Springhall Community Centre are having a family fun day on Saturday 18th April! There will be face painting, craft sessions, Bookbug, archery and more. All for free! 😀 www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/398/spr...

REMINDER – anyone who wants to vote in the upcoming Scottish Parliamentary election must be registered by Monday 20 April. More details on the website: https://orlo.uk/k5xx0

📢 Scottish Parliament elections are coming up on May 7th, and refugees have the right to take part. We've answered some FAQs about voting and this resource is now available in Arabic, Farsi, Kurdish Sorani, Tirginya, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. Find out more: https://ow.ly/xMJn50YH0qA

SCOTTISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS – the deadline for receiving new postal vote and postal proxy applications, and for changes to existing postal or proxy votes is 5pm on Tuesday 21 April. More details on the website: https://orlo.uk/ocYW8

Hamilton Town House Library is full of Easter cheer with a colourful display and a sunflower seed planting activity 🌻🐣 We have an Easter craft session this morning at 11:00am, Egg Hunt on Monday 13th and our Paws & Pages event on Wednesday 15th. Contact the library on 01698 452122 for details.

Minted! This morning I enjoyed getting out in the fresh air and joining the volunteer team to clean up the Long Calderwood pitch. There are bags inside the pitch and three bins very close by. Please use them to help keep the pitch open and safe to use for all. Reopens tomorrow.

One of our favourite days of the year is the P7 organised Talent Show! This was another year of great team work, confident and happy individuals being themselves in the company of their friends. Well done to our participants and winners! 💚💙❤️

Win a year’s free Council Tax! Over 100,000 people in South Lanarkshire already pay their Council Tax by Direct Debit. It’s the safest and easiest way to pay. If you sign up by 1 April, you’ll be entered into a prize draw to win a full year without Council Tax payments.

There's just six days until free swimming will be offered to everyone under the age of 16 across South Lanarkshire. More details in the View: https://orlo.uk/agRGN

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Our St Louise P6/7 Dance Troupe were simply STUNNING last night at the showcase - the hard work and creativity of Miss Yardley and the dedication and teamwork of the girls make us so proud 💚💙❤️

Free swimming is to be offered to everyone under the age of 16 across South Lanarkshire. An investment of £250,000 will remove any financial barriers to participation and encourages children and young people to engage in regular physical activity. More details in the View: https://orlo.uk/j1Ws1

P5 had a wonderful day measuring, exploring and imagining around the ruins of The Roman Bathhouse in Strathclyde Park, followed a lunch and a play. We ate Ancient Roman snacks and tried to clean our hands with olive oil and a strigil!

As P5 are learning about balanced diet through the Eatwell Guide…they have opened their own cafes! What a huge variety of foods from around the world, we have mascots, jingles, staff uniform and interior design!

We need your feedback on the path improvements at St Leonard's Primary / Brancumhall Pavilion. 🚶What do you and your family think of the work? 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦How many of your family use this path for getting to school or leisure? 🧑‍🦽‍➡️⚽We want to do more to improve the paths through Brancumhall Park. Any views?

The exciting thing about learning is that you never know what you’re going to be great at! This young learner can estimate the size of angles with incredible accuracy 🧭

A lovely sunny celebration of achievements in and out of school, we heard all about it at assembly and we’re proud of you all!

The construction in Primary five today was all about angles, working out why some angles fit best for their purpose and even discovering complementary and supplementary angles through play!

Our Primary 7 children had great fun at the cross country race in Strathaven Park yesterday everyone did themselves really proud!

Plant a seed this Easter in Hamilton Town House Library 😊 👇 🌱 www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/87/hami...

A new approach to tackling poverty and giving children the best start to life is being pioneered in South Lanarkshire. The council and key partners are moving ahead with their part of a pilot scheme known as the Collaboration for Health Equity in Scotland: More in the View: https://orlo.uk/Kip7o

Please keep these wonderful young people in your prayers, they received the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Confirmation, a credit to their families and parishes.

Please keep these wonderful young people in your prayers, they received the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Confirmation, a credit to their families and parishes.

Inspired by their learning about Italy, Primary 6 made their own pizza today! 🍕🇮🇹

It’s British Science Week and our P7 STEM Ambassadors helped P3 build circuits to light a bulb and make a motor work! #BSW26

It’s AI in Schools Week 2026 #SCOTAI26 and P5,6 and 7 kicked it off by coding all afternoon with microbits guitars, facial recognition and Scratch! #DIGILEARNSCOT

📢 Today is National Adult Support and Protection Day. Harm can happen in many forms — physical, psychological, financial, neglect or self‑neglect, and sexual harm. If you’re worried an adult may be at risk, it’s always better to say something than do nothing.

Here are some of the magnificent creations from P5! They have discovered how we know that our Ancient Roman and Celtic ancestors wore lots of jewellery and crafted their own!

📚 Is your child due to start school in August this year? Registration is open for children turning 5 between 1 Mar 2026 and 28 Feb 2027 If you haven’t registered yet, complete the online form to enrol your child, then your catchment school will be in touch with you 👉 https://orlo.uk/lrN56

Everyone loves hearing what our children have been achieving across the curriculum in school and what they’ve been achieving out of school!

Very pleased recipients of our Dustpan and Brush and Coins Chest!

The public has been asking me the result of Scottish Forestry’s investigation into the felling of 80 trees at The Osprey on Strathaven Road. Here it is in this thread, along with my comment on it. Photo courtesy of John McIntyre.

P1 have been showing their creativity during our soft starts this week. Lots of team work, using our imagination and developing fine motor skills💙❤️💚

This P6 boy loved demonstrating his knowledge of equivalent fractions!

Thanks families for letting us know about the achievements and activities your children get up to out of school - it’s an important part of our weekly assembly!

At assembly this week we heard how these learners were developing their knowledge and skills, they gave examples of what they have been learning and got a big round of applause!

There's an absolute tonne of jobs available at the council right now including entry level for trades apprentices (joinery, plumbing etc.), catering, early years, school support assistants, seasonal grounds workers and much more too. fa-euuc-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Congratulations to these artists who were recognised in the Knights of St Columba’s Keep Christ in Christmas competition. They received these gorgeous certificates and gift vouchers too, we are so so proud of them!

The good work of local food banks is to receive a £40,000 boost from South Lanarkshire Council. The money will be shared between seven food banks operating across Clydesdale, East Kilbride, Hamilton, and Cambuslang and Rutherglen. More details in the View: https://orlo.uk/CIMwq

Some information from Active Schools for sports events during the February holiday.

We are looking to recruit Facilities Assistants in catering and cleaning positions in various locations across South Lanarkshire. Successful candidates will provide catering and cleaning services in locations and buildings, including nurseries, school and council offices.

Almost £1900 of community grants have been awarded to five local groups by the East Kilbride Area Committee. Find out what groups benefitted in the View https://orlo.uk/13ZpU

Friendly February - Day 4: Invite a friend over for a ‘tea break’ (in person or virtual) actionforhappiness.org/friendly-feb... #FriendlyFebruary

January highlights here. Improvements you can see on the ground, planning for the future and meeting and helping great people and groups in our community. My favourite combo! @southlangreens.bsky.social @scottishgreens.org @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social @electlauramoodie.bsky.social

Ancient Roman fever has hit P5 and many chose to use their construction time this morning to research more about and display what they have learned so far…can you spot a Lego sponge on a stick?

P3 had a shape hunt in our playground. Ask your child what 2D shapes and 3D objects they found!

P5 completed their dodgeball tournament today, well done to all teams who improved on stamina, accuracy, strength and speed over the last 4 weeks!

Wow! How lucky are our young people in St Louise? Their families support their happiness and talents outside of school and they get to share them with us all on a Friday!

We recognised these amazing young people for upholding the Gospel Values and four increasing their skills within the Four Capacities. We are so glad you’re part of St Louise! ❤️💚💙

Revisiting learning from months ago is important and for these two, they have really mastered the difference between synonyms and antonyms and can quickly scan texts. 100% on their blookets!