St Bartholomews

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

It was lovely to see some of our prospective primary 1 boys and girls yesterday. I am looking forward to seeing a number of familiar faces this week, from our nursery and , of course, further afield. All are welcome.Could I please ask that parents and carers remind parents in the local community with school age children to register their child, in order to achieve their place at school for August. Thank you for your cooperation with this matter.

As you can see, it is snowing this morning. Please make sure that your child is wrapped up well with warm coats,scarves,gloves etc. The snow is scheduled to continue today and tomorrow. As always, please check north Lanarkshire council’s website for notification of school closure. We will endeavour to text all parents in this eventuality. Please access the website below for further information. ;http://https//:www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk

We have plenty of activities posted on Glow in the event of inclement weather, if this is required.

Mrs Bolland

This is an exciting week in St Bartholomew’s Primary School as we are enrolling boys and girls who will be starting school in August. We are all looking forward to meeting our prospective Primary 1 children. I know that there will be a number of familiar faces coming through our doors this week as many our new Primary 1 pupils currently attend our nursery. Familiar and unfamiliar faces alike, you are all most welcome!

The important  information that parents and carers need to be aware of is;

Your child must have reached 5 years of age between 1st March 2018 and the 28th February 2019.

Registration takes place from Monday 15th January to Friday 19th January 2018, from 10am – 2.30pm each day.

Please bring your child’s birth certificate and proof of address in the form of council tax notice.

Parents/carers have the right to make a placing request for their child(ren) to be educated in a school other than the one which serves this area. You have the right to make a placing request to another school.This form will be issued to you at enrolment at your catchment school.

St Bartholomew’s staff are very much looking forward to meeting our new Primary 1 boys and girls and their families and to working with you in the very near  future .

Mrs Bolland