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

Cathedral learners bounded through the school gate on the morning of Thursday 14th August with their usual smiles and enthusiasm. Once in class, they got straight down to their learning and Mr Young was impressed to see jotters open and … Continue reading →

Our twelve new House Captains, who were elected by their peers back in June, are eager to get started and will meet formally for the first time at the beginning of next week. An important part of every House Captain’s … Continue reading →

Around twenty different languages are spoken by families across the Cathedral school community and there is the facility to read our website in the language of your choice via the ‘translate’ button. Numerous languages are available, from Cantonese to Malayalam … Continue reading →