House Captains went through the Smart School Council suggestion box during the first week of term and met with Mr Young on Wednesday 8th January to share and discuss the ideas which will be taken forward in the coming weeks. The Smart School Council action board has been updated with the three new projects:
- A competition will take place to design a mascot for each of Cathedral’s six Houses. The winning designs will be made into real mascots.
- A Cathedral talent show will be organised for the summer term.
- Pupils will be consulted on how they would like to improve the toilets in Brainbox Boulevard, Winners Wynd and Ambition Avenue. This will include choosing paint colours and being given a budget to buy accessories such as pictures and plants.
Pope Francis has asked that 2025 be a year of Jubilee, with the theme ‘Pilgrims of Hope‘. Here at Cathedral Primary, the Jubilee will be an opportunity for learners, staff, parents and parishioners to
embark on a journey of faith, rediscover the hope that comes from God alone and look with confidence towards a future where, together, we can bring hope and healing to the local and global community.
Here in Cathedral Primary, teachers use ‘Milestone Moment’ stickers to indicate key 
points in each pupil’s learning journey. One of our learners came up with the great idea of having a special 150th anniversary Milestone Moment sticker to use throughout 2025. The above Primary 5 learner was exceptionally proud to be the very first Cathedral pupil to receive one of our special stickers on Wednesday 8th January when she completed a maths assessment on dividing with remainders.
January’s wellbeing indicator is ACTIVE. Please use the prompts below to talk to your child about this indicator. This will help them complete their wellbeing wheel in school.
Children who turn 5 between 1st March 2025 and 29th February 2026 should be registered for primary school during the week commencing Monday 13th January 2025.
Here at Cathedral Primary, registration for our August 2025 intake will take place from Monday 13th to Friday 17th January 2025, from 1.30 – 2.45pm each day. Parents and carers should come to the main entrance and will be directed to the dining hall.
Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.
Movie Duvet Day is a very popular Christmas tradition here at Cathedral. After the busyness of the past few weeks, boys and girls across the school thoroughly enjoyed turning up in their pyjamas and cosying up with their friends on Friday 20th December to watch a Christmas movie or two during the course of the day… a special end to the term which Danish folk would describe as ‘hygge‘!
After a fun day of parties and the pantomime, learning continued across the school on Thursday 19th December, although with a definite focus on adult-initiated and learner-led learning activities. Mr Young popped in to see one group of Primary 7 learners perform their own mini pantomime and, later in the day, was astounded by the party dress a group of girls had designed and created from materials in their learning street’s Creation Station. The above learners spent part of their day engaged in food technology, creating some cute, delicious melting snowmen. 
Cathedral’s first value is Love and we often think about ways our school community can help those less fortunate than ourselves. Cathedral’s Ignite Junior Chaplaincy Team coordinated a reverse Advent Calendar during the month of December which invited one pupil each day to bring in a donation for local food bank, Deepsea Day. As is so often the case, the generosity of Cathedral families exceeded all expectations and the charity was absolutely delighted to collect the bags of food on Thursday 19th December which will go directly to support people in our local community.