Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral Primary School

Cathedral Primary was a hive of activity on Thursday 27th August for our ‘Meet the Teacher’ event. Pupils had the chance to show their parents and carers their classroom and learning street, while parents and carers enjoyed the opportunity to meet their child’s teacher.

This week, our young learners have been busy harvesting the vegetables they have grown in our garden. As part of our learning about where food comes from, we have spent the last few weeks observing our vegetables grow and develop. It was very exciting to finally harvest them, helping us make meaningful connections between the foods we eat and how they are grown.

Our Primary 7 young learners recently had the fantastic opportunity to participate in Bikeability Levels 1 and 2, led by the North Lanarkshire Outdoor Education Team from Strathclyde Country Park.

The programme catered for all abilities, allowing every pupil to develop at an appropriate level. Learners practised essential skills including bike safety checks, balance, control, signalling, braking, observation, road positioning and awareness of other road users. Our more confident riders were also able to put these skills into practice on local streets within the community.

All instructors praised our pupils for their excellent behaviour, application and cycling ability. We are incredibly proud of the enthusiasm, confidence and responsibility they demonstrated throughout the programme. Well done, Primary 7!

The partnership of home, parish and school is particularly important when children are preparing to receive the sacraments of Reconciliation, First Holy Communion and Confirmation. Although the school plays a key role in preparing children for these three sacraments, these are not school ‘events’ but parish liturgies, celebrated within the parish community.

Father Lamb requests that those Cathedral pupils being presented for the sacraments be formally enrolled for each sacrament by their parent(s) and that their child attends Sunday Mass. As intimated in Sunday’s parish bulletin, all parents/carers intending to enrol their child for either First Reconciliation, First Holy Communion and Confirmation are invited to a short information evening on Tuesday 8th September in Cathedral Church at 6.00pm. Attendance at this meeting is strongly recommended as Father Lamb will outline details of the parish’s enrolment process.

A much‑loved feature of Cathedral’s weekly assembly is the opportunity for two or three pupils to share an aspect of their recent learning journey with the whole school. Cathedral learners understand that successful learning isn’t about getting everything right all the time, but about embracing challenge, learning from mistakes and persevering towards each ‘Milestone Moment’ when they can proudly showcase what they can say, make, write or do.

On Thursday, these enthusiastic Primary 7 learners took their turn on the Cathedral throne to share what they have been learning in literacy and numeracy during the first two weeks of term. They spoke with confidence and were delighted to show off their jotters.

We look forward to hearing many more exciting learning stories from across the school in the months ahead.

Sunday marked the exciting return of the North Lanarkshire Council Half Marathon for its second consecutive year, bringing together families and communities from across the area.

Mrs Duffy came across this eager bunch of Primary 7 learners in one of Cathedral’s ‘Attainment Team’ (A-Team) learning spaces. They were working with Mrs Findlay on improving their numeracy skills and were thinking about place value.  Mrs Duffy was very impressed with the group’s focus, engagement and jotter presentation and looks forward to seeing their numeracy skills develop and improve in the coming weeks and months.

You can find out more about Cathedral’s ‘A Team’ by clicking on the link below:

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This week at Cathedral Primary, we are thrilled to celebrate our Pupils of the Week at assembly.

Across literacy, numeracy, problem solving and skills for learning, life and work, pupils excelled — showing curiosity, confidence and a willingness to challenge themselves.

We are proud to celebrate the richness of our broad general education, where pupils experience fabulous learning opportunities that help them grow academically, socially and personally.

A huge congratulations to our Pupils of the Week — keep shining brightly!

This week, our young learners have been celebrating the nursery values of Love, Friendship, Growth and Effort. Each child has proudly earned special stickers in recognition of their achievements and has been excited to share their successes with friends and family. We have also created a vibrant celebration wall in our cloakroom, where the wonderful accomplishments of our young learners can be proudly displayed and enjoyed by everyone.

Our young learners have been strengthening their number-recognition skills and taking their first steps towards exploring subitising—the ability to recognise how many objects are in a group without needing to count them individually. Using loose parts, counters and teddy bears, they have been creating and comparing different sets, explaining what they notice and confidently sharing their mathematical thinking with others.

Storybooks continue to be a firm favourite in Cathedral Nursery Class, inspiring curiosity, imagination and a lifelong love of reading among our young learners. As Dr Seuss reminds us, “The more that you read, the more things you will know.”

Through exploring their favourite stories, our young learners have also been developing important listening and early literacy skills. They have been looking closely at words, listening carefully for the initial sound in each one and beginning to make connections between these sounds and the letters that represent them. It has been wonderful to see their confidence, curiosity and enthusiasm continue to grow.