As promised earlier this week, here’s a photograph of the new roller blinds in the main hall. They’re a fresh, modern change from the old curtains and it was great to see the daylight flooding in yesterday.

The painters have now moved into the Primary 1 corridor, so both the Rockets and the Stars will be decanted from their classrooms today and tomorrow. This means the boys and girls will need to enter and exit by the main entrance over the next two days.

Finally, the penultimate instalment of the Head Teacher’s Education Sunday address:

“Pope Francis reminds us that each and every one of us can tell the Good News story, not by preaching or lecturing, but through the witness of our own lives: through what we say to people, how we speak to them, how we show love and care for them. That’s something we endeavour to keep alive in St Bartholomew’s Primary. Our ‘Faith in Action’ group supports all pupils, staff, parents and parishioners to live-out their faith in practical ways and proclaim the joy of the gospel. Literally hundreds of pounds is raised for charity every year by the St Bartholomew’s school community.

Pope Francis says: ‘We may be sure that none of our acts of love will be lost, nor any of our acts of sincere concern for others.’ He goes on to say: ‘No generous effort is meaningless, no painful endurance is wasted.’ “