Our school community was greatly saddened last week when we heard the very sad news that Mrs.Patricia Chisholm’s husband  Martin passed away.  We hope you can keep Mr and Mrs.Chisholm and their family in your prayers.  The funeral service for Mr.Chisholm will take place on Tuesday at 10.00am in St.Augustine’s Church.

Our end of month school assembly saw our new Primary 7 House Captains and Vice Captains present their first whole school assembly.  They did a wonderful job and presented with great confidence.  At our Friday assembly the Editor of the Coatbridge and Airdrie Advertiser came along with one of the judges of the Writing Competition.  We were delighted to announce that one of our very own Pr.7 pupils came in third in her catergory that had  over 250 entries.  Quite an achievement.!!  She was presented with a wonderful glass award and vouchers.  Our children are really aspiring to great things and we could not be more proud.  Please watch out for the feature in the next edition of the Advertiser.  Our end of month assembly gave us a chance to celebrate the Writers, Maths Stars and Artisits of the Month!!  Well done boys and girls!!

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This Sunday St.Augustine’s pupils will join St.Ambrose pupils at services in St.Augustine’s Church to celebrate Catholic Education Week.

“What makes the Catholic school distinctive is its attempt to generate a community climate that is permeated by the Gospel spirit of freedom and love.”

Our Valentine’s Disco takes place on Thursday evening.

Pr. 1 – 3 ,  6.00 – 7.15pm.  Children to be dropped off at the main foyer and collected from the infant entrance.  Parents to locate in their child’s classroom.  Children will be brought along to the classes to be collected.  We kindly ask for your patience in order that we can supervise effectively and ensure all children are picked up by their parents and we don’t have heavily congested corridors.  Thank you.

Pr. 4 – 7,  7.30 – 8.45pm.  Children to be dropped off at the main entrance.  Children to be picked up from inside the hall.  We kindly ask for your patience as we ensure all children are picked up from inside the school and leave with their parent.  No children are allowed to leave the hall without a parent.  Your support and patience would be greatly appreciated.

The Catholic Church in Scotland encourages schools, parishes and other agencies to work closely together in order to celebrate the successes of Catholic education particularly during one week each year.  The purpose of Catholic Education Week is to highlight the significance of education, not only for young people but for society as a whole.  Students, parents, teachers and others are asked to reflect on their own roles in the education process –  at home, in school, in the local parish and in other educational settings.

This year’s theme is “Developing as a community of faith and learning.”

“What makes the Catholic school distinctive is its attempt to generate a community climate that is permeated by the Gospel spirit of freedom and love.”

The school community hope that you and your family enjoyed a lovely mid-term break and feel refreshed for a return to school.  Today was an in-service day across the authority and involved school staff reviewing current practice and planning for future developments.  Today we had a visit from BT Barefoot who gave a presentation on computer science and how to develop this within the curriculum.  Staff had the opportunity to review the online resources.  Later we had a highly informative presentation by  Speech and Language Therapists who are currently working in partnership with the school to develop pupil speech, language and communicatin skills.  This week is a short week but a busy one as always.  Thursday evening we have our Valentine’s Disco and we also launch Catholic Education Week.

This week children will be trying to spread a little kindness as we learn about mental health and looking after our wellbeing.  All classes are involved in our competition to create a superhero with the aim of spreading a little kindness.  We look forward to receiving entries. Below is a message from Pope Francis and the powerpoint created and delivered by our Health Committee last week.

Pope Francis says “Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us.”

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