First of all, thank you to our two parents who left our first ever comments on the blog: two about our successful sports day and one about the wonderful kindness of Erin in P6.  It was so encouraging to receive your feedback and I hope it gets the ball rolling – we’d love to hear from other parents and friends of the school!  You can view the comments by clicking on ‘comment’ underneath ‘Wednesday 29th May’.  Thank you again!

P7 are off to a Gaelic football tournament at St Ambrose High School this morning.  Good luck, boys and girls – do us proud!

We also have ten Primary 6’s heading off to Asda first thing this morning to do some bag-packing.  They’re aiming to raise much needed funds to help pay for next week’s P1-6 disco and the Primary 7 beach party at the end of June.  Hope it goes well, team!  Remember to smile!

Our new P1’s had the chance to spend part of yesterday afternoon in their new classroom with Mrs Carlin.  They were absolute superstars!  Mrs Carlin and I were ultra impressed with how well the boys and girls lined up, walked along the corridor, sat, listened and drew.  We can’t wait to welcome this fantastic new intake of pupils to St Bartholomew’s in August!

I will be away in York with some of our P7’s for the whole of next week.  We have a fantastic five days lined up including a trip to Eden Camp war museum, a river trip, a visit to the Yorvik Centre and a day at Flamingo Land theme park.  Mrs MacIntyre and Mrs Bolland will hold the fort in my absence and will be available to deal with any issues or queries.  Of course, my blog will continue to be updated on a daily basis (the wonders of the iPhone!) to fill you in on all our news from York.  

Have a great weekend, everyone.