St Bartholomews

To celebrate World Book Day our parents and carers joined us for family stay and read sessions in the school and nursery.
Thank you to all those who joined us today.
The children have all been given their £1 token to support the buying a book.
Happy reading!

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All children were given a design challenge. They were asked to make a model of a bird as part of the whole school work on birds and as a homework challenge.

Well done to all those who took part. Your models are amazing.

Each class had a winner and two runners up. They received a certificate a sweet treat and the winner was given a book all about birds.

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All the children who took part received a certificate and a sweet treat.

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Congratulations to this week’s Cool Class Cup Winners.

Congratulations to this week’s winning house.

Well done to our fabulous pupils of the week.

Primary 1/2 have had fun this week at the lunchtime fun games club. Our primary 7 junior sports leaders supported by active school worked with the children on fun games. The children had lots of fun and were very active. The club will run every Tuesday for 5 weeks and primary 1/2 children can join in each week.

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Again, it was another very week in St Barts, last week. We had a lovely visit from Ms McGhee, St Stephen’s Depute Head Teacher, along with a cohort of P5 & P6 pupils who are part of the Young Leaders of Learning group. They were so impressed with our wonderful school and especially loved our Nature Area and display of birds. Children have been working hard on making model birds as part of a home school partnership. Mr Gray, one of our parents, brought in some budgies for children to see and hear. What a great experience!

Please try to celebrate mass during Lent and keep up to date with the times of mass at St Bartholomew’s Church. Daily mass is celebrated at 9.45am. Our school consistently raise money for charities during this period and we appreciate your support, as always. Thank you in advance. The week ahead looks like this:

The house captains spoke to the children at assembly about leaving a note for your house captains.
They have made boxes for children to share their ideas or something they would like by leaving a note in their house box.
The captains will collect them and will report back to the children at assembly.

Mr Robert Carty joined us at assembly to talk to us about Mary’s Meals.

He told us all about their work and gave us some fact:

Mary’s Meals feed over 2 and a half million children every day in 17 countries across the world. £20 feeds a child for a year.

He took part in a question and answer session too.

We will be raising money through lent to support the work of Mary’s Meals.

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Congratulations to this week’s winning house.

Well done to our fabulous pupils of the week.

Last week was a very busy week in St Bart’s, and we hope that you enjoyed some family time during the February weekend. School staff were busy on Wednesday with curricular improvements, in order to enhance learning experiences for our pupils. We will keep you up to date with all the latest improvements in due course.

A huge thank you to our wonderful Parent Council who made delicious pancakes for all of our children, including the Nursery boys and girls, on Friday. The children thoroughly enjoyed an array of toppings such as fresh fruit, Nutella and jam. Amazing!

As Lent begins, please avail yourself of the times of mass at St Bartholomew’s Church. Our school consistently raise money for charities during this period and we appreciate your support, as always. Thank you in advance. The week ahead looks like this:

P6 enjoyed presenting new skills and knowledge through their assembly last Wednesday. They were amazing! Well done boys and girls.

Excitement continues with our whole school initiative with the RSPB through tremendous engagement from our pupils. The children are now experts at bird spotting, and we have created a lovely indoor/ outdoor area dedicated to learning about birds. The fabulous wall display pictured above is from Primary 1/2. Well done boys and girls!

We are currently ordering a wide variety of outdoor learning materials and resources to enhance learning for all of our pupils. We are so lucky to have such a large outdoor area.

Could I ask that parents and carers keep an eye on our outdoor space after school finishes, at weekends and holidays etc. We have had unwanted visitors damaging some outdoor resources. Please help us look after our school. Thank you in advance.

The week ahead looks like this: