The school hosted a meeting with local councillor Kevin Docherty, local police, Travel Plan Officer Jacqui McDove, school staff and pupils (Junior Road Safety Officers) on Wednesday. The aim of the meeting was to address ongoing concerns around parking around school grounds. As you are all no doubt aware there was a recent road accident outside the school gates involving a young child. This was deeply distressing for all involved. Fortunately, the child in question was unharmed but this recent accident highlighted the need to implement further measures to ensure the safety of all children as they exit school premises and when they arrive for the school day. Proposals have been made and we now wait patiently to see the outcome of our plans. Our Parent Council have also agreed to support these plans.
Category Archives: Whole School
School Committees
Our school committees gathered together for their second committee meeting on Friday. They are now well down the way of establishing the aim of their work, formulating action plans and identifying pupils who will have specific roles in order to drive forward improvements and impact at school level and beyond. We look forward to the first updates at our whole school assemblies.
Prayer service
Many thanks to all parents and grandparents who came along to celebrate with us at the service for Our Lady during the final week of May. Our Pr.1,2 and 3 pupils did a fine job in leading the prayer service and celebrating not only Mary, Mother of God but all mothers and grandmothers. This was the first time parents had been invited to the service and they very kindly thanked staff for the lovely invitation. It was lovely to see so many our our parents taking the time to come along and pray with us as a school community. We aim to continue involving our wider school community in joining us as often as possible as a community of faith and learning.
Induction for New Entrants
The school was delighted to welcome our new entrants over the last two Thursdays – all 59 pupils. Mrs.Chishom and Miss Ross reported that all children were excellent and happily went to class and joined in the variety of activities that had been set up that afternoon. After their induction programme all new entrants reported that they were looking forward to starting school in August. Parents attended their own induction programme to discuss how school and home could work together to ensure a smooth transition. Parents were also treated to first hand reports about the work of a Pr.1 class from of our present Pr.1 pupils who came along to talk about their learning and my goodness could they talk!! They were fine examples of confident individuals.
First Communicants
Congratulations to our final group of Primary 4 pupils who received their First Holy Communion on Sunday. George the photographer has very kindly agreed once again to take a group picture of the two groups and has given them to us to post on our blog. I am sure you will agree that they look terrific! The school and parish community were extremely proud of all the children who received their First Communion over the last two weeks.
The Week Ahead
Our week ahead is as busy as always!! Quite a few of our Pr.6 and 7 pupils will be attending a Gaelic Football Tournament at St.Ambrose on Tuesday. It would be lovely if they could play in some nice warm sunshine but the weather forecast is not looking so favourable at the moment. Our new entrants will come to the school on Thursday afternoon to visit their classroom and meet the teachers. Their parents will attend a parents information afternoon and will also get to hear about the role of the Parent Council and our P.T.A. At the moment we have 55 children registered to start in August.
Congratulations to our last group of Pr.4 pupils who received their First Holy Communion on Sunday. As soon as the photographer sends us the group pictures we will get them posted on the blog. As a treat for our Pr.4 pupils the school has organised a special treat for the children on Thursday afternoon.
Friday of this week and Monday of next week are Bank holidays and the school is closed.
Pupil Voice gets Underway!!
Friday was the first day of our whole school gathering together to form our various committees to promote pupil voice and to give everyone greater opportunity to take on leadership roles. This term we have formed six committees that will enable pupils to lead awareness raising campaigns and so make a difference at school, local and national level. Each committee appointed a chair and vice chairperson and decided upon the aim of their committee and formed an action plan. We have a picture of two of our committees after their first meeting. There are 6 committees for Pr.1-3 and six committees for Pr.4-7. We now have Eco, Health, Enterprise, Global Citizens, Pupil Council and JRSO committees that will meet throughout this term.
First Communion
Our first group of First Communicants celebrated their First Holy Communion on Sunday at the 10 and 12 o’clock Masses. Everyone agreed they did a marvellous job, looked wonderful and made their families, teacher and school feel extremely proud. Here are the pictures of the groups on the day. We can now look forward to the next group of pupils who will receive their First Holy Communion on Sunday. We continue to pray for the children and their families at this important time.
The Week Ahead
This week is a short week at school for our pupils as we have a Bank Holiday and an in-service day on Thursday. The school will be used for election purposes so staff only have access to certain parts of the building on that day. This week we have visits from Action for Safe Play who will run a mini play rangers programme for some of our senior pupils. Two of of senior pupils will attend an Eco Conference at Greenhill School on Tuesday morning along with Mrs.Chisholm. Our Pr.4 pupils will make two visits to the Church this week to prepare for their First Communion on Sunday.
As part of our self-evaluation process the pupils will complete a questionnaire this week that will let us know what they think of school and how we can continue to improve and make it better for all pupils. The staff are looking forward to seeing the collated results.
First Friday Mass
It was lovely to see the school community gather together for First Friday Mass last week. Father Kane spoke to the children about May being a special month of devotion to Our Lady and also spoke about our Primary 4 pupils who will receive their First Holy Communion in the coming weeks. Our next school service will take place at St.Augustine’s Church on Friday 5th June. We look forward to joining with the parish community at this service and seeing as many of our parents and grandparents coming to worship with us as a coummunity of faith.
