St. John Paul II Primary School & Nursery Class, Viewpark

A huge thank you to everyone for their support in our Lenten fundraiser today! We raised the amazing total of £1219.62

Just a reminder – there’s no after school netball tonight. There will be an extra after school drama rehearsal instead.

Here are a few wee bits of info about the week ahead of us!

On Tuesday of this week (15th) our school choir will take part in the Glasgow Music Festival Choir Competition is the Royal Concert Hall. They have worked really hard to prepare for this, giving up their lunchtimes to rehearse and we wish them the very best of luck. Could all choir members please remember to wear their shirt and tie.

On Thursday of this week (17th) we will be having out Lenten Fundraising day! This will help boost the money the children have been bring in daily for SCIAF. It will be a non-uniform day, which will cost the children £1. There will be a tombola and raffle on the day, and raffle tickets will be on sale from Monday. Tickets for both all be 20p. We will also have a “Beat the Goalie” event. For 50p, the children will have 3 chances to score a goal past our world class keepers – Mr McLaughlin and Mr McGroarty.
In the afternoon there will be a netball match, which will see the school netball team take on a staff team. All the children will be allowed to come and watch this, and this is included in the £1 the children have already paid.
We’re looking forward to a great day.

On Friday (18th) our P6 pupils will present their assembly. It is entitled “Our Learning Journey” and will give us an insight into what’s been going on in their classes this year. You are welcome to join us for this at 2.15pm.

As part of our Lenten preparations Father Jim will continue to say Mass in St Columba’s for us each morning at 8.15am.

Congratulations to all our P3 pupils who received the Sacrament of Reconciliation this evening in St Gabriel’s. We are very proud of you all boys and girls.

We’ve got another busy week ahead of us.

On Monday (7th) our P3 pupils will make their First Reconciliation in St Gabriel’s at 7pm. Our prayers will be with them as they take another important step on their faith journey.

On Thursday (10th) the Cardinal Newman roadshow will be in our school at 3.15. There will be representatives from the staff and pupils of CNHS there ready to speak to our P7 pupils about what’s ahead for them. This is a great experience and opportunity for our pupils as well as parents and we encourage you all to attend.

Our 8.15am Mass continues every morning during this period of Lent.

Our P1 pupils celebrated Mothers’ Day with a lovely assembly this morning!! We are really proud of them.

Part of their assembly was a video of the children telling everyone why they loved their Mummy. I have now posted these videos in the “documents” section of the P1 classes Glow pages if anyone missed today or wants another look!

Here’s a wee bit of info about what’s going on in St John Paul II for week beginning 29th February.

On Monday, our P4 (Base 11) are heading off to Holy Family on their First Communion retreat. Please remember that the children need to bring a snack and their packed lunch with them.

At 9.30am on Friday our Primary 1 pupils will perform their Mother’s Day assembly. In the afternoon at our usual assembly, we will have a presentation from the Lanarkshire Baby Bank.

Our morning Mass for Lent continues at 8.15am each day. We are continuing to collect money for the SCIAF Wee Box appeal to build our “Road to Calvary” around the school.

Remember to keep your eyes on the individual class Glow blogs for more in-depth updates on what’s going on in your child’s class.

Just a few wee notes about next week.

On Tuesday 22nd we will have our Christmas Carol service in the hall at 11am. This is a lovely way to start the Christmas celebrations, and you are very welcome to come along and join us.

School closes for the Christmas holidays on Tuesday 22nd December at 2.30pm.

We will reopen on Wednesday 6th January at 9.00am

Just a reminder that our Christmas parties take place next week. Children can bring their party clothes to school or can go home and get changed. If children are going home they can be collected from school from 12.15pm onwards and should be back for 1.20pm.

Party dates are as follows:

Monday 14th – P6 and P7
Tuesday 15th – P4 and P5
Wednesday 16th – P2 and P3
Thursday 17th – P1

Can I also remind you that due to the fact that we didn’t get our grant from
Cash for Kids, we are asking each child to pay £1 towards the cost of their party.

We’ve got a busy week ahead of us again this week!!!

On Tuesday we will all get to watch the dress rehearsal of our Nursery and P1-3 nativity plays as well as having our Christmas lunch in school. Tuesday is also our Christmas jumper day. Children can wear something festive to school if they wish.

On Wednesday and Thursday our wonderful Nursery and P1-3s will have their performances of their play. There are still tickets available from the office for both shows priced at £3 each.

On Friday our P6 and P7 pupils will be heading off to the Motherwell Civic for the Panto!!!

Phew, what a busy week indeed!!