“I can show how to care for others”
This week, our young learners have been beginning to understand why caring and sharing with their friends is so important. They have been helping each other rearrange the physical area outside and have chosen their own equipment to improve their gross motor skills. Meanwhile, in our kitchen area, the children have been preparing their own delicious snacks which has developed their fine motor skills.
“I am becoming aware of simple cause and effect e.g. What happens when things are pushed and pulled.”
Some of our children have been exploring how various resources can or cannot balance whilst learning about the science behind this. It has sparked their curiosity to experiment with a wider variety of objects such as feathers, sticks and stones.
“I can listen, watch and show interest while other people present and perform.”
Following the children’s interests , we have further developed our role-play area, creating a stage with show lights and curtains to perform to an audience. The children have enjoyed being part of a show and have also listened and watched with interest as part of an audience.
And, finally, let’s not forget our beautiful new nursery welcome sign!
Primary 7 enjoyed a presentation from Brian Norton, Team Leader at the Motherwell Addiction Recovery Team, on Wednesday 28th February. The pupils discussed the dangers of alcohol and drug misuse on their bodies and had the opportunity to ask Brian lots of questions about his role and what his team does to help the people of NLC on a daily basis.
Primary 2 have been learning about knights and castles in class this term and have had the opportunity to extend their learning in the playzone. These pupils had great fun designing a shield on Tuesday 27th February and were able to tell Mr Young about the skills they used: designing, drawing, colouring and cutting. The boys and girls also did some joint problem solving when they worked together to design a handle for the back of their shields. Impressive!
‘Read Write Inc. Fresh Start’, which is delivered by our ‘A Team’, is a literacy programme which develops spelling, reading and writing skills. This hard-working group of Cathedral pupils have just completed module 8 of the programme and are also successfully applying their skills in their literacy work back in class. Well done to you all: we’re so proud of you!
Primary 3 are currently learning about natural disasters. So far, the children have found out about earthquakes, floods, tornadoes and, most recently, tsunamis. The above learner spent part of his weekend creating a fantastic Lego model of a tsunami which he was eager to show off to Mr Young. Well done!
This Primary 4 pupil demonstrated impressive maths skills on Monday 26th February. During his class’s outdoor learning, he practised his division facts for the 4 times table and made it all the way up to ‘200 divided by 4’. WOW!
Primary 7’s recent Health and Wellbeing classwork focused on the important topic of substance misuse. The children were asked to capture their learning by producing an information poster, which they then presented to their classmates. These two pupils were particularly proud of their posters and were keen to share them with Mr Young. Well done to you both!
Mrs Shevlin and the Rights Respecting Schools Committee ran a competition last term to create Cathedral’s very own Rights Respecting Schools mascot. The winners from each stage were announced at a special assembly on Thursday 22nd February and each pupil received a certificate. There was huge excitement when Niamh from Primary 7 was announced as the overall winner and an actual 3D replica of her design was revealed to the boys and girls. As you can see below, Niamh’s fantastic Rory, the Rights Respecting Rhino now has pride of place in our trophy cabinet.
