Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral Primary School

Primary 6b discovered apples growing in the school grounds recently and this sparked some tasty learner-led learning. After discussing various ideas about what they could do with the apples, the children decided on food technology and worked together to make a delicious apple crumble.

Primary 6 kept some crumble aside for Mr Young and, if it had been the Great British Bake-off, they would definitely have received a Hollywood handshake!

As part of their Pope Francis Faith Award, Primary 7 pupils interviewed Fr Lamb on Tuesday 5th November. Over tea and cake, the children asked Fr Lamb various questions about his vocation and learned more about his life as a priest in the various parishes he’s served in over the years.

As part of Come Clubbing @ Cathedral, Primary 7 pupils recently completed Young Leaders training with our resident Active Schools Co-ordinator, Fiona Russell. The Young Leader Award is a great introduction to leadership, giving young people aged eleven and over the knowledge and skills to organise and lead small games and activities that can be used as a part of club sessions. Primary 7 engaged in a three-week training programme and were awarded certificates on completion of the module. 

Young leaders are now delivering daily lunch time clubs to our Primary 2 and 3 pupils. Our current lunchtime clubs are: 

• Football Skills 
• Multi Sports
• Team building  
• Traditional playground games

Many congratulations to our Young Leaders. We wish them every success delivering sessions and inspiring our younger pupils!

2025 will be very significant in the faith life of Cathedral Primary School. Not only has Pope Francis asked that 2025 be a year of Jubilee, we will also celebrate the 150^th anniversary of Cathedral school and parish. How incredible to think that pupils, staff, parents and parishioners are part of a community of faith and learning stretching back fifteen decades!

Cathedral Primary School is absolutely delighted to publish the combined 150th Anniversary and Jubilee 2025 programme of events:

150th Anniversary & Jubilee programme

What an exciting and memorable year 2025 is going to be!

To allow us to finalise our programme of events for the combined 150th Anniversary and Jubilee 2025 celebrations, Cathedral’s House Captains gathered ideas from parishioners after each of the St Luke’s and Cathedral Sunday Masses on the 2nd and 3rd November. Many thanks to our House Captains for giving of their own time over a weekend and to parishioners for their suggestions on how we mark and celebrate such a significant year in the life of our school community. We look forward to publishing the 2025 programme of events in the coming days!

As newsfeed readers will know, Cathedral school and parish will celebrate an incredible 150 years next year. Our most recent Smart School Council meetings generated some fantastic ideas to mark our special year from pupils and staff and, this weekend, House Captains will gather further ideas from parishioners after Sunday Mass.

The Smart School Council Action Board has been updated with three action points:

• Mr Young to meet with Fr Lamb to finalise programme
• House Captains to gather ideas from parishioners at Mass on Sunday 3rd November
• Teachers and pupils to discuss and agree on ideas for a 2025 mini topic about the history of Cathedral school and parish

All going well, a full programme of events will be finalised and published early next week. What an exciting year it’s going to be here at Cathedral!

In partnership with the Scottish Professional Football League Trust and Ferrero UK and Ireland Ltd, Celtic FC Foundation embarked on delivering the Joy of Moving – Move & Learn project to our Primary 7 pupils on Thursday 31st October. The six-week educational programme aims to encourage physical activity, promote nutritional education and build awareness of the importance of a healthy diet and active lifestyle.

The first day of the programme was a huge success and Primary 7 are looking forward to their next five sessions.

Bag2School gives families the opportunity to clear out unwanted clothes, contribute to saving the environment and, at the same time, raise money for school funds. Cathedral’s most recent donations of clothes were collected on Thursday 31st October. The money raised will go directly into school funds to support and enhance the learning of our amazing pupils. Many thanks to parents and carers for your donations!

A new lunchtime coding club for Primary 3 pupils started on Wednesday 30th October. Mrs Tominey, however, was able to take a back seat as this enthusiastic, tech-savvy Primary 4 learner stepped in to lead the club and support the younger pupils with their digital activities. Very impressive, indeed, and certainly an example of developing the workforce of the future!