This Primary 7 learner interviewed Mr Young on Monday 24th March for a very interesting (and historic) reason. Way back in 2000, the year Cathedral Primary celebrated its 125th anniversary, his mum was a Primary 7 pupil in Cathedral and interviewed a former Head Teacher for a special anniversary magazine. Twenty-five years down the line, we thought it would be a nice idea to do a similar interview and display the 2000 (mum) and 2025 (son) articles side by side in our 150th anniversary exhibition, which takes place in May.
Mr Young was asked lots of interesting questions during the interview including when and where he started teaching, what he enjoys most about being a Head Teacher and if he ever got the belt at school. You’ll need to wait until May’s exhibition to find out the answer!
Mrs Cassidy hosted a targeted health & wellbeing family learning workshop on Friday 21st March. Parents and carers were given an overview of our ‘Cool Connections’ programme and had the opportunity to join in with some of the activities. Cathedral learners shared their experiences of being part of the programme and spoke about how the weekly sessions have supported and developed their social and emotional wellbeing.
As they do every year, the young learners of Cathedral, Firpark and Clydeview campus teamed up on Friday 21st March to support a local Motherwell foodbank. Under the watchful eye of Miss Cawley and Mr Cotter, pupils co-ordinated the gathering of items donated by the three schools and Andrew Ewart from the Maranatha Foodbank was, once again, astounded by the generosity of Cathedral, Firpark and Clydeview families. Many thanks to all those who gave so generously.
All of Cathedral’s Primary 6 learners took part in the first round of the OLHS cluster K’nex challenge on Thursday 20th March. The children worked in pairs to design a new Forth Road Bridge which would allow cars to cross and ships to pass under. Our learners had no guide or instructions to follow so had to collaborate, problem solve and tap into their creativity and engineering skills. There were numerous impressive bridges on the day and the winning duo, which will be announced next week, will participate in the cluster final in St Bernadette’s Primary School on Tuesday 25th March.
A group of nursery learners were out and about in our woodland area again on Thursday 20th March. The children had great fun in the sunshine managing their own risk by climbing trees and scaling the rope ladder. Some of our young learners chose to take part in a bug hunt using magnifying glasses and others enjoyed chilling out on the hammock.
The latest artwork to appear in Cathedral GOMA (
Good attendance makes a HUGE difference to your child’s progress and attainment. Every school day really does count!
As part of Come Clubbing @ Cathedral, a group of dedicated Our Lady’s High School pupils are currently leading an after-school sports club for our Primary 5 learners. The activities, games and team-building exercises are helping Cathedral learners develop essential life skills such as teamwork, resilience and communication and, for our high school Sports Leaders, the opportunity to develop and strengthen their leadership, organisational and social skills. Most important of all, of course, is that EVERYONE involved is having great fun on a Tuesday afternoon!
Two of the success criteria in the biodiversity section of Cathedral’s Primary 3 science programme are:
Smart School Council class meetings took place across Cathedral on Monday 17th March. The question learners discussed was linked to 
focuses on our school and community:
