Welcome to my Blog. Once again we have had a very busy week in St. John’s with lots of exciting learning going on. I will begin with today’s events as Mrs Quadrelli, Mr Hall and myself attended  12 o’clock Mass at Our Lady and St. John’s Church to begin our celebration of Catholic Education Week. I was delighted to see so many girls and boys from the school there too. A special word of thanks to Jan MacNeil, Katie Thomson, Caitlin Cairney and Caitlyn Tops who read the bidding prayers and Eva Quadrelli and Logan Burns who took part in the Offertory Procession. The theme for this year is Developing a Community of Faith and Learning and pupils will now explore this through lessons and activities in class throughout this week.

On Thursday of this week we received a visit from the SSPCA who visited all of the classes to talk to pupils about looking after our pets and the welfare of wild and domestic animals. The children thoroughly enjoyed the visit.

On Friday our football and netball teams took part in their second tournament of the year at Blackwood Primary School. Mr Hall and Mrs Quadrelli were delighted with the teams who competed well. Our netballers were especially delighted with their two victories and a draw and our football team, who are playing against boys and girls 2 years older than some of our them,  played well and earned themselves some good results. Well done to all involved!

In the classes this week the learning continues apace:

P1/2

The children have been learning abut objects that float or sink in Science. In Art & design they have enjoyed learning about the Chinese New Year and have created their own ‘Rooster’ to celebrate this year’s animal.

P2/3/4

In Numeracy & Mathematics the boys and girls have been learning to apply their multiplication skills in a real life context. They are also compiling data on dog breeds and are presenting their findings. In R.E. the children have been thinking about times in which they lose their way from God and about the importance of forgiveness.

P5/6/7

The fish eggs have finally arrived in school and the pupils of P5/6/7 are very excited. The children are learning about the life cycle of brown trout in Science to complement their Clyde in the Classroom project. In their Social Studies topic the children continue to expand their knowledge about Scotland by researching famous Scottish landmarks. In R.E. the children have been focussing on how they live the Beatitudes, in their own lives.

 

Finally just a reminder that our next Partnership Group meeting takes place on Wednesday the 8th of February at 6.00 pm in the school.

Thank you for reading my blog.

Mrs McCart