St Bartholomews

Our Primary 7 pupils will be receiving some input , delivered by staff from St Ambrose High School today. This is part of the transition programme that has been in place for some time. Meeting familiar faces will certainly help the children feel much more comfortable, on their arrival at St Ambrose in August. I know that the boys and girls are looking forward to the next stage in their school career and will readily meet the challenge.

Please remember that our Lenten charity event takes place today. Children have been asked to decorate an Easter basket template and donate £1 to Missio, a very worthwhile charity. Prizes will be given to the most interesting design and all of our pupils will receive a creme egg, which  should fit very nicely into their baskets! Good luck boys and girls.

Mrs Bolland

We are very lucky to have Claire Gordon visit us  today. She will be helping our pupils with toothbrushing. As you know, this is a very important part of health and wellbeing and something that we take very seriously at St Bartholomew’s. It has made a big difference to some of our children’s oral health and the fact that this type of monitoring and  support is available, is fantastic.

There will be no mass at 8.30 am in the Oratory this morning as Fr James has other commitments , as you can imagine, Lent is a very busy time for him. Fr James, will, however be celebrating mass in the school, for all of our pupils and Parish commutation 10am on Monday, 26th March. We look forward to seeing you then.

Mrs Bolland

Our Primary 7 House Captain’s look very official, in their capacity as Playgroung Monitors. The boys and girls report that a marked difference in low level playground concerns have improved, since the introduction of the monitoring system. This provides a great opportunity for some of our senior pupils to  feel responsibility  for their playground.Well done boys and girls, you are doing a fantastic job!

A reminder that the weekly Wednesday prayer service is on this morning at 8.45am in our beautiful Oratory . As it is Lent, this is a particularly special time to spend in reflection and prayer. As always, everyone is welcome. We look forward to seeing you.

I hear that boys and girls are working hard on decorating their Easter baskets, as part of our Lenten charity event. I look forward to filling them with a creme egg on Friday and know that all of our pupils will appreciate this. There will be a lucky winner from each class, who will receive an Easter egg for the most interesting  Easter basket design. Missio will very much appreciate all the £1 donations from the Easter basket event. Thank you very much in advance for your support, it is much appreciated.

Mrs Bolland

All of boys and girls received a brand new homework bag yesterday. Our Primary 7 House Captain’s visited classes to give the children a sneak peek at the new bags. The bags have only to be used for holding homework materials and reading books. Please do not place snacks and lunches in these bags. Your support with this matter is much appreciated.

Mrs Bolland

Our Primary 7 house captain’s have recently been  given responsibility for monitoring the playground. The boys and girls are delighted with their new responsibility and I am sure that they will readily rise to the challenge. I will keep you up to date with their feedback. They had the opportunity to explain this new role to all of our boys and girls, during assembly on Friday.

The Easter raffle was also drawn during assembly and a wonderful hamper and additional prizes were given to the appropriate winners. Well done boys and girls. Some lucky children had also been awarded pupil of the week, in addition to winning a prize from the raffle- what a great day for them!

Our Lenten Charity event, designing an Easter basket, culminates this Friday, 23 rd March. Boys and girls have been given a cardboard template to cut out and design and a winning entry from each class will be announced during assembly. Children have been asked to donate £1, which will be donated to Missio. This is a wonderful charity and Pope Francis himself is a supporter of this important work. During Lent we are asked, not only to give something up, but also to pray and give to charity. We have been very lucky that Fr James has been celebrating mass for us in the Oratory and look forward to him celebrating mass next Monday, 26th March at 10am. This will be a community event and all of our pupils and staff will take part, in addition to Parishoners who usually attend 10am mass. We look forward to seeing you then.

Mrs Bolland

Primary 1 – Mark

Primary 1/2 – Enid

Primary 2/3 – Shannon

Primary 3 – Kerry

Primary 4 – Molly

Primary 4/5 – David

Primary 5/6 -Summer

Primary 6/7 – Ami

Primary 7 – Patrick

Cool Class Cup:  Primary 3

Winning House: Lochend

It’s Parent’t Evening! If you have not made an appointment to see your child’s teacher, please contact the office and Mrs Dunn and Mrs Clare will be happy to help.This is very much a school community event and so many people contributors it’s success. Thank you to our parent helpers who have helped out with the book fair- the children always thoroughly enjoy and look forward to it. I’m sure that many of our boys and girls will be rewarded with a book from mums and dads, after a wonderful report from their teacher…

A huge thank you to all of our staff who go the extra mile at this time to  help parents book and set up appointments, set up the hall and foyer and spend considerable time preparing jotters, folders and reports to mums and dads.I very much appreciate all of this extra effort and I know that our parents and carers share that view. Thank you everyone.

Please try to come along to mass this morning, as Fr James will be celebrating  mass at 8.30am in our Oratory.

Mrs Bolland

Our Primary 3 boys and girls  celebrated the sacrament of Reconciliation last night. The children were wonderful and it was very obvious that all of their hard work and preparations had paid off. This is a very important step in their faith journey, prior to First Holy Communion and Confirmation. A huge thank you to both Mrs McAdams and Mr Morgan.

Our Primary 5 boys and girls had their final session of swimming lessons at the Time Capsule yesterday. They have thoroughly enjoyed their time there and learned some very important skills for life. A huge thank you to our parent helpers ,who have been a super support to the school in escorting the children safely to the Time Capsule. It is very much appreciated. The  high school sports leaders will be back in St Bart’s today, working with our upper school pupils. This is another great opportunity to learn new skills and meet new people!

A wee reminder that parents evening will take place tomorrow  from 3.15pm until into the evening. The vast majority of parents and carers have used our online booking system very effectively, from the comfort of their own homes. A much more convenient system!

As always, we will ask you to take part in a survey , to help inform of us of what we need to improve , in order to make St Bartholomew’s an even better place to learn.  Parents and carers will also have the opportunity to comment in children’s Learning Journey Folders and see some wonderful examples of work, across the curriculum. Our Parent  Council members will also be on hand to recruit new members and give an insight into the great work that this group do. Please consider joining this great group…

Fr James will be celebrating mass in our beautiful Oratory  on Thursday at 8.30am. As always, all are welcome.

Mrs Bolland

All of our boys and girls had the opportunity to spend some time looking through the variety of titles at the book fair yesterday. A huge thank you to our  parents and carers who volunteered to help the children navigate their way through the huge choice on offer. Boys and girls are hoping to be rewarded with a book of their choice, after a successful report at parent’s evening on Thursday. Fingers crossed everyone!

Our Primary 5 children will be enjoying swimming lessons at the Time Capsule this afternoon. The boys and girls have thoroughly enjoyed this experience and we are very lucky that we can offer this to our pupils!

Our Primary 3 pupils will experience the very special sacrament of  reconciliation this evening. Parents and carers have been asked to come to St Bartholomew’s Church at 6.45pm, for the 7pm service. Children are asked to come along, dressed in school uniform. This will be a very low key occasion, which is entirely appropriate to this sacrament. We all appreciate the prayers that our Parish Community have been saying for this group of children, thank you.

Again, a reminder that our online booking system for parents evening is up and running and I would encourage you to book your appointment to discuss your child’s progress.

Our parent fundraising group have decided to organise an Easter basket competition. Look out in school bags for a cardboard template that children are asked to decorate and the most interesting entry  from each class will win a prize . Children are asked to complete their basket by Friday.Good luck everyone!

Mrs Bolland

Our World Book Day celebrations were thoroughly enjoyed by all! Thank you to all of our parents and carers who supported this event. The children looked great, dressed as their favourite characters from a book. One child from each class was awarded a book tolken for wearing an interesting costume which will then allow them to purchase a book from the book fair. The book fair has  now arrived in school and a timetable has been very kindly put together by Mrs Clare, so that all of our pupils will have the opportunity to visit it prior to Parent’s Evening in Thursday.

The online appointments system will be used again to book allocated times to visit your child’s teacher. This has proved to be very efficient and appreciated by many of our parents and carers. Mrs Dunn has very kindly set this up again and the system  is now live. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, where you will be provided with supportive advice and comments about your child’s progress.

Our Primary 3 pupils are very much looking forward to the very important sacrament of Reconciliation on Tuesday evening. As already stated in a letter, parents are asked to bring the children to St Bartholomew’s church at 6.40pm, dressed in school uniform so that they are settled for the service to begin at 7pm. Mrs McAdams has been working very hard preparing the children for this sacrament and we are all looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday.

Could I ask that our Parish community remembers to include these boys and girls in their prayers? Thank you in advance for your support and help.

Mrs Bolland