Our Lady and St. Francis Primary School

Our Euroquiz team came second on Friday and were pipped at the post by two points.  Our team was lead by Mrs Taggart, who worked with the children over the last few weeks after school to ensure they were up-to-date.  Well done, girls and Mrs Taggart.  You have made everyone so proud.

We started our Holy Rosary this week and together we have said 103 decades.  We have on average 18 children everyday who have dedicated 10 minutes of their morning to offering up a rosary for someone else.  Thank you to all the boys and girls who have participated so far.

Thursday was World Book Day and although we are having a Book Week towards the end of the month we did a few activities in class.

In preparation for First Friday Mass, Paul Carroll came to the school and taught the children a few new hymns. They sang beautifully at First Friday Mass and we followed this by a very successful Coffee Morning.  Thank you to our Glee Choir who performed for our visitors.

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend and I will see you all tomorrow.

Miss Lewis

You may have seen on twitter we have been focusing on Fairtrade this week.  The boys and girls have learned about Fairtrade and our P3 class ran a raffle and raised £103.40 for the Fairtrade Foundation.  Thank you to Mr Rankin, who led Fairtrade week and arranged the raffle too.

On Monday our morning nursery children started getting lunch in our dinner hall.  This is part of the preparation for the 1140 Expansion.  So far they have tried many different new foods and have sat together like a proper nursery family.  Next, they will be learning how to put their dishes away and tidy up.  Such responsible citizens!

Wednesday marked the start of Lent.  The children went to the Ash Wednesday Mass and have been learning about Lent in their classes.  As part of our preparation for Easter, there will be many events happening over the next few weeks.  Check the newsletter and twitter for these.

On Thursday night our Glee children, along with Mrs Cahill, Miss Newall, Mrs Anderson and Miss Lewis, attended the annual Glee Competition for our region.  The children performed beautifully and were the youngest choir there.  They sang two songs, Light Up and Rule the World, and shone like stars, literally – the children had new glittery        t-shirts with a sparkly star on the back.  Over the last 6 weeks, Mrs Cahill and Miss Newall have worked hard with the children, teaching them songs and dances.  They have both given up their lunchtime for many weeks to design and make the t-shirts.  We cannot thank them enough for their time and dedication to Glee.  Thank you, Ladies!

We have had a busy week in OLSF this week and a busy week to come.  Read all about next week’s events in our ‘What’s Happening in OLSF?’ post.  I hope everyone had a restful weekend.  A final good luck to our dancers who are performing in the Civic Centre on Sunday night.

Miss Lewis

Some of our Primary 3s and 4s enrolled this week for the Sacrament of Reconciliation and the Sacrament of First Holy Communion.  All children participated well and were respectful whilst making their promises.  We are immensely proud of them and wish to thank all parents and carers for bringing them and also for making your own promises. Over the coming weeks and months, we will prepare the children to be ready for their Sacraments and continue to guide them on their faith journey.

Mr Dorris from Taylor High School came to visit P7 and delivered a numeracy lesson.  This is part of the Continuity Programme, which concludes this week.

P6 also had a chance to visit the high school this week.  They participated in a Health and Wellbeing event, along with all the cluster primary schools.  This is the first of many opportunities over the next year and a half for P6 to become more familiar and engaged with Taylor High School.

Have a look at the table below for all events happening next week.

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.

Miss Lewis

Parents’ Lent Newsletter 2020

The new nursery applications are now available. If you have child who will turn 3 before the the end of February 2021, please pop into the school office for an application. The deadline for applications is 13th March 2020.

Thank you.