This week there are many opportunities for our young people, staff, parents and friends to join with us to prepare for the Nativity of The Lord.

At 4pm on Monday we mark the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception in the Forum with introductory prayers followed by the rosary procession to the Oratory for Eucharistic Adoration.

Mass at 8.25am on Tuesday celebrates the feast of  Our Lady of Loreto. A new feast added to the calendar by Pope Francis to recall the mystery of the Incarnation, when in ‘the fullness of time,’ the Virgin Mary responded to the message of the Angel Gabriel.

Our Advent Service on Tuesdy at 3.45pm, in the school’s Oratory, will be led by the S5 Catholic Leadership Group.

Pope Francis has written an Apostolic Letter on the meaning and importance of the incarnation of Jesus made visible in the Christmas crèche. Click on the link below to access the full document:

http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20191201_admirabile-signum.html

Click on the following link to read our school Focus for the Week

Admirabile Signum

All are most welcome to join with our pupils, staff, friends and parents each morning in the Oratory to celebrate Holy Mass at 8.25am. No better way to prepare for the day ahead placing our trust in God.

We are delighted to announce the launch of our new St Ninian’s High School Podcast.  The podcast has been produced by our pupils in the ‘media team’ and highlights school news and achievements with interviews of pupils, parents, staff and visitors.

The podcast will be available via the school website but also all major podcast providers such as i-Tunes and Spotify.

The first pilot episode is here:

St Ninian’s High School Podcast – Pilot Episode

Well done to Krish (S2), Robbie (S2), Kieran (S3), Luke (S4), Joshua (S4) and Alicia (S4) who made this episode and we look forward to more episodes being posted!

On Thursday 5th Dec, S1 pupils had their first Tai Chi lesson and enjoyed it very much! It was a very relaxing session with pupils discovering a new culture and the pupils had lots of fun experiencing Chinese traditional health and wellbeing activities. Pupils will continue to be provided with more opportunities to engage with the Chinese language through the S1 Mandarin taster lesson programme.

Congratulations to Joe in S1 who was Winner of the short story competition at East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure.

Joe’s story was picked as a winner in his age category.

Joe was invited to the Big Blethering Book Bash at Giffnock Library to receive his prize

Well done to all of our pupils who took part in the East Renfrewshire Schools’ Gymnastics Championships on Tuesday 3 December.

Everyone did exceptionally well and had worked extremely hard in preparation for the event.  Special well done to the following:

Team Medallist:

• Gold Level 1 – Dominic, Eva, Emma, Alison
• Silver Place Level 2 – Lola, Anna, Nuala, Alice
• Gold Place Level 3 – Lucie, Hannah, Mairead, Emily
• Bronze Place Level 3 – Rosie, Eliza, Ellen, Meghan

Individual Medalists:

• Level 3 – Rosie (Bronze)
• Level 2 – Nuala (Silver)
• Level 1 – Orla (Bronze), Dominic (Silver)

All teams that placed 1st or 2nd have qualified for the Scottish finals in Perth in February.

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