The photograph above captures some of the fun that our winning house, ‘Lochend’ had on Thursday last week as the house who have won the most points overall . I wonder who will be next…

On Monday, our netball team will be playing in the local league, we wish them the very best of luck! As always, please ensure children have appropriate kits and water bottles. Mrs Dolan will be escorting the children to the games. We welcome our link Education Psychologist, along with member sfrom other agencies in order to support some of our youngest pupils. Our dance after school club will be on this afternoon, as always please ensure children have appropriate kits and water bottles.

On Tuesday, our  football after school club will take place at 3pm until 4pm.  We will also have St Bartholomew’s football team friendly league matches on this afternoon. We are very fortunate to have Mr Munro, our Physical Active Health Leader, coach the children and support them during the various matches.

On Wednesday, I will be attending a cluster meeting at  StAmbrose High School, where we will discuss transition arrangements for our Primary 7 pupils as part of their imminent journey. Pupils from St Ambrose who have the additional responsibility as sports leaders, will be visiting our  upper school pupils. Mrs MacIntyre will be attending a  nursery network meeting, on behalf of our youngest boys and girls. Primary 3 will enjoy some outdoor learning experiences with NLC’s specialist team. Our  netball after school club will be on this afternoon, and as always, please ensure children have appropriate kits and water bottles.

On Thursday, our Parent Council  have very kindly organised our annual Valentine’s  disco. The Primary 1 to 3 disco will start at 6pm until 7 pm and the Primary 4 to Primary 7 will start at 7.15pm until 8.15pm. Tickets are available from the school office, where both Mrs Dunn and Mrs Clare will be happy to help.Our fun games after school club will be on this afternoon- a huge thank you to Kaitlyn for leading this.

On Friday, we welcome a visitor from Strathclyde University, who will be popping in to Primary 4/5 and Primary 6. I will be hosting a Stem worksteam Group meeting this morning,where Head Teachers from both the Primary and Secondary sectors will be collaborating to improve STEM experiences for all pupils across North Lanarkshire. I am sure that they will be impressed with our ‘Stem Zone’. Our Quality Improvement Officers,  will be paying St Bart’s a visit in the afternoon. We welcome them to our fabulous school.

Week beginning 25th February sees Primary 7’s annual trip to Kilbowie. Mrs McLean , myself and Mr Munro will supervise the children during their week long stay. Please say prayers for decent weather!

Mrs Bolland