After an incredible thirteen years of coaching football at Cathedral and Firpark, Coach Willie officially hung up his whistle on Friday 6th November to devote more time to his other passion of hillwalking. To mark the occasion, Willie was presented with an engraved cup and cash gift, along with a gift voucher and wine from the Parent Council.
On behalf of the entire Cathedral school community, we extend our heartfelt thanks to Willie for his dedication, enthusiasm and commitment over so many years.
On Thursday 6th November, Primary 7 learners were set a STEM Challenge of creating a fully functional zip line. Using K’Nex, these budding engineers planned, solved problems, built and modified their design to allow Bob to take the leap of faith down the zip line. Their next step is to design a safety harness for Bob!
These talented Primary 4 artists showcased their impressive skills on Wednesday, 5th November by creating stunning portraits of the infamous Guy Fawkes. Using pencil, they expertly explored pattern, tone, and detail to bring each portrait to life. 
Cathedral’s Investigation & Innovation Hub family learning sessions continued on Tuesday 4th November. Each session began with a presentation from Mr Young on how activities within the hub fit naturally into Cathedral’s overall Active8 approach. Mr Young went on to explain the importance of Cathedral Primary helping learners develop skills for life and work in the 21st Century, including creativity, collaboration, adaptability and persistence/grit.
Over the past few weeks, Primary 6b have been busy trialling Marty the robot as part of their Computing Science. Learners had the chance to bring Marty to life through coding, tackle problem-solving challenges, and work together in teams to design creative tasks that showcased his impressive abilities. This hands-on experience not only strengthened their understanding of robotics and programming, but also helped them develop vital skills such as collaboration, resilience, and critical thinking.
November’s wellbeing indicator is ACHIEVING. Please use the prompts below to talk to your child about this indicator. This will help them complete their wellbeing wheel in school.
Cathedral hosted a football tournament with teams from Our Lady & Saint Francis, St Teresa’s, Keir Hardie, St Patrick’s, St Brendan’s and Christ the King on Friday 31st October. As you can see from the huge smiles, Cathedral emerged as tournament champions! Well done to all our players and coaches!
Cathedral parent and international trade specialist with the Scottish Space Programme, Andrew Dickson, delivered an exciting presentation on space to our Primary 5 learners on Friday 31st October. The children learned how satellites and rockets are designed and launched right here in Scotland, and even had the chance to hold a satellite prototype from Skyrora and touch part of a rocket that has actually been to space!
As part of this term’s World War II topic, Primary 7 learners had the opportunity to choose an area of interest to delve deeper into. On Friday 31st October, our young historians showcased their learning to other classes in an impressive range of ways including models, Power Points, posters, leaflets and displays of authentic artifacts.