St Bartholomews

There was a lovely atmosphere in the Get Together Room yesterday for Primary 4’s community cafe, ‘Cafe Combo’. The boys and girls spent the morning preparing sandwiches, empire biscuits and strawberry tarts and then gave a warm St Bartholomew’s welcome to their guests in the afternoon. Believe it or not, one of the guests was actually from New Jersey in the United States of America! The children were the perfect hosts and, as you can see from one of the photographs below, even approached washing the dishes with enthusiasm and humour! Well done to you all and many thanks to Mrs McLean, Mrs Ruddy, Mrs Morris and Mrs Early for helping the children with the special event.

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Please remember that this coming Monday is a holiday and that the school is also closed to pupils on Thursday 5th due to the Scottish Parliament elections. Have a fantastic long weekend!

I’ll be spending most of today in Primary 1 and am very much looking forward to joining in with the children’s learning.

As part of their preparations for their First Holy Communion in a few weeks time, Primary 4 are running a community cafe today. The boys and girls have been learning that faith can’t simply be about words, but also needs to involve action: living out our Catholic faith in a way which makes a real difference and has a positive impact on others. Primary 4 have invited a variety of groups from the Townhead community to pop along to the school over the coming weeks, with today’s special guests including the Jubilee Group, the St Vincent de Paul Society, the Pray for our School Group, the parish’s readers and Eucharistic Ministers and, of course, Father Doherty. A very warm welcome to St Bartholomew’s! Get ready to be treated like royalty!

Please remember to pray for our First Communicants who will be celebrating this very important sacrament on Sunday the 15th of May. I know that they will appreciate this kind gesture. Primary four will be organising a ‘Community Cafe’ in aid of their up and coming celebrations and also to raise funds for SCIAF. The St Vincent De Paul group, Eucharistic ministers, Liturgical readers and the ‘Pray for our School ‘ group are all invited to the Community Cafe at 1.30pm. I know that both the children and the various community groups are all really looking forward to it! I might try to pop in for a wee scone…

We have registered our first of many points to come for Beat the Street!! Mrs MacIntyre walked the children to the after school golf club at Lochview Golf Club and managed to pass two ‘ Beat Boxes’ on the way. Could I ask everyone to remember to take their fob with them when out and about and pick up as many points as you can for the school.

Our After school golf club were at the driving range learning how far they could drive the golf balls. They had great success and enjoyed every minute of it. There are another four weeks to go and I’m sure they will be giving Rory McIlroy a run for his money very shortly!

Mrs Bolland 😀

A new initiative called ‘Beat the Street’ has come to St Bartholomew’s! It’s a real life walking and cycling game that promises to get North Lanarkshire moving. Mrs MacIntyre introduced it to Primary 1,2 & 3 at assembly and I will do the same with Primary 4 to 7. Children have all been given a special green fob and a map that charts all the ‘Beat Boxes’. Please check bags for instructions on how to register on line at; northlan.beatthestreet.me

A reminder to all parents that our Parent Council Meeting is on at 6pm in the staff room tonight- as always, we would encourage everyone to pop along and contribute to any new developments that may be occurring at St Bartholomew’s.

Mrs Bolland😀

Primary 4 pupils are now less than three weeks away from celebrating their First Holy Communion. The boys and girls have been preparing for the sacrament both in class and at home and Father Doherty popped into St. Bartholomew’s last week to offer some encouragement to the children. Please remember our Primary 4 pupils in your prayers over the coming weeks.

We had our first group of Pupils of the Week at Friday’s assembly. Well done to these boys and girls: you can look forward to ‘Tea with Mr Young’ later today!

Please not that the Parent Council will meet tomorrow at 6.00pm in the staffroom.

Finally, I can now confirm that St Bartholomew’s will be used as a polling station for the European Union referendum on Thursday 23rd June; the school will be closed to pupils on this day.

Primary 1 – Lucas

Primary 1/2 – Corey

Primary 2 – Amaranth

Primary 2/3 – Jennifer

Primary 4 – Katie

Primary 5 – Chloe

Primay 5/6 – Paige

Primary 7 – Aiden

Winning House: Monklands

Cool Class Cup : Primary 5

Friday already! Time flies when you’re having fun!

I certainly had lots of fun in Primary 5/6 yesterday. The children impressed me with their maths and reading skills in the morning and then put me to shame when they demonstrated how fluent they are in Spanish. Mr Young should have stuck at that Spanish night-class! The children rounded-off the day using the iPads to do some computer coding. What a clever bunch!

Many thanks to Liam in Primary 6 for showing such concern for an injured seagull in the playground yesterday. The bird had a broken wing and was stranded in the middle of the grass. After feeding the seagull some of his toast, Liam informed me about the bird, got Mrs Smillie to phone the SSPCA and then spent the rest of lunchtime keeping other pupils away from the area. I’m glad to say that the seagull was rescued by the SSPCA just after 3.00 o’clock. Well done to Liam: St Bartholomew’s very own St Francis (patron saint of animals)!

Our whole school assembly takes place this morning and will include, as always, Pupil of the Week certificates, the House Trophy and the Cool Class Cup.

Finally, a warm welcome to Mrs Brennan, Head Teacher of Holytown Primary School, who will be visiting St Bartholomew’s this afternoon to look at some of our resources.

Primary 1/2 are off to the Burrell Collection in Glasgow today. The museum closes this coming autumn for a four-year refurbishment, so this will be a particularly worthwhile visit for the children. It’s forecast to be another glorious day: perfect for lunch and a run about in Pollock Park!

I’ll be spending much of today in Primary 5/6 and am very much looking forward to sharing in the children’s learning. The class had an exciting trip to the Scottish Parliament on Monday, so today will also give me the chance to hear about the visit and find out what the boys and girls learned on the day.

Finally, I can now confirm that St Bartholomew’s will be used as a polling station for the European Union referendum on Thursday 23rd June and that the school will be closed to pupils on this day.

Yesterday we were very lucky to be blessed with such beautiful weather- here’s hoping it continues! The boys and girls at the Golf After School Club we’re delighted to be out in the sunshine, where they were learning how to putt and chip at Lochview Golf Club. Mrs MacIntyre reported that the children were a credit to the school and both staff and members of the public commented on their great behaviour.Well done boys and girls.

On another note- just a gentle reminder to the parents/ guardians of primary 7 that the final date for payments towards the York trip is Monday the 25th of April. This is enables the bus company and hotel to receive full payment before we arrive. I know that the children are very excited and can’t wait to go.

Mrs Bolland 😀

I have been delighted to see all of our boys and girls looking super smart and working hard in every class! I am sure we are all delighted to be back in St Bartholomew’s for the final term.

As always, the Prayer Service is on today and will be the first of many in our final term.Everyone, without exclusion, in our faith community is more than welcome to attend. We look forward to seeing you at 8.50am.

A very pleased Primary 2 popped into my office today and had to be escorted by Harvey Jo, who was helping carry two very heavy trophies. This young lady had won not one, but two trophies in a recent Irish Dancing competition. Well done from everyone at St Bartholomew’s!

A reminder for the parents and careers of the children who are competing in the Dance Finals in Airdrie Town Hall on the 26th of April that tickets are now available. The price of the tickets are £4.50, which cover the cost of the venue. Only one ticket has been allocated at this time and names will be drawn out of a hat for a second ticket if required.

Mrs Bolland 😀