{"id":874,"date":"2026-08-13T15:56:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/?p=874"},"modified":"2026-08-13T15:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:57:07","slug":"first-day-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/2026\/08\/13\/first-day-back\/","title":{"rendered":"A Wonderful Start to the New School Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-875\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2026\/08\/13155342\/first-day-collage.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2026\/08\/13155342\/first-day-collage.png 384w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2026\/08\/13155342\/first-day-collage-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was a real buzz of excitement around St. Mary&#8217;s as pupils returned for the start of the new school year. It was fantastic to welcome everyone back after the summer holidays and see classrooms filled with smiling faces ready for a year of learning, friendship and fun.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Throughout the school, children spent time getting to know their new teachers, settling into their classrooms and catching up with classmates. From sharing holiday stories and taking part in team-building activities to exploring new learning spaces, there was a positive and enthusiastic atmosphere from the very start.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a real buzz of excitement around St. Mary&#8217;s as pupils returned for the start of the new school year. It was fantastic to welcome everyone back after the summer holidays and see classrooms filled with smiling faces ready &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/2026\/08\/13\/first-day-back\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9682,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":877,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874\/revisions\/877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}