St Bartholomews

Primary 5 boys and girls will be enjoying another trip to the Time Capsule this afternoon. I hear that the children’s  general confidence in their skills has increased and also for some, just being comfortable in the water. This is so important and the opportunity to improve skills and confidence cannot be underestimated. Well done boys and girls!

Mrs McGuinesss will be teaching our Primary 7 and Primary 4 children today. To be honest, I haven’t heard about what they are cooking today and look forward to guessing what delights they will be producing , from the lovely aroma coming from the kitchen.

Mr Bradley, our Gaelic football coach has again offered 15 of our pupils the opportunity attend the Celtic football match this evening. The children will be picked up from school at 6pm and transported by coach to Parkhead , watch the match and then be transported back to school. It is so kind of Mr Bradley to think of us and we are very grateful. Watch out for pictures on twitter and see for yourself, how much fun the children will be having.

Mrs Bolland

The young lady in the photograph above had poppped in to my office last week, to show me her wonderful work in writing. Not bad for Primary 1! Well done and keep up the good work…

Our HMIe visitors left us on Friday with a positive report. They complimented our fantastic boys and girls and all of the staff that make St Bartholomew’s a wonderful place to be. We will keep you up to date when the report is published. Thank you again to all of our supportive parents and school partners who were very complimentary about our school. It is much appreciated.

It is Catholic Eucation Week and is particularly special this year due to the centenary year of the Education Act in Scotland which brought pre existing and future Catholic schools into the public provision of education.The theme this year is serving the common good and we are asked to reflect on how we are serving the common good in our homes, schools and parishes.

Our first Parent Council meeting of the new year takes place this evening and we look forward to discussing current and potential issues that affect our school. As always, new members are welcome, please come along to contribute your views.

Dance after school club is on today and as always, please remind children to bring kits and water along with them.

Mrs Bolland

Yet again, our Pupil Voice business meeting was a great success. The Primary 7 chairperson from each group represented the views from both the Primary 1-3 and Primary 4-7 groups exceptionally well. There was a huge variety of fantastic and varied ideas that the children will implement themselves, in the very near future. We are all looking forward to their impact.Thank you boys and girls for all of your contributions.

Please be aware that the gymnastics after school club is on today. As always, it is very much appreciated when parents and carers remind children to come to school with kits and water etc.

Mrs Bolland

The HMIe team who are visiting our school have all commented on the lovely and sometimes, very humorous personalities of our pupils. They have been wonderful ambassadors for St Bartholomew’s and I know that the team are looking forward to working alongside them for the next couple of days.
Our pupil voice groups feature in our timetable today and the first task of the chairperson and secretary from each group will be to host the Primary 4 to Primary 7 meeting . The agenda will then be discussed with the P1 to Primary 3 cohort, later on in the morning ,and then feedback to Mrs McLean and myself will be scheduled in the afternoon. We are both looking forward to hearing some wonderful ideas!
A huge thank you to our supportive parents who very kindly volunteered to attended a meeting yesterday,chaired by the lay member of the HMIe team. A further expression of gratitude is attributable to our school partners, who also attended a similar meeting . This is very much appreciated.
Please check school bags for our most recent newsletter as there are important dates for your diary included.

Mrs Bolland

Our senior pupils reported that they thoroughly enjoyed their efforts at the netball tournament yesterday morning. This was the first of many games and the children are looking forward to taking part and meeting new friends- wining the odd game or two would be a nice bonus!  We will follow their progress with interest…

Our Primary 5 boys and girls  will have the opportunity to develop and enhance their swimming techniques today. They will share the bus with Townhead pupils to the Time Capsule and enjoy a mix of dry sports and swimming activities. We are looking forward to hearing another great report from our parent helpers and also from the staff at the Time Capsule. Have fun boys and girls.

Mrs McGuiness will be delivering food and nutrition lessons all day and our Primary4, Primary 4/5 and Primary 7 pupils are all very much looking forward to learning new skills. The added bonus is taking home a wonderful creation and sharing it with family and friends, or, eating it all yourself. ..I am sure that some of our boys and girls will enjoy sharing !

A reminder to parents and carers that our Netball After School club is on today and please ensure that children have kits and water etc with them . Much appreciated.

Mrs Bolland

A huge welcome to Elizabeth Montgomery, Margaret Paterson and the team from HMIe who will be visiting us this week. They will be visiting all of our classes and seeing the fabulous effort that our boys and girls make on a daily basis. On Tuesday, the team have made appointments with some of our parents and  school partners, who I know will be very supportive of everything that we do at St Bart’s. Thank you to our parents/ carers and stakeholders for volunteering their time to come along and support us. It is much appreciated.

Our upper school boys and girls will be representing the school at a netball tournament in the Matt Busby sports centre in Bellshill this morning. As always, our pupils will try their very best and we look forward to hearing about how they get on. Good luck boys and girls!

Mrs Bolland

Primary 1 – Derek

Primary 1/2 – Olivia

Primary 2/3 – Cody

Primary 3 – Emma

Primary 4 -Terri-Lee

Primary 4/5 – Jay

Primary 5/6 – Molly

Primary 6/7 – Callum

Primary 7 – Ally

Today should have been our final day for new Primary 1 enrolments, however due to adverse weather conditions, this will be extended to accommodate this. Please pop in and see us and we will be happy to oblige.We appreciate that it has been incredibly difficult to get around, especially with buggies etc.

We are looking forward to seeing our Primary 4 children from Ms Connor’s class, on stage this afternoon. Parents and carers are certainly in for a treat ! Please take a seat in the hall for 2 pm.

Reminder for next week…Parents and carers from P6/7 have the opportunity to take part in a ‘Heart Start’ related activity , with their children on Wednesday and Kevin from Skillforce, one of our school partners, will be on hand to demonstrate some importance first aid skills. Primary 7 parents and carers will also have the opportunity to learn alongside their children on Friday, when they will be able to experiment with our STEM resources.  We look forward to welcoming you then.

We also look forward to  welcoming Elizabeth Montgomery and the team from HMIe next week. I am sure that they will be impressed with our wonderful boys and girls.

Mrs Bolland

Our Primary 4 pupils are very much looking forward to presenting their assembly to parents and carers tomorrow. They have been practising in the hall over the last couple of days, and I have to say that their singing was fabulous. The boys and girls will all contribute to the assembly, be it, speaking parts, singing or acting. I know that they are all super excited and can’t wait to show off their many gifts and talents. The assembly starts at 2pm

As always, parents and carers are invited to go back to the classroom after the children have performed for some refreshments.  This will also provide an opportunity for mums, dads, carers and extended family to have a look at children’s work and see for themselves how hard our boys and girls work! We look forward to welcoming you.

Mrs Bolland

As you can see from the photographs above, our Primary 7 pupils made pizza at their cookery lesson yesterday. The boys and girls were delighted with themselves , after taking a few simple ingredients like flour, water, oil, tomatoes ,cheese , adding a few toppings of their choice and then creating such delicious food. Well done boys and girls. I am not so sure if many of their efforts reached home as I think that they were all eaten before 3pm. Sorry mums and dads…

The children have all loved taking part in food handling/ preparation and increasing their knowledge in nutrition . These skills will stand them in good stead for the future and in fact, it has been reported that some of the children have applied some of this learning to helping out at home. Fantastic news.

Please keep up to date with twitter and class pages as you can see some examples of wonderful work and experiences that the children have been having. You will see from some of these pictures that the boys and girls’ teachers took advantage of the weather, and created outdoor learning opportunities.Looks like a lot of fun to me!

Mrs Bolland