Category: Whole School

Dear Parent/Carer,

Please find a letter from the Executive Director below.

Letter to Parents 24.11.20 FINAL docx (003)

Reminder:

Monday 16th November is an INSET Day.

School will re-open to pupils at 9am on Tuesday 17th November.

Please find remaining holiday dates below.

School Holiday List: November 2020 – June 2021    

Dear Parent,

Please find information from North Lanarkshire Leisure Online below, thank you.

NLL_OnlineUltimateSports_UPDATE_1020_A4_V1

REMINDER

The Flu vaccine will be administered to children on Friday 30th October 2020.

Dear Parent/Carer,

A reminder that school will close to pupils on Wednesday 23rd September at 3pm.

Thursday 24th September is an INSET Day and children do not attend.

Friday 25th/Monday 28th are holidays. School will re-open on Tuesday 29th September at 9am.

Parental Letter: 22nd June 2020

Letter 22nd June 2020

St. Barbara’s Uniform

• White shirt/blouse
• Tie
• Grey trousers/skirt/pinafore
• Grey cardigan/jumper/tank top
• School Shoes
• Yellow/white P.E. top (will be gifted to P.1 children by the PTA)
• Shorts/Joggers

Please visit the Logoxpres website for additional information:

Logoxpres School Wear

01786 447454

www.logoxpres-schoolwear.co.uk

Please note: you can buy uniform from any retailer of your choice.

Good Morning Everyone!

Welcome to the final school-day blog of Session 19/20 – and what a strange session it has been.

Primary 7

I hope that you (and everyone else) enjoys your special ‘Wishing-you-well Wednesday’ blog which was published earlier this morning. You can see from the video clips and messages how much you mean to our whole school.

I am so sad that I am having to say ‘Goodbye’ to you under these circumstances – but from the Hub today I wish each and every one of you every success and happiness in your new schools. On the bright side we will have a reunion for you once this is possible and I’m really looking forward to that.

Fr. Campbell will be celebrating Mass at 10am especially for you – so please log on to ‘Church Services TV (and select Scotland) to follow Mass with your family this morning.

You have been a terrific group and I hope that you keep in contact with each other and with us. You have been excellent Buddies and amazing ambassadors for St. Barbara’s.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank your parents who have supported you and us throughout your time in the school. You must be very proud of your young people! I know that you have missed out on the final celebrations and graduation as your children pass from us to high school and we will ensure that you can join in with the reunion too.

I hope that you all have a lovely summer break and I can’t wait to hear all of your news from high school. Remember – you will always be welcome here in St. Barbara’s.

Well done to Euan…an amazing picture!

Inspired by Picasso

Parents/Guardians

Please continue to check your emails, our website, Twitter and the NLC website in the coming weeks as we will do our best to keep you updated.

Thank you to all of you for your continued support which is greatly appreciated. I hope that the sun shines brightly over the next few weeks and that you enjoy a relaxing summer break with your children and families.

Staff

Thank you also to St. Barbara’s staff: teachers, support staff, office staff, cleaning staff, catering staff, Mr Feeney and Fr. Campbell (Honorary Staff!) for working so hard this year in school and also in the Hub. I greatly appreciate your commitment to our children and to the whole school community.  I  hope that you enjoy your summer break with your families too.

Time to finish with the happy dance…

Mrs McKinney

Well boys and girls your final day of primary school is finally here! I know this is not how you imagined your final day at school but you have really done yourselves proud over these last few months and that is something positive that you should take away from this whole experience.

Let us begin our final day as primary pupils with our morning prayer.

God Our Father, as we prepare to begin our work, we ask you to help us to use properly the many gifts that you have given us, so that we may fully benefit from our day together.

St Barbara Pray for us. 

You have been an amazing Primary 7. I remember your first day at St. Barbara’s Primary School so clearly, because it was my first day as a teacher there too. We started our journey together and I am so grateful that I taught you not just once, but twice, throughout your time at our school. You are a fabulous group of pupils and we have had many laughs and created lots of fantastic memories over the years. I am so proud of you all and of everything that you have achieved over the course of your 7 years at primary school. You have grown into independent, kind and brilliant children. I am positive you will continue to succeed as you begin the next chapter of your lives, high school.

You have been super role models for your peers; in particular, your little Primary 1 buddies who I know loved having you by their side during their first year at school. They have made a little video for you all to say thank you for all of your help.

To celebrate all of your amazing achievements over the years and each of your unique talents and personalities we have made a virtual awards ceremony. Click on the link below and watch in slideshow mode to see if you have won an award. Good luck!

St Barbara’s Primary 7 Virtual Award Ceremony

The staff at St. Barbara’s have made a little video to say goodbye and good luck for the future.

Leavers’ Video

I wish you every success for the future and hopefully we will be able to organise a reunion to help give the Primary 7 class of 2020 the send-off that you truly deserve.

Have a super summer Primary 7, I will miss you all.

Love

A very proud teacher,

Mrs Butler

xx

Primary 7 I hope that you’re up and ready to go because you might want to peep outside from 10am onwards…you never know who you might see!!!

Please see a statement below from Gerard McLaughlin, Head of Education (North), NLC:

Today’s announcement from the Scottish Government outlines the plan to reopen all schools on a full time basis from August.

We are currently considering the practicalities and implications of this announcement and will await further clarification and guidance from government, particularly in relation to public health and scientific advice.

Our priority is the safety of our pupils and staff across our network of primary, secondary and ASN schools, as well as our early learning and childcare settings.

We understand that you will have questions, and as this news was only announced today, we will make further information available on how this impacts on our schools and facilities in the coming days.

We are preparing for pupils to return full-time to school on 12 August and we will be working closely with our schools and partners, including our early years and childcare provision to establish our plans, which we will communicate as soon as we are in a position to.

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Good Morning! Only one more sleep until the holidays!!!!!!

Let’s begin with our morning prayer:

God our Father

As we prepare to begin our work

We ask you to help us to use properly the many gifts you have given us

So that we may fully benefit from our day together. Amen.

National Theatre

As you know it’s Expressive Arts’ Week and  Mrs Goodwin has sourced some exciting performances from the National Theatre for you to enjoy. Parents: please read the exclusion information in bold below. Thank you!

Picasso is well known for painting in the cubist style. Some of his paintings may appear a little strange at first – however you’ll have great fun copying his style!

Picasso: some strange faces!

Some Strange Objects! 

Finally, my favourite painting by Picasso: The Three Musicians

Just look at those faces, clothes and instruments! Look at the shapes!

Watch the video clips below and have a go yourself. Remember to email your pictures and paintings to your teacher. Good luck!

The story of the Spanish Artist Pablo Picasso

Some Ideas for younger children

Pablo Picasso for older children

Pablo Picasso for Everyone!

More Art and Design Ideas to try…

Remember to ask an adult for help with a glue gun…or use blu tack instead.

Ideas with Paper

Now, how about a school trip…try out some of these and let us know how you get on!

Virtual Tours

As it’s the last few days of school why not go on a school trip! Although it’s not possible to visit these places in person at present why not enjoy a virtual tour.  There’s lots to choose from.  Click on the links below.

The Louvre
https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne#tabs

The Van Gogh Museum
https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/van-gogh-museum-groundfloor/2QHwyv_Y6gueAw?hl=en&sv_lng=4.8808198&sv_lat=52.3585336&sv_h=0.07351778050821167&sv_p=-14.958125813166376&sv_pid=T4EwMNbRYOhcEPF8T1I8xw&sv_z=1.200797273705855

The Vatican Museum
http://m.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani-mobile/en/collezioni/musei/tour-virtuali-elenco.html

The British Museum
https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com

Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/metropolitan-museum-of-art/KAFHmsOTE-4Xyw?hl=en&sv_lng=-73.9624786&sv_lat=40.7803959&sv_h=335.0285349959785&sv_p=0.9453475127378823&sv_pid=KeFx8oXHzeuY8L5rfepHaA&sv_z=1.200797273705855

Rijksmuseum
https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/rijksmuseum/iwH5aYGoPwSf7g?hl=en&sv_lng=4.885283712508563&sv_lat=52.35984312584405&sv_h=311.1699875145569&sv_p=-5.924133903625474&sv_pid=fOVcUXQW2wpRf33iUmxEfg&sv_z=1.200797273705855

Musée d’Orsay, Paris
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/musee-dorsay-paris

Smithsonian Natural History Museum
https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/

The Guggenheim
https://www.guggenheim.org/collection-online

The Getty Museum
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-j-paul-getty-museum?hl=en

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Madrid
https://www.museothyssen.org/
en/thyssenmultimedia

NASA – Langley
https://oh.larc.nasa.gov/oh/

NASA – Glenn
https://www.nasa.gov/glennvirtualtours

Women’s History Museum
https://www.womenshistory.org/womens-history/online-exhibits

MOMA – NY
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/moma-the-museum-of-modern-art?hl=en

The Uffizi -Florence
https://www.uffizi.it/en/online-exhibitions

Please email your work to your teacher or upload it onto Twitter with an adult’s permission. Thank you!

Tomorrow is the last day of school before the summer break and it’s:

‘Wishing-you-well Wednesday!’

Remember to log in for a Primary 7 special….see you tomorrow!