Well, what a week! On Monday evening we had our final Parent Council meeting of this session. A letter will be issued this week with details of all their hard work this year, detailing all of the fundraising events, how much money has been raised and what it has been spent on. Many thanks to all who have been involved in supporting these events.
On Tuesday, we had our second P1 Induction Day. Our new entrants were treated to a tasty school dinner with their parents, then spent time with their new class mates for the rest of the afternoon.
On Thursday and Friday, our school was unexpectedly closed due to water contamination in the area. We were one of 9 local schools affected by this, but the matter has now been resolved and the school and nursery will open for business as usual on Monday morning. Sadly, our P7 Leavers’ Mass and Assembly had to be postponed because of this at very short notice. Apologies to all concerned; it was a unique situation that was outwith our control and the safety of our children is paramount.
Looking forward to our week ahead, our Primary 7s will go for their trip to M&Ds on Tuesday. Our Parent Council have paid for buses for this event and a significant subsidy has been made from school funds towards the cost of wrist bands, keeping the cost down to £5 per head. I’m sure they will have a great day and fingers crossed for a dry day for them.
We are having a transition afternoon on Tuesday afternoon and all of our pupils will meet their new teachers and classmates at this point. Please look out for a letter detailing class structures for next session which your child will bring home on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, we are having our P7 Leavers’ Mass and Assembly. This will take place in St. Francis Xavier’s Church at 10am and then the school hall. All are welcome. Our P7s will then be treated to a lunch in St. Francis Xavier’s Hall and a huge thank you must go to Father McGachey for this. Please note, there will be no Mass on Thursday now – our Mass on Wednesday will now be our end of year Mass and our P7 Leavers’ Mass.
On Thursday, our school and nursery close at 1pm to all pupils. Only pupils entitled to a free meal will receive a packed lunch on Thursday ( this excludes P1-P3 pupils who would only qualify for a free school meal under new Government Guidelines). Please also note that pupils who want a meal on Tuesday and Wednesday, and who normally pay for their lunches, must pay for this on Monday of this week.
All that remains to be said is we hope you have a happy, healthy and sunny summer holiday and we will see you all back on Tuesday 18th August, bright eyed and bushy tailed!
