Congratulations to the young footballers pictured above for displaying ACE during training sessions:
A – Attitude
C – Commitment
E – Enthusiasm
Football is an important part of our Come Clubbing @ Cathedral programme and pupils celebrate their successes and update their achievements on their personal ‘Rose Trainer Achievement Award’ record card.
As a Sports Scotland (Gold Award) school, we recognise the many benefits of football:
Encourages an active lifestyle Taking part in a competitive match, coaching sessions or simply having a kick around with some friends encourages children to get outside and keep themselves active.
Develops communication skills Children can discuss their tactics or talk about other competitions they have attended in the community. Spending time with each other on a regular basis encourages the development of deeper communication skills and more involved conversations.
Enhances team skills and teamwork To play football, a good team effort is required and playing regularly will help children develop their skills and work with their team successfully. Our pupils learn to play together and from their experiences, work out how they can be most effective as a collective unit. Being part of a team will also give children a sense of belonging and encourage them to think of others.
Helps to stimulate social skills Spending time regularly with team mates allows for more complex relationships and more time being spent getting to know each other. Friendships will form and football may have started out as the common factor but it will soon become just one of the things that children have to talk about.
Congratulations, once again, to our ACE footballers!
On Tuesday 7th February, three Primary 6 pupils represented Cathedral Primary at the North Lanarkshire sustainability conference. The children had the opportunity to explore various exhibits and hear from several keynote speakers.
One of the priorities in our 2022/23 School 
Improvement Plan is reading for enjoyment and pupils and staff have already made great progress in this area. Of course, classes have access to our fantastic library each week and every pupil now reads for at least twenty minutes a day.
Smart School Council, which gives every Cathedral pupil a voice, is continuing to drive forward change and improvement across our school community.
organisation ‘Respect Me’ to review our current approaches to preventing and responding to bullying. This work is being overseen by Miss Degnan, one of our Primary 3 teachers, and our twelve House Captains have already agreed on a number of ideas to take things forward. As always, these are set out on our Smart School Council action board so that our whole school community can be kept up-to-date with progress.
Primary 4 entertained their families and the rest of the school on Friday 3rd February when they took to the stage for their Scottish-themed Learning Showcase.
As part of Come Clubbing @ Cathedral, Primary 7 pupils recently completed Young Leaders training with our resident Active Schools Co-ordinator, Fiona Russell. The Young Leader Award is a great introduction to leadership, giving young people aged eleven and over the knowledge and skills to organise and lead small games and activities that can be used as a part of club sessions. Primary 7 engaged in a three-week training programme and were awarded certificates on completion of the module. 
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 has planned a range of opportunities between now and the summer holidays for parents and carers to get involved in their child’s learning and the life and work of the school.
Primary 5 have been learning about Chinese New Year, which falls on Sunday 22nd January. These three children popped down to Mr Young’s office to show off their fantastic Chinese dragons, a symbol of power, strength and good luck in Chinese culture.
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.
Children who turn 5 between 1st March 2023 and 29th February 2024 should be registered for primary school during the week commencing Monday 16th January 2023.
Here at Cathedral Primary, registration for August 2023 will take place from Monday 16th to Friday 20th January 2023, from 1.30 – 2.45pm each day. Parents and carers should come to the main entrance and will be directed to the dining hall.