We arrive at the end of what has been a very busy week. I received feedback from our visitors yesterday and they all spoke very highly of St Bartholomew’s: polite, well-behaved, hard-working pupils, highly committed and loyal staff, very good … Continue reading →

St Bartholomew’s welcomes back Mr Duffy, Head Teacher of St Mary’s Primary, today along with Mr Beers, Mrs Hanlon and Mr Moore from the Continuous Improvement Service. Our visitors very much enjoyed their time in the school yesterday and, for … Continue reading →

A very warm welcome this morning to four special visitors. Mr Jim Beers, Mrs Gillian Hanlon and Mr Stephen Moore from the local authority’s Continuous Improvement Service will spend today and tomorrow in St Bartholomew’s to observe learning and teaching … Continue reading →

A big congratulations to Cara in Primary 2/3 and Amaranth in Primary 3 who were competing in a dancing show at the SECC in Glasgow on Sunday.This is a very prestigious competition in the world of dance and the girls … Continue reading →

 Primary 1 – Ciaran Primary 2 – Kerry Primary 2/3 – Lewis Primary 3 – Amaranth Primary 4 – Sarah Louise Primary 5 -Harvey Jo Primary 6 – Adam Primary6/7 – Paula Winning House: Lochend  

Primary 5 have been learning about the world of work this term and, as mentioned in my blog last week, have had the opportunity to hear from people with various jobs and careers, including a doctor and a policeman. The … Continue reading →

We are gradually getting the school back to normal following the fitting of the new flooring. Pupils and staff will be particularly pleased to know that we have our computer suite up and running today. Vinyl flooring has still to … Continue reading →

Our Primary 2/3’s had a fabulous time with Vicki from NLC Active School’s. The children had over an hour of fun games and activities and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. A huge thank you to Vicki for her contribution – we really … Continue reading →

A big congratulations to Primary 2/3, who won the ‘ Healthy Snack’ initiative that has been running over the past two weeks. Our Health for Life pupil voice group organised this event as they felt that children were eating snacks … Continue reading →

We ran a Christmas card competition for St Bart’s pupils recently and the eight winning cards (one from each class) were sent off to the printers to be transformed into professionally-produced cards. The talented artists found out on Friday they … Continue reading →