This week our young learners have been busy exploring a wide range of experiences and beginning to decorate our nursery for Christmas. The excitement is building, especially with the arrival of those cheeky elves, bringing plenty of mischief and fun. We’re sure they’ll help us all stay on Santa’s good list this year!
In our messy area, the children had great fun exploring shaving foam, discovering its soft, fluffy, and slippery textures. Using wonderful descriptive vocabulary such as smooth, squishy, icky‑sticky, and foamy, they swirled, patted, and mark‑made with their fingers and hands.
As part of our Childsmile toothbrushing programme, the children are continuing to build their awareness of dental hygiene. They are becoming more independent and understand why brushing twice a day helps keep our mouths healthy. We’ve loved talking together about what makes a “happy, clean smile.”
Snack time has been full of learning too! Our young learners created simple patterns with fruit and other foods, copying and extending them to support early mathematical thinking and visual sequencing.
With the colder weather upon us, curiosity has been sparked by the magic of ice. Children have been experimenting with how water changes form, making their own ice, noticing how it feels, watching it melt, and observing how it changes back into water.
What a wonderful week of festive fun, hands‑on exploration, and exciting discoveries for our Cathedral nursery learners!
Last weekend, a talented Cathedral swimmer made waves at Wishaw Sports Centre — and what a performance it was! With remarkable determination and skill, she powered through a series of 50m events to claim an outstanding 4 trophies and 7 medals. Her success was so impressive that she even needed a classmate to help carry her array of trophies along to show Mrs Duffy on Friday 5th December!
Lunchtime Christmas storytelling has been a cherished Cathedral tradition for over ten years, introduced by avid reader, Mrs McCarthy. On Thursday 4th December, Discovery Drive was bustling with pupils — not for the opening story, but for an elf recruitment drive to find Mrs McCarthy’s special helpers!
These Primary 7 learners had a busy day between their two Christmas concert performances on Wednesday 3rd December, finding other ways to get creative. Their Active8 tasks included the opportunity to make these fantastic elves, complete with concertina arms and legs.
Primary 3–7 brought festive cheer to Cathedral Primary on Wednesday 3rd December with a wonderful programme of carols and poems.
December’s wellbeing focus is NURTURED. Cathedral encourages parents and carers to use the prompts below to talk with their child about what this means in everyday life. This will support them to complete their wellbeing wheel in class.
Primary 3/4 learners enjoyed a fantastic rugby development session with Grant Talbert from Dalziel Rugby Club on Thursday 27th November. Through fun drills and activities, the children learned new skills, practised teamwork and discovered the excitement of the game. Grant’s enthusiasm inspired everyone to give of their best and there were smiles all round by the end of the session.
During their recent visit to the Cathedral for confession in preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation, the exemplary behaviour and reverence of our Primary 7 pupils did not go unnoticed. Mr Tony Coia of St Mary’s Parish, Lanark, was deeply moved by the children’s prayerful presence and devotion.