St Bartholomews

Last week our after school parent and child fitness class was a great success! As you can see from the photograph above, great fun was had by all. This is a brilliant opportunity for children to learn alongside their parents and carers and I know that everyone is looking forward to taking part again , over the next few weeks.

Our Primary 7 pupils left for York yesterday around 8am. The children were especially delighted to learn that their luxury coach had a facility to play DVD’s. This allowed our boys and girls to be entertained during their journey and perhaps distract them from potential travel sickness, or at the very least, prevent them from being bored! The children arrived at Eden Camp around 3pm, which is a World War 11 museum, with a wide variety of interactive activities. They then travelled onwards to the hotel around dinner time, settled in and then took part in another activity in the evening. It is a whirlwind of a trip, with so much going on. Please check twitter for pictures of the children and be reassured that they are in very safe hands and having lots of fun.

Mrs Bolland

Clare. our dental hygienist will be visiting St Bart’s today. This is such an important part of keeping on top of dental health. We are incredibly lucky to have Clare looking after our tooth brushing resources and offering advice and support. Thank you Clare!

Art after school club will be available to our P1 and P2 children. This is a fabulous club and our pupils enhance their creative skills and knowledge. A huge thank you to Mrs Carlin for dedicating her time to organising this wonderful opportunity for our younger pupils.
Mrs Bolland

We have received fabulous feedback from the parents and carers who have been attending the maths supported study class that takes place after school. This is a fantastic opportunity for our boys and girls to enhance their numeracy skills, and be able to start St Ambrose High School with confidence. A huge thank you to the continued support from all the parents and carers who have faithfully attended these sessions. All of this would be unable to take place without the input from our loyal and dedicated staff- thank you.

#PopeFrancis asks people to join him May 1 praying the rosary for peace, especially in Syria, and to pray the rosary each day in May with peace as the intention.

I have received many congratulations from parents, carers and school partners regarding my recent appointment to permanent Head Teacher of St Bartholomew’s. I am very touched and truly grateful for all of this positive support- thank you everyone!

Mrs Bolland

This very proud Primary 7 pupils popped in to my office today to share in the excitement of another award from the Boys Brigade. This award will be one of many that have been collected over the past few years. What a responsible citizen!

All of our pupils will take part in their respective Pupil Voice groups today and this will be last one of this session. The children have worked very hard to improve outcomes for children and their are still many projects being undertaken at the moment. Well done boys and girls.

Our football after school club is on today, a reminder to parents and carers that children should be provided with appropriate gym clothes and bottles of water. Thank you in advance for your support with this matter.

Mrs Bolland

I am delighted to inform you, after a two stage interview process, I have been offered, and accepted, the permanent Head Teacher’s post at St Bartholomew’s Primary. I am delighted to be able to hold this position and will continue to improve outcomes for all of our pupils. I feel very privileged to carry out this role and appreciate all the good wishes and congratulations from staff and members of our school community, including Fr James, who popped in today to offer his congratulations.

A reminder to parents and carers of Primary 1 and Primary 2 children that cheerleading after school club takes place this afternoon. Please remind children to bring gym kits and bottles of water.

Our Parent Council meet this evening at 6pm in order to discuss current school business. As always, you are encouraged to join us and are most welcome.

Mrs Bolland

Primary 1/2 – Kaiden

Primary 2/3 – Vicki

Primary 3 – Liliana

Primary 4 – Cara

Primary 4/5 – Jayden

Primary 5/6 – Liam

Primary 6/7 – Brooke

Primary 7 – Stephen

Mr Fowler Award: Bridget

Cool Class Cup: Primary 2/3

Winning House: Drumpellier

A reminder to all parents and carers that Primary 7 are hosting a cake and candy sale in order to raise funds for ‘little extras ‘ during their York trip. This has been a tradition for a number of years and has been very well supported in the past. Thank you in advance for your cooperation with  this matter.

Logo Express are visiting our school today so that our Primary 7 pupils can be fitted for blazers, as part of their uniform for St Ambrose High. This is an annual event and the children really begin to feel like first year pupils whilst dressed in an important part of the St Ambrose uniform. We wish them well.

Mrs Bolland

Our Primary 7 pupils are holding a cake and candy sale on Thursday in order to raise funds for little extra’s in York.  The stall will be supervised by our senior pupils during interval and lunch time and we would be very grateful if you could supply children will some pocket money to buy some goodies with. All home baking and contributions of cakes etc would be very gratefully received on Thursday morning, any small contribution that you could make would be very helpful.

Both Primary 6/7 and Primary 7 pupils enjoyed a fabulous day out at The People’s Palace in Glasgow yesterday and their teachers reported that all of pupils were a credit to the school. Well done boys and girls!

Mrs Bolland

Cluster Primary Head Teachers from both St Ambrose and St Andrew’s attended a spiritual reflection at the Diocesan Centre in Motherwell. This was a lovely experience and a valuable input, especially at this time of year. Bishop Toal presented us with the beautiful commemoration that you can see above. The 2018 Centenary Celebrations have been an integral part of the diocese planned events this year and there are many more planned for the very near future.

Primary 4/5 had a fabulous time at Tullie House in Dumfries yesterday and you can catch up with photographs and video clips on twitter.

Primary 6/7 and Primary 7 are also leaving St Bartholomew’s today – just for the day… They will be visiting the People’s Palace in Glasgow and again this trip is linked to topic work. I know that the children are thoroughly looking forward to experiencing the interactive activities that this outing will provide. Keep your eye on twitter for pictures!

Mrs Bolland

Our Primary 4/5 pupils will be visiting Tullie House in Carlisle today. This trip has been organised in conjunction with the class topic of ‘The Romans’. The museum has an entire floor dedicated to historical artefacts and children will have the opportunity to experience a wide variety of interesting resources from that era. Interesting workshops and interactive events have also be scheduled for the children and they will have the opportunity to dress up as different Roman characters. It all sounds like brilliant fun. As it is such as jam packed day, it has been agreed that the boys and girls will be back a little later, perhaps around 4pm. A text will be sent to parents when the expected time of arrival will be.

A reminder to parents and carers of Primary 1 and 2 children that a Cheerleading after school club will take place between 3pm and 4pm. Please ensure that children are given an appropriate change of suitable clothing and water bottles.

A reminder to Primary 7 parents that an information evening will take place this evening at 6pm in respect of the upcoming trip to York. This will be a brief outline of what the children can expect to experience, during their stay and reassure parents and carers.

Mrs Bolland