St Bartholomew's Class Blog

We have been very busy the past few weeks. Here we are learning new sounds during literacy time.

We have been trying hard to use during reading and writing to help us spell and decode tricky words.

During maths time we have been learning how to organise information. We made a pictogram and a block graph then read information from both of them. We are pretty good at this!

Mrs Armour has been doing lots of music with us too. We have been playing instruments and singing at the same time. Miss Duffy thinks we will be on the stage soon!

This week in primary 6b we have began learning about division in maths and will continue to develop our skills in the following weeks.

We have been learning about the main cities in Spain and locating where these are on a map. We did our own research into how far apart these cities are depending on which mode of transport taken.
We also did research into famous Spanish artists and learned about the life of Salvatore Dali.

We began thinking about the Pope Francis Faith Award and were issued with our lovely wrist bands.

We also made thank you cards which we will send off to all of the companies who joined us last week as part of Developing the Young Workforce week to show our appreciation.

Lastly, we said our goodbyes to Mr. Lynch who has looked after us for many years. He does so much for us all and will be missed dearly. We wish him all the best for the future and a very happy retirement.

Well done to the two fabulous pupils above who have been rewarded for their gifts and talents- congratulations from all of your friends at St Bart’s!

A huge thank you to all of our business partners who contributed their time and effort towards making our pupils’ Developing the Young Workforce week a huge success. Mrs McLean has worked tirelessly over the past few months to create wonderful experiences during Developing  the Young Workforce week for all of our pupils- all of this hard work is very much appreciated! Please keep your eye on twitter and class pages for up to date pictures and records of events.

The week ahead looks like this:

On Monday, Claire Gordon from the NHS dental team will visit us to ensure that all of our dental resources are up to date and our children are able to access them so that their oral health is maintained.

On Tuesday, Ms Doyle will attend a cooperative learning course. We look forward to hearing about the benefits for our pupils. Our Primary 7 pupils are paying a visit to Guidi’s in Coatbridge so that they can learn how to make pizza. Fingers crossed that they bring back some of the fruits of their labours!

On Wednesday, I will be attending a meeting in  our Headquarters for all Central area Head Teacher’s for business updates. I will also meet with some of our catering managers in the afternoon to discuss recent initiatives.

On Thursday, Mrs McLean and I will be interviewing for a part time ASNA post in the school. We look forward to meeting all of the candidates and welcoming them to our fabulous school. Sally Wilkinson will be providing the weekly Kodaly input for Primary 5 today . We welcome Sally Dale today, who will be visiting Primary 5 to support our pupils. Mrs MacFarlane will be visiting Keri Hardie Primary school today in order to contribute to a Family Group numeracy moderation meeting that benefit our pupils’ attainment in numeracy and maths. Vicky Marshall from Community Learning and Development will be hosting her first parent and child cookery workshop after school today – thank you Vicky! What a wonderful opportunity for our pupils and their families….

On Friday, I will be visiting Primary 5 to share in their learning and very much look forward to this.Our primary 7 pupils will be visiting St Ambrose High today in order to familiarise themselves with the building and take part in Stem activities with the science department. I know that the children will be great ambassadors for our school. Again, a partner colleague from NHS Scotland will visit Primary 1 today in order to support one of our pupils.

Mrs Bolland

We have had a busy few weeks in primary 6b.

Last week we celebrated All Saints’ Day on Friday by attending mass.

In our topic, we looked at where Spain is on a map in relation to the rest of Europe and also where it is in relation to us.

This week as part of Developing the Young Workforce week (DYW) we took part in lots of different activities. At the beginning of the week we thought about the skills and attributes we would need for the jobs we want to do in the future and then went on to write our own CVs.

On Thursday, we were joined by Young Inventors Scotland, where we had to think,
invent, build and present our very own inventions. This was great fun!

Finally, on Friday we attended the upper school Careers Fayre where we were joined by Fire Services, Police Scotland, a law practise and a physiotherapist but to name a few.
Also, we took part in a whole school assembly to showcase our inventions to the rest of the school from the day before and we loved every minute!