St Bartholomews

I will be spending much of today in Primary 7 and am very much looking forward to sharing in the children’s learning and finding out the boys and girls’ thoughts and views on Primary 7 and St Bartholomew’s.

Primary 5/6 have been working hard over the past few weeks on their class assembly. Following the class’s recent visit to Edinburgh, the children will be giving a presentation on the Scottish Parliament to their guests this afternoon. It’s sure to be both an entertaining and informative assembly. Things kick off at 2.00pm in the hall and the children will host the usual reception in their classroom afterwards.

As you know, our Primary 4 pupils will receive their First Holy Communion on Sunday. Please remember the children in your prayers this weekend. Have a very special and memorable day, boys and girls!

The first of our Nursery – Primary 1 transition events takes place this morning and I’m very much looking forward to welcoming our new Primary 1 parents at 9.15am. The session, which will provide parents and carers with an introduction to St Bartholomew’s Primary, will take in the Performing Arts Studio. Please enter via the main entrance to the school.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!
New badminton sessions start this evening in St Ambrose High School and are open to all St Bartholomew’s pupils and even to mums and dads! There are three separate sessions, each geared to a different age group:

6-7pm: 5-10 years
7-8pm: 11-16 years
8-9pm: Adult session

The cost is £3.10 per session. To book a place for either your child or yourself, please contact the Time Capsule on 01236 449572.

As mentioned yesterday, our new ‘Making Healthy Snacks’ after school club started today, and what a success it was! The boys and girls made a lovely fruit salad with many different berries and other types of fruit. I was especially delighted when I popped in at the end and the children had made me a delicious plate of fruit salad – it was delicious. I will definitely make a point of popping into the Get together room every Tuesday!

Our First Communicants will be visiting the church this morning in order to go through ‘their paces’ for their forthcoming sacrament on Sunday. The boys and girls are very well informed about what they have to do and I know that our entire faith community are looking forward to this very special event.

Mrs Bolland 😀

Thank goodness our prayers have been answered for some sunny weather! I think the next few days have to be good so please remember to put sun cream on your child before they leave in the morning as they often spend additional time learning outdoors in the nice weather. Consequently, water bottles are a must in warmer weather.

We have two after school clubs that are based outdoors and I’m sure the children will be delighted to learn new skills with the added bonus of the sunshine. Both Golf and Running after school clubs are on today, in addition to the new ‘Making healthy snacks’ club that starts today. It would be greatfully appreciated if parents could ensure that the food handling letter that are in school bags are filled in, signed and handed back prior to the after school club at 3pm. I’ll need to have a wee nosy in the Get together room later on to see what lovely things there are to eat…

Finally,Primary seven parents and their children had the opportunity to have a meeting to discuss the forthcoming trip to York last night. I’m sure any worries were alleviated and everyone is looking forward to a fabulous trip. I can’t believe it’s only a week away!!!

Mrs Bolland 😀

Primary 7 are just over a week away from their action-packed excursion to Yorkshire. We’ll be leaving a week tomorrow for what will hopefully be a sunny Scarborough and will spend four days enjoying the various local attractions, including Flamingo Land and the National Railway Museum in York. An information evening will take place in the performing arts studio this evening at 6.00pm.

Many thanks to Primary 4 for another successful Cafe Combo on Friday afternoon. The welcome was warm, the food was delicious and the service was flawless! Well done, boys and girls!

Staying with Primary 4, the children will receive their First Holy Communion this coming Sunday at the 11.00am Mass. Please remember the boys and girls in your prayers over the coming days.

Today is forecast to be the warmest, sunniest day of the year so far. It’s always great to see the children enjoying the sunshine and being able to enjoy playing on the grass. However, now that the warm weather has arrived, please can I ask parents and carers to remember to apply sunscreen to their child’s skin at the beginning of days forecast to be sunny. A hat’s always a good idea during the summer term too! Thank you.

Primary 1 – Jada

Primary 1/2 – Rhian

Primary 2 – Molly

Primary 2/3 – Andrew

Primary 4 – Whole Class!

Primary 5 – Neve

Primary 5/6 – Heather

Primary 7 – Kaitlin

What a quick week it’s been, with the holiday Monday and yesterday’s inservice day. Although various events mean there will be no whole-school assembly today, we’ll still be awarding Pupil of the Week certificates. Keep an eye on the website for this week’s awards.

Primary 4’s community cafe, Cafe Combo, was a huge hit last week. The cafe opens again this afternoon and the boys and girls are looking forward to welcoming guests from the Townhead community, including Mr Glen who used to run the butcher’s shop 20 years ago!

Our Pupil Voice groups meet today. All six groups have lots to talk about and are super-keen to advance their various pieces of work. A wee bird told me that the ‘Impact’ group has received a donation of pens, pencils, etc. and are almost ready to get their stationery shop up and running. Watch this space!

Finally, please remember that the information evening for the Primary 7 York trip takes place this coming Monday at 6.00pm in the Performing Arts Studio.

We are so lucky at St Bartholomew’s to have such an active after school programme. I sometimes forget how many different clubs and initiatives are going on.Both the Golf and Running after school clubs were on yesterday, where the children were learning new skills in addition to improving their health and wellbeing at the same time!

Just a reminder that the Art after school club will NOT be on today as the team who organise the polling station will need access to the school after 3pm and there are stringent rules surrounding confidentiality.

Talking of after school clubs…a Gardening after school club will be coming to St Bartholomew’s next Wednesday.A few members of our staff will be getting involved and letters will be with you shortly. It might be worth chatting to your child about this to establish where their level of interest lies?

As I was going around the classes yesterday, I noticed another trophy on a Primary five pupils’ desk- it was the same one that two of our pupils had with them in the morning.I promised that I’d take a photograph of the trophy and it’s very pleases recipient.Again, it has been awarded from the Boys Brigade for ‘Best Team. Well done!

Mrs Bolland 😀

I hope that the children are all very well rested after the long weekend- I know that I am! Just a reminder that the children will not attend school on Thursday as it is an In Service day for staff. I hope the weather is forecast for sunshine .

As always our prayer service is on today and a huge welcome to everyone. It is truly a lovely way to start the day and we are very blessed at St Bartholomew’s to have such a lovely Oratory to celebrate our faith.

I had two ‘beaming’ pupils in my office today…. They had super shiny trophies in their possession from the Boys Brigade. Our pupils won these trophies for ‘best uniform’ and ‘great effort’. Well done boys from all your friends at St Bartholomew’s.

Mrs Bolland 😀

Primary 1 – Maddison

Primary 1/2 – Ryan

Primary 2 – Finlay

Primary 2/3 – Emily

Primary 4 – Luka

Primary 5 – Ryan

Primary 5/6 – Katie

Primary 7 – Kyle

Winning House: Monklands

Cool Class Cup: Primary 4