Today, 1st May, is dedicated to St Joseph the Worker. We ask St Joseph to pray for the many, many hard workers in the St Bartholomew’s school and parish communities. ‘Whatever your work is, put your heart into it as if it were for the Lord and not for people, knowing that the Lord will repay you.’ (Colossians 3: 23, 24)

We have a fantastic group of very supportive parents here at St Bartholomew’s and I thought it might be an idea to put a question to this morning’s blog readers: Have you ever thought about joining the Parent Council? It’s a great opportunity to play a lead role in taking the school forward and making a real difference to the education of your child. The Parent Council AGM will take place on Tuesday 28th May. There’ll be a chance to hear about what has been achieved this year and new office bearers will also be nominated and elected. It would be fantastic to see a good number of parents at the meeting. The Parent Council is there to serve and be the voice of all St Bartholomew’s parents, so please put the 28th in your diary. St Bart’s needs you!

The Parent Council has arranged for the Primary 7’s to bag pack in Asda for school funds on Friday 31st May. However, this is dependent on finding enough parent helpers to supervise on the day. This is a nice, easy way of raising money, so please help out if you possibly can. Thank you.

Mrs Gillooly returns from maternity leave next week and it will be lovely to have her back in the school. Of course, this means that Miss Mooney will be leaving us. She has been a real asset to the school this year and a valued member of the team. St Bartholomew’s will be very sad to see Miss Mooney go, but we wish her all the very best as she takes up her new post in St Timothy’s.