Following the publication of Cathedral’s inspection report, teaching staff came together during the week beginning 6th October for a reflection and planning workshop focused on how we build on Cathedral’s success and sustain excellence in the years ahead. The session concluded with a powerful moment of personal commitment when each member of staff was invited to record one specific action they will take to sustain excellence. These pledges are now proudly displayed in the staffroom — a daily reminder of our collective drive to keep Cathedral thriving. Commitments include:
‘Continue to build positive, nurturing relationships with all children in my class.’
‘Continue to engage with the latest research and welcome visitors from other schools into my classroom.’
‘Continue to look outwards and keep up to date with new initiatives.’
‘Continue to work collaboratively with my colleagues and share good practice.’
‘Write a case study on Active8 for the Centre for Teaching Excellence.’
A Family Learning workshop for parents and carers whose first language is not English took place on Wednesday 8th October. Mrs Leitch, our cluster EAL teacher, modelled some activities to support their child’s learning of English at home and provided parents and carers with a pack to take away with them.
Clare Adamson, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Motherwell and Wishaw, has written to Cathedral Primary to congratulate learners and staff on the school’s outstanding inspection report. The letter, which can be read via the link below, closes with Ms Adamson saying:
Cathedral’s Investigation & Innovation Hub family learning sessions continued on Tuesday 7th October. Each session began with a presentation from Mr Young on how activities within the hub fit naturally into Cathedral’s overall Active8 approach. Mr Young went on to explain the importance of Cathedral Primary helping learners develop skills for life and work in the 21st Century, including creativity, collaboration, adaptability and persistence/grit.
HM Inspectors from Education Scotland visited Cathedral Primary School in May 2025 and the inspection report was finally published on Tuesday 7th October. It is rare for a school to receive even one ‘excellent’ grade, but Cathedral achieved an outstanding three ‘excellents’ and one ‘very good’, placing it amongst Scotland’s very top schools. You can read the full Summarised Inspection Findings for Cathedral Primary School via the link below:
With the arrival of the colder weather and darker nights, Cathedral’s Play Zone has has been filled with lots of engaging activities and resources linked to autumn and the farm. Mr Young came across these two Primary 2 learners enjoying some autumn-themed finger painting on Monday 6th October before he took a wander to see what the rest of Primary 2a were up to. Activities included creating autumn farm landscapes in the loose parts area, cooking a hearty stew with harvest vegetables, a fun farm animal puppet show and some independent writing with the help of a farm word-bank. One pair of learners were even carefully selecting autumnal coloured bricks to create a Lego fallen leaves collage. How creative!
I am developing a sense of size and amount of by observing, exploring, using and communicating with others about things in the world around me. 
Our current Cathedral Pupil Parliament theme is 
October’s wellbeing indicator is HEALTHY. Please use the prompts below to talk to your child about this indicator. This will help them complete their wellbeing wheel in school.
North Lanarkshire Council have now finalised term and holiday dates for the 2026/27 academic year. These are detailed below: