St Bartholomews

A huge welcome back to all! I hope that everyone has enjoyed a restful Easter holiday and have returned to school refreshed.

The photograph in the middle beautifully  illustrates Lenten promises created by our pupils. This week, Holy Week, sees the final part of our Lenten journey and we pray for spiritual enlightenment at this very special time in the Church’s calendar.

On Monday, we welcome all of our boys and girls, staff and parents back to school and nursery! We also look forward to seeing Claire Gordon from the NHS dental team to look after our ‘ pearly whites’ . Thank you Claire.

On Tuesday, Mrs McLean and Ms Allington will attend a numeracy course entitled, ‘Read , Write, Count’ that the authority are endorsing. We look forward to applying this  new information in order to enhance  numeracy skills for all of our pupils.

On Wednesday, our Primary 5 pupils will make their weekly trip to The Time Capsule. The children will enjoy a mix of wet and dry sports, where they will increase their skills and knowledge in both swimming and general fitness skills. So far, children have been a credit to the school and high standards of behaviour and manners have been readily reported. Long may it continue…

On Thursday, our fabulous kitchen facilities will be used in order to accommodate a cookery day for our younger pupils in Primary 1 to Primary 3. I am sure that the boys and girls will love it.Vicky from Community Learning and Development will also be  visiting parents in our Get Together room in order to help support them and their children. Thank you Vicky.

As a means of celebrating Easter, our younger pupils in Primary 1 to Primary 3 will enjoy an Easter egg hunt in our beautiful new garden area. A big thank you to our Parent Council for organising this lovely event. Our Primary 4 to Primary 7 pupils will enjoy taking part in a ‘decorate your boiled egg’ competition. This will be judged on Thursday and children are encouraged to be as creative as possible and there will be one winning entry per class. We look forward to having some difficult decisions to make on Thursday afternoon!

Mrs Bolland

Primary 1 – Charley Rose

Primary 2 – Jack

Primary 3 – Guy

Primary 4 – Lee

Primary 4/5 – Caitlyn

Primary 5 -Rhys

Primary 6 – Daniel

Primary 7 – Ciaran

Winning House: Summerlee

Cool Class Cup: Primary 1

The boys and girls pictured above have enjoyed great success outwith school – all of your friends at St Bartholomew’s congratulate you for these wider achievements!

On Monday, Primary 1 are looking forward to visiting the Riverside museum as part of their topic work in class. We are looking forward to finding out how they got on! Dance after school club is on today and as always, please remind children to pack kits and water bottles. Thank you.

On Tuesday, I will be visiting Noble Primary as part of our involvement in the Scottish Attainment Challenge. I look forward to learning about literacy initiatives that will contribute towards improvements. Mrs Dolan will escort some of our pupils to St  Augustine’s for the annual dance festival. We wish them the very best of luck… We are also thinking of our Primary 3 boys and girls who will be receiving the very special sacrament of Reconciliation this evening at St Bartholomew’s Church at 7pm. Could I ask that children and their families arrive at Church for 6.40pm so that everyone is settled in plenty of time.Thank you.

On Wednesday, our Primary 5 boys and girls will enjoy their third session of swimming and dry sports at The Time Capsule. This is a very important part of the curriculum and will contribute towards life long learning. As part of the early years expansion, I will be meeting Aileen and Lizzie  from facilities and nutrition in order to plan ahead for providing our youngest pupils with a healthy meal. I am very much looking forward to visiting P1 this morning and look forward to sharing in the children’s numeracy progress.

On Thursday, Primary 3 will also be out and about and will visit the National Museum in Edinburgh, as part of current learning. We look forward to hearing all about it!  Our Education Psychologist will visit this morning in order to support some of our pupils and their families. As always, visitors to our school are most welcome.

On Friday, Mrs McLean will be meeting with NLC’s numeracy team in order to plan for improvements in numeracy. As always, we will hold our weekly assembly and keep you posted on who our pupils of the week, Cool Class and winning house will be.

Please look out for next term’s newsletter in your child’s bag as it contains all of the important dates for events in our final term so that you are well prepared for the very busy term ahead. Be advised that on Friday, we finish at 2.30pm for the Easter holidays and return on Monday 15th April. Have a wonderfully relaxing break.

Mrs Bolland

Primary 1 – Caleb

Primary 2 – Fiona

Primary 3 – Lucy

Primary 4 – Liam

Primary 4/5 – Shay

Primary 5 – Eva

Primary 6 – Amy Lee

Primary 7 – Summer

Winning House: Summerlee

Cool Class: Primary 4

The photograph above pictures our winners and runners up in the World Book Day competition organised by Ms Connor last week. Children were asked to create their own book cover and the most creative entries won. The boys and girls were delighted to receive their prizes during assembly on Friday. Well done everyone!

On Monday, there will be a  mini sports hall event  for our Primary 3 pupils. Please ensure children are appropriately equipped with kits etc. I will be spending some time in Primary 7, after interval to share in the day to day learning. I am very much looking forward to experiencing the children’s progress. Mrs MacIntyre will be attending a literacy coach meeting in order to improve experiences for all of our boys and girls. I look forward to hearing about new initiatives in this core area. Staff from St Ambrose Support for learning team will be visiting St Bart’s this afternoon,  you are most welcome! As always, we have our dance after school club on at 3pm until 4pm.

On Tuesday, I will be attending a leadership course on grievience and discipline at the Westerwood hotel. I look forward to keeping up to date with current procedures and processes.

On Wednesday, I will be attending the  west partnership conference at Celtic Park and look forward to collaborating with colleagues from across the West of Scotland inordevto improve outcomes for our children. Primary 5 boys and girls will be attending the Time Capsule for the second time in order to learn or enhance their skills and knowledge in swimming. This is a wonderful opportunity for our pupils to experience such important life skills. There is also the opportunity to take part in dry sports, increasing fitness levels and general health. One of our nursery staff will take part in  verp training today, again to enhance Experian’s outcomes for our youngest pupils. Primary 3 will experience further skills in  outdoor learning from the team at NLC.

On Thursday, St Bartholomew’s will be hosting a cluster meeting, which will provide an excellent review of collaboration within our cluster. There will also be an outdoor learning meeting, organised by Mrs MacIntyre.

On Friday, Sally Wilkinson will be delivering  kodaly for our p5 pupils. The boys and girls are looking forward to enha cin* their musical skills and talents. I will also be sharing in the learning of our p6 pupils and look forward to experiencing new initiatives in numeracy. We all look forward to finding out who our pupils of the week, Cool Class Cup and winning house will be at assembly!

Mrs Bolland

Primary 1 – Holly

Primary 2 – Jamie

Primary 3 – Ciaran

Primary 4 – Jayden

Primary 4/5 – Skye

Primary 5 – Cara

Primary 6 – Jayden

Primary 7 – Ami

Winning House: Monklands

Cool Class Cup: Primary 6

Primary 1 – Corey

Primary 2 – Oscar

Primary 3 – Orlaith

Primary 4 _ Ryan

Primary 4/5 – Brogan

Primary 5 – Shay

Primary 6 – Lewis

Primary 7 – Michael

Cool Class: Primary 4/5

Winning House: Drumpellier

The 2 children in the photographs above visited my office last week to notify me of their respective success. Collectively, they have won a football trophy and created a wonderful mind map. Well done and keep up the wonderful work!

On Friday of last week we were visited by Claire from ACN, who was most impressed with the knowledge that our pupils have on the ‘Maisie Milk’  Charity project that we are contributing to as part of our commitment to Lenten charity work. A huge thank you to Mars Carlin and the Faith in Action group for organising this. Please check out our twitter feed to see for yourself…

Fr James has very kindly volunteered to celebrate mass in our Oratory, every Tuesday, during Lent. Our weekly prayer service at 8.45am in the Oratory will take the form of Stations of the Cross during Lent. As always, our whole school community are all welcome- we look forward to seeing you there on either and/ or both days.

On Monday, Mrs MacLean will be visiting Holy Cross Primary in Croy in order to research a numeracy initiative that we are introducing to St Bart’s. This is to benefit our children in their progress in maths. Thank you Mrs MacLean! Claire Gordon, our dental specialist will be visiting us today in order to ensure appropriate fluoride levels in our pupils. This work is very much appreciated as high standards of oral health are so important to our young people. Our dance after school club is scheduled this afternoon at 3pm until 4pm. As always, please ensure children have appropriate kits and water bottles.

On Tuesday, I will be attending a Nurture conference in Motherwell civic centre, alongside fellow Head Teachers. The Health and wellbeing of all of our pupils and supporting them in times of difficulties with a nurturing approach is crucial to our service. I look forward to updating our staff and indeed our wider school community on this important initiative.

On Wednesday, Primary 6 will be visited by sports leaders and I know that they very much look forward to this type of active input. Our Primary 5 pupils are fortunate to receive swimming lessons this afternoon at The Time Capsule and will enjoy both dry sports and swimming lessons. I look forward to hearing a good report about children’s behaviour and efforts. Primary 3 will be visited again by the outdoor learning team from NLC.

A big thank you to all of our parents/ carers for their presence at Parent’s Evening On Thursday and for the very positive feedback from surveys. This is very much appreciated and it is always nice to read positive comments from grateful members of our school community. Thank you.

Mrs Bolland

As you know, Primary 7 pupils were in Kilbowie last week with Mrs McLean and myself. I am delighted to report that our boys and girls did us all proud! The instructors were very complimentary towards our children in respect of  their  positive attitude and lovely manners. The boys and girls all gave everything a go and tried their very best in all the new experiences that they faced. We could not be more proud- very well done boys and girls. Check out twitter for a snap shot of their experiences and progress.

On Monday of this week we have Claire from NHS dental team to check up on our pupils and make sure that their oral health is up to standard. Thank you Claire.Dance after school club is on today- As always, please ensure appropriate kits and water bottles are provided for children.

On Tuesday,we will be visited by our link  Education Psychologist in order to support some of our pupils and their families who require assistance.We will also be visited by Jennifer O’Hara from the Early Years Expansion team in order to discuss the success of our lead graduate in the nursery. Both ladies are most welcome! Our Parent Council will meet this evening at 6pm in the staffroom in order to discuss improvements for our pupils. As always, everyone is most welcome.

On Wednesday, sports leaders will be  working with Primary  6 pupils, who are very excited to be supported with their Physical education. Nursery staff will be taking part in  verp training in order to support our youngest children. All of our pupils, with the help and support of parent helpers, will attend 10 O’Clock mass at St Bartholomew’s church in order to celebrate Ash Wednesday. A huge thank you to our parents for their support in escorting the children to church on this very important day in order to mark the beginning of Lent. Leaders from the Primary 3  outdoor learning team will visit our pupils in order to support this very important initiative.

On Thursday , Representatives from Community Learning and Development, (CLD ) will be working with some of our parents to support them at important stages of their children’s development. Appointments for Parent’s Evening will take place from 3.15pm – We look forward to meeting you and sharing in the positive aspects of your child’s progress. Our lead graduate in the nursery will take part in training today in order to improve outcomes for our youngest pupils.

On Friday, Sally, our Kodally instructor will be visiting  Primary 5 – our boys and girls thoroughly enjoy this musical input and look forward to working with Sally. Mrs McLean and Mrs MacLean will be visiting Noble  Primary to attend a numeracy course, in order to receive the most up to date information and advice on numeracy initiatives. We look forward to hearing about this! The Book Fayre will be collected today, a huge thank you to our parent helpers for supervising this. The children always enjoy looking a new books titles and choosing a reward for their report at Parent’s Evening.  A representative from  Aid to the Church in Need will attend our weekly assembly , as part of the Maisie’s milk project in order to launch this worthwhile initiative. A huge thank you to Mrs Carlin and the Faith in Action pupil voice group for organising this.

Mrs Bolland

Primary 1 – Aaron

Primary 2 – Zara

Primary 3 – Jennifer

Primary 4 – Sophie

Primary 4/5 – Terri-Lee

Primary 5 – Skye

Primary 6 – Alisha

Winning House: Summerlee

Cool Class Cup: Primary 1