It has been a pleasure being your teacher this year and although we didn’t get the full year together in school you all made a big impression!! I am so proud of all your hard work. It was lovely to watch each and every one of you grow in confidence and gel together into the lovely class of bright, smart, helpful and caring boys and girls you have all become – you are a credit to your families and to St Barbara’s.
I hope you have a lovely summer. If we all stick to the rules, it looks like we will all be back at school together again in August! Take care, stay safe and remember to be the best you can be!! Good luck for your new class, you’ll be amazing!!
I’ve attached a little memory to remind us of 2020!!
Well here we are boys and girls!!! It’s not the end to the school year we had imagined, but we have tried to make the best out a bad situation! First of all, I am so proud of you for working hard with your home schooling. I have loved logging on to see your pictures and videos! You have coped very well as have your parents! Thank you to you too mums and dads and older siblings!
I have had a lovely year with you and have enjoyed watching you all become great friends. You are a lovely bunch of children and it has been so nice to see you look out and care for one another! We have had some good fun especially when we performed in the Nativity and our Assembly.
So, today is the last day of term and there is no work! If you really want to do something, why not note down your favourite memory of P4/3 and send it to me? I’ll put them together and put them on here for you to see. I hope you stay safe and even though things still seem pretty uncertain, I will see your lovely smiling faces at school in August hopefully! Remember to be good and helpful around the house and look after each other.
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!
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.
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!
In response to the school closures caused by Coronavirus, National Theatre is now offering username and password access to the National Theatre Collection. For a temporary period, plays can be accessed remotely ensuring students studying from home can still watch them.
(The Log in button is in the top right-hand corner of the landing page. Please insert your username and password to left-hand option of the login pop-up.)
If you copy and paste the details please be very careful not to include any invisible spaces as these will invalidate the details. These should be entered under the ‘access log in’ and not the ‘personal log in’. If you have any difficulties please test in another browser as some are known as having issues.
Parents – PLEASE NOTE THE CONDITIONS OF THIS OFFER:
ACCESS DETAILS must NOT be offered to anyone external to your institution OR posted on social media. Thank you.
Art and Design Ideas
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.
It’s hard to believe that it’s the last week of a very strange term and that summer holidays or staycations are looming!
Below you will find an update and then a celebration of all things art and design for the final couple of days!
Important Updates
Primary 1 Intake
Last week we welcomed our new Primary 1 children into our school community – albeit virtually. I would like to thank all of the staff who worked so hard to create the video clips, the Bear Hunt and all of the information for parents and children to make the transition a little less difficult. Weren’t the current Primary 1 children superstars with their welcoming video clips? The Primary 6 letters and pictures were terrific too. Well done to all of you! Thanks also to Fr. Campbell for his message to the little ones too.
Wishing- you-well Wednesday!
This week we have to say good bye and good luck to our fabulous Primary 7 children. Please log in to the website on Wednesday for ‘Wishing-you-well Wednesday!’ to celebrate the contribution the Primary 7 children have made to the school.
School Information: August
This week we will be contacting you to give you important information in respect of the new school session, beginning in August. Please check your email regularly, including spam folders also.
Summer Hub
On Friday I posted information and a link in respect of access to the summer hub. In case you missed it I have attached the link below.
We’re moving from Mairead’s French inspiration to Spain and we’ll look at some paintings by a very famous Spanish painter, Pablo Picasso. 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.
I would like to thank you all for your patience over the last few months and also in respect of organization for August. While we have draft plans in place, we are still waiting for local authority confirmation in a number of key areas. Once these areas have been clarified we will be in a position to update you on salient information for your children returning to school after the holidays.
Below you will find:
A letter from the Executive Director
Frequently-asked questions
An important update on Hub provision including a link for booking purposes
I do apologize for sending so much information on a Friday afternoon however it was issued within the last few hours.
Please find a letter from the Executive Director and a section dedicated to frequently-asked questions. Thank you.
I hope you have all enjoyed Health Week and have being staying active.
Throughout this week you have been learning about different saints. You have learned about St. Anthony and St. John the Baptist. Today we are going to look at what it means to be a saint. What does someone have to do to be considered a saint?
Please cut and paste the link below to find out how someone can become a saint. Some of our younger children may wish to ask an adult to help them read the information.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/32772092
As the article explained, saints are very special people. Watch the video below to see what makes them so special.
Now choose one of the following tasks to show what you have learned.
Task 1:
In your jotter write down the five steps to becoming a saint. You may also wish to draw a picture to show each of the five steps.
Task 2:
Choose a saint you admire and complete the worksheet below. You may have to do some research. Can you find out what this person did to become a saint?
Good morning boys and girls. I hope you are all enjoying our ‘Health Week’ so far, keeping active and healthy!
Let’s start today as always 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.
Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist.
During the month of June, we celebrate the Birth of John the Baptist. We celebrate his birth on the 24th June. So today, we are going to be learning about the ‘Birth of John the Baptist’.
Who is John the Baptist?
John was the first man to publicly identify Jesus as the coming Messiah.
Before he was born
John the Baptist is a very special Saint, before Saint John the Baptist was even born. God announced his birth to John’s Father Zechariah through the angel Gabriel. We know of someone else who had a visit from the angel Gabriel? Can you think who this might be?
Let’s have a listen to the video below to find out more about his birth and why it is so important:
God had a plan. He had chosen John to be the special prophet who would announce the coming of Jesus the Messiah.
Before you were born. God already knew who you were going to be. In fact, before any of the World was created He already knew every person who was going to live in it!
Just like God had a special plan for Saint John the Baptist. He also has a special plan for you. He wants you to be a prophet-that is, a witness- to Jesus for your friends and family. To do this, you need to stay close to Jesus through prayer and the sacraments. Do your best to live out God’s special plan for you!
Shortly before he died
John announced that the Messiah was coming soon, then baptised Jesus in the Jordan. After this, Jesus went into the desert for 40 days. When He returned, John pointed Him out to the first of Jesus’ disciples. Shortly after, John was arrested and Jesus’ public ministry took off.
Let’s listen to this story to find out more about Saint John the Baptist:
Task–
Let’s test our knowledge on how well we now know the ‘Birth of John the Baptist’ by completing one of these tasks below.
Challenge- write in the correct answer if it it false.
Here is a lovely picture that you could print off and colour in or you might like to try have a go at drawing this yourself.
Please send your work to your teacher’s glow email or tweet us @St_BarbarasPS.
My Rainbow of Superstars
