Our Lady and St. Francis Primary School

The children ended health fortnight by performing in Rookie Rockstars on Wednesday and Thursday night.  We were delighted to see so many family and friends there to show support.  The children were amazing and the costumes were spectacular.  Thank you to Mr Duffy for organising this event.

Our nursery had three very successful Come and Play days, where our parents stayed and played alongside the children.  Thank you to everyone who participated.

The Legion of Mary took P7 to the church this week to observe the stations of the cross.  P6 will go next week and P3 and 4 the following week.

Friday was Crazy Hair Day.  All children participated in this event and some of the hairstyles were very creative.  Thank you for supporting this Lenten Charity event.

This week P7 will be getting a visit from staff from Taylor High School.

The cross country finals will be on Tuesday and the 10 finalists will go to Shotts to compete in the final events with Mr Maxwell.

The school choir will be participating in the Glasgow Music Festival on Tuesday and will be accompanied by Miss McGhee.

P3 are visiting the church on Tuesday in preparation for their Reconciliation.

The P5 swimming block will start on Wednesday.

This Friday will be Pyjama and Onsie Day.

As part of International School Meals Day on Thursday 9th of March, there will be changes to the menu.  The red option will be Bombay Boom (chicken and curry potato) and the green option will be Sweet Chilli Noodles.

Last week marked the beginning of Health Fortnight.  The children have been practising with Rookie Rockstars in preparation for this week’s performances.  The children will also take part in Zumba lessons this week.

We had a very successful book week, ending with ‘Dress as your favourite book character’.  We had lots of inventive and creative costumes and carried out many activities based on our favourite books, including a visit from a librarian for P1 and P2.  There are lots of pictures on twitter and photographs of our decorated classroom doors will follow.  Thank you to Mrs Crooks for organising this.

Congratulations to our 4 P7’s who participated in the Primary Reading Quiz.  Mrs Crooks took the children to Wishaw Library, where they answered questions about the favourite books.  The children were fantastic and are hoping to secure a place in the Reading Quiz Final.  Well done – we are so proud of you!

Congratulations to the boys and girls in P3, P4, P6 and P7, who were enrolled last week for the sacraments.  The children sang beautifully and represented our school well.  Thank you to all friends, family and staff who came to support them.

It was lovely to see so many people at the Ash Wednesday service.  Mass will be celebrated during Lent on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8:25am.  We hope to see many of you there.

This week, including our Rookie Rockstars performance and Zumba classes, the nursery have three ‘Come and Play’ days and Friday will be Crazy Hair Day!

Tomorrow’s lunch will be macaroni, salmon fish fingers, cheese or tuna sandwich or baked potato.

S6 sports coaches were in this week to work with the children.  P4/5 enjoyed playing basketball and this programme will continue next week.

Our successful nursery/primary 1 transition finished this week.  The nursery children have enjoyed their trips to our Primary 1 classes and have been learning lots about our school.

Primary One loved visiting Ravenscraig Sports Facility for the play festival.  They tried out lots of different sports and had a great time.

Friday night’s movie night, as organised by the Parent Council, was a great success.  The children enjoyed the movie and loved the many treats available.  Thank you to everyone who volunteered and organised the night.

Next week we have our Enrolment Mass on Monday at 7pm.  It is also the beginning of health fortnight, where we will be welcoming Rookie Rockstars into the school.  Mass on Ash Wednesday will be at 10 o’clock.  We are celebrating book week next week with the Primary Reading Quiz and lots of activities based around children’s favourite stories.  Remember Friday is ‘Dress as your favourite book character’.

Our Nursery/Primary 1 transition programme continued last week.  Nursery children learned all about our dining hall and enjoyed their visit to Primary One. Primary 6 and Primary 7 children enjoyed their football coaching sessions on Friday and these are continuing.

Looking to our week ahead, there are still a few tickets left for our Parent Council run Movie Night on Friday night; these can be purchased at the school office. The movie this time is Trolls, as voted for by our pupils and parents, and it looks set to be another great night.

S6 coaches from Taylor High will be in our school on Thursday and will be working with several classes.  Catholic Education Week cluster Mass is on Thursday evening at 7pm in St. Teresa’s Church.  Although this event is predominantly for P7 pupils, all pupils and parents are welcome to attend this Mass.

Our Primary 1 pupils are participating in a Play Festival on Friday (letters were issued on Friday regarding this), and Friday is also the Trolls Movie Night in St. Francis Xavier Church Hall.