This Primary 2 pupil recently made a very touching gift for Mr Young. The framed picture features a beautifully drawn image of Our Lady with the ‘Memorare’ handwritten below. Thank you for your thoughtfulness and kindness!
THE MEMORARE
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly to thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother; to thee do I come; before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.
Amen.
This star writer from Primary 3 popped along to Mr Young’s office with a classmate on Wednesday 21st February to share a fantastic piece of writing. His class have been exploring a text called ‘The Magic Shell’ during their recent Talk for Writing lessons and worked their way up to writing their own independent piece, inspired by the original text. Well done to our Star Writer, whose story you can read below.
As part of our recent Smart School Council work on celebrating diversity across our school and campus, Cathedral and Firpark Primaries are inviting pupils to submit a favourite recipe which reflects their family’s heritage, culture or a particular family member’s dietary needs. House Captains will select recipes from the various entries and those chosen will feature in a special ‘Ca-Fi Connections’ cookbook which will be on sale during the summer term.
As part of their current ‘Children in the past’ topic, Primary 1 pupils have enjoyed the opportunity to make their own wooden-spoon puppets in the Playzone. The children showed lots of creativity adding hair, facial features, clothes and accessories to their puppets and developed a number of skills along the way including measuring, cutting and gluing. Now it’s time to use the skill of imagination and bring the puppets to life! Well done to our Primary 1 learners!
This Primary 2 pupil spent part of her recent long weekend painting this beautiful picture for Mr Young. She blended different shades of blue paint to create the striking background before painting the trunk and branches of a tree and adding paper leaves. The tree can, of course, be seen all around Cathedral Primary and Nursery and signifies that we are all connected and continually growing together as a community of faith and learning. The painting also features our school values of Love, Connection, Perseverance and Growth. Mr Young was very touched by the beautiful gift, which will be given pride of place in our upstairs Meeting Room.
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 personalised support.
organising learning and teaching across each day allows teachers to provide differentiated teaching input to groups and individuals. This means that teaching input is carefully matched to each child’s ability and learning needs. Cathedral pupils have frequent opportunities to discuss their learning with their teacher, who helps them to set next steps.
“I can listen to new words and phrases and use them in context.”
Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, is on 14th February.
Primary 4 took their audience on an exciting tour of North Lanarkshire during their Learning Showcase on Friday 9th February. The audience learned about the Ravenscraig steelworks, Carfin Grotto, different jobs and careers in North Lanarkshire and leisure opportunities to enjoy in the local area, including M&Ds. The showcase was filled with fun and humour from beginning to end and even included mini versions of Mr Young, Mrs Campbell and Mrs Duffy!
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 opportunities for wider achievement. 
Cathedral Primary School is our bespoke ‘Rose Trainer Achievement Award’, named after the very first Head Teacher of the parish school (1878 – 1881). This special award helps Cathedral Primary School recognise and celebrate pupils’ wider achievements and acquisition of essential life-skills. Pupils work towards Bronze, Silver and Gold across each of the seven levels (Entry Level, Infant Level 1, Infant Level 2, Junior Level 1, Junior Level 2, Senior Level 1 and Senior Level 2), gaining recognition for such things as being able to dress themselves independently, helping out with chores at home, making a difference in the local community, preparing a meal for their family and doing random acts of kindness. Bronze, Silver and Gold certificates are awarded for each level, with a gold badge being awarded on completion of Entry, Infant 2, Junior 2 and Senior 2 levels.
