Thank you to all parents who attended on Thursday evening for our Parent/Teacher interview.  We were, as usual, absolutely delighted with the tremendous turnout from our parent body.

We were also delighted this week to welcome some visitors to our school.  Mr Tim Sharpe our Quality Improvement Officer visited the school with Mrs Hunter and Mrs Peters, two local headteachers, who came to observe the work being done in St. Aidan’s Primary.  They commented on the excellent manners of our children and how well they all worked in their classes.  They have also recognised the very committed staff within the school and the warm and welcoming ethos which exists.

Lenten Masses will continue next week with Primary Six leading us in the liturgy.  Mass is on at 8:20 every morning.  Please encourage your child to attend wherever possible.

We have also had great excitement this week in Room Six where our Living Eggs arrived on Tuesday.  As we have sourced our chicks from a different company this year it will be a much longer process.  Normally they hatch within two weeks, however our eggs are going to take about a month this year and the children are keeping a very close eye on the temperature to ensure that the eggs are coming along nicely.   Look out for the usual webcam link which will be set up as soon as we start to see the eggs cracking so that you can keep up to date with the progress of our chicks.

Primary Four are continuing to nurture their trout, already we can see great progress.  They will soon be releasing them into the River Clyde and we will keep you updated about this too.

Thank you to Miss McGregor and the Cross Country team who braved the elements to run against our local schools in such cold weather. Everybody tried really hard and we had some really great times. They did us proud as usual. A special well done to Matthew Connelly and Kerr Loughrin who have made it through to the final at the end of March.  Also a big thank you to Mr McKenna and Miss McGregor for giving up their time after school to prepare the children for this event.

Primary Seven are off to Kilbowie Outdoor Education Centre on Monday – remember to be in the hall, with a manageable suitcase (!!!!!), by 8:45 on Monday all packed and raring to go. I would like to thank Miss Lewis, Miss Ramage and Mr McKenna for giving up their week to provide the children with this great experience.  Miss Lewis will upload the pictures daily on our school website so that you can keep up to date with their activities.  We will text everyone to assure them of their safe arrival on Monday.