St Bartholomews

We are very lucky to have Claire from Child Smile in today. She will be helping with the resources that allow our boys and girls to brush their teeth on a daily basis. Good oral health is so important, especially at primary school age and we are very lucky to have such a good programme in place. Thank you Claire.

I will be spending a large portion of my day in Primary 4/5 today. I am really looking forward to gaining a good insight into the day to day learning that goes on in class. I think I am in for a treat! Ms Allington has given me a sneak preview on what I can expect, and it all sounds great. I am especially looking forward to having a bit of dialogue with the children and listening to how they feel about their progress.

Mrs Bolland

I had yet another young lady in my office, armed with a fabulous trophy! The girls in St Bartholomew’s appear to be very talented, in this particular area. Long may it continue, dance is a fantastic way of  increasing fitness, coordination and working together . There is also the social element of joining a group activity and allows children to develop their skills in being a team player.

A big thank you to everyone, so far, who has contributed to our Christmas Fayre. We have received some generous donations, large and small. Please remember that every little helps and even single items are very much appreciated. Look out for letters regarding a class hamper and again, all of your contributions really count and we very much appreciate them.

Mrs Bolland

This young lady came into my office yesterday, armed with two wonderful trophies. One was the same size as her! Agiain, the trophies were awarded for her talents in dance. The larger of the two trophies was awarded for ‘slow dance’, whilst the smaller trophy was for ‘fast’ dance. Equally talented in both types of dance, demonstrates the versatility of this young lady. What a superstar…Well done from all of your friends at St Bart’s.

As always, on a Tuesday, we have Mrs McGuiness in our kitchen, delivering some wonderful cookery lessons.  Our boys and girls look forward to their time in the kitchen and are sometimes transfixed with the idea that a collection of raw ingredients can produce such fantastic creations. I wonder what super smells will be transmitted from the kitchen today…

A wee reminder to our Primary 3 parents and carers that the children will be performing on stage, for their class assembly. As always, you are invited to join us in the hall at 2pm, and in the classroom thereafter to enjoy a cuppa and a look at the children’s wonderful work. We look forward to welcoming you.

Mrs Bolland

Primary 1-  Jude

Priamry 1/2 – Chloe

Primary 2/3 – Maia

Primary 3 – Maya

Primary 4 – Aimee

Pr4/5 – Charlie

Primary 5/6 – Stephanie

Primary 6/7 – William

Primary 7 – Alan

Cool Class Cup: Primary 4

Winning House: Drumpellier

As you can see from the photographs above, our boys and girls thoroughly enjoyed crazy hair day.Thank you to all of our parents and carers who contributed to this event, it is much appreciated. All funds raised will be used to provide essentials for our Christmas Fayre. Football cards are also in circulations and our earnings to date are looking healthy, so far.

The photographs above illustrate our Primary 5/6 and Primary 2/3 boys and girls respectively, who were part of a learning journey folder focus group. Mrs McLean and Mrs MacIntyre spent time with the children to discuss their learning. A very worthwhile activity! A big thank you and well done for all of the wonderful contributions.

Primary 4’s trip to the Science Centre has been postponed and has been rescheduled to the 23rd of November. Thank you to the parent helpers who volunteered for this trip, we hope you can join the children in a couple of weeks time.

Mrs Bolland

It’s crazy hair day today! This has been organised  by our wonderful group of parent volunteers who are helping with the Christmas Fayre. I am sure that we will see some weird and wonderful designs and styles today. It’s for a good cause and the money collected for this event will contribute towards the initial outlay required for setting up the stalls etc for the Fayre. We are all looking forward to this event and the children especially look forward to joining in with all the festivities at this time of year.

Paper plates will be with you shortly,so that children can work on a Christmas design at home, where they have more time to produce a spectacular design. The plates will be entered into a competition, where a winner from each class will be announced, on the day of the Fayre,this will also include our nursery children. Remember that it is the children’s work! We will also use the plates to decorate the hall, which will help add to the Christmas atmosphere.

Letters will be going out to ask for your support with contributions to a class hamper this year. Each class will be allocated a theme and a list of suggested items to go in a hamper. We will then display the contents  in a beautifully designed hamper, which will then be raffled on the day of the Fayre.

Thank you in advance with supporting our Christmas Fayre, we look forward to seeing you there on Saturday the 2nd of December.

Mrs Bolland

Yesterday, our school was filled with a wonderful aroma from our new kitchen! Mrs McGuiness was helping the boys and girls make rock cakes. They looked as good as they smelled and I am sure that the children would have shared them with mums and dad!. I know that we received many complimentary comments about the home baking that provided last weeks delegates with sustenance form our kitchen. Thank you Mrs McGuiness, boys and girls.

As I mentioned earlier, we had visitors from St Conval’s Primary in Glasgow, who were very impressed indeed with our wonderful teaching practice in Primary 1. They were also delighted to learn about our Oratory and the many wonderful resources that we have in St Bart’s.They have asked to pop back soon and we are happy to welcome them any time.

Our Pupil Voice groups are meeting today, and I am looking forward to hearing about all of their plans at the afternoon business meeting.I know that some exciting ideas have been banded around, in order to improve our learning environment and experiences for all pupils. A special thank you to our Primary 7 pupils, who have been leading the groups so well.

Please remember that our Prayer Service takes place today at 8.45am in the Oratory. Our pupils lead this service and is it wonderful that St Bartholomew’s can provide a very special environment for our Parish community, especially in the month of November when we particularly remember our dearly departed.

Mrs Bolland

This young lady had appeared in my office, over a week ago, with her fabulous trophy. I’ve not had the chance to put it in our blog as we have had so many photographs from the DYW events. I am sure that you will agree, this is a wonderful reward for achieving fabulous success in dancing. Keep it up and well done!

Today, we are looking forward to welcoming two members of staff from St Conval’s Primary in Glasgow. They are visiting us to share in our excellent classroom practice and also to have a look around our beautiful school and maybe pick up some tips about display, amongst other things. You are most welcome,and we are delighted to have you visit St Bartholomew’s.

I will be spending a considerable amount of time in Primary 4 today.I am looking forward to working with the children and asking them about their learning. I know that there are lots of interesting things going on in class and can’t wait to se for myself. Thank you Primary 4 and Miss Connor for inviting me.

Mrs Bolland

This is our first full week in November, at school, and is an important month in the church’s calendar, when we especially remember our dearly departed. Our pupils learn about the relevance of this month and mark it accordingly with prayers and related activities. Remember that we have our prayer service, lead by the pupils, every Wednesday morning at 8.45am in the Oratory. Please keep up to date with memorial services in St Bartholomew’s RC church. Fr O’Kane will be happy to assist families, at this, sometimes difficult time.

Last week’s ‘Developing the Young Workforce’ events were a huge success. Again, a huge thank you to all of our business partners for supporting St Bartholomew’s Primary. We have a wide variety of photographs of events that were held both in, and out of the school  from last week on Twitter, please check it out!

It’s back to business, as usual, this week and we are looking forward to working hard and putting all of our gifts and talents to good use. Some newly acquired skills and knowledge from last week will also be put to good use!

Mrs Bolland

Yesterday we held a ‘Dragons Den’ type event with our infant department. Each class had to work in groups, in order to create a money making scheme that has a social purpose. The ‘Dragons’ were presented with fantastic pitches and some wonderful ideas that could be very readily sustained . Each class had a winning group; Primary 1 had a wonderful idea to support a charity whilst making and selling dog biscuits.Primary 1/2 decided on hosting a cake and candy in order to support the elderly. Primary 2/3 had the fabulous idea to recycle toys, before Christmas and sell them to support the homeless. Primary 3 will organise a competition for Christmas stamps and envelopes, with the winning entries used for our Christmas Post initiative and profits used for charity.

The Social Entrrprise Awards company will continue to support our boys and girls with sustaining their ideas in the future and consequently allow our charities to benefit.

Today is obviously the last day of our wonderful week of Developing the Young Workforce! We are going out with a bang and hosting a fantastic Careers Fayre for our Primary 4 to Primary 7 pupils. Representatives from a number of very interesting and exciting companies are visiting our school, and will provide our pupils with an insight into their business. Mrs McGuiness, our cookery teacher,has made  a scrumptious selection of cakes and savouries for our delegates to enjoy. I know that our boys and girls thoroughly enjoyed taking part in their creation…

I would like to extend a huge thank you and much appreciation to Mrs McLean, who has spent a considerable amount of time and effort coordinating all the weeks’ events. The children have thoroughly enjoyed them and you only have to look through our pictures on twitter to see this. Developing the Young Workforce is very worthwhile and the children have learned so many new skills and gained in confidence in so many different areas. Well done everyone !

Mrs Bolland