Thank you so much for attending the Induction meeting today!
It was lovely to meet with you and with all of the children.
Please find a link to today’s slides below.
Induction Powerpoint Week 1 May 2024
Next Meeting: Tuesday 21st May 9.30am – 10.30am
Penny the Panda
Dear Parents/Carers and Children,
A very warm welcome to St. Barbara’s Primary School! We are looking forward to your child and your family joining our school community shortly.
The transition process from Early Years to Primary takes place over several months and will include visits to see the children in their Early Years setting.
There are two sessions in school for parents and children to attend. Both sessions will run from 9.30am – 10.30am with the children going to class for activities while parents/carers remain in the hall for salient information.
Tuesday 14th May 2024
This session will include curricular information and a visit from our uniform provider, Logoxpres.
You are very welcome to look at uniform items and sizes – however you are under no obligation to purchase uniform from our supplier – you can buy from any retailer of your choice.
Tuesday 21st May 2024
This session will include practical arrangements for the new term in August and a number of guest speakers who will tell you more about the school community and Parish.
You will have an opportunity to hear from the school cafeteria team and the children will have a packed lunch to take away afterwards.
St. Barbara’s Primary 6 Buddies will be on hand to meet with the children and to introduce themselves to you also.
Penny the Panda
Welcome to all of our new Primary 1 children and to all of your families!
Many of you have been using the story of ‘Everywhere Bear’ in your Early Years’ Centres. Everywhere Bear travels to lots of different places and has lots of tales to tell.
In St. Barbara’s we have Penny the Panda.
Our Primary 7 Transition Ambassadors have created their very own stories and video clips with Penny and her friends to give you more information about the school.
There are six clips altogether.
To watch the clips you will need to login to the St. Barbara’s YouTube Channel:
Thank you!
Glasgow Science Festival 2024
Congratulations to Fraser and to Harris in Primary 6 who won the cluster K’NEX Challenge heat today.
They will now progress to the regional finals!
The winning go-kart design.
Many thanks to those who responded to our appeal for engineers to come to the school and speak with the children. We had a fantastic morning yesterday; the children thoroughly enjoyed listening to our four guest speakers.
Hopefully they have inspired many engineers for the future!
Chemical Engineering: Mr Dungavell
Power Systems: Mr Ilomuanya
Network Rail: Mr O’Lone
Radar and Electronics: Mr Shaw
Many thanks to Mr Dungavell, Mr Ilomuanya, Mr O’Lone and Mr Shaw (whom you might recognize as a formal pupil).
Evan said that he loved playing with Lego in Primary 1 and that he knew even then that he wanted to be involved in this industry.
Dear Parent/Carer,
Further storms are forecast for tonight and tomorrow morning.
We plan to be open as normal.
If that changes, we will be in touch directly with you in the morning.
If you don’t hear from us, please assume that the school is open.
Kind Regards
St. Barbara’s
St. Barbara’s Primary School
Enrolment 2024/2025
Children who attain the age of 5 years between 1 March 2024 and 28 February 2025 should be registered for education during the week commencing Monday 15 January 2024.
Each child’s birth certificate and proof of address in the form of the current council tax bill must be produced.
A Baptismal Certificate should be produced where applicable.
The dates and times for enrolment at St. Barbara’s are:
Monday 15th January: 11.00am – 12.15pm
Tuesday 16th January: 9.15am – 10.30am
Wednesday 17th January: 1.30pm – 2.30pm and 3.30pm – 5.00pm
Our Club 365 programme will operate at 12 venues across North Lanarkshire for six days over the Winter Holiday period, Wednesday 27th December to Friday 29th December (inclusive) & Wednesday 3rd January to Friday 5th January (inclusive).
Club 365 offers primary aged children the opportunity to take part in 2 hours of fun activity with lunch provided. The programme is a targeted initiative for children entitled to Free School Meals however all children are welcome to attend.
Full details of venue locations and further information on the programme are available on our web page : Winter Holidays 2023 | North Lanarkshire Council.
Dear Parent,
Please find a link to last session’s leaflet as indicated in the letter (click to open in a new window).
I will post the updated information once I receive it .
Click to access CC_2022_00038-OP_BrochureA5-PARENT-DIGITAL.pdf
Dear Parents and children,
It was lovely to meet all of you last week. We’re looking forward to seeing you again tomorrow at 9.30am!
