St Bartholomews

Primary 1 – Maryam

Primary 2 – Derek

Primary 3 – Kara

Primary 4 – Jamie

Primary 4/5 -Skye

Primary 5 – Rhian

Primary 6 – Breagh

Primary 7 – Callum

Cool Class: Primary 4

Winning House: Summerlee

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

Primary 1 – Aria

Primary 2 – Harrison

Primary 3 – Chloe

Primary 4 – Emily

Primary 4/5 – Darragh

Primary 5 – Amy

Primary 6 -Emily

Primary 7 – Gary

A big welcome back on Thursday to all of our pupils . I sincerely hope that everyone has enjoyed a very well deserved break and return to school full of energy for the second half of term 3!

On Wednesday, all staff  return to work, after a 2 day break.A very special welcome back to  Mrs Crielly, who returns after 9 months maternity leave. She will continue the role of delivering interventions and some class teaching that both Mrs Henderson and Mrs McKendrick delivered. We wish both ladies well in their future careers.

As part of our improvement plan, we are driving improvements in both literacy and numeracy and as such, our In service day will contain  a strong focus on both. We are all looking forward to increasing our skills and knowledge in order to improve outcomes for our pupils.

On Thursday, we are very fortunate to have Vikki from NLC Active schools visiting us as she is organising an assault course for the house that has won the weekly challenge most often.The winning house is Lochend.  Please ensure that if your child is a member of Lochend house, they are provided with appropriate kits etc. We also have the ‘fun games’ after school club scheduled for our younger pupils. As always, please ensure that children have appropriate kits and water bottles. Thank you.

As you know , Thursday  is Valentine’s Day and as this has been a short week, we will hold our annual Valentine’s disco next Thursday 21st February. Tickets are priced at £1.50 and are available at the office where Mrs Dunn and Mrs Clare will be happy to help. A huge thank you to our Parent Council, who have organised this fun event for all of our boys and girls.

We look forward to our weekly assembly on Friday, where ‘Pupils of the Week’ will be announced. Boys and girls will also find out who will be awarded ‘Cool Class Cup’ and the winning house. We will keep you posted.

Mrs Bolland

Primary 1 – Zachary

Primary 2 – Ella

Primary 3 – Olivia

Primary 4 – Rory

Primary 4/5 – David

Primary – Sophie

Primary 6 – Stuart

Primary 7 – Declan

Cool Class: Primary 5

Winning House: Lichend

Very well done to this fabulous girl- what an achievement!

On Monday, I will be attending a course run by SCES, where the focus will be on leadership in Catholic schools. We will look at the mission of our Catholic schools, in addition to our vision and aims. I am looking forward to working with colleagues in order to achieve improvements for all of our pupils and faith community.The dance after school club will be on today and as always, please ensure that children are supplied with appropriate kits and water bottles. Thank you. Our Primary 7 parents will have the opportunity to attend a meeting at 6 O’Clock this evening to receive information about the imminent trip to Kilbowie. We look forward to seeing you then.

On Tuesday morning, , we welcome our Education Psychologist and look forward to planning in order to meet all of our pupils’ needs. We also look forward to welcoming representatives from SCIAF , who will conduct a workshop with our younger pupils.  Claire from Speech and Language Therapy will join us today to support one of our pupils. The football after school club will be on this afternoon , and as always please ensure children have appropriate kits and water bottles. The Parent Council will meet this evening at 6pm in our staff room to discuss improvements for our school community.

On Wednesday, staff representatives from St Ambrose High school will be visiting our primary 7 pupils. We will also receive a visit from the high school sports leaders, who will work with our upper school pupils. We are very much looking forward to a visit from a  past pupil , who will meet with  primary 6 children. NLC’s team who provide support in respect of outdoor learning for our Primary 3 pupils will also visit us today. The Netball  after school club will be on today, and as always, please provide suitable kits and water bottles. I look forward to spending some time with a group of  P4/5 children, who are undertaking one of our many intervention to improve outcomes in literacy and numeracy.

On  Thursday, the fun games after school club will take place. The boys and girls thoroughly enjoy learning from one of our past pupils. Thank you Kaitlyn.

On Friday,  Mrs McLean will attend a meeting , representing St Bartholomew’s as Numeracy coach, in order to further improve numeracy outcomes for all of our pupils. Sally will visit our Primary 5 pupils, delivering Kodaly, in order to enhance musicality. We also look forward to assembly, where well deserving pupils will receive an award for their hard work and efforts. We will keep you posted!

Mrs Bolland

Primary 1 – Corey

Primary 2 – Ryan

Primary 3 – Chloe

Primary 4 -Cody

Primary 4/5 – Ellie

Primary 5 – Gracie

Primary 6 – Keira

Primary 7 – Luka

Cool Class Cup: Primary 4/5

Winning House: Lochend

On Monday, our Netball team will play in the local league. The very best of luck to our 10 boys and girls from Primary 6 and Primary 7  for representing our school.The dance after school will be on today, and as always, please ensure that children are appropriately dressed in suitable clothing and have water bottles at their disposal. Thank you in advance for this. The buddy stop will also be making an appearance in our playground. Our pupil voice group will ensure that all children feel included and safe. The ‘Health for Life’ pupil voice group will be reintroducing healthy fruit bags to all of our boys and girls and their families. Orders that have been taken will be delivered today. Thank you boys and girls for organising this very worthwhile venture.

On Tuesday, the football after school club will be on from 3 pm until 4 pm. As always, please ensure that children have appropriate kits etc and have water bottles. I will be meeting with the PAHL’s team after school today.We are very fortunate to have Andy Munro, a physical active health leader with  NLC, working with us. Please have a look at twitter for  examples of some of the work he will be carrying out with our boys and girls.

On Wednesday, staff from our nursery will be taking part in paediatric first aid training in order to assist our youngest pupils, if and when necessary. Primary 3 pupils will continue to benefit from skills and knowledge delivered by the outdoor learning team from NLC. Staff will be working with our Education Psychologist and Additional Support Manager on nurture principles training in order to fully support all of our pupils. The Netball  after school club is on today and again, thank you for providing suitable kits and water bottles.

On Thursday, I will be attending a Child Protection event. This important content is crucial to the safety and well being of all of our pupils.  The after school fun games club is on today from 3pm until 4pm and again, a big thank to Kaitlyn for leading this. Vicki , our Active Schools Coordinator will organise a session of the daily mile at lunch time. Thank you Vicki.

On Friday,  we will be visited by Liz Kerr from the Early Years Expansion team who has a particular interest in outdoor learning for our nursery children. Last but not least, we will have our assembly this morning and will keep you up to date with the successful ‘pupils of the week’, Cool Class Cup and winning house.

Mrs Bolland

Primary 2 – Leyla

Primary 3 – Ellie

Primary 4 – Patrick

Primary 4/5 – Lilianna

Primary 5 – Gracie

Primary 6 – Leah

Primary 7 – Wiktor

Cool Class Cup: Primary 6

Winning House:Drumpellier

Last week saw many new faces visit our school as part of our Primary 1 enrolment process. Our numbers are looking very healthy with our highest numbers yet for placing requests in to St Bartholomew’s. Parents and carers have obviously heard about all of the great work and support that our pupils receive. A very warm welcome to our new Primary 1 pupils and their families.

On Monday  this week, Clare from NHS Scotland dental team will visit us to ensure that our boys and girls’ teeth are healthy and looked after.  The dance after school club will also be on today. As always, please remember to provide children with appropriate kits and water bottles.

On Tuesday, myself and Mrs MacIntyre will be visiting the Literacy Base in Bellshill in order to keep up to date with current interventions so that all of our pupils progress well at their own level. A representative from Speech and Language will visit us today to support one of our pupils. I will be hosting a ‘ Family Group’ meeting in St Bartholomew’s so that Head Teachers of Schools from a similar demographic to St Bart’s can work collegiately in order to create improvements for our pupils.

On Wednesday Mrs MacIntyre will attend a collaborative meeting in a nursery in Wishaw, along with some of our dedicated staff in order to discuss improvements. Our nursery boys and girls are very lucky! Primary 3 pupils will benefit from an outdoor learning scheme that will allow children to enhance skills and knowledge.  The Netball after school club will be taking place in school today and as always, your support with appropriate kits and water bottles is much appreciated.

On Thursday, one of our nursery staff will be attending VERP training which allows for enhanced practice and as a consequence, improved outcomes for children.  Some of our younger pupils will enjoy the fun games after school club today. We are very lucky to have Kaitlyn, a former pupil, leading this club. Thank you Kaitlyn.

On Friday, we will look forward to our weekly assembly and sharing in the success of our ‘Pupil’s of the week’ , ‘ Cool Class Cup’ and winning house. Sally will be visiting us today and will be delivering Kodaly to our Primary 5 children. Boys and girls in P1 will be super excited to visit Stirling Castle, as part of their school topic. We look forward to sharing in the fun through twitter. Have fun boys and girls!

Mrs Bolland