Although our oratory still remains out of commission, the prayer group continues to meet each Wednesday at 8.50am. Numbers have been fairly low during the rewiring, so this is just a wee reminder to everyone – pupils, parents, staff and parishioners – that the group will meet as usual this morning in Mrs O’Neill’s classroom.

Many of you will already know that St Ambrose High School is being inspected this week by HMIe. I will be meeting with some of the inspectors first thing this morning to talk about the transition from P7 to S1 and to share with them the various ways St Ambrose HS supports St Bartholomew’s through the year. It has been an extremely busy week for Mrs Douglas and the St Ambrose team, but I have absolutely no doubt that the fantastic work they do from day-to-day will be recognised and highlighted by inspectors this week. We remember the whole St Ambrose school community in our prayers today and thank them for their ongoing support.

One of the ways St Ambrose supports St Bart’s is through their sports leaders programme. This involves two teams of senior pupils delivering PE lessons to our P6 and P7 pupils every Wednesday afternoon. They do a fantastic job and certainly put the boys and girls through their paces!