St Bartholomews

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As you know, we had enrolments for new Primary 1 pupils last week and there was a very healthy turn-out. With our new Primary 1s, our projected school roll for August 2017 is approximately 220, an increase of almost 80 pupils in five years. We’ve still to take a close look at numbers across the school, but it’s almost certain we’ll need to form a ninth class. It’s really encouraging to see St Bartholomew’s flourishing.

St Bartholomew’s is also about to become a busier place due to the arrival of some very young additions to our school community. Our nursery extension for 2 year olds is now complete and is just about ready to receive its first child. I retweeted a photograph from St Thomas’s Primary in Wishaw earlier this week; they welcomed their first two year old on Monday.

Happy Burns Night.I am sure there will be some celebrations this evening that may involve haggis, neeps and tatties….Enjoy!

Our Primary 7 pupils will be looking forward to their visit from St Ambrose High School staff this morning. I know that they will be keen to impress…the staff were full of compliments for behaviour , manners and appearance on the previous visit. I am confident that the children will receive a very similar report.

Ms Allington is very kindly taking some of her after school club pupils to a gymnastics festival later on this morning to Airdrie Academy. I am looking forward to hearing how the boys and girls got on. Good luck everyone!

As scheduled, both the Glow and Netball after school clubs are on later this afternoon. I know that the boys and girls are eagerly anticipating these fantastic clubs. Thank you to Mrs Carlin and Mrs MacFarlane for committing their own time to this.

Our Primary 1 children had a fantastic time in our newly created STEM zone. They were the first class in the school to experience some of the new resources. Mrs MacIntyre has been working hard on setting up this area and it is a huge success. There are lots of opportunities to create wonderful models. Check out the photographs on Twitter- they are awesome…

Our first Parent Council meeting of the year occurred last night, where we discussed how we are intend to implement the next three year’s plan for the school. As always ,exciting ideas are on the horizon…

Mrs Bolland 😀

We’re sending a netball team to a tournament in Bellshill today. Good luck, team! Staying on the theme of keeping fit and active, the Zumba club for Primary 2 and 3 pupils takes place after school.

Our annual whole-school photo will be taken today. John Wilson photographers will work their usual magic by taking 200+ individual photographs and painstakingly combining them into one photograph that looks as if we were all standing perfectly in rows in the hall. Clever stuff, indeed! A class photograph will also be taken of Primary 1 and Primary 7 for those parents/carers who would like to purchase a keep-sake of these two milestone years in their child’s education.

Finally, the Parent Council meets at 6.00pm this evening in the staffroom.

Primary 1 – Lucie

Primary 2 – Kalinka

Priamry 2/3 – Maddison

Primary 3 – Layla

Primary 4- Grace

Primary 5 – Wiktor

Primary 6/7 – Paige

Cool Class Cup : Primary 1

Winning House: Summerlee

Ach aye the noo, Primary 3 are all set to welcome their parents, families and friends to their Scottish-themed assembly this afternoon which will include a few Scottish songs to get your toes tapping. The assembly begins at the usual time of 2.00pm, and I look forward to catching up with the children’s guests over a cup of tea and biscuit afterwards.

Primary 6 are off to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh today. They’ve been learning about Scotland’s political system in class, so today will be a fantastic opportunity to see the parliament building for themselves and hear about what goes on inside from day to day. Have a great trip, boys and girls!

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Enrolments for new Primary 1 pupils (August 2017) continue from 9.30-11.00am and 1.30-3.00pm today. Please note that tomorrow is the last day for you to register your child.

The infant gymnastics club takes place after school today. Great to see the children kicking off 2017 with some healthy activities!

I’m very much looking forward to Primary 3’s assembly tomorrow afternoon. The boys and girls wrote lovely letters to me last week asking if I’d play the piano for them. I said ‘yes’, of course, so have sneaked a very small preview of the children’s presentation. With it being Burns Night next week, Primary 3 have opted for a Scottish-themed assembly. It’s sure to be a real treat for the audience!

Finally, please note that this year’s Education Mass, marking the beginning of Catholic Education Week, takes place two weeks on Sunday (5th February). Pupils and staff will join the parish for their usual Sunday Mass at 11.00am in St Bartholomew’s Church. The Education Mass is always a special highlight of the school year and I would encourage all of our blog readers to join us on the 5th February as we mark the opening of Catholic Education Week and give thanks for our school.

I have noticed that some of our  boys and girls are tired this week and think that the novelty of being back at school has worn off! This won’t last very long as we have a busy term and there are lots of exciting things planned this term, watch this space… I have to admit that this tiredness is pretty common and glad to report that it isn’t having an impact on enthusiasm in the classroom. Keep up the good work boys and girls.

As always we have the Netball after school club on today – remember to bring PE kits please. I know that the children look forward to this, as does Mrs MacFarlane and again a big thank you for supporting this club.

Mrs Carlin has very kindly organised a ‘Glow’ after school club for Primary 1 and their parents. This is a very exciting way of keeping in touch with the school electronically and  will further enhance familiarity with progress and in making a contribution towards the children’s development. I am looking forward to hearing about it.

Mrs Bolland 🙂

Thought for the day…

You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
—HEBREWS 5:6

Enrolments for children starting Primary 1 in August take place throughout this week from 9.30 – 11.00am and 1.30 – 3.00pm. Please remember that ALL pupils living within the St Bartholomew’s catchment area must register for Primary 1 HERE, even if they will be attending a different school after the summer holidays. Likewise, parents who do not stay in our catchment area but would like their child to come to St Bartholomew’s must register in their local primary school and make a placing request. Please remember to bring a birth certificate, Council Tax letter and, if available, baptismal certificate when registering your child this week. Thank you.

I was absolutely delighted to be able to award the Cool Class Cup to three different classes last week: Primary 2, Primary 3 and Primary 6/7. This gives you an idea of what a great start to the new term we’ve had. Well done, boys and girls, and let’s make this week even better!