{"id":26,"date":"2018-12-10T17:08:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T17:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/stpatricksprimary\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-09-15T21:48:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:48:20","slug":"our-community","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/stpatricksprimary\/our-community\/","title":{"rendered":"OUR COMMUNITY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THE SCHOOL, THE COMMUNITY AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parish<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We enjoy excellent relationships within the school and as part of the local community.\u00a0 The school, as an integral part of St Patrick\u2019s Parish, is very much involved with the life of the parish.\u00a0 The school is supported well by the Parish Priest of St Patrick\u2019s Church, who is also the school\u2019s chaplain, Monsignor Gerry Gallagher, as well as the SVDP Society and the parish community, as a whole.\u00a0 On the first Sunday of every month, the children from the school lead the liturgy during Mass in Church for the Parish.\u00a0 A number of children within the school actively trained as Altar Servers and support the celebration of every weekend Mass, as well as school Masses.\u00a0 We visit St Patrick\u2019s Church throughout the year and join with the parish community for various Sacraments and celebrations throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>Children also participate in fund raising, promoted by the Pupil Voice Charities Group for a number of charities, which this year has included; Missio Scotland, SCIAF, the Live With Hope Centre in Kenya, Mary\u2019s Meals, Macmillan Cancer Support and locally supported Inverclyde Foodbank and Ardgowan Hospice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local Community<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At Christmas time P5-P7 in St Patrick\u2019s join the senior classes in Whinhill Primary for a joint carol service.\u00a0 The chaplains from both schools are involved in this venture. We also work with the school chaplains during Christian Unity Week.<\/p>\n<p>Our children also visit our local Care Homes for the Elderly to spread some Christmas Cheer.\u00a0 Our P4 Mini Vinnies also visit our local Care Homes for the Elderly.<\/p>\n<p>We are especially lucky to enjoy excellent relationships with the 32nd Scouts Group.\u00a0 Lots of our children are members of the 32nd Scouts Group.\u00a0 The volunteers and leaders give of their time and resources to help us support our children&#8217;s learning and experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE SCHOOL, THE COMMUNITY AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT Parish We enjoy excellent relationships within the school and as part of the local community.\u00a0 The school, as an integral part of St Patrick\u2019s Parish, is very much involved with the life of the parish.\u00a0 The school is supported well by the Parish Priest of St Patrick\u2019s Church, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/stpatricksprimary\/our-community\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">OUR COMMUNITY<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5272,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/stpatricksprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/stpatricksprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/stpatricksprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/stpatricksprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/stpatricksprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/stpatricksprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":813,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/stpatricksprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/stpatricksprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}