{"id":383,"date":"2025-09-10T15:14:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/?p=383"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:14:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:14:57","slug":"celebrating-our-ladys-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/2025\/09\/10\/celebrating-our-ladys-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Our Lady\u2019s Birthday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"107\" data-end=\"357\">Today, our school came together to celebrate the birthday of Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Although her feast day is officially marked on the 8th of September, we were on holiday then, so we chose to gather in prayer and celebration today instead.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"359\" data-end=\"519\">We began our day with a beautiful Mass, where the children reflected on Mary\u2019s special place in our faith and joined in prayer together as a school community.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"521\" data-end=\"747\">Back in class, pupils took part in birthday celebrations for Mary. Primary 3 were especially busy as they created thoughtful and colourful birthday cards to honour her. Their creativity and care shone through in each design.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"811\" data-end=\"941\">It has been a joyful day filled with prayer, creativity, and celebration \u2013 a lovely way to honour Mary\u2019s birthday with our St. Mary\u2019s family.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"811\" data-end=\"941\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-384\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2025\/09\/10150556\/IMG_2826-300x136.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2025\/09\/10150556\/IMG_2826-300x136.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2025\/09\/10150556\/IMG_2826-1024x463.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2025\/09\/10150556\/IMG_2826-768x347.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2025\/09\/10150556\/IMG_2826.jpeg 1203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-385\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2025\/09\/10150558\/IMG_2825-300x141.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2025\/09\/10150558\/IMG_2825-300x141.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2025\/09\/10150558\/IMG_2825-1024x482.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2025\/09\/10150558\/IMG_2825-768x362.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2025\/09\/10150558\/IMG_2825.jpeg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-386\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2025\/09\/10150600\/IMG_2824-300x224.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2025\/09\/10150600\/IMG_2824-300x224.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2025\/09\/10150600\/IMG_2824-1024x763.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2025\/09\/10150600\/IMG_2824-768x572.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2025\/09\/10150600\/IMG_2824.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"811\" data-end=\"941\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, our school came together to celebrate the birthday of Mary, the Mother of Jesus. 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