Yesterday was the Feast of Our Lady Of The Rosary, a very significant feast in the Church’s calendar. Pope Francis has asked that we all pray the rosary in the month of October. Please keep our staff and pupils in your prayers.
Today, I am hosting a meeting with senior representatives from Childsmile. This organisation is one of our NHS dental partners, who contribute a great deal in terms of maintaining oral health amongst all of our pupils, from nursery to Primary 7. As a result of our many successful health initiatives we will be welcoming very important guests to our school. I will keep you posted…
On Wednesday, the Icon of ‘Jesus the Teacher’ shall be visiting St Bartholomew’s church at 2pm. We are so fortunate to be chosen for this very special occasion and myself and two senior pupils shall be representing our school. We look forward to seeing many of our Parish community there.The Icon will be visiting other Parishes in North and South Lanarkshire until the end of November and you can follow it’s journey online. Earlier on in the day, I will be attending a Scottish Attainment Challenge Meeting. Head Teachers in North Lanarkshire shall be meeting to be advised of current issues in order to improve outcomes for our pupils. Again, I will keep you up to date with appropriate initiatives.
On Thursday , we are holding our annual sponsored obstacle course event which is very kindly organised by Vikki Sadler, our North Lanarkshire Active School’s advisor. Children received sponsor forms last week. As always, please do not feel pressure to fill this and one or two endorsements will be gratefully received. All monies will be used to fund improvements to pupil experiences.
On Friday, our senior pupils in Primary 6 will be hosting their assembly. This will take place at 2pm in the hall, and as is the tradition in St Bart’s, parents and carers will be invited thereafter to the classroom. This will provide a wonderful opportunity to share in the children’s work and experience a flavour of recent topic work. We look forward to welcoming you then.
Vikki Sadler, our NLC Active school’s coordinator will meet with our support staff in order to provide advice on playground games in order to enhance pupil experiences in the playground. Thank you Vikki.
Mrs Bolland
