The Week Ahead

August 27, 2016 Mrs Docherty Leave a comment

Lunch Menu

Monday	Heather Ewart – Kodaly Music Classes for Pr.5 Community Involvement from St.Ambrose – 1.20 – 3.00 – Christina Lennon, Emma Cannon, E. Cassidy, Chelsea McAuley. In-service Training – all staff – pm
Tuesday	Wilson Photography – Individuals/ Families Mrs.Docherty attending Head of Establishment Meeting Mrs. McGlone attending in-service training – am
Wednesday	Pr. 1- 3 – Assembly -pm Pr. 4 – 7 Assembly- pm Stars of the Week, Good Citizen Award and Cool Class Awards to be announced at asembly. Please remind children to bring along achievements – certificates/trophies from out of school involvement to be shared at asembly. PARENT COUNCIL MEETING – 6.15pm PTA – 7.15pm – new members very welcome.
Thursday	Mrs.Drummond attending in-service training Inclusion Support Base to work with the Pr.6 children not involved in peer mediation training last session – now Pr.7 pupils. MEET THE TEACHER – OPEN EVENING – 6.30pm. Parents and pupils invited. Mrs. Docherty to address parents at 6.30pm and canvas parent views on homework and curriculum. LAUNCH OF FIRST MINISTER’S READING CHALLENGE – Pr.4 – 7
Friday	Curriculum Improvement Officers to visit school to met with Mrs.Docherty and Mrs.Elliott – 9.00am First Friday Mass Peer Mediation to continue with Pr.7 pupils – am

Primary 7, Whole School

Mass at Carfin

August 27, 2016 Mrs Docherty Leave a comment

Our Pr7 pupils did an excellent job of representing the school community at Friday’s Year of Mercy Mass at Carfin Grotto. It was a splendid occasion and one to remember as Pr. 7 pupils and secondary pupils from across the Diocese of Motherwell joined together for a concelebrated Holy Mass lead by Bishop Toal. Our film slide below captures images from a lovely day shared with our fantastic Pr.7 pupils.

Primary 7

Year of Mercy Mass

August 25, 2016 Mrs Docherty Leave a comment

Our Pr.7 pupils will leave tomorrow morning to attend Holy Mass at Carfin Grotto with over 4,000 children in attendance from across the diocese. Our fingers are crossed that it stays dry and the sun shines.

Primary 7, Whole School

House Captain/ Vice Captain Announcement

August 25, 2016 Mrs Docherty 2 Comments

Congratulations to our successful House Captains and Vice Captains. I am sure they will be fine ambassadors for the school in the months head.

Primary 7, Whole School

ELECTION FEVER

August 25, 2016 Mrs Docherty Leave a comment

The boys and girls of Pr.7 really demonstrated their skills of persuasion as they presented their speeches and manifestos to their classmates this week. All candidates were eager to demonstrate they had the qualities that would make them ideal House Captains and Vice Captains and that they could be trusted to lead by example and to be ambassadors of the school. Tough decisions. Look out for the announcement in regard of who were successfully elected. It was great to see so many children putting themselves forward for election. Well done boys and girls!

Primary 3

Football Superstar

August 25, 2016 Mrs Docherty 1 Comment

Primary 1

Active Maths in Primary 1

August 23, 2016 Mrs Docherty Leave a comment

Primary one have been very busy since they began school last week. They have been learning about all of the characters in Magic Land, Toy Land and Dinosaur Land and have been learning to count with them.

Some of the Active Maths games they have been playing are; Number line Jigsaws, Magic Numbers, Bowling, Action Cards and making dinner for the characters in our very own class Counting Castle! They have had lots of great fun learning.

Primary one have also been introduced to our Numicon Maths Resource. They used our Numicon Number Lines to make their own number lines using the numicon shapes, this helped them to count independenty along the number line.

A very busy first week in Primary One!

Whole School

Parent Council /PTA Meeting

August 21, 2016 Mrs Docherty Leave a comment

Please note the first Parent Council and PTA Meeting will take place on Wednesday 31st August and not the 24th as previously advertised in the newsletter last week.

Whole School

Local Football Clubs

August 21, 2016 Mrs Docherty Leave a comment

New sessions for budding young footballers are being launched next week by North Lanarkshire Leisure.
The hour long lessons, for boys and girls aged 18 months to 12 years old, focus on team play, co-ordination, passing, shooting and game time.
Nicky Laughlin, Football Programme Co-ordinator with NL Leisure said: “Play time means football for loads of youngsters and we have designed lessons to help them develop their talents.
“Our lessons boost youngsters’ confidence, teach them the rules, improve fitness and make new friends.
“We have top quality 3g pitches and indoor sports halls which provide a safe and fun place for kids to learn.
“Parents are welcome to come along and watch their kids, and our training is designed to ensure everyone learns and improves.”
The soccer schools are running at Airdrie Leisure Centre, Birkenshaw Sports Hall, Broadwood, Iain Nicolson Centre, Kirkwood Sports Barn, Ravenscraig, Shotts Leisure Centre and St Ambrose HS.
Classes run in 10 week blocks, can be joined at any time and cost £41 for Ravenscraig and £31 for all other sites. Day, evening and weekend classes are available.
For further information contact Nicky Laughlin on 01236 341968 or [ mailto:nicky.laughlin@nlleisure.com ]nicky.laughlin@nlleisure.com
To find out about other sports programmes including golf, balanceability, yoga, dance, musical theatre, tennis, athletics and many more visit NL Leisure website http://links.govdelivery.com

Whole School

Go for Green

August 21, 2016 Mrs Docherty Leave a comment

This session the school is implementing a new whole school policy to promote positive behaviour and to reward the outstanding children who work so hard to be excellent ambassadors of our school. A new school policy has been created and information will be issued this week in regard of how this new initiative will operate in your child’s class.