Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral Primary School

Five members of Cathedral Primary choir had the pleasure of attending the second annual Head Choristers Conference in the Diocesan Centre on Thursday 23rd January.  Arranged by Mr Greechan (Choral Director for the National Schools Singing Programme), they enjoyed a day of vocal workouts with Jane Irwin, Head of vocal performance at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow, and a session with Fr Martin Delaney about why we sing during Mass. The day concluded with sung Afternoon Prayer in the Cathedral. 

All five represented our school community with the usual Cathedral behaviour and enthusiasm. Well done to our Head and Assistant Head Choristers! 

This Primary 5 learner, who plays for Partick Thistle, took part in a football tournament at Toryglen on Saturday 18th January. His team played matches against Celtic, Rangers, Newcastle, Burnley, Aberdeen, Queens Park and Hearts and finished a respectable 6th place. Definitely one to put on your Rose Trainer Achievement Award record card!

With the approach of Burns Night, Primary 7 learners had their very own question and answer session with piper David Stark (aka Mrs Allison’s Uncle Davie!) on Wednesday 22nd January. The children learned more about Robert Burns, how bagpipes work and were then treated to a recital of various Scottish songs including Flower of Scotland and Highland Cathedral.

As part of Mrs Findlay’s lunchtime club, these Cathedral learners made bird feeders to keep our feathered friends nourished during the winter months. The children researched the best ingredients to use (beef dripping, oats and seeds) but avoided meal worms, to protect other animals. 

Cathedral learners are taking part in the RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch, so the lunchtime club chose an area of the yard which can be easily viewed from classroom windows to hang the bird feeders. Binoculars will be at the ready every day!

All those associated with Cathedral Primary School and parish are most welcome to join Head Choristers from across the seven schools involved in the National Schools Singing Programme for sung afternoon prayer in Motherwell Cathedral on Thursday 22nd January. The liturgy begins at 2.00pm.

One of our current Smart School Council projects is improving pupil toilets to make them more aesthetically pleasing and pleasant to use. Pupils in each learning street were recently consulted on the colour they would like each toilet to be painted and these were finalised on Monday 20th January. Our learners’ choices are as follows:

Brainbox Boulevard

Boys: Blue Babe

Girls: Berry Smoothie

Winners Wynd

Boys: Kiwi Crush

Girls: Pretty Pink

Ambition Avenue

Boys- Kiwi Crush

Girls – Lavender Quartz

If you’re curious what these very exotic sounding colours actually look like, you can check out the Dulux paint chart by clicking on the link below!

https://www.dulux.co.uk/en/colour-details

Once painted, each learning street will be given a budget for finishing touches and accessories. Watch this space for the great toilet transformation!

Cathedral school community is delighted to announce that Mrs Tominey gave birthday to a beautiful baby girl at 3.35pm on Sunday 19th January, earlier than planned, but still weighing in at a healthy 5lb 12oz. Both Bella and mum are doing well. Many congratulations to the Tominey household on the new addition to your clan!

It’s been an incredible start to the new term and, indeed, Cathedral’s 150th anniversary year. Children across the school returned after the Christmas break brimming with enthusiasm and eager to get going with their learning.

As we reach the end of the second week of term, Mr Young encourages parents and carers to dip into our ‘Talking to your child about their learning’ leaflet and select one or two prompts to have a short chat with their child about the past two weeks’ learning. The leaflet can be accessed via the link below:

Talking to your child about their learning