St Bartholomews

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 😀

Welcome back, everyone! I hope you all had a fantastic spring break and are feeling refreshed for the summer term.

Term 4 is going to be very busy, with First Communions, the Primary 7 York trip and Sports Day only a few of the things we’ll be packing into the next couple of months. Of course, the usual long weekends and inservice day make the coming term all the busier. Please take a note of the following non-pupil days:

Monday 2nd May: Holiday
Thursday 5th May: Inservice
Friday 27th May: Holiday
Monday 30th May: Holiday

I have yet to hear anything from the local authority, but there is a possibility that the school will also be closed to pupils on Thursday 23rd June due to the European Union referendum. A full list of dates for this term will be sent out over the next few days.

Finally, I was informed over the spring break of the death of Arthur Chambers, a former janitor of St Bartholomew’s. His funeral Mass took place during the holidays. We pray for the repose of Arthur’s soul. May he rest in peace.

There were lots of smiling faces from parents and carers yesterday as they left the hall after Parents Evening… proof of the many great reports on pupils given by teachers! Well done, boys and girls!

A lot of children received a book from the Book Fayre as a reward for all their hard work. Thank you to parents and carers for supporting the Book Fayre; as usual, we will receive commission on all sales which we’ll use to purchase new books for the school library.

Father Doherty will be in St Bartholomew’s this morning to celebrate our end of term Mass. It’s been a very busy term, so this morning’s Mass will be a welcome opportunity for our school community to carve out some quiet time to thank God for all the blessings He has given St Bartholomew’s over the past few months.

Primary 3 have their class assembly this afternoon, linked to their recent First Reconciliation. We look forward to welcoming P3 family and friends to the school at 1.30pm. There will be the usual reception in the P3 classroom, including a cup of tea, after this afternoon’s assembly.

St Bartholomew’s closes at the slightly earlier time of 2.30pm today, marking the beginning of the two-week spring break. Please can I wish our whole school community – pupils, parents/carers, staff, parishioners and friends – a very relaxing and enjoyable holiday. See you on Monday 18th April !

I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the various egg creations appear on Twitter yesterday. As always, St Bartholomew’s pupils showed great imagination and it must have been a very difficult decision to choose the winning egg from each class. However, here are the winning masterpieces:

I was very entertained by another post on Twitter yesterday afternoon: the Science Club’s experiment involving a bottle of cola! If you haven’t seen this for yourself, please take the time to pop onto Twitter – it’s a great wee video! Our friend, Mark Millar OBE, spotted and retweeted it almost straight away. Mark has 72,400 followers on Twitter, so the exploding cola bottle experiment video may well go global!

Parents Evening takes place today and I look forward to seeing parents and carers during the course of the afternoon and evening. Please remember that the Book Fayre is open throughout Parents Evening, with a wide selection of books for all ages.

As mentioned in yesterday’s blog, we are holding our annual ‘Egg Decorating Competition’ today! All of the boys and girls will start decorating at 10.15am until interval time at 11am. A winner from each class will be announced and results posted tomorrrow,keep your eyes peeled….

The children simply need a boiled egg to compete and as an optional extra, decorative materials can be brought in as well. The main ingredient is imagination!

As it was Holy Week last week, we couldn’t give out our usual treat of a creme egg, however this has been remedied and ALL of our puils are now in receipt of a delicious treat! Enjoy…

Finally, the Book Fair has arrived and a big thank you to our parent helpers for being so helpful and patient to all of our pupils. The Book Fair will be here until Friday and the children will have plenty opportunity to examine a  title or two before Parent’s Evening.

Mrs Bolland 🙂

Welcome back, everyone. I hope you had a fun, relaxing Easter weekend.

Our weekly Prayer Service takes place at 8.50am this morning in the oratory.

Many of our parents and carers were absolutely blown away recently by the talent of Primary 7 in their World War II musical, ‘Archibald’s War’. It’s the turn of St Bart’s pupils and staff to be entertained today as Primary 7 take to the stage this afternoon for a special performance. They really are in for a treat!

Please remember tomorrow’s Egg-stravaganza. The children are asked to bring in a hard boiled egg, along with anything they need to decorate it. I won’t be in St Bartholomew’s tomorrow, but I’m looking forward to seeing the imaginative and whacky creations via Twitter!