St Bartholomews

Primary 1 – Erinann

Prmary 1/2 – Talia

Primary 2/3 – Amy

Primary 3 – Kaidyn

Primary 4 – Amaranth

Primary 4/5 – Mia

Primary 5/6 – Alyssa

Primary 6/7 – Justin

Primary 7 – Paul

Cool Class: Primary 1

Winning House:  Drumpellier

A wee reminder that the Valentine’s disco takes place on Thursday 15th of February. As always, this is an event organised by our parent fundraising group. It is essential that we have enough volunteers, or the disco will not take place. We are reliant on your support as this is not a staffed event. Please contact the office or let Trish Woods know of your intent to help out.Tickets are on sale from the office and include the cost of a drink and treats. Your child does not require any money as everything that they need is provided. The infant disco starts at 6pm and finishes at 7pm. Our junior and senior pupils disco starts at 7.15pm and finishes at 8.15pm. Please be advised that only volunteer helpers are permitted in the hall, when the discos are taking place. Thank you for your support with this matter.

Primary 4/5’s assembly takes place today at 2pm and as always, parents and carers are encouraged to join the children in their classroom, thereafter, to a look at their work and  enjoy a wee refreshment.We are all looking forward to welcoming you.

A wee reminder that school is closed to pupils Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. We look forward to seeing you back at school on Thursday the 15th of February. I hope that you enjoy  a lovely rest over the next few days.

Mrs Bolland

Our  Confirmandi looked positively glowing with the gift of the Holy Spirit last night and may it stay it with them forever and lighten their hearts! The children participated well and were a true credit to themselves and their families. Many of St Bartholomew’s staff shared in this wonderful celebration of the sacrament of confirmation in order to support our senior pupils in their faith journey. Well done boys and girls. Again, a big thank you to both Mrs MacFarlane and Mrs Crielly for preparing the children so well. We couldn’t have done it without you.
Mrs MacLean will be joining us tomorrow for a short visit in order to introduce us to her new baby boy, Alfie. We are all looking forward to meeting the new arrival to the MacLean family and wish them the very best.

Mrs Bolland

A wee reminder that our weekly prayer service is on this morning at 8.45am. This is such a special service as it is lead primarily by the children, and allows them the opportunity to be independent and confident individuals. As always, all members of our school community are more than welcome to attend, and is particularly meaningful at this time,as our Confirmandi will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit this evening. The service will take place at 7pm in St Bartholomew’s Church, where Bishop Toal will preside over this very special sacrament. Fr Kenneth O’Brien will be Master of Ceremonies and as my own Parish Priest, I am delighted that he will be able to share in this sacrament with our pupils. We respectfully ask that you keep these children in your prayers.Thank you.

Primary 4/5 pupils are working hard in rehearsals for their assembly performance this week. This will take place on Friday at 2pm, and as always, an invitation is extended to parents and carers to join the boys and girls and Ms Allington in the classroom thereafter for some light refreshments. We look forward to welcoming you.

Mrs Bolland

Two senior pupils will represent St Bartholomew’s at a ‘ Safer Internet ‘ event held at Motherwell Civic Centre this morning. We have chosen one boy and one girl from the ‘Health for Life’ group, who are already well versed in this area and will be able to contribute to any discussions. We know that you will be a credit to yourselves, family and the school. Well done  and I look forward to hearing about it on your return.

As you know, our senior pupils from Primary 6 and Primary 7 will receive the sacrament of Confirmation on Wednesday evening at St Bartholomew’s church. This is a wonderful opportunity for the children to deepen and develop their faith , with a more mature  understanding and approach than in previous sacramental preparation.A huge thank you to both Mrs MacFarlane and Mrs Crielly for preparing the children incredibly well for this very important sacrament. All of your efforts are very much appreciated and I would urge our entire school community to pray for our Confirmandi. Thank you in advance for your support.

Mrs Bolland

As you can form the photograph above, our Primary 4 boys and girls performed their assembly for parents and carers on Friday afternoon. The children were fantastic and a huge thank you to Ms Connor for rehearsing the boys and girls so well. Mums and dads were very impressed with the children’s topic related work in class. Well done boys and girls!

I attended mass at St Bartholomew’s church on Sunday and was delighted to see  so many pupils from sacramental classes. Long may that continue.It was also a lovely surprise to share in the baptism of one of our pupils’ younger siblings. Baby was very well behaved and I am sure that his family are delighted to support this young man on his faith journey. Congratulations!

There was so much going on in church that the an appropriate opportunity didn’t present itself for me to speak on behalf of the school in respect of Catholic Education week. A representative from St Ambrose spoke to the congregation last week and I would have simply added to those sentiments. I think it is worth mentioning that in January,  Pope Francis said that education should;

“train young people to be open and interested in the reality that surrounds them, capable of care and tenderness, free from the widespread preluding where you must be competitive, aggressive, and hard towards others, especially towards those who are different, foreign or in any way seen as an obstacle to one’s own affirmation “.

Mrs Bolland

Primary 1 – Alya

Primary 2/3 – Paige

Primary 3 – Marysa

Primary 4 – Eva

Primary 4/5 – Skye

Primary 5/6 – Robert

Primary 6/7 – Lucie

Primary 7 – Amy

Cool Class Cup: Primary 5/6

Winning House: Summerlee

The three young ladies in the photograph above, all had a ‘it’s time to take your jotters to Mrs Bolland’ . I was suitably impressed and thoroughly enjoyed sharing in the girls’ pride in their work. They had all increased their skills in language tasks and were able to write , with accuracy about the chosen subject, using their success criteria. Well done girls!

It’s Primary 4’s assembly this afternoon. As always, please arrive by 2pm, when the children will take to the stage and share their knowledge about resolutions and forgiveness. They will also perform a number of songs and actions that coincide with this theme. I know that parents and carers are in for a treat and I look forward to having the opportunity chat to you after the assembly, over a wee refreshment, in the Primary 4 class.

You will see from twitter and class pages that the boys and girls have been working on tasks related to Catholic Education week, and I will be speaking, on behalf of St Bartholomew’s Primary school at church on Sunday at 11.30am mass. I look forward to seeing you then.

Mrs Bolland

Four fabulous pupils arrived in my office yesterday, armed with some super achievements in reading, effort and all round hard work. Well done boys and girls! It’s always nice to share our achievements with our whole school community, and I know that you will be as impressed as we are.

A reminder that Primary 4 ‘s assembly will be rescheduled to tomorrow. As you recall, it was scheduled  to take place on the 19th January, however, the school had to close early that day due to the worsening weather conditions. As the children were so well prepared and looking forward to performing that day, we decided to allow them to perform their assembly in the morning, for the whole school. A video was uploaded on twitter so that parents and carers could share in their fantastic work. At last, mums, dads and extended family will be able to see for themselves, in person, how wonderful Primary 4’s performance is. As always, the assembly will start at 2pm and an invitation to join the boys and girls in class for a refreshment will follow thereafter. We look forward to welcoming you.

Mrs Bolland

Our boys and girls had a fantastic time at Celtic Park last night. Mr Fowler reports that the children were so well behaved and a credit to themselves,their families and the school. Great fun was had by all and again, a huge thank you to Joe Bradley for organising this for us. It is much appreciated. Please remember to keep your eye on twitter for some fab pictures of this event.

I attended a committee meeting last night, hosted by Mark and Lucy  Millar. As you know, there has been some press about Mark and Lucy’s plans for the Townhead area. Some wonderful and exciting ideas were discussed that considered all member of the community, Young and old. A central hub will be created in order that everyone can access this information and catch up with what is going on at any particular time. I will keep you up to date with proposed events.It was lovely to meet representatives from Townhead Primary and  Townhead Church, in addition to our own representatives from St Bartholomew’s and be able to work together for the benefit of the community.

Mrs Bolland