I begin my blog this week with a special event which took place this afternoon. Some of the Primary 6 pupils, along with Mr Hall and myself,  took part in the enrolment service for the Pope Francis Faith Award  at 12 o’clock Mass in Our Lady & St. John’s church. The young people requested support from their families, the parish community and the school as they embark on a journey to develop their personal faith by putting it into action through using their talents and gifts to help those around them. Thank you Caitlin Cairney and Adam Brennan for doing the Offertory Procession and Caitlyn Tops and Ethan McGee for reading so well. Thank you also to Father Stephen for his help and support.

On Tuesday of this week we attended Mass in the church for the Feast of All Saints and the children behaved impeccably, particularly our new Primary 1 pupils.

In the classes this week the boys and girls have been very busy…

Primary 1/2

The children have completed their class charter as part of the Making Rights Real programme. The children worked with Mrs Kelly to talk about what makes a happy classroom and agreed how they could achieve this by their actions. In topic the children have been using their information handling skills by counting mini beasts and displaying the results in a bar graph. The children were also creating ‘spooky’ 3D objects as part of their Halloween Maths on Monday of this week. In RE the children have finished learning about the Rosary.

Primary 2/3/4

In Literacy, the children have been writing imaginative stories using the outdoor learning area as a stimulus. In Numeracy & Mathematics the class have begun work on money concepts. They will be looking at coins, totals, calculating change and learning about handling budgets. These skills will then be applied in the class Christmas Enterprise topic. In Science the children have planted their Spring bulbs in the community garden. The class have also completed their class charter for the Making Rights Real and have it proudly displayed in their class.

Primary 5/6/7

The boys and girls have started work on money problems in Numeracy & Maths, including calculating change and looking at the concept of interest payments in the context of credit and debit cards. The children have now been organised into their collaborative  working groups, ready to start work on their Christmas Enterprise topic.

Thank you for reading my blog.

Mrs McCart

Head Teacher