As we continue to look ahead to our inspection from HMIe, which is likely to take place between now and the summer holidays, this week’s Friday Focus is on Family Learning.
Each and every parent and carer plays a vital role in helping their child maximise their potential and flourish in school. To support them in this, Cathedral Primary offers a range of opportunities for parents and carers to get involved in their child’s learning and the life and work of the school. These are published in our Parental Engagement & Family Learning leaflet, which is sent out twice a year. The leaflets for the 2023/24 session can be accessed via the links below.
“I can show how to care for others”
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!
