The A-Team base had a party atmosphere on 
the afternoon of Friday 17th May when six very proud children gathered with members of their family to celebrate the end of their ‘Seasons for Growth’ programme. ‘Seasons for Growth’ helps build knowledge and skills to strengthen the emotional wellbeing and resilience of young people following experiences of change and loss. Under the care of Mrs Murphy, the group have met weekly for several months and all of the children spoke at the celebration about how much the programme has helped them.
May 18, 2024
by Graeme Young
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Cathedral’s Mini Vinnies met with Mr McVeigh and Mrs Devanney from the Society of St Vincent De Paul on Thursday 16th May. Serving as a Mini Vinnie allows Cathedral learners to help other people as well as gain a better understanding of themselves. During the meeting, the boys and girls explored the difference between needs and wants and also discussed different ways they could help people in need during the next school year. Our Mini Vinnies, with the support of Miss Cameron, can’t wait to put their faith into action!
The sun was splitting the skies for this year’s Sports Day, which took place on Wednesday 15th May.
Mr Young and Mrs Duffy made the hour-long journey to Lendrick Muir on Thursday 9th May to join P7 for dinner and their evening activity. Mr Young was absolutely delighted to hear from both Cathedral and Lendrick Muir staff how exceptional the children’s behaviour had been throughout the week.
Wednesday 8th May saw another fabulous day for Primary 7 at Lendrick Muir. Activities including archery tag, a nature walk and trail biking, which finished with a dip in the river! The children were joined by Mrs Findlay and Mrs Shevlin for their evening meal before after-dinner beach volleyball provided an energetic and fun end to Day 2 of the trip.
The first day of Primary 7’s residential excursion to Lendrick Muir finished off around the campfire on Tuesday 7th May. The children had spent the day trail-biking, bungee trampoling and some Cathedral learners had even overcome their fear of heights on the Leap of Faith! Pupils and staff alike are looking forward to a good night’s sleep to prepare them for another action-packed day tomorrow.
Primary 5 have been focusing on food technology in class over the past few weeks and have learned about food hygiene,
food storage, kitchen safety and knife skills. The children had the opportunity to apply their learning on Friday 3rd May when they made their own pizzas. Prior to embarking on their cooking activity, there were some important discussions about food allergies and intolerances as everything had to be nut free and the children also wanted to ensure there were both dairy free and vegetarian options. Our Primary 5 learners will be further developing their cooking skills this week when they make fruit kebabs.
As you may have read in a newsfeed post back in December (see below), Andrew Dickson, a Cathedral parent and international trade specialist within the Scottish Space Programme, along with his colleague, Derek Harris from Skyrora, delivered an exciting presentation on space to Primary 5a, 5b and 5/6 pupils. At the end of the presentation, the children were set the challenge of designing and building their own rockets. These two budding scientists were selected as the winners and were recently awarded a prize of a space-themed Lego kit. Well done to both of you!
Allergy Awareness Week 2024 took place from the 22nd to the 28th April. The week aims to raise awareness about allergies and offer help and support to those living with allergic conditions. Allergies are very much real and affect more people than we may think. It might be as small as a minor rash or as severe as a complete immune system shutdown. Either way, allergies are something we all need to take seriously.