We all had great fun last week having our Sponsored Dance. Many thanks to everyone who has donated Sponsor Money, we are currently sitting at just over £800 with some more money to come in. We will be looking to use some of this money to subsidise bus costs for outings to sports and cultural events in the new year.
I am delighted to tell you that our Primary Six pupils have been accepted into Phase Two of the Pope Francis Faith Award. This is an eighteen month programme which runs in conjunction with St. Aidan’s Parish and culminates in an award in Primary Seven. The children will be enrolled into this programme once we have consulted with Canon Clements. If your child is in Primary Six they will be telling you of all that it involves.
Primary Five, Six and Seven enjoyed a wonderful Superhero Science Roadshow on Tuesday of this week. Ms Laura Richardson who is currently a PhD student at the University of Glasgow came along and enthralled the children with her tales of superheroes and links to development of DNA. The children were very enthusiastic listeners.
Our Primary Seven pupils attended their Partnership Evening in St. Aidan’s High School on Thursday. Having spoken with them they are all so enthusiastic about the activities they were involved in and very much enjoyed meeting up with S1 pupils who left us in August. A very successful evening indeed!
Primary One, Two and Three are now in the middle of their rehearsals for their nativity show which will be presented on the afternoons of 9th and 10th December. Great singing and I’m sure super acting once they have all learned their difficult lines!
You will have received the pro forma for your child’s photograph. Please ensure that these are returned to school as soon as possible as John Wilson Photography will be collecting them at the end of next week.
Please remember that we will soon be visiting Motherwell Civic Theatre for our annual Panto. Primary 1-3 will attend the morning performance and will return to school for lunch. Pupils in Primaries 4-7 will attend the afternoon show and will have a late return to school, normally around 4:20. Please make sure that you make arrangements for your child to be collected as there is no school bus at this later time.