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Silver Rights Respecting Schools Accreditation - 29/03/2024 20:13:11
We are DELIGHTED to announce that that we now achieved our Silver Rights Respecting School accreditation. We had two hours of meetings with groups of pupils and staff to learn provide evidence of how ... (Read more)
Live Literature Author Visit - 29/03/2024 20:02:21
Our infant classes had great fun at our Live Literature session with Alan Windram today. Alan is the author of one of the children's favourite books, 'One Button Benny'. Alan came along to introduce ... (Read more)
Sacrament of Reconciliation - 29/03/2024 19:53:17
Congratulations to 7 of our Primary 3 pupils who received the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time during Holy Week. It was an honour to acclaim-any the children as they took the next step ... (Read more)
Garnethill Synagogue Visit - 29/03/2024 19:40:01
Primary 5 went to visit the Garnethill Synagogue yesterday morning as part of their religious studies curriculum. They had a very interesting visit and learned lots about Judaism and the beliefs of the ... (Read more)
Rangers Sports Coaches - 28/03/2024 13:28:51
The Primary 6s and 7s have been fortunate enough to work with Rangers sports coaches that have been in our school every Monday since 4th March for 6 weeks. In this period they have been teaching us football ... (Read more)
World Book Day - 28/03/2024 13:19:43
On 7th March we celebrated World Book Day and we had many activities in our school to celebrate this. All children at St.Charles’ got the opportunity to go to Hillhead Library where they were greeted ... (Read more)
International Women's Day - 28/03/2024 13:00:25
On Friday 8th March, Mrs Spratt, Mrs Burke and the Red House held a ladies afternoon tea to raise money for the Women's Centre, Glasgow. Pupils provided cakes, tea and coffee for all of the visitors. ... (Read more)
Pupil Leadership Conference - 28/03/2024 12:41:54
On Friday 1st March we held a Pupil Leadership Conference with several other schools, including Blairdardie and North Kelvin. During the conference we presented three slide shows based on what our ... (Read more)
Ardentinny - 26/03/2024 10:24:02
Primary Six students enjoyed an amazing residential trip to Ardentinny Outdoor Center from the 28th of February - 1st March. The trip was extremely enjoyable with ... (Read more)
Welcome Mr Groome - 05/03/2024 23:13:15
A piece of extremely important news is that Primary six have a brand new teacher! Firstly, we would like to let you know that Mrs Swift, the old P6 teacher, has moved on to teach expressive ... (Read more)
Internet Safety Day - 19/02/2024 17:19:12
Internet Safety Day was celebrated on the 6th of February this year. Our Digital Leaders shared a presentation with all the classes in the school and our school worked together ... (Read more)
Inter-schools Football Competition - 19/02/2024 15:59:23
Last Wednesday the P5 and P6 boys took part in an intense frenzy of football matches against rivals Dinard Primary and North Kelvin Primary. The competition took ... (Read more)
Valentine's Day Disco - 19/02/2024 15:35:26
Last Thursday, the whole school celebrated Valentine’s Day with a glamorous disco. All of the pupils in the school are extremely grateful for the help of the parent council and the school ... (Read more)
Sports Captains - 29/01/2024 10:11:28
We would like to welcome our newest member of staff, Mr Donnelly. Mr Donnelly moved from St Mary’s Primary in December to take over Mrs Hogg’s role as Principal Teacher and we are all delighted to ... (Read more)
Bethlehem Orphanage Appeal - 02/01/2024 13:03:31
Due to the troubles we had all been witnessing in the Holy Land we chose the Bethlehem Orphanage Appeal as our Advent Charity. All our fundraising during the month of December, including the ... (Read more)
Christmas Festivities - 02/01/2024 12:53:40
We had such fun in the run up to Christmas! We kicked things off with our Christmas Fayre on the 1st December and then our pupils went to Oran Mor and Tesco in Maryhill to sing for the customers and ... (Read more)
Book Week Scotland - 16/11/2023 22:20:51
It was great to see some many parents and grandparents on school this week for the Bookbug and ReadWriteCount parent workshops to celebrate Book Week Scotland . It was so lovely to see everyone ... (Read more)
Talk Money Week - 10/11/2023 10:22:31
Talk Money Week is taking place from 6th — 10th November 2023. Talk Money Week is an annual campaign that encourages people across the country to have open conversations about money and finance. ... (Read more)
Primary 7 Residential Trip to Blairvadach - 03/11/2023 19:22:26
Primary 7 have just returned from a fantastic week at Blairvadach Outdoor Education Centre. The children had to opportunity to try lots of new outdoor activities such as gorge walking, scrambling, ... (Read more)
Visit from Maryhill Fire Station - 03/11/2023 18:23:20
We were very lucky that the firefighters were able to visit the school to talk to our Primary 5 and 6 pupils about safety around bonfires. While the were on the school our infant classes were invited ... (Read more)
Pumpkin Picking - 23/10/2023 20:16:18
Arran and Barra went Pumpkin Picking at East Yonderton Farm this morning. The boys had a great time searching for the heaviest pumpkins, climbing the hay bales, sitting on the tractors and using ... (Read more)
Pumpkin Picking - 23/10/2023 20:16:15
Arran and Barra went Pumpkin Picking at East Yonderton Farm this morning. The boys had a great time searching for the heaviest pumpkins, climbing the hay bales, sitting on the tractors and using ... (Read more)
Science Centre on Tour - 27/09/2023 20:02:59
It was fantastic to have the Glasgow Science Centre back in school with their 'Go Oxygen Go' talk and Fit Lab exhibit. Thanks to Miss Burke, Our STEM Lead, for organising this event for the ... (Read more)
Pupil Leadership Meeting - 27/09/2023 19:48:30
As part of our Pupil Leadership work our House Captains and Vice-Captains meet with their counterparts from Blairdardie Primary to discuss their roles. Our pupils took the P7s from Blairdardie ... (Read more)
Farewell Buddy Party - 25/06/2023 13:31:04
Our Primary 7s said goodbye to their Primary 1 Buddies at a party to mark the end of school. The Primary 7s have supported the children by helping them to grow and learn during their first year at primary ... (Read more)
Mrs O’Neill’s Retirement Assembly - 25/06/2023 13:20:24
On the final day of the school year we bade a fond farewell to Mrs O’Neill as she retired after 22 years at St Charles’ Primary & LCR. We had a special assembly where the children presented her with ... (Read more)
Leavers’ Mass - 25/06/2023 13:12:22
On Thursday 20th June, we celebrated the Leavers' Mass for our Primary 7 pupils. At the Mass Fr Allan mentioned how inclusive and nurturing our Primary 7s have been to our younger pupils and what great ... (Read more)
Leadership Event - 16/06/2023 23:48:46
The children were excited to see all the visitors today at our Leader in Me Leadership Event. They enjoyed telling everyone about how they’ve developed their leadership skills. Everyone who ... (Read more)
Teddy Bear’s Picnic - 16/06/2023 22:38:37
Our new primary 1 pupils for August had a lovely time playing with their Buddies at today’s Teddy Bear’s Picnic. The children also tried on their school uniforms at the pop-up uniform shop. We ... (Read more)
Glasgow Science Festival - 16/06/2023 22:10:15
P4-P6 enjoyed learning about chemical reactions and sustainable plastic by making bouncy balls at the Botanic Gardens today. They also found out about cells, renewable energies, liquids and solids. They ... (Read more)
Primary 7 Prom - 16/06/2023 13:28:24
Primary 7 had a great night at Leaversfest, their festival themed prom. In addition to the Dominoes Pizza, which is always a favourite, this year we had slush puppies and candy floss. Thanks ... (Read more)
Sport Day - 16/06/2023 13:11:40
We had a great whole day Sports Day on 6th June; thankfully the sun shone and everyone had a great day. Many thanks to our friends at North Kelvinside Primary who kindly let us borrow their ... (Read more)
Go Yellow Walk 2023 - 01/06/2023 20:32:30
Go Yellow 2023 On Wednesday 31st May 2023 the best 5K returned to Bellahouston Park. The Go Yellow 5K Walk, supported by Glasgow City Council, helps educate children on the crucial work ... (Read more)
P7 Transition Day at the Children’s Wood - 23/05/2023 22:31:01
Our Primary 7 pupils had a FABULOUS day at The Children's Wood and Meadow yesterday for their Transition Day. The sun shone all day and the children had a great time exploring the land and playing ... (Read more)
P7 Transition Day at the Children’s Wood - 23/05/2023 22:31:00
Our Primary 7 pupils had a FABULOUS day at The Children's Wood and Meadow yesterday for their Transition Day. The sun shone all day and the children had a great time exploring the land and playing ... (Read more)
Holy Communion at St Dominic’s - 20/05/2023 22:41:15
Congratulation to Penelope, our final First `communicant who received her First Holy Communion in St Dominic's Parish this morning. We pray that God's love will always be there to comfort her, ... (Read more)
Pre-Entry Visit 5 - 20/05/2023 22:34:07
As the 18th May was Outdoor Classroom Day we held our monthly Pre-Entry Visit in the Children's Wood instead of in the school. Our new Primary 1 pupils for August met us at the woods, with their parents, ... (Read more)
First Holy Communion at St Charles - 14/05/2023 20:13:58
Congratulations to Alexander, Eddi-May, Elliot, Emily, Evelyn-Kay, Evelyn, Jamie, Lucy, Maro and Niamh who all received their First Holy Communion today at the Oratory of St Charles. Thanks to ... (Read more)
First Holy Communion in St Gregory’s - 07/05/2023 22:15:54
Today 5 of our pupils received their First Holy Communion at the parish of St Gregory's. Fr Allan told the children that they had received a very precious gift and it was one that they will be ... (Read more)
Confirmation - 29/04/2023 18:52:25
Congratulations to some of our Primary 7 pupils who had the Scrament of Confirmation conferred by Archbishop Nolan last week. May the gifts of the Holy Spirit guide hem as they make their ... (Read more)
Rights Respecting Schools Award - 12/04/2023 21:59:32
We are delighted to announce that we are now a Rights Respecting Schoo l and have received our Bronze award. Beau from P6 won our Rights Respecting Schools Mascot competition. Her mascot is ... (Read more)
Visit to Ormiston Primary - 11/04/2023 13:07:27
On Tuesday 28th March members of our Pupil and Staff Lighthouse Teams went to the Leadership Afternoon at Ormiston Primary School in Edinburgh. Ormiston Primary is one of two Leader in Me 'Lighthouse ... (Read more)
Walk for Autism - 11/04/2023 12:52:53
On Sunday 26th March pupils, parents and staff from our school community met at the Kibble Palace in the Botanic Gardens to take part in our Walk for Autism to kickstart Autism Acceptance Week . Thankfully ... (Read more)
Our Digital Journey - 10/03/2023 16:25:56
A huge thank you to the parent council who have bought us a class set of Stylus Pens for the children to use with the iPads. This is another step along the way on our digital journey. In February we ... (Read more)
Rights Respecting Week 2023 - 10/03/2023 13:55:25
During Rights Respecting Week all the children in St Charles' Primary and LCR had the opportunity to consider what it means to have rights. Each class chose different articles to learn about and everyone ... (Read more)
International Women's Day 2023 - 10/03/2023 12:11:45
On the 8th March we celebrated International Women's Day. Many thanks to all the inspirational women who came along to tell their stories and many thanks to Mrs Hogg for organising such a ... (Read more)
Lockerbie Manor 2023 - 10/03/2023 11:45:28
Primary 6 enjoyed an amazing few days in Lockerbie Manor. They developed new skills, pushed themselves further than they thought possible, showed off their leadership skills and grew as a team. ... (Read more)